J.P. ARTHUR & SONS LIMITED
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Cash
£507k
+11.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£403k
-87% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
75
-6.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£402k
-30.8% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £32,289,133 | £31,648,416 | £31,217,412 | -1.4% | |
| Operating profit | £274,417 | £582,809 | £435,070 | -25.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £210,949 | £580,616 | £401,596 | -30.8% | |
| Net profit | £153,081 | £440,079 | £300,725 | -31.7% | |
| Cash | £650,178 | £454,319 | £507,086 | +11.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,750,181 | £3,173,796 | £452,784 | -85.7% | |
| Net assets | £2,672,670 | £3,112,749 | £403,214 | -87% | |
| Equity | £2,672,670 | £3,112,749 | £403,214 | -87% | |
| Average employees | 78 | 80 | 75 | -6.3% | |
| Wages | £2,133,418 | £2,229,928 | £2,151,659 | -3.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £111,928 | £34,000 | £33,450 | -1.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £1,777 | £833 | £816 | -2% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.8% | 1.8% | 1.4% | |
| Net margin | 0.5% | 1.4% | 1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.0% | 18.4% | 96.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 42.4% | 44.6% | 92.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.25x | 2.17x | 1.04x | |
| Interest cover | 4.32x | — | 10.84x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- 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”
Significant events
- “On 18 November 2025, the ownership of the company changed following the acquisition of the entire issued share capital by a new parent undertaking.”
- “On 18 November 2025 the company entered into a loan agreement for £300,000 (2024: £Nil). The loan is repayable over 4 years with the first instalment due on 31 October 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DREW, Stephen John | Director | 2025-11-18 | Feb 1966 | British |
| JONES, Jonathan Mark | Director | 2018-01-10 | Jul 1961 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WARREN, Paul | Secretary | 2020-02-01 | 2023-07-20 |
| WILLIAMS, Richard Nigel | Secretary | — | 2025-11-18 |
| GOLDTHORPE, David | Director | 2018-01-10 | 2023-04-06 |
| WARREN, Paul | Director | 2020-02-01 | 2023-07-20 |
| WILLIAMS, Joan | Director | — | 2023-07-20 |
| WILLIAMS, Michael Peter, Mr. | Director | 2015-01-12 | 2022-12-29 |
| WILLIAMS, Richard Stuart, Mr. | Director | 2015-01-12 | 2022-12-29 |
| WILLIAMS, Richard Nigel | Director | — | 2025-11-18 |
| WILLIAMS, Richard Ronald | Director | — | 2015-01-05 |
| WILLIAMS, Theresa Marion | Director | 2011-09-05 | 2022-12-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sttr Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2025-11-18 | Active |
| Perthy Properties Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-02-05 | Ceased 2025-11-18 |
| Mr Richard Nigel Williams | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-02-05 |
| Mrs Theresa Marion Williams | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-02-05 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 152 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-19 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-19 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-26 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2024-12-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2023-11-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.