J.S. WRIGHT AND SONS LIMITED
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Cash
£588K
-69.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£6.3M
+33.2% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
40
+14.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2.9M
+52.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £12,395,732 | £16,670,611 | +34.5% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £1,847,799 | £2,862,072 | +54.9% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £2,142,071 | £1,882,029 | £2,863,249 | +52.1% | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £1,760,313 | £1,394,224 | £2,350,393 | +68.6% | |
| Cash | £1,107,232 | £1,111 | £2,368 | £1,815,488 | £1,903,817 | £588,397 | -69.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,798,697 | £3,541,837 | £3,570,688 | £4,962,457 | £5,319,892 | £7,162,146 | +34.6% | |
| Net assets | £3,336,153 | £2,908,131 | £3,055,350 | £4,566,863 | £4,760,032 | £6,342,399 | +33.2% | |
| Equity | £3,336,153 | £2,908,131 | £3,055,350 | £4,566,863 | £4,760,032 | £6,342,399 | +33.2% | |
| Average employees | 39 | 39 | 41 | 39 | 35 | 40 | +14.3% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £1,758,734 | £1,948,353 | £1,834,374 | -5.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £635,568 | £732,445 | £299,509 | -59.1% |
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 14.9% | 17.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 11.2% | 14.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 34.7% | 40.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 2.69x | 3.01x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 59.75x | 85.68x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Rickard Luckin 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. 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 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.”
Significant events
- “The two new drying kilns are almost finished and the two new stacker trucks have proved invaluable with another splitter taking the total to six being delivered in April.”
- “Our new manager of the planting and felling programme has proved a huge asset with Ben being almost solely responsible for organising things so the yard has not run out of trees this winter. We have felled over 11,000. a record and will have planted over 35,000 new trees, another record.”
- “We have invested in the design and building of a bespoke automatic sawing machine.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUGGLES, Jeremy Barton | Secretary | 2004-07-01 | — | British |
| RUGGLES, Jeremy Barton | Director | 1994-03-24 | May 1968 | British |
| WRIGHT, Nicholas John | Director | — | Oct 1939 | British |
| WRIGHT, Oliver Charles | Director | 2008-04-15 | Sep 1970 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRICE, Christopher Wilmot | Secretary | — | 2004-07-01 |
| PRICE, Christopher Wilmot | Director | — | 2004-09-30 |
| WRIGHT, Carleton Neville | Director | — | 1999-01-01 |
| WRIGHT, Peter Stanley | Director | — | 2010-01-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jsw Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-07-16 | Active |
| Mr Jeremy Barton Ruggles | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-07-16 |
| Mr Nicholas John Wright | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-07-16 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 123 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-06-20 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-06-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-04-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-06-20 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-06-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-04-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-04-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-13 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2021-04-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-04-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2018-09-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2018-09-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months