JAMES CONVENIENCE RETAIL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-26 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-26
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-13 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-17.2% vs 2024
Net assets
-£1M
-19.1% lowest in 4 filed years
Employees
286
-1.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£67K
+85.3% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-26
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-26 | 2021-03-26 | 2022-03-26 | 2023-03-26 | 2024-03-26 | 2025-03-26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £36,314,000 | £36,155,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | -£292,000 | £100,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | -£457,000 | -£67,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,825,000 | £3,371,000 | — | — | -£342,000 | -£175,000 | |
| Cash | £1,504,000 | £575,000 | — | — | £1,223,000 | £1,013,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,957,000 | — | — | — | £797,000 | -£752,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,550,000 | £4,921,000 | — | — | -£915,000 | -£1,090,000 | |
| Equity | — | — | -£273,000 | -£574,000 | -£915,000 | -£1,090,000 | |
| Average employees | 240 | 198 | — | — | 291 | 286 | |
| Wages | £3,403,000 | £3,003,000 | — | — | £5,222,000 | £5,456,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £272,000 | £281,000 |
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 2025-03-26 vs 2024-03-26
-
Turnover
-0.4%
£36,314,000 £36,155,000
-
Cash
-17.2%
£1,223,000 £1,013,000
-
Net assets
-19.1%
-£915,000 -£1,090,000
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
-1.7%
291 286
-
Operating profit
+134.2%
-£292,000 £100,000
-
Profit before tax
+85.3%
-£457,000 -£67,000
-
Wages
+4.5%
£5,222,000 £5,456,000
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 | Trend | 2020-03-26 | 2021-03-26 | 2022-03-26 | 2023-03-26 | 2024-03-26 | 2025-03-26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | -0.8% | 0.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | -0.9% | -0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | -36.6% | -13.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.82x | 0.68x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | -1.77x | 0.60x |
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
- BHP LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On this basis, the directors are satisfied that the group will be able to meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- JAMES CONVENIENCE RETAIL LIMITED · parent
- First Stop News Limited 100%
- Rippleglen Limited 100%
- Maynews Limited 100%
- Supernews Stores Limited 100%
- Eastcliffe News Shops 100%
Significant events
- “During the year the group successfully managed to dispose of several loss-making stores that had become commercially unviable due to the result of cost increases imposed by government and the declining tobacco market.”
- “Further stores have been identified as becoming uncommercially viable due to the change in customer shopping trends and an increase in anticipated costs. These will be disposed of during the upcoming financial year.”
- “The group has had to close stores on the east coast because of non-UK duty paid illicit tobacco trade having such a negative impact on sales for compliant retailers.”
- “Despite anticipated cost increases and sales decline due the ban on disposal vapes coming into force in June 2025, the directors expect the growth from the rebranding and refurbishment of stores to allow the group to continue to deliver a profit at an EBITDA level for the upcoming year.”
- “During the financial year the group reached agreements with various third parties, the precise terms of which are covered by legal confidentiality agreements. The effect of the agreements was that debt obligations of £443k were derecognised.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLAYTON, Mark James | Director | 2020-08-01 | May 1989 | British |
| JAMES, Jonathan Martin | Director | 2015-02-11 | Sep 1968 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JAMES, Rebecca Jane | Director | 2015-02-11 | 2019-02-22 |
| TITTERTON, Mark John | Director | 2017-07-06 | 2026-02-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Rebecca Jane James | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-02-22 |
| Mr Jonathan Martin James | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 52 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-03-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-03-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-04-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-27 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-08-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-10-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-01-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-01-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.