J.J. SWEENEY LIMITED — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-05-31 (this month)

Last filed for 2024-08-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-08-14 (in 3mo)

Last made up 2025-07-31

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£5M

-43.7% lowest in 6 filed years

Net assets

£13M

+0.5% vs 2023

Employees

-6.9% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£2M

-51.7% lowest in 4 filed years

Net assets

9-year trend · vs Industrials median

J.J. SWEENEY LIMITED·Industrials median · n=22756

Accounts

9-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31

Metric	2018-08-31	2019-08-31	2020-08-31	2021-08-31	2021-09-01	2022-08-31	2022-09-01	2023-08-31	2024-08-31
Turnover	—	—	—	£16,031,843	—	£23,009,639	—	£30,827,276	£12,232,119
Operating profit	—	—	—	£1,947,856	—	£2,654,969	—	£3,349,417	£1,553,496
Profit before tax	—	—	—	£1,954,529	—	£2,679,018	—	£3,765,998	£1,820,134
Net profit	—	—	—	£1,562,156	—	£2,145,900	—	£2,850,927	£1,265,238
Cash	—	—	—	£8,125,744	£8,125,744	£12,141,534	£12,141,534	£9,575,077	£5,386,317
Total assets less current liabilities	—	—	—	£11,690,249	—	£12,540,096	—	£13,459,046	£13,496,822
Net assets	—	—	—	—	—	£12,540,096	—	£13,391,023	£13,456,261
Equity	£5,874,767	£7,744,188	—	£11,690,249	£11,690,249	£12,540,096	£12,540,096	£13,391,023	£13,456,261
Average employees	—	—	—	26	—	27	—	29	27
Wages	—	—	—	£1,325,445	—	£1,399,276	—	£1,558,976	£1,632,574
Directors' remuneration	—	—	—	£156,900	—	£163,573	—	£170,511	£268,252

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31

Turnover

-60.3%

£30,827,276 £12,232,119

lowest in 4 filed years
Cash

-43.7%

£9,575,077 £5,386,317

lowest in 6 filed years
Net assets

+0.5%

£13,391,023 £13,456,261
Employees

-6.9%

29 27
Operating profit

-53.6%

£3,349,417 £1,553,496

lowest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax

-51.7%

£3,765,998 £1,820,134

lowest in 4 filed years
Wages

+4.7%

£1,558,976 £1,632,574

highest in 4 filed years

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio	2018-08-31	2019-08-31	2020-08-31	2021-08-31	2021-09-01	2022-08-31	2022-09-01	2023-08-31	2024-08-31
Operating margin	—	—	—	12.1%	—	11.5%	—	10.9%	12.7%
Net margin	—	—	—	9.7%	—	9.3%	—	9.2%	10.3%
Return on capital employed	—	—	—	16.7%	—	21.2%	—	24.9%	11.5%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	28.7%	15.6%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.46x	6.42x
Interest cover	—	—	—	9739.28x	—	—	—	724.67x	115.04x

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 1 time since incorporation

J.J. SWEENEY LIMITED 1996-12-06 → present
HOCKLEY DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED 1996-10-22 → 1996-12-06

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis: FRS 102
Reporting scope: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: Riordan O'Sullivan & Co
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The Board of Directors is required to consider the company's ability to continue as a going concern over a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. The directors are confident that the company can continue to trade successfully and continue to provide an excellent and reliable service to our customers for the foreseeable future because we have a satisfactory order book from well-established customers and the company has a £13.5 million balance sheet with strong liquidity and consistent profits. Thus, we continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Significant events

“The continuing war in Ukraine and general slowdown in the economy has caused difficult trading challenges with increased material costs, energy prices and transportation costs. However, our consistent profits resulted from a combination of factors such as continuing focus on core activities, strengthening relationships with our key clients and the quality of our management team.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

4 active · 5 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
SWEENEY, John Joseph	Secretary	1996-10-22	—	Irish
SWEENEY, John Paul	Director	2011-04-07	Jan 1983	Irish
SWEENEY, John Joseph	Director	1996-10-22	Sep 1950	Irish
SWEENEY, Patrick Christopher	Director	2011-04-07	Dec 1981	Irish

Show 5 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
ACCESS REGISTRARS LIMITED	Corporate Nominee Secretary	1996-10-22	1996-10-22
CLACHAN, Richard Edward	Director	2008-03-25	2008-09-01
SLADE, John	Director	1996-10-22	1996-10-23
SWEENEY, Helen Marie	Director	1997-11-20	2021-02-09
ACCESS NOMINEES LIMITED	Corporate Nominee Director	1996-10-22	1996-10-22

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
J J Sweeney Holdings Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2023-05-17	Active
John Paul Sweeney	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%	2021-02-09	Ceased 2023-05-17
Patrick Christopher Sweeney	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%	2021-02-09	Ceased 2023-05-17
Mrs Helen Marie Sweeney	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%	2016-07-01	Ceased 2021-02-09
Mr John Joseph Sweeney	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%	2016-07-01	Ceased 2020-08-07

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 99 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-08-26	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2025-05-28	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-11-13	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2024-08-13	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-04-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-01-12	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2023-08-17	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2023-06-05	PSC02	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control
2023-06-05	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control
2023-06-05	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control
2023-05-23	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-09-05	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2022-05-26	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2021-09-13	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2021-09-06	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2021-09-06	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2021-09-06	PSC01	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2021-09-06	PSC01	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2021-07-13	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2021-05-31	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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