JOHNS GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£2m
-15.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£4.2m
-5.7% vs 2024
Employees
79
-3.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£563k
-61.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £10,637,276 | £11,989,560 | £10,094,479 | -15.8% | |
| Operating profit | £1,475,480 | £1,439,215 | £546,465 | -62% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,477,230 | £1,447,663 | £563,392 | -61.1% | |
| Net profit | £1,082,823 | £1,100,751 | £417,420 | -62.1% | |
| Cash | £1,224,830 | £2,316,394 | £1,952,809 | -15.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,158,989 | £4,537,875 | £4,311,987 | -5% | |
| Net assets | £4,067,705 | £4,453,340 | £4,198,215 | -5.7% | |
| Equity | £4,067,705 | £4,453,340 | £4,198,215 | -5.7% | |
| Average employees | 82 | 82 | 79 | -3.7% | |
| Wages | £2,805,943 | £2,965,166 | £3,099,440 | +4.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £82,748 | £91,857 | £219,585 | +139.1% |
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 | 13.9% | 12.0% | 5.4% | |
| Net margin | 10.2% | 9.2% | 4.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 35.5% | 31.7% | 12.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 28.1% | 30.1% | 23.9% | |
| Current ratio | 3.30x | 3.04x | 3.93x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 36.24x |
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 2 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2026-05-08
- JOHNS GROUP LIMITED 2026-05-08 → present
- JOHNS OF NOTTINGHAM LIMITED 1976-12-31 → 2026-05-08
- JOHNS (DECORATORS) LIMITED 1946-05-27 → 1976-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. We have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “On 8 May 2026 the company changed its name from Johns of Nottingham Limited to Johns Group Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KERRY, David Vincent | Secretary | — | — | British |
| CHAPMAN, Alexander John William | Director | 2025-03-24 | Nov 1992 | English |
| CHAPMAN, Matthew Russell | Director | 2025-03-24 | Jul 1994 | English |
| CHAPMAN, Russell John | Director | — | Oct 1960 | British |
| KERRY, David Vincent | Director | 1993-04-01 | Mar 1962 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAPMAN, Eva | Director | — | 2026-01-26 |
| CHAPMAN, John Michael | Director | — | 2014-07-13 |
| COOKSLEY, David Melville | Director | — | 2003-03-03 |
| TAYLOR, Robert | Director | — | 1999-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr David Vincent Kerry | Individual | Shares 50–75% (as trust), Voting 50–75% (as trust) | 2026-03-27 | Active |
| Mr Russell John Chapman | Individual | Shares 50–75% (as trust), Voting 50–75% (as trust) | 2026-03-27 | Active |
| Mr Russell John Chapman | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-03-27 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-05-08 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
- 2026-04-18 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-04-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-08 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2026-04-18 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-04-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-04-09 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2026-04-03 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-01 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.