J.G. PAXTON AND SONS LIMITED
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Cash
£1.4K
0% vs 2024
Net assets
£5.8M
-0.4% vs 2024
Employees
82
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£61K
+109% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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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 Industrials 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 | £42,013,229 | £41,994,157 | £39,307,820 | -6.4% | |
| Operating profit | £287,834 | £66,054 | £546,599 | +727.5% | |
| Profit before tax | -£162,398 | -£675,422 | £60,935 | +109% | |
| Net profit | -£145,867 | -£524,562 | £27,172 | +105.2% | |
| Cash | £1,350 | £1,350 | £1,350 | 0% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,910,168 | £6,093,368 | £5,975,173 | -1.9% | |
| Net assets | £6,391,932 | £5,850,904 | £5,828,457 | -0.4% | |
| Equity | £6,391,932 | £5,850,904 | £5,828,457 | -0.4% | |
| Average employees | 78 | 82 | 82 | 0% | |
| Wages | £3,086,834 | £3,402,808 | £3,540,743 | +4.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £270,766 | £224,772 | £231,795 | +3.1% |
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 | 0.7% | 0.2% | 1.4% | |
| Net margin | -0.3% | -1.2% | 0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.2% | 1.1% | 9.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.18x | — | — | |
| Interest cover | 0.61x | 0.09x | 1.10x |
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
- Counting North
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have at the time of approving the financial statements, a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existance for the foreseeable future, which is at least, but not limited to, twelve months from the date the financial statements are approved.”
Significant events
- “The current conflict between the US and Iran and the impact this is having on shipments through the Gulf is causing some suppliers to massively increase the costs of oils and lubricants.”
- “The drive to move agricultural land over to alternative uses such as solar farms which in turn impacts on the potential customer demand for the company's product.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAXTON, William Robert | Director | 2020-05-18 | Nov 1989 | British |
| TALLENTIRE, Peter Joseph | Director | 2008-01-01 | Apr 1974 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAXTON, Robert | Secretary | — | 2002-06-18 |
| PAXTON, William John | Secretary | 2002-06-18 | 2025-10-01 |
| PAXTON, Alfred | Director | — | 2002-06-18 |
| PAXTON, Christine Patricia | Director | 2002-10-01 | 2025-10-01 |
| PAXTON, John George | Director | — | 2005-04-09 |
| PAXTON, Robert | Director | — | 2002-06-18 |
| PAXTON, William John | Director | — | 2025-10-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Christine Patricia Paxton | Individual | Shares 25–50% (as trust), Voting 25–50% (as trust) | 2025-12-10 | Active |
| Mr William John Paxton | Individual | Shares 25–50% (as trust), Voting 25–50% (as trust) | 2025-12-10 | Active |
| Mr William Robert Paxton | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2025-10-01 | Active |
| Mr William John Paxton | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-09-19 | Ceased 2025-10-01 |
| Mr Peter Joseph Tallentire | Individual | Shares 25–50% (as trust), Voting 25–50% (as trust), Significant influence | 2016-09-19 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 124 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-02 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-26 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-10 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-10 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-10 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-24 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 16
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.