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JAMES E. SMITH (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

#11197238 · Active · Group / consolidated · Incorporated 2018-02-09 (8y 3m) · Last filing 2025-09-24 (8mo ago)
Basic Materials · SIC 16100 · C Manufacturing · Group accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-08-11 (in 3mo)

Last made up 2025-07-28

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£7M

+14.4% vs 2024

Net assets

£19M

+1% vs 2024

Employees

84

-1.2% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£1M

-9.2% vs 2024

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric Trend 2024-03-312025-03-31
Turnover £28,857,274£30,038,718
Operating profit £1,170,798£991,829
Profit before tax £1,197,841£1,088,133
Net profit £855,863£804,358
Cash £5,779,500£6,610,647
Total assets less current liabilities £19,580,128£19,902,688
Net assets £18,978,357£19,175,715
Equity £18,978,357£19,175,715
Average employees 8584
Wages £3,526,018£3,666,851
Directors' remuneration £479,017£501,715

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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31

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 2024-03-312025-03-31
Operating margin 4.1%3.3%
Net margin 3.0%2.7%
Return on capital employed 6.0%5.0%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 22.6%21.5%
Current ratio 3.99x4.24x
Interest cover 239.52x275.51x

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
Cooper Parry Group Limited
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“At the balance sheet date the group had a positive cash balance and was in a strong net current asset position. The financial forecasts prepared by the directors show that the group will be able to operate within the facilities available to it and the group 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.”

Group structure

  1. JAMES E. SMITH (HOLDINGS) LIMITED · parent
    1. James E Smith (Timber) Limited 100%
    2. James E Smith (Northern) Limited 100%

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
HURST, Barry Director 2018-02-09 Jul 1943 British
HURST, Bradley Mark Director 2018-02-09 Apr 1971 British
HURST, Charlton Elliot Director 2018-02-09 Jul 1977 British

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Charlton Elliot Hurst Individual Appoints directors, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm 2019-01-31 Active
Mr Barry Hurst Individual Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm 2019-01-31 Active
Mr Bradley Mark Hurst Individual Appoints directors, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm 2018-02-09 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 27 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2019-03-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2025-09-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-07-28 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-07-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-10-02 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-07-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-11-06 PSC04 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2023-11-06 PSC01 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2023-11-06 PSC01 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2023-10-20 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2023-08-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-08-12 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2022-07-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-02-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-08-16 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2021-02-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-10-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2020-02-19 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2019-11-19 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2019-07-23 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2019-03-18 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
3

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

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

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