A. & J. STEPHEN (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-19 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+3.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£12M
+0.5% vs 2024
Employees
28
-40.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£59K
+102.3% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-05
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-04-05 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £14,825,930 | £11,363,966 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£2,474,429 | -£43,356 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£2,612,523 | £58,782 | |
| Net profit | — | -£2,612,523 | £58,782 | |
| Cash | — | £3,555,899 | £3,696,080 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £12,130,168 | £12,146,239 | |
| Net assets | — | £12,087,457 | £12,146,239 | |
| Equity | £1,489,935 | £12,087,457 | £12,146,239 | |
| Average employees | — | 47 | 28 | |
| Wages | — | £1,962,227 | £1,390,656 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £283,429 | £334,206 |
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 2025-04-05 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-23.4%
£14,825,930 £11,363,966
-
Cash
+3.9%
£3,555,899 £3,696,080
-
Net assets
+0.5%
£12,087,457 £12,146,239
-
Employees
-40.4%
47 28
-
Operating profit
+98.2%
-£2,474,429 -£43,356
-
Profit before tax
+102.3%
-£2,612,523 £58,782
-
Wages
-29.1%
£1,962,227 £1,390,656
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 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-04-05 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -16.7% | -0.4% | |
| Net margin | — | -17.6% | 0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -20.4% | -0.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 29.8% | 18.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | 3.27x | 5.32x | |
| Interest cover | — | -10.09x | -1.27x |
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
- Morris & Young, Statutory Auditor
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“A & J Stephen (Holdings) Limited is the parent company of A & J Stephen Limited and A & J Stephen (Builders) Limited. These accounts have been prepared having regard to the group's trading forecasts for the next twelve months. These forecasts include detailed cashflow projections. Notwithstanding the above, given the current economic environment and past results, there remains a risk that the external trading environment may be worse than currently envisaged, and as a result, the directors of A & J Stephen (Holdings) Limited have also reviewed forecasts which include sensitivities that make allowance for that risk. Should such a scenario arise, the directors of A & J Stephen (Holdings) Limited have confidence that they have adequate liquidity to ensure that the group can meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- A. & J. STEPHEN (HOLDINGS) LIMITED · parent
- A & J Stephen Limited 100%
- A & J Stephen (Builders) Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FINLAY, Jamie Anthony John | Director | 2022-09-15 | Jul 1985 | British |
| FINLAY, Lorna Anne | Director | — | Apr 1952 | British |
| STEPHEN, Dale Mckenzie | Director | — | Apr 1952 | British |
| STEPHEN, John William | Director | 2000-12-14 | Jun 1967 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GALBRAITH, John Joseph | Secretary | — | 2005-09-29 |
| WEBSTER, John Finlay | Secretary | 2005-09-29 | 2025-03-28 |
| STEPHEN, Derek Methven | Director | — | 2018-09-24 |
| STEPHEN, John Stewart | Director | — | 2022-08-19 |
| STEPHEN, Lewis Robert Robinson | Director | — | 1989-11-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John William Stephen | Individual | Significant influence | 2024-10-07 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 121 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-05 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-05 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-01-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-04-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.