JONESCO (PRESTON) LIMITED
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Cash
£1.7M
-1.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£12M
-1.6% vs 2024
Employees
173
-0.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£607K
-52% vs 2024
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £22,303,103 | £21,388,421 | -4.1% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1,192,999 | £536,634 | -55% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1,264,912 | £606,804 | -52% | |
| Net profit | £1,392,800 | £1,629,083 | £953,597 | £443,649 | -53.5% | |
| Cash | £1,033,836 | £1,035,380 | £1,698,588 | £1,674,857 | -1.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,758,909 | — | £13,092,518 | £12,876,507 | -1.6% | |
| Net assets | £9,359,551 | £10,101,067 | £12,241,609 | £12,048,584 | -1.6% | |
| Equity | — | — | £12,241,609 | £12,048,584 | -1.6% | |
| Average employees | 164 | 150 | 174 | 173 | -0.6% | |
| Wages | £4,139,925 | £4,030,439 | £5,481,322 | £5,768,578 | +5.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £65,331 | £62,565 | -4.2% |
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 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 5.3% | 2.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 4.3% | 2.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 9.1% | 4.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 22.5% | 21.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 3.41x | 3.51x |
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
- MHA Audit Services LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- JONESCO (PRESTON) LIMITED · parent
- Jonesco SARL 100%
Significant events
- “During the year, warehousing capacity at both the UK and French sites were increased as a result of completion of extension to the leased warehouse in Preston and the relocation and consolidation of the warehouse operations in Seclin.”
- “The business awarded a full inflationary pay increase in April 2024 to support the recruitment and retention of a highly skilled and experience workforce and where possible these increases will be reflected in the product prices.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLARKSON, Paul Andrew | Secretary | 2023-08-01 | — | — |
| JONES, Andrew Richard | Director | 1992-04-01 | Jan 1959 | British |
| JONES, Henry Rupert | Director | 1992-04-01 | Dec 1960 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Peter Mark | Director | 1992-04-01 | Aug 1961 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARKER, Barbara Joan | Secretary | — | 1999-04-01 |
| SHIERS, Clifford Michael | Secretary | 1999-04-01 | 2023-08-01 |
| JONES, Dorothy Maureen | Director | — | 2013-03-31 |
| JONES, Richard Michael | Director | — | 2012-04-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarke Willmott Trust Corporation Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75% | 2023-03-27 | Active |
| Kathryn Lucy Williams | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2017-05-25 | Active |
| Henry Rupert Jones | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2017-05-25 | Active |
| Clifford Michael Shiers | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-03-27 |
| Peter David Hine | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-03-27 |
| Dorothy Maureen Jones | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-05-25 |
| Andrew Richard Jones | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 168 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-06-27 | OC | miscellaneous | Court order | |
| 2023-04-12 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2023-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-03-29 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-01-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-01-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-01-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.