TG JONES HIGH STREET LIMITED
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Cash
£9.2M
+22.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£102M
-42.2% vs 2023
Employees
5,476
-13.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£172M
-899.4% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
These conditions indicate the existence of a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.
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5 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £418,573,000 | £403,775,000 | -3.5% | |
| Operating profit | -£14,119,000 | -£168,866,000 | -1,096% | |
| Profit before tax | -£17,237,000 | -£172,268,000 | -899.4% | |
| Net profit | -£22,077,000 | -£166,426,000 | -653.8% | |
| Cash | £7,509,000 | £9,189,000 | +22.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £283,038,000 | £189,983,000 | -32.9% | |
| Net assets | £176,006,000 | £101,798,000 | -42.2% | |
| Equity | £176,006,000 | £101,798,000 | -42.2% | |
| Average employees | 6,318 | 5,476 | -13.3% | |
| Wages | £98,540,000 | £98,623,000 | +0.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -3.4% | -41.8% | |
| Net margin | -5.3% | -41.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -5.0% | -88.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 68.4% | 87.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.01x | 1.17x | |
| Interest cover | -4.53x | -49.64x |
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 2 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-06-30
- TG JONES HIGH STREET LIMITED 2025-06-30 → present
- WH SMITH HIGH STREET LIMITED 2008-06-30 → 2025-06-30
- ALNERY NO. 2778 LIMITED 2008-04-09 → 2008-06-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“These conditions indicate the existence of a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- TG JONES HIGH STREET LIMITED · parent
- Card Market Limited 100%
- Modelzone Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 24 May 2024, the Company disposed of its investment in The Card Gallery (UK) Limited, Tree of Hearts Limited and Dotty About Paper Limited for a total consideration of £1.”
- “On 1 June 2024 the Company transferred 100 per cent of its interest in Funkypigeon.com Limited and The SQL Workshop Limited to WH Smith Online Limited, another Group company, for a consideration of £92,149,000 and £6,186,000, respectively.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMS, Jonathan | Secretary | 2025-06-29 | — | — |
| CURTIS, Stephen | Director | 2025-06-29 | Jun 1965 | British |
| PRICE, Joseph Daniel | Director | 2025-06-29 | Apr 1989 | British |
| WILLSON, Alex | Director | 2026-04-17 | Jan 1977 | British |
| HW DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2025-06-29 | — | — |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOUGHTON, Ian | Secretary | 2008-10-10 | 2025-06-29 |
| ALNERY INCORPORATIONS NO. 1 LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-04-09 | 2008-06-30 |
| CLARKE, Stephen Martin | Director | 2013-09-06 | 2019-10-31 |
| COWLING, Carl David | Director | 2019-09-19 | 2025-06-29 |
| HOUGHTON, Ian | Director | 2008-06-30 | 2025-06-29 |
| IZZARD, Maxwell Leslie James | Director | 2024-11-19 | 2025-06-29 |
| MOORHEAD, Robert James | Director | 2008-11-28 | 2024-11-19 |
| STEWART, Alan James | Director | 2008-06-30 | 2008-11-28 |
| SWANN, Kate Elizabeth | Director | 2008-08-08 | 2013-06-30 |
| TOAL, Sean | Director | 2025-06-29 | 2026-03-16 |
| ALNERY INCORPORATIONS NO. 1 LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2008-04-09 | 2008-06-30 |
| ALNERY INCORPORATIONS NO. 2 LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2008-04-09 | 2008-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wh Smith High Street Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 92 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-04 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-07-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-06-30 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-04-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-04-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-04 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-07-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-30 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-30 | AP02 | officers | Appoint corporate director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-30 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-30 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-06-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-06-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 5
- Officers resigned
- 5
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.