JAMES F MCCUE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-08-31 (in 3mo)
Last filed for 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-10 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-27
Watchouts
Cash
£12M
+10.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£17M
+17.7% vs 2023
Employees
132
-0.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
+120.3% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2021-11-30 | 2022-11-30 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £40,252,448 | £44,446,023 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1,262,646 | £2,934,142 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1,518,249 | £3,345,200 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £1,354,283 | £2,600,621 | |
| Cash | — | — | £11,208,684 | £12,392,076 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £14,695,242 | £17,377,350 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £14,695,242 | £17,295,863 | |
| Equity | £14,199,477 | £13,340,959 | £14,695,242 | £17,295,863 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 133 | 132 | |
| Wages | — | — | £4,692,952 | £5,003,225 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £330,167 | £336,347 |
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 2024-11-30 vs 2023-11-30
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Turnover
+10.4%
£40,252,448 £44,446,023
-
Cash
+10.6%
£11,208,684 £12,392,076
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Net assets
+17.7%
£14,695,242 £17,295,863
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Employees
-0.8%
133 132
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Operating profit
+132.4%
£1,262,646 £2,934,142
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Profit before tax
+120.3%
£1,518,249 £3,345,200
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Wages
+6.6%
£4,692,952 £5,003,225
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 | 2021-11-30 | 2022-11-30 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 3.1% | 6.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 3.4% | 5.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 8.6% | 16.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 38.9% | 38.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 2.36x | 2.43x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 66.51x | 31.76x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- D T Carson & Co.
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The directors have assessed a period of 12 months from the date of approving the financial statements with regard to the appropriateness of the going concern assumption in preparing the financial statements. The directors note the postive trading and cashflow position at the date of sign off of the financial statements and believe that the company will continue as a going concern and be able to realise its assets and discharge its liabilties in the normal course of business.”
Significant events
- “Despite the macro economic outlook with difficult trading conditions caused by the conflict in Ukraine and the Middle East, coupled with the recent announcement regarding US trade tariffs, the company has a positive pipeline of tender opportunities and secured orders.”
- “The October 2024 Autumn budget has brought significant challenges with increasing employee costs following a rise in national insurance contributions and the minimum wage rates increasing.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PATTON, Andrew David Neil | Secretary | 1988-09-07 | — | British |
| MCCRACKEN, James Leslie | Director | 1994-05-19 | Aug 1961 | British |
| PATTON, Andrew David Neil | Director | 1988-09-07 | Jul 1962 | British |
| PURDY, Thomas Gary | Director | 2014-12-15 | Dec 1965 | British |
| YOUNG, Brice | Director | 2021-08-26 | May 1970 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LYONS, Alastair Clements | Director | 2014-12-15 | 2023-02-13 |
| PATTON, David Martin | Director | 1987-09-01 | 2011-11-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nkp Holdings (N.I.) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2025-08-26 | Active |
| Mr Andrew David Neil Patton | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-08-26 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 150 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-11 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-14 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-12 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-12-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.