JAMES CARGO SERVICES LIMITED
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Cash
£299k
+49.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£2.5m
+10.4% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
50
-15.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£318k
+25.7% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £25,110,035 | £12,949,528 | £15,202,161 | £16,151,916 | +6.2% | |
| Operating profit | £269,223 | £277,193 | £336,564 | £321,053 | -4.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £209,078 | £233,744 | £253,426 | £318,478 | +25.7% | |
| Net profit | £184,436 | £193,264 | £38,885 | £232,936 | +499% | |
| Cash | £651,280 | £124,987 | £199,925 | £298,680 | +49.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,591,215 | £2,556,985 | £2,539,789 | £2,644,040 | +4.1% | |
| Net assets | £2,126,771 | £2,206,450 | £2,245,335 | £2,478,271 | +10.4% | |
| Equity | £2,126,771 | £2,206,450 | £2,245,335 | £2,478,271 | +10.4% | |
| Average employees | 50 | 57 | 59 | 50 | -15.3% | |
| Wages | £1,677,593 | £1,949,904 | £1,943,345 | £1,947,757 | +0.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £183,351 | £228,925 | £229,271 | £239,208 | +4.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £2,915 | £1,321 | £1,321 | 0% | |
| Highest paid director | — | £98,000 | £98,000 | £99,100 | +1.1% |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.1% | 2.1% | 2.2% | 2.0% | |
| Net margin | 0.7% | 1.5% | 0.3% | 1.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.4% | 10.8% | 13.3% | 12.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 82.7% | 80.2% | 77.2% | 74.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.20x | 1.25x | 1.28x | |
| Interest cover | 4.46x | 6.36x | 4.97x | 6.60x |
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
- Barnes Roffe Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors note that the company is trading adequately and has sufficient working capital and other finance available to continue trading for a period of not less than 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDWARDS, Daniel Lee | Director | 2014-01-30 | Mar 1981 | British |
| EDWARDS, Lilian Marguerite | Director | 2014-01-30 | Apr 1951 | British |
| EDWARDS, Matthew St John | Director | 2019-05-20 | Apr 1984 | British |
| EDWARDS, Simon St John | Director | 1996-12-31 | Apr 1953 | British |
| EDWARDS, Vanessa | Director | 2019-05-20 | Jan 1982 | British |
| OBANK, Simon Jonathan | Director | 2019-05-20 | Dec 1980 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JAMES, Dawn Marie | Secretary | — | 1996-12-31 |
| WARRINER, Roderick Alfred | Secretary | 1996-12-31 | 2013-05-09 |
| JAMES, Brian William | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| WARRINER, Roderick Alfred | Director | 1996-12-31 | 2013-05-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Simon St John Edwards | Individual | Significant influence (as trust) | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Daniel Lee Edwards | Individual | Significant influence (as trust) | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 139 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-10-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-10-01 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-04-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-02-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-10-01 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-04-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-06 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2023-04-06 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2023-04-06 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2023-04-06 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2023-04-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-02-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.