JOHNSON BROTHERS (BELFAST) LIMITED
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Cash
£700K
+74.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£15M
+3.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
98
+3.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£632K
+752% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £31,636,998 | £33,958,644 | +7.3% | |
| Operating profit | — | £108,684 | £654,364 | +502.1% | |
| Profit before tax | — | £74,196 | £632,167 | +752% | |
| Net profit | — | £28,904 | £447,998 | +1,450% | |
| Cash | £1,185,878 | £401,254 | £699,649 | +74.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,457,847 | £14,719,133 | £15,231,117 | +3.5% | |
| Net assets | £12,376,766 | £14,482,665 | £14,930,663 | +3.1% | |
| Equity | £12,376,766 | £14,482,665 | £14,930,663 | +3.1% | |
| Average employees | 98 | 95 | 98 | +3.2% | |
| Wages | — | £2,815,532 | £3,039,003 | +7.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £627,803 | £713,550 | +13.7% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 0.3% | 1.9% | |
| Net margin | — | 0.1% | 1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 0.7% | 4.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | 2.60x | 2.18x | |
| Interest cover | — | 3.15x | 29.46x |
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
- Cleaver Black
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have assessed based on the anticipated activities of the company, that there are adequate resources in place to meet the on-going costs of the business for a minimum of 12 months from the date of signing of the financial statements. In coming to this conclusion, the directors have assessed the entity's current financing arrangements and liquid resources. For this reason, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which presumes the utilisation of assets and liabilities in the normal course of business.”
Group structure
- JOHNSON BROTHERS (BELFAST) LIMITED · parent
- Johnson Brothers (Distributing) Ltd
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAGINNIS, Michelle Esther | Secretary | 2020-10-01 | — | — |
| JOHNSON, Angus Micheal | Director | 2023-09-01 | Mar 1994 | British |
| JOHNSON, Dermot William Moore | Director | 1993-07-01 | Jun 1961 | British |
| JOHNSON, Michael Andrew | Director | 1993-07-01 | Jun 1963 | British |
| JOHNSON, Michael Y | Director | 1961-04-06 | Feb 1937 | British |
| JOHNSON, Richard John | Director | 1992-01-01 | Nov 1950 | British |
| MAGINNIS, Michelle Esther | Director | 2022-09-01 | Sep 1972 | British |
| MILLS, Philip | Director | 2010-09-01 | Apr 1966 | British |
| PATTON, Neil John Walter | Director | 2021-04-01 | Sep 1967 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENNETT, Gareth Samuel David | Secretary | 2018-07-01 | 2020-09-30 |
| JOHNSON, Richard John | Secretary | 1987-12-01 | 2018-07-01 |
| JOHNSON, David A | Director | 1960-10-03 | 2001-09-05 |
| JOHNSON, Richard Charles Crawford | Director | 1960-10-03 | 2001-09-05 |
| JOHNSON, Terence C | Director | 1960-10-03 | 1999-12-10 |
| MARKS, Allen William | Director | 1992-01-01 | 2010-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Michael Andrew Johnson | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Dermot William Moore Johnson | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 176 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-24 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-04-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-10-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2020-10-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
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
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.