JOHN AYLING GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-19 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£17M
+14% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
+70% vs 2023
Employees
64
+10.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
+19.2% vs 2023
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-09-04 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £64,544,127 | £80,570,291 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £891,199 | £1,038,987 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1,037,269 | £1,236,541 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £741,592 | £927,321 | |
| Cash | — | — | £14,562,250 | £16,595,101 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £3,514,929 | £3,624,598 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £1,325,204 | £2,252,525 | |
| Equity | £0 | £573,612 | £1,325,204 | £2,252,525 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 58 | 64 | |
| Wages | — | — | £3,812,284 | £4,625,057 | |
| 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. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+24.8%
£64,544,127 £80,570,291
-
Cash
+14%
£14,562,250 £16,595,101
-
Net assets
+70%
£1,325,204 £2,252,525
-
Employees
+10.3%
58 64
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Operating profit
+16.6%
£891,199 £1,038,987
-
Profit before tax
+19.2%
£1,037,269 £1,236,541
-
Wages
+21.3%
£3,812,284 £4,625,057
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 | 2022-09-04 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 1.4% | 1.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 1.1% | 1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 25.4% | 28.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 94.2% | 91.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.08x | 1.08x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 10.28x | 23.60x |
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
- Gravita II LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- JOHN AYLING GROUP LIMITED · parent
- John Ayling and Associates Limited 100%
Significant events
- “We have achieved another year of remarkable growth, with a 24.8% increase in turnover and a 25% increase in net profit.”
- “This year, our headcount increased to 64, up from 58 in 2023.”
- “Merger accounting has been adopted where the subsidiary's assets have been hived up on 24th April 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AYLING, John Vernon | Director | 2022-09-16 | Apr 1944 | British |
| NEWTON, Jonathan Harwell | Director | 2022-09-16 | Feb 1977 | British |
| SMITH, Nicholas Ashley | Director | 2022-09-16 | Aug 1978 | British |
| TEMPLE, Richard John Alexander | Director | 2022-09-05 | Oct 1973 | British |
| WILLIAMSON, Elizabeth Anne | Director | 2024-01-01 | Jan 1980 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard John Alexander Temple | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-09-05 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 26 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-11-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-11-03 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-16 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-01-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-12-06 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2022-12-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-11-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-11-03 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-10-07 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.