JAMES COWIE GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£5.5M
+5.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£5.8M
+16.2% vs 2024
Employees
63
+6.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.1M
-31.5% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £7,707,449 | £7,465,407 | -3.1% | |
| Operating profit | £1,468,770 | £963,139 | -34.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,603,292 | £1,098,914 | -31.5% | |
| Net profit | £1,186,532 | £804,092 | -32.2% | |
| Cash | £5,219,149 | £5,516,993 | +5.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,616,618 | £6,307,596 | +12.3% | |
| Net assets | £4,977,582 | £5,781,674 | +16.2% | |
| Equity | £4,977,582 | £5,781,674 | +16.2% | |
| Average employees | 59 | 63 | +6.8% | |
| Wages | £2,311,455 | £2,565,475 | +11% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £211,000 | £212,667 | +0.8% |
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 19.1% | 12.9% | |
| Net margin | 15.4% | 10.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 26.2% | 15.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.38x | 3.00x | |
| Interest cover | 44.49x | 23.97x |
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
- O'Haras Accountants Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are satisfied that the Company will have access to sufficient funds to ensure that all liabilities will be met as they fall due over a period of at least 12 months from the approval date of these financial statements. Consequently, the directors consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- JAMES COWIE GROUP LIMITED · parent
- James Cowie & Co Limited 100%
- Hugh Logan Plant & Engineering Limited 100%
- The Northern Trailer Company Limited 100%
- Timber Frame Steelwork Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GILMURRAY, Anne | Secretary | 2022-06-20 | — | — |
| CARNEY, Mark | Director | 2011-12-21 | Oct 1967 | British |
| GILMURRAY, Anne | Director | 2011-12-21 | Oct 1972 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCKANE, Nicola Carney | Secretary | 2012-02-16 | 2022-05-11 |
| CARNEY, Matthew | Director | 2011-12-21 | 2012-05-23 |
| MCKANE, Nicola Carney | Director | 2011-12-21 | 2022-05-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Mark Carney | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 48 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-08-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-07-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-10 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-07-10 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-07-10 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-20 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-05-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-05-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-10 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type total exemption full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 3
- 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.