J.D. WILLIAMS & COMPANY LIMITED
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Cash
£46M
+248.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£255M
+140.2% vs 2023
Employees
1,767
-4.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£6.8M
+108.9% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-03-02
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-04 | 2024-03-02 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £658,300,000 | £585,400,000 | -11.1% | |
| Operating profit | -£64,000,000 | £20,700,000 | +132.3% | |
| Profit before tax | -£76,100,000 | £6,800,000 | +108.9% | |
| Net profit | -£56,300,000 | £3,500,000 | +106.2% | |
| Cash | £13,100,000 | £45,700,000 | +248.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £106,300,000 | £266,500,000 | +150.7% | |
| Net assets | £106,100,000 | £254,800,000 | +140.2% | |
| Equity | £106,100,000 | £254,800,000 | +140.2% | |
| Average employees | 1,856 | 1,767 | -4.8% | |
| Wages | £61,300,000 | £63,200,000 | +3.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £3,400,000 | £4,100,000 | +20.6% |
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 | 2023-03-04 | 2024-03-02 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -9.7% | 3.5% | |
| Net margin | -8.6% | 0.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -60.2% | 7.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.91x | 1.20x | |
| Interest cover | -3.11x | 1.29x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence to 31 December 2025. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in the preparation of these financial statements. This is explained in further detail in note 1.”
Group structure
- J.D. WILLIAMS & COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- Aldrex Ltd 100%
- Ambrose Wilson Ltd 100%
- Better Living Ltd 100%
- Classic Combination Ltd 100%
- Comfortably Yours Ltd 100%
- Crescent Direct Ltd 100%
- Cuss Contractors Ltd 100%
- Dale House (Mail Order) Ltd 100%
- E Langfield & Co. Ltd 100%
- Fashion World Ltd 100%
- Figleaves Global Trading Limited 100%
- Whitfords (Bury) Ltd 100%
- Whitfords (Textiles) Ltd 100%
- Whitfords (Cosytred) Ltd 100%
- The Bury Boot & Shoe Co (1953) Ltd 100%
- First Financial Ltd 100%
- Gray & Osbourn Ltd 100%
- Halwins Ltd 100%
- Hartingdon House Ltd 100%
- Heather Valley (Woollens) Ltd 100%
- Hilton Mailing Ltd 100%
- House of Stirling (Direct Mail) Ltd 100%
- J. D. Williams Merchandise Co Ltd 100%
- JDW Finance Ltd 100%
- JDW Pension Trustees Ltd 100%
- Langley House Ltd 100%
- Mature Wisdom Ltd 100%
- Melgold Ltd 100%
- Odhams Leisure Group Ltd 100%
- Oxendale & Co. Ltd (Eire Reg) 100%
- Reliable Collections Ltd 100%
- Sander & Kay Ltd 100%
- Speciality Home Shopping (US) Ltd 100%
- Speciality Home Shopping (US Marketing) LLC 100%
- The Value Catalogue Limited 100%
- Trading By Post Ltd 100%
- T-Bra Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 53 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WELLS, Christian Henry | Secretary | 2022-08-15 | — | — |
| APPLETON, Dominic | Director | 2023-06-07 | Apr 1972 | British |
| JOY, Daniel Barry | Director | 2020-01-06 | Dec 1972 | British |
| LEMAY, Malcolm | Director | 2025-04-01 | Jan 1958 | British |
| PIRANIE, Ashraf | Director | 2025-05-26 | Apr 1963 | British |
Show 53 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEAT, Stephanie Louise | Secretary | 2015-10-29 | 2016-06-24 |
| CASEY, Theresa | Secretary | 2016-06-24 | 2021-10-29 |
| MUSTARD, Michael William | Secretary | 2022-03-01 | 2022-08-15 |
| TYNAN, Peter John | Secretary | — | 2015-10-29 |
