JAMES MACKLE LIMITED
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Cash
£404K
+45% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£6.5M
+0.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
54
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£194K
-52.4% first positive since 2023
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,977,590 | £7,443,364 | £7,736,433 | +3.9% | |
| Operating profit | -£301,828 | £410,895 | £165,115 | -59.8% | |
| Profit before tax | -£303,843 | £407,437 | £194,130 | -52.4% | |
| Net profit | -£196,148 | £380,776 | £126,999 | -66.6% | |
| Cash | £125,359 | £278,653 | £404,066 | +45% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,635,825 | £7,032,243 | £7,027,947 | -0.1% | |
| Net assets | £6,186,689 | £6,479,961 | £6,519,456 | +0.6% | |
| Equity | £6,186,689 | £6,479,961 | £6,519,456 | +0.6% | |
| Average employees | 61 | 54 | 54 | 0% | |
| Wages | £1,613,732 | £1,587,455 | £1,676,713 | +5.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £30,954 | £32,596 | £31,138 | -4.5% |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -4.3% | 5.5% | 2.1% | |
| Net margin | -2.8% | 5.1% | 1.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -4.5% | 5.8% | 2.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 15.5% | 16.8% | 14.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.55x | 3.33x | 4.37x | |
| Interest cover | -18.28x | 15.36x | 15.52x |
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
- ASM (D) Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors, after making enquiries, have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly they continue to adopt the going concern basis in the preparation of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- JAMES MACKLE LIMITED · parent
- James Mackle (U.K.) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACKLE, Winefride | Secretary | 1986-07-11 | — | — |
| MACKLE, Michael | Director | 1986-07-11 | Apr 1952 | British |
| MACKLE, Winefride | Director | 1986-07-11 | Jul 1956 | Irish |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Michael Mackle | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Significant influence | 2016-06-30 | Active |
| Mrs Winefride Mackle | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Significant influence | 2016-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 126 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-02-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-02-02 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-11 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-11-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-11 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-11 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-02-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-02-02 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-02-01 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2022-02-01 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- 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.