JAMES FREW GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-23 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+79.3% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£6M
-13.7% vs 2024
Employees
390
-2.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£1M
-527.6% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £36,091,308 | £34,875,281 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £121,398 | -£1,147,409 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £257,279 | -£1,100,227 | |
| Net profit | — | £0 | — | — | £144,778 | -£823,318 | |
| Cash | £0 | — | £0 | £0 | £864,005 | £1,548,906 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | £7,925,210 | £6,287,640 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | £6,757,551 | £5,834,233 | |
| Equity | — | — | £6,785,608 | £6,711,372 | £6,757,551 | £5,834,233 | |
| Average employees | — | 0 | — | — | 399 | 390 | |
| Wages | — | £0 | — | — | £14,225,857 | £14,634,648 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-3.4%
£36,091,308 £34,875,281
-
Cash
+79.3%
£864,005 £1,548,906
highest in 5 filed years
-
Net assets
-13.7%
£6,757,551 £5,834,233
-
Employees
-2.3%
399 390
-
Operating profit
-1,045.2%
£121,398 -£1,147,409
-
Profit before tax
-527.6%
£257,279 -£1,100,227
-
Wages
+2.9%
£14,225,857 £14,634,648
highest in 3 filed years
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 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 0.3% | -3.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 0.4% | -2.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 1.5% | -18.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 46.5% | 48.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 1.47x | 1.30x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | -211.54x |
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
- William Duncan + Co (Audit) Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- JAMES FREW GROUP LIMITED · parent
- James Frew Limited 100%
Significant events
- “significant investment in 114 new vehicles in 23/24.”
- “Investments have now been transferred over to James Frew Group Limited.”
- “Acquisition of tangible fixed assets: 563,185 (2025). The above relates to the upgrade of the van fleet over a 2 year period and will be offset by disposal proceeds of current fleet. The company intends utilising vehicle finance options as appropriate.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FREW, Dianne Sarah | Director | 2022-10-12 | Dec 1975 | British |
| FREW, Roderick William Alexander | Director | 2021-12-10 | Dec 1973 | British |
| STEWART, Alan James | Director | 2021-12-10 | Feb 1957 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Roderick William Alexander Frew | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-12-10 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 14 of 14 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-03-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-03-18 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-03-18 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-03-16 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2022-03-16 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-12-10 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
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.