JAMES COLES & SONS (NURSERIES) LIMITED
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Cash
£3.2m
+67.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£12m
+11% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
127
+0.8% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.8m
-15.7% vs 2024
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
6-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,511,275 | £12,930,608 | £13,247,823 | £14,386,217 | £14,245,510 | £14,677,460 | +3% | |
| Operating profit | £649,980 | £1,632,363 | £959,512 | £762,873 | £1,632,085 | £1,620,778 | -0.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £674,642 | £1,650,536 | £985,605 | £843,733 | £2,081,031 | £1,754,358 | -15.7% | |
| Net profit | £528,835 | £1,302,396 | £778,420 | £655,717 | £1,510,448 | £1,313,079 | -13.1% | |