JAMES E. SMITH (NORTHERN) LIMITED

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

• Turnover

  -3.1%

  £11,558,819 → £11,204,274

• Cash

  +38.6%

  £424,670 → £588,596

• Net assets

  -2.4%

  £5,682,295 → £5,544,846

• Employees

  -2.2%

  46 → 45

• Operating profit

  -428.6%

  £57,702 → -£189,637

• Profit before tax

  -447.2%

  £55,135 → -£191,437

• Wages

  +0.7%

  £1,791,811 → £1,804,645

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

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.

1. JAMES E. SMITH (NORTHERN) LIMITED 2009-07-10 → present
2. GENERAL BUSINESS SERVICES 2 LIMITED 2009-06-05 → 2009-07-10

Accounting basis

FRS 102 §1A

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Abridged

Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)

Auditor

Cooper Parry Group Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“At the balance sheet date the company had a positive cash balance and a strong net current asset position. The financial forecasts prepared by the directors show that the company will be able to operate within the facilities available to it and the company will continue to trade for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing these accounts. On that basis, the directors have prepared these financial statements on a going concern basis.”

Significant events

• “The year to 31 March 2025 was an extremely challenging trading environment with a number of factors that have had a significant effect on margin during the year.”
• “Sales were reduced by 3% compared with the previous year and with the uncertainties of the current conflicts around the world along with costs rising it produced a loss for the year.”

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

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

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