J SUTCH HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-01 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£103K
+268.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£4M
-34.1% vs 2024
Employees
85
-6.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£343K
-55.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £11,247,408 | £10,395,805 | |
| Operating profit | £1,111,376 | £921,289 | |
| Profit before tax | £766,680 | £343,303 | |
| Net profit | £293,969 | £355,728 | |
| Cash | £28,019 | £103,141 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,497,588 | £12,903,464 | |
| Net assets | £5,477,997 | £3,609,084 | |
| Equity | £5,477,997 | £3,609,084 | |
| Average employees | 91 | 85 | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
-
Turnover
-7.6%
£11,247,408 £10,395,805
-
Cash
+268.1%
£28,019 £103,141
-
Net assets
-34.1%
£5,477,997 £3,609,084
-
Employees
-6.6%
91 85
-
Operating profit
-17.1%
£1,111,376 £921,289
-
Profit before tax
-55.2%
£766,680 £343,303
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 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.9% | 8.9% | |
| Net margin | 2.6% | 3.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.2% | 7.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 73.3% | 79.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.66x | 0.60x | |
| Interest cover | 3.13x | 1.59x |
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
- DJH Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The Directors have reviewed and considered relevant information, including the annual budget and future cash flows in making their assessment. Based on these assessments, the Directors have concluded that they can continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Group structure
- J SUTCH HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- JS Fleet Services Limited 100%
- John Sutch Cranes Limited 78%
Significant events
- “The restructure of the Group has resulted in a new holding company, J S Holdings Ltd. JS Fleet Services Ltd and John Sutch Cranes Ltd both continue to trade.”
- “Another major change in the year is the disposal of the Head Office, Bridle Road Liverpool from the balance sheet.”
- “The dividend in the year of £2m included a non-cash dividend in specie of £1.6m.”
- “The Group invested in fleet additions to the value of £2.23 million, with disposals of £1.36 million.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUTCH, Elaine | Director | 2024-04-29 | Mar 1952 | British |
| SUTCH, John | Director | 2024-04-29 | Jun 1952 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WADDINGTON, David | Director | 2024-03-19 | 2024-04-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Sutch | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2024-04-29 | Active |
| Mrs Elaine Sutch | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2024-04-29 | Active |
| Mr David Waddington | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-03-19 | Ceased 2024-04-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 14 of 14 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-04 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-04-04 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-18 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2025-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-05-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-08 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-08 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-19 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
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