JAMES FLEMING & COMPANY LIMITED
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Cash
£100
-100% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£100
-100% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
34
-77.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£778k
-584.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Accounts not prepared on a going-concern basis
From 1 April 2025, the company ceased to be a trading company. It is the intention of the group that the company will be wound up in the near future. ... As such, these financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £37,016,199 | £36,666,769 | £5,842,039 | -84.1% | |
| Operating profit | £517,567 | £1,010,298 | -£608,421 | -160.2% | |
| Profit before tax | -£299,000 | £160,744 | -£778,349 | -584.2% | |
| Net profit | -£291,064 | £89,865 | -£778,349 | -966.1% | |
| Cash | £2,564,561 | £2,106,990 | £100 | -100% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,288,584 | £11,451,716 | £100 | -100% | |
| Net assets | £5,938,584 | £6,028,449 | — | — | |
| Equity | £5,938,584 | £6,028,449 | £100 | -100% | |
| Average employees | 162 | 150 | 34 | -77.3% | |
| Wages | £4,935,924 | £5,093,800 | £1,127,396 | -77.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £0 | £0 | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.4% | 2.8% | -10.4% | |
| Net margin | -0.8% | 0.2% | -13.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.4% | 8.8% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 80.8% | 78.9% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.16x | 0.95x | — | |
| Interest cover | 0.62x | 1.18x | -3.55x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- JAMES FLEMING & COMPANY LIMITED 1991-07-01 → present
- PACIFIC SHELF 389 LIMITED 1991-05-01 → 1991-07-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Not a going concern (break-up basis)
“From 1 April 2025, the company ceased to be a trading company. It is the intention of the group that the company will be wound up in the near future. ... As such, these financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern.”
Significant events
- “During 2025, Zeelandia Group in the UK has undertaken a group restructuring, and as part of which the trade and assets of the company have been transferred on going concern basis to its sister company Zeelandia UK Limited on 1 April 2025.”
- “On 10 April 2025, the issued share capital of the company was reduced from £3,500,000 to £100 by cancelling and extinguishing 3,499,900 of ordinary shares of £1 each in the company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UDAGAMA, Nuwan Indika | Secretary | 2023-08-16 | — | — |
| AMOS, David Robert | Director | 2017-01-04 | Feb 1965 | British |
| VAN WOUWE, Simon Hendrik Pieter | Director | 2023-08-16 | Aug 1967 | Dutch |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMOS, David Robert | Secretary | 2018-12-01 | 2023-08-16 |
| HOW, Anthony Edward | Secretary | 1993-10-28 | 2015-02-28 |
| LATTIMORE, Irene Premila | Secretary | 2018-03-01 | 2018-11-30 |
| ROSS, Robert | Secretary | 1991-06-19 | 1993-10-28 |
| STEWART, Kathleen Margaret | Secretary | 1991-05-17 | 1991-06-19 |
| MD SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1991-05-01 | 1991-05-17 |
| DE RUITER, Michiel Johannes | Director | 2018-03-16 | 2020-06-01 |
| DINET, Jean | Director | 2003-06-17 | 2007-03-20 |
| FERGUSON, William Ross | Director | 1992-08-21 | 2017-01-04 |
| GENICOT, Jacques, Monsieur | Director | 1991-06-19 | 2003-06-17 |
| GENICOT, Jean Bernard | Director | 1991-06-19 | 2006-02-16 |
| GOURDIN, Pierre Maurice Marie | Director | 2001-05-22 | 2005-02-28 |
| GOURDIN, Pierre Maurice Marie | Director | 1992-04-15 | 2000-05-22 |
| HATCHER, Christopher | Director | 2007-03-01 | 2008-03-29 |
| HOEKSTRA, Emile Philip | Director | 2018-03-16 | 2019-04-01 |
| HOW, Anthony Edward | Director | 2005-08-01 | 2015-02-28 |
| HUBBUCH, Thomas | Director | 2005-10-10 | 2015-09-30 |
| LAMBRECHT, Jens Oliver | Director | 2015-07-30 | 2017-01-04 |
| LOCKEFEER, Lodewijk Herman Bastiaan | Director | 2020-06-01 | 2023-08-16 |
| MILLMAN, Fiona | Director | 2015-07-30 | 2018-03-01 |
| OOSTERINK, Marijn | Director | 2007-05-15 | 2015-09-30 |
| ROSS, Robert | Director | 1991-06-19 | 2005-05-20 |
| SMITH, James Andrew Mitchell | Director | 1991-05-17 | 1991-06-19 |
| SMITS, Georges Jean Alphonse Madeleine, Dr | Director | 2000-05-22 | 2002-10-20 |
| STEWART, Kathleen Margaret | Director | 1991-05-17 | 1991-06-19 |
| MD SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1991-05-01 | 1991-05-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zeelandia Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-04-10 | Active |
| Zeelandia Holdings (Uk) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-01-04 | Ceased 2025-04-10 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 173 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-04-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-12-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-20 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-15 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-11 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-04-11 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-04-11 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-04-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-20 | 466(Scot) | mortgage | Mortgage alter floating charge with number | |
| 2023-09-20 | 466(Scot) | mortgage | Mortgage alter floating charge with number | |
| 2023-08-19 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.