LJ (COPIERS) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-01 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-18
Watchouts
Cash
£5M
+34.5% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£8M
+7.7% vs 2024
Employees
17
-19% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£943K
+122.2% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £16,286,362 | £16,182,856 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | -£4,607,339 | £693,690 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | -£4,253,262 | £942,703 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | -£3,305,850 | £684,586 | |
| Cash | £262,342 | £292,113 | £324,845 | £3,892,275 | £5,235,792 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,468,477 | £10,212,445 | £9,609,654 | £7,367,375 | £7,911,774 | |
| Net assets | £10,436,476 | £10,181,606 | £9,579,628 | £7,342,164 | £7,908,547 | |
| Equity | £10,436,476 | £10,181,606 | £9,579,628 | £7,342,164 | £7,908,547 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 21 | 17 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £5,619,484 | £877,373 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £4,844,665 | £151,333 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
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Turnover
-0.6%
£16,286,362 £16,182,856
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Cash
+34.5%
£3,892,275 £5,235,792
highest in 5 filed years
-
Net assets
+7.7%
£7,342,164 £7,908,547
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Employees
-19%
21 17
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Operating profit
+115.1%
-£4,607,339 £693,690
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Profit before tax
+122.2%
-£4,253,262 £942,703
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Wages
-84.4%
£5,619,484 £877,373
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 | Trend | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | -28.3% | 4.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | -20.3% | 4.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | -62.5% | 8.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 6.04x | 6.89x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PKF Francis Clark, Statutory Auditor
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the directors have not identified any material uncertainties related to the going concern status of the group and continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- LJ (COPIERS) LIMITED · parent
- Clarity Copiers (Holdings) Limited 100%
- Clarity Copiers Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Effects of ongoing Global/National Pandemic.”
- “Keeping pace with the practical advances in technology that benefit customers which may change the range of hardware and services the company provides.”
- “The financial stability of key suppliers.”
- “The availability of credit facilities for customers to fund replacement hardware and software.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHITTINGTON, Leo Thomas | Secretary | 2008-03-20 | — | British |
| ELDRIDGE, John Henry | Director | 2008-03-20 | Aug 1951 | British |
| WHITTINGTON, Leo Thomas | Director | 2008-03-20 | Jan 1946 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Archie Mesgian | Individual | ownership-of-shares-50-to-75-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-50-to-75-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2025-10-08 | Active |
| Elaine Joy Parker | Individual | ownership-of-shares-50-to-75-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-50-to-75-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2025-10-08 | Active |
| Jonathan Whyte Dickson | Individual | ownership-of-shares-50-to-75-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-50-to-75-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2022-08-02 | Ceased 2025-10-08 |
| Mr Graham Alan Forward | Individual | ownership-of-shares-50-to-75-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-50-to-75-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-10-08 |
| David Turner | Individual | ownership-of-shares-50-to-75-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-50-to-75-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-08-02 |
| Mr John Henry Eldridge | Individual | ownership-of-shares-50-to-75-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-50-to-75-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Leo Thomas Whittington | Individual | ownership-of-shares-50-to-75-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-50-to-75-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 71 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-23 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-23 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-22 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-18 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-11-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-12-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-11-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.