JAMES HAMBRO & COMPANY LIMITED
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Cash
£127k
-55.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£666k
+58.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
35
+6.1% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£856k
+288.2% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
At the reporting date, the company had net current liabilities of £1,254,956, primarily as a result of amounts due to its parent undertaking, James Hambro & Partners LLP. The directors have considered the terms of this arrangement together with a formal letter of support received from James Hambro & Partners LLP, confirming that the parent will not seek repayment for at least twelve months.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | 2026-04-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,039,268 | £7,090,124 | £8,469,434 | +19.5% | |
| Operating profit | £154,169 | £207,701 | £851,397 | +309.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £165,215 | £220,600 | £856,291 | +288.2% | |
| Net profit | £124,868 | £165,577 | £642,182 | +287.8% | |
| Cash | £580,226 | £287,524 | £126,795 | -55.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | £253,914 | £419,491 | £665,673 | +58.7% | |
| Equity | £253,914 | £419,491 | £665,673 | +58.7% | |
| Average employees | 31 | 33 | 35 | +6.1% | |
| Wages | £2,739,582 | £3,162,868 | £3,434,629 | +8.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | £0 | — |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | 2026-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.6% | 2.9% | 10.1% | |
| Net margin | 2.1% | 2.3% | 7.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 97.7% | 96.2% | 93.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.40x | 0.37x | 0.41x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“At the reporting date, the company had net current liabilities of £1,254,956, primarily as a result of amounts due to its parent undertaking, James Hambro & Partners LLP. The directors have considered the terms of this arrangement together with a formal letter of support received from James Hambro & Partners LLP, confirming that the parent will not seek repayment for at least twelve months.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELEMENTAL COMPANY SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2023-06-01 | — | — |
| CALKIN, Paul Bernard | Director | 2012-10-09 | Sep 1963 | British |
| HAMBRO, James Daryl | Director | 2012-06-19 | Mar 1949 | British |
| IANNOTTI, Martina | Director | 2025-01-23 | Mar 1985 | Italian,Canadian |
| STEEL, Andrew James | Director | 2012-06-19 | Feb 1968 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUTLIN, Rachel Elizabeth | Secretary | 2012-10-09 | 2012-10-09 |
| MARTI, Sharon | Secretary | 2012-10-10 | 2017-02-08 |
| CORNHILL SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2017-02-08 | 2021-08-01 |
| LDC NOMINEE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2021-08-01 | 2023-05-19 |
| CALKIN, Charles Bernard | Director | 2012-10-09 | 2024-12-18 |
| LINDSAY, Anthony Robert, The Earl Of Crawford | Director | 2012-06-19 | 2024-12-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Hambro & Partners Llp | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 67 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-29 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2024-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-27 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-27 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-06-27 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2023-06-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.