J T ATKINSON & SONS LIMITED
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Cash
£225k
-48.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£3.4m
-28.8% lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
531
+0.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4m
-13.6% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £98,918,268 | £124,445,369 | £129,133,458 | £134,075,411 | £136,049,917 | £137,846,556 | +1.3% | |
| Operating profit | £9,763,699 | £12,835,851 | £7,670,506 | £4,533,523 | £6,141,681 | £5,583,791 | -9.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £9,403,188 | £12,801,298 | £6,810,008 | £3,032,614 | £4,630,812 | £4,002,505 | -13.6% | |
| Net profit | £7,487,867 | £10,677,528 | £4,533,745 | £2,795,021 | £2,679,115 | £3,641,783 | +35.9% | |
| Cash | £93,047 | £66,793 | £35,531 | £207,546 | £438,742 | £225,113 | -48.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £19,284,445 | £33,007,193 | £39,812,033 | £42,480,916 | £37,023,576 | £41,641,360 | +12.5% | |
| Net assets | £10,031,811 | £14,709,339 | £9,243,084 | £7,038,105 | £4,717,220 | £3,359,003 | -28.8% | |
| Equity | £10,031,811 | £14,709,339 | £9,243,084 | £7,038,105 | £4,717,220 | £3,359,003 | -28.8% | |
| Average employees | 438 | 471 | 527 | 537 | 529 | 531 | +0.4% | |
| Wages | £11,575,456 | £13,861,816 | £16,027,794 | £17,815,530 | £16,850,663 | £17,822,798 | +5.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £369,502 | £622,902 | £765,528 | £760,388 | £655,049 | £742,785 | +13.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £36,760 | £72,567 | £93,999 | +29.5% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £161,325 | £151,448 | £167,745 | +10.8% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.9% | 10.3% | 5.9% | 3.4% | 4.5% | 4.1% | |
| Net margin | 7.6% | 8.6% | 3.5% | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 50.6% | 38.9% | 19.3% | 10.7% | 16.6% | 13.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 68.9% | 64.5% | 81.9% | 87.6% | 91.5% | 93.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.61x | 1.90x | 2.62x | |
| Interest cover | 26.85x | 38.07x | 8.02x | 3.02x | 4.04x | 3.52x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- J T ATKINSON & SONS LIMITED 2003-10-01 → present
- THOMAS ALTHAM HOLDINGS LIMITED 1979-12-31 → 2003-10-01
- KIDD HOLDINGS LIMITED 1971-10-20 → 1979-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Waltons Business Advisers Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors, having made due and careful enquiry and preparing forecasts, are of the opinion that the company has adequate working capital to execute its operations over the next 12 months.”
Group structure
- J T ATKINSON & SONS LIMITED · parent
- BTSCO Limited 100%
- B & T S Builders Merchants Ltd 100%
- Harrogate Timber Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENDEAVOUR SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2020-10-08 | — | — |
| ATKINSON, James David Edwin | Director | 2013-10-16 | Dec 1985 | British |
| ATKINSON, James Edwin | Director | 1995-07-06 | Dec 1957 | British |
| ATKINSON, Mark Robert | Director | 2001-08-23 | Apr 1967 | British |
| BOYD, Jeremy John | Director | 2000-11-02 | Jan 1955 | British |
| GILBERTSON, Christopher Jack | Director | 2020-03-30 | Mar 1988 | British |
| GORDON, Adrian Mark | Director | 2021-07-14 | Apr 1973 | British |
| STALLEY, Michael | Director | 2013-10-16 | Jun 1968 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOYD, Jeremy John | Secretary | 2003-03-31 | 2020-10-08 |
| SMITH, Terene Stanley | Secretary | — | 2003-03-31 |
| ATKINSON, Eric | Director | 2002-09-26 | 2017-11-28 |
| ATKINSON, James Edwin (Snr) | Director | — | 1995-10-10 |
| ATKINSON, Mark Robert | Director | 1995-09-04 | 2000-10-30 |
| EDWARDS, James Wayman | Director | — | 2001-06-25 |
| EDWARDS, Sheila | Director | — | 1995-09-04 |
| ELLIOTT, Kenneth George Mitchell | Director | — | 2003-06-12 |
| GARDNER, David Michael | Director | 2011-04-07 | 2011-09-12 |
| GRIFFITHS, Alan Trevor | Director | 1995-09-04 | 1996-07-22 |
| HILL, Steven | Director | 2016-01-13 | 2017-01-23 |
| KIDD, Lindsay Altham | Director | — | 2002-07-31 |
| KIDD, Mary Elizabeth | Director | — | 1995-09-04 |
| LITTLEFAIR, Arthur William | Director | 2005-10-01 | 2008-12-31 |
| MCGILL, Paul | Director | 2017-11-28 | 2026-01-01 |
| RICHARDSON, Thomas Henry | Director | — | 1995-02-03 |
| ROGERS, Paul Nigel | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2010-10-17 |
| SMITH, Terene Stanley | Director | — | 2003-03-31 |
| THOMPSON, Frederick | Director | — | 1995-09-04 |
| WARWICK, David | Director | 2001-12-05 | 2008-12-31 |
| ATKINSON NORTHERN LIMITED | Corporate Director | — | 1995-09-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atkinson Northern Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 161 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-10-08 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2020-10-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2020-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-08-12 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.