JAMES A. JOBLING AND COMPANY LIMITED
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Cash
£6.5m
-10% lowest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£15m
+4% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
73
+7.4% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.9m
-7.6% 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
6-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £22,952,846 | £28,423,566 | £30,120,155 | £35,154,648 | £32,018,994 | £31,157,051 | -2.7% | |
| Operating profit | £3,388,621 | £3,231,281 | £3,647,837 | £5,232,398 | £3,840,248 | £3,504,387 | -8.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,409,562 | £3,220,259 | £3,658,396 | £5,401,834 | £4,245,153 | £3,921,301 | -7.6% | |
| Net profit | £2,741,711 | £2,528,029 | £2,959,397 | £4,111,904 | £3,273,790 | £2,870,924 | -12.3% | |
| Cash | £10,893,719 | £8,349,188 | £9,699,974 | £11,238,338 | £7,178,412 | £6,460,922 | -10% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,732,431 | £12,385,109 | £13,308,694 | £14,979,543 | £15,438,447 | £16,159,258 | +4.7% | |
| Net assets | £11,844,054 | £11,672,083 | £12,631,480 | £14,238,651 | £14,512,441 | £15,091,698 | +4% | |
| Equity | £11,844,054 | £11,672,083 | £12,631,480 | £14,238,651 | £14,512,441 | £15,091,698 | +4% | |
| Average employees | 60 | 68 | 63 | 70 | 68 | 73 | +7.4% | |
| Wages | £2,892,800 | £3,113,065 | £3,337,718 | £3,394,680 | £3,646,836 | £3,953,018 | +8.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,073,485 | £1,019,774 | £1,278,232 | £1,239,790 | £1,190,202 | £1,307,331 | +9.8% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £20,963 | £23,963 | £23,963 | 0% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £354,352 | £337,463 | £370,513 | +9.8% |
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 | 14.8% | 11.4% | 12.1% | 14.9% | 12.0% | 11.2% | |
| Net margin | 11.9% | 8.9% | 9.8% | 11.7% | 10.2% | 9.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 26.6% | 26.1% | 27.4% | 34.9% | 24.9% | 21.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 36.1% | 33.6% | 32.1% | 34.3% | 34.6% | 31.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.76x | 2.74x | 2.84x |
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
- Ryecroft Glenton
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the directors are confident they will have sufficient funds to continue to meet liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- JAMES A. JOBLING AND COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- Jobling Purser Limited 100%
- Aeronavia Limited 100%
- Readers Specialist Tours Limited 100%
- Carbon Research Limited 100%
Significant events
- “purchased a new bigger site in Haltwhistle.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COULSON, Patrick | Director | 2023-03-20 | May 1967 | British |
| FLYNN, John | Director | 2024-09-01 | Jun 1959 | British |
| GARDENER, David | Director | 2025-01-03 | Oct 1963 | British |
| JOBLING PURSER, Adrienne Isolde | Director | — | Jul 1941 | British |
| JOBLING PURSER, David Ernest | Director | 2001-08-31 | Jun 1969 | British |
| JOBLING PURSER, Evan William | Director | 2001-08-31 | Jan 1968 | Irish |
| JOBLING PURSER, Timothy Ernest | Director | — | Sep 1941 | British |
| MCCREARY, Paul | Director | 2021-12-24 | Dec 1981 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOBLING PURSER, David | Secretary | 1996-03-29 | 2001-10-15 |
| MCCREARY, John | Secretary | 2001-10-15 | 2023-02-23 |
| MCCREARY, John | Secretary | — | 1996-03-29 |
| HARGREAVE, Ronald Hume Marsden | Director | — | 2001-08-31 |
| MCCREARY, John | Director | 2001-10-15 | 2024-05-07 |
| MCCREARY, John | Director | — | 1996-03-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr David Ernest Jobling Purser | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2024-07-02 | Active |
| Mr Evan William Jobling Purser | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% (as firm), Appoints directors | 2024-07-02 | Active |
| Mr John Flynn | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2024-07-02 | Active |
| Mr Timothy Ernest Jobling Purser | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-11-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 151 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-08-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-08-28 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-08-24 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-09-14 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-09-11 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-09-11 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-09-11 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-22 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-11-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-08-28 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-08-25 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-08-24 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2024-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.