| WELLS, Christian | Secretary | 2021-10-29 | 2022-03-01 |
| ALLIANCE, Nigel | Director | 2012-12-20 | 2019-07-10 |
| ALLIANCE, Nigel | Director | — | 1995-08-31 |
| ARMITAGE, Mark Adrian | Director | 2001-07-16 | 2004-03-22 |
| BASNETT, Keith | Director | 1997-12-10 | 2004-03-22 |
| BEVERIDGE, Iain Anderson | Director | 1994-05-17 | 1999-11-09 |
| BULLAS, Michael Stuart | Director | 2002-11-01 | 2004-03-12 |
| BURGIN, Judith Margaret | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2002-03-29 |
| CARR, Ian | Director | 2011-09-13 | 2018-03-31 |
| CHESHIRE, Mark | Director | 2007-08-13 | 2014-10-01 |
| CLARK, Richard John | Director | 2017-05-02 | 2018-07-02 |
| COOK, Gerald | Director | 1994-08-16 | 2003-01-24 |
| CUNNINGHAM, Robert Michael | Director | 1994-06-06 | 1997-08-31 |
| DA CRUZ MILLER, Nuno Miguel | Director | 2021-11-01 | 2023-10-31 |
| FADIL, Alyson Tracey | Director | 2018-04-03 | 2023-10-31 |
| FOGWILL, Jonathan Harry Cecil | Director | 2013-02-01 | 2015-03-07 |
| GREEN, Graham | Director | 1997-08-18 | 2006-08-31 |
| GREEN, Nigel Ferguson | Director | — | 2000-09-01 |
| GREENWOOD, Michael Irvine | Director | — | 1994-05-17 |
| HAYWOOD, Andrew Paul | Director | 2014-08-04 | 2018-03-30 |
| HIGGINSON, Andrew Thomas | Director | 2012-08-07 | 2012-08-07 |
| HINCHCLIFFE, John | Director | 2003-09-15 | 2012-01-31 |
| IZZARD, Rachel | Director | 2020-04-06 | 2023-06-06 |
| JOHNSON, Stephen | Director | 2016-02-25 | 2026-03-24 |
| KENDRICK, Paul Robert | Director | 2008-02-25 | 2015-06-25 |
| KOWALSKI, Timothy John | Director | 1999-05-14 | 2003-12-02 |
| LEE, Angrew Stephen | Director | 2000-02-04 | 2003-08-31 |
| LOVELACE, Craig Barry | Director | 2015-05-11 | 2020-06-28 |
| MACFARLANE, Iain Sinclair | Director | — | 1997-12-24 |
| MARTIN, James | Director | — | 2002-09-02 |
| MASSINGHAM, Caroline Jane | Director | 2014-03-17 | 2016-12-31 |
| MCGOWAN, Neil Angus | Director | 2008-05-12 | 2014-09-08 |
| MOORE, Dean Roderick | Director | 2004-01-28 | 2015-04-30 |
| MURPHY, Mark Antony | Director | 2019-06-03 | 2020-01-09 |
| NELSON, Kenyatte | Director | 2019-06-03 | 2019-06-03 |
| NELSON, Kenyatte | Director | 2019-06-03 | 2022-10-14 |
| QUINN, Linda Elizabeth | Director | 2013-02-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| RISK, Keith James | Director | 2003-09-22 | 2011-11-30 |
| SHORT, Paul Newell | Director | 2004-07-27 | 2012-10-01 |
| SPINDLER, Angela Lesley | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2018-09-30 |
| STEER, Ann | Director | 2015-03-07 | 2019-01-25 |
| TUCKER, Ralph Eric | Director | 2015-03-07 | 2020-01-31 |
| WARNE, Adam John | Director | 2018-04-03 | 2021-10-01 |
| WELSH, Sarah Victoria | Director | 2020-03-30 | 2023-10-31 |
| WHITE, Alan | Director | 2002-09-02 | 2013-10-31 |
| WHITE, Alan | Director | — | 1999-05-14 |
| WILLIAMS, Denis George Montgomery | Director | — | 2007-01-05 |
| WOOD, Timothy Peter | Director | 1994-04-26 | 1998-06-12 |
| YATES, Robert David | Director | — | 1996-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.D. Williams Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 260 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-27 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-04-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-23 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-02 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-06-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-27 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-05-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.