JAMES SOUTHALL & COMPANY LIMITED
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Cash
£89K
+81.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£4.4M
-7.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
46
-11.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£148K
-8.8% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £9,625,000 | £9,635,000 | £8,061,000 | -16.3% | |
| Operating profit | -£1,144,000 | -£25,000 | -£37,000 | -48% | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,290,000 | -£136,000 | -£148,000 | -8.8% | |
| Net profit | -£1,290,000 | -£191,000 | -£148,000 | +22.5% | |
| Cash | £302,000 | £49,000 | £89,000 | +81.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,150,000 | £4,757,000 | £4,403,000 | -7.4% | |
| Net assets | £5,108,000 | £4,715,000 | £4,361,000 | -7.5% | |
| Equity | £5,108,000 | £4,715,000 | £4,361,000 | -7.5% | |
| Average employees | 59 | 52 | 46 | -11.5% | |
| Wages | £1,781,000 | £1,495,000 | £1,494,000 | -0.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £76,000 | £50,000 | £51,000 | +2% |
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 | -11.9% | -0.3% | -0.5% | |
| Net margin | -13.4% | -2.0% | -1.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -22.2% | -0.5% | -0.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.32x | 2.45x | 2.48x | |
| Interest cover | -7.78x | -0.23x | -0.33x |
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
- Lovewell Blake LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Despite the loss-making position of the Group, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- JAMES SOUTHALL & COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- Start-Rite Shoes Ltd 100%
- Start-Rite Retail Ltd 100%
- Start-Rite Classics Limited 100%
- Domani Retail Limited 100%
Significant events
- “At the year end, the Group had entered into agreements to purchase stock for the value of £2,042,000 (2024: £2,233,000).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GREENSIDES, Claire Naomi | Director | 2025-11-11 | Oct 1973 | British |
| LAMBLE, Peter James | Director | 1993-09-17 | Feb 1961 | British |
| SOUTHALL, Richard Evelyn | Director | 2015-09-14 | Feb 1963 | British |
| TYLEY, Jennifer Louise | Director | 2025-11-11 | Jul 1983 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAMBLE, Peter James | Secretary | — | 1997-01-01 |
| ROWE, Michael Anthony | Secretary | 2002-06-19 | 2016-07-15 |
| SPEAKE, Christopher John | Secretary | 1997-01-01 | 2002-06-19 |
| STAFF, Andrew Michael Lawrence | Secretary | 2016-07-18 | 2016-11-11 |
| WESTAWAY, Johanna | Secretary | 2017-10-13 | 2019-08-16 |
| ADAMS, Hugo James | Director | 2021-05-28 | 2022-09-05 |
| ANNISON, Robert Philip | Director | 2017-02-23 | 2017-10-02 |
| ATTWOOD, David John | Director | 2004-01-28 | 2009-01-15 |
| BENNETT, John Michael | Director | 2000-08-15 | 2002-03-28 |
| CHESWORTH, Michael Peter | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| CHURCH, John George | Director | 2000-07-01 | 2006-06-30 |
| CHURCH, John George | Director | — | 1998-12-31 |
| COX, Graham Edwin John | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2013-03-28 |
| DAVIES, Eve | Director | 2011-10-03 | 2016-07-15 |
| FRY, John Anthony | Director | 2006-07-01 | 2016-03-02 |
| HODKINSON, Michael John | Director | 1995-01-01 | 2000-12-31 |
| HOOK, Roger James | Director | — | 1998-10-08 |
| HULL, Michael Francis | Director | — | 2000-02-25 |
| MIRMAN, Sophie | Director | 1998-12-01 | 2000-10-02 |
| RILEY, Stephen Nicholas | Director | 2015-12-08 | 2019-01-18 |
| ROWE, Michael Anthony | Director | 2003-09-10 | 2016-07-15 |
| STAFF, Andrew Michael Lawrence | Director | 2016-07-18 | 2016-11-11 |
| TANSLEY, Kate Rickard | Director | 2019-01-24 | 2023-01-05 |
| WATSON, Ian Andrew | Director | 2016-02-01 | 2019-01-24 |
| WHITE, David John Howard | Director | 2023-02-07 | 2025-11-11 |
| WHITE, David John Howard | Director | — | 2002-09-30 |
| WILSON, Jane | Director | 1997-01-01 | 2005-09-16 |
| WRIGHT, Christopher | Director | 2001-12-12 | 2015-12-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 199 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-12-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-11-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.