J & B HOPKINS LIMITED
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Cash
£3.1m
+23.5% vs 2025
Net assets
£4.4m
+112.7% vs 2025
Employees
173
-6% lowest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.1m
+246.8% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £30,748,355 | £47,784,730 | £45,497,807 | £82,701,987 | £52,777,566 | £70,401,652 | +33.4% | |
| Operating profit | £434,932 | £2,612,952 | £1,464,661 | £898,843 | -£2,154,382 | £3,335,714 | +254.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £377,996 | £2,528,125 | £1,462,979 | £929,308 | -£2,140,417 | £3,141,714 | +246.8% | |
| Net profit | £819,010 | £2,677,042 | £1,975,653 | £688,717 | -£1,613,022 | £2,349,356 | +245.6% | |
| Cash | £4,687,201 | £8,794,932 | £6,572,817 | £2,851,771 | £2,471,550 | £3,051,538 | +23.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,570,122 | £6,796,460 | £4,718,022 | £3,759,817 | £2,084,910 | £4,505,799 | +116.1% | |
| Net assets | £4,497,827 | £6,724,869 | £4,718,022 | £3,697,932 | £2,084,910 | £4,434,266 | +112.7% | |
| Equity | £4,497,827 | £6,724,869 | £4,718,022 | £3,697,932 | £2,084,910 | £4,434,266 | +112.7% | |
| Average employees | 188 | 186 | 184 | 188 | 184 | 173 | -6% | |
| Wages | £8,332,517 | £9,353,681 | £9,451,745 | £16,541,370 | £9,950,185 | £10,141,166 | +1.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £557,900 | £672,630 | £949,593 | £1,394,461 | £875,773 | £673,240 | -23.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £38,956 | £66,487 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £198,117 | £151,955 | £188,287 | +23.9% |
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 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.4% | 5.5% | 3.2% | 1.1% | -4.1% | 4.7% | |
| Net margin | 2.7% | 5.6% | 4.3% | 0.8% | -3.1% | 3.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.5% | 38.4% | 31.0% | 23.9% | -103.3% | 74.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 64.6% | 67.7% | 70.3% | 77.3% | 86.4% | 76.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.28x | 1.14x | 1.29x | |
| Interest cover | 6.79x | 30.49x | — | — | — | 16.11x |
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
- TC Group
- 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
8 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOPKINS, Barbara Lucy | Secretary | — | — | British |
| HARMAN, Dominic James | Director | 2017-08-23 | May 1966 | British |
| HOPKINS, Barbara Lucy | Director | — | Jun 1945 | British |
| HOPKINS, Paul Henry | Director | 2006-02-14 | Sep 1972 | British |
| HOPKINS, Richard John | Director | 2010-03-04 | Sep 1976 | British |
| JENKINS, Michael Charles | Director | 2019-05-16 | Oct 1959 | British |
| NIZIOLEK, Richard James | Director | 2018-11-01 | Jul 1974 | British |
| PARKER, Jason Mark | Director | 2018-11-01 | Jan 1983 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMS, Scott Burnell | Director | 2020-06-24 | 2025-09-22 |
| HOPKINS, John Henry | Director | — | 2009-05-08 |
| LAMBDEN, Philip John | Director | 2013-02-14 | 2024-12-31 |
| SCADDING, Paul William | Director | 2016-05-25 | 2025-02-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The J & B Hopkins Employee Trustee Company Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-10-26 | Active |
| Mrs Barbara Lucy Hopkins | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-10-26 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 137 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-11-23 MA Memorandum articles
- 2021-11-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-09-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-02-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2023-09-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-03-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-17 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-11-23 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-11-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-11-09 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.