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R.J.STOKES & CO. LIMITED

#00190422 · Active · Incorporated 1923-06-04 (103y 4m) · Last filing 2026-09-30 (1mo ago)
Consumer Discretionary · SIC 46900 · G Wholesale & Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles · Full accounts
Accounts due 2027-09-30 (in 12 months) · Confirmation due 2026-12-16 (in 2 months) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£1.2m

-15.8% vs 2024

Net assets

£11m

+1.7% highest in 5 filed years

Employees

54

0% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£171k

-57.6% first positive since 2023

Accounts

5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2020-12-312021-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £5,445,714£7,112,789£8,104,397£7,767,197£8,310,413 +7%
Operating profit £152,873£298,676-£103,697£388,002£153,372 -60.5%
Profit before tax £154,222£327,408-£98,660£402,686£170,750 -57.6%
Net profit £180,222£275,249-£102,160£311,127£195,664 -37.1%
Cash £2,347,266£943,288£766,119£1,423,206£1,198,331 -15.8%
Total assets less current liabilities £10,178,598£10,468,347£11,039,913£11,348,040£11,538,104 +1.7%
Net assets £10,178,598£10,453,847£10,983,913£11,295,040£11,490,704 +1.7%
Equity £10,178,598—£10,983,913£11,295,040£11,490,704 +1.7%
Average employees 5251545454 0%
Wages £1,319,493£1,467,247£1,794,790£1,733,892£1,797,132 +3.6%
Directors' remuneration £272,727£384,787£361,720£267,686£277,914 +3.8%
Directors' pension contributions ——£11,387£6,871£4,861 -29.3%
Highest paid director ——£92,032£98,744£96,000 -2.8%

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2020-12-312021-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating margin 2.8%4.2%-1.3%5.0%1.8%
Net margin 3.3%3.9%-1.3%4.0%2.4%
Return on capital employed 1.5%2.9%-0.9%3.4%1.3%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 5.9%-1.7%8.3%9.0%8.5%
Current ratio ——5.04x4.86x5.20x
Interest cover ————24.11x

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
UHY Hacker Young
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

5 active · 10 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
LARGE, Darren Alan Secretary 2015-04-28 — —
ASKHAM, Richard James Director 2015-04-09 Oct 1971 British
STOKES, Richard Charles Director 1996-09-01 May 1964 British
STOKES, Robert James Director — Feb 1936 British
STOKES, Timothy James Director 1996-09-01 Feb 1961 British
Show 10 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
ASKHAM, Richard James Secretary 2007-12-31 2015-04-28
GILLOTT, Keith Secretary — 2007-12-31
ASKHAM, Michael Director — 1996-04-26
DAVIS, Paul Mervyn Director — 1993-02-26
HIMSWORTH, John Anthony Orr Director — 2003-07-31
MARPLES, Glynn Director 2019-05-09 2023-10-31
STOKES, Anne Director — 2004-06-30
STOKES, Christopher James Director — 2008-03-20
STOKES, James Andrew Director 1996-09-01 2014-01-13
YATES, Mark Newman Director 2015-04-09 2019-06-28

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Robert James Stokes Individual Shares 75–100% 2016-06-30 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 165 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-09-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2025-12-17 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-09-27 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2025-01-04 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-09-20 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2024-01-05 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-12-15 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-09-22 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2022-12-21 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2022-09-22 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2022-01-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2022-01-06 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2021-09-28 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2020-12-02 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2020-10-12 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2020-06-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2019-10-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2019-08-14 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2019-05-17 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2019-04-30 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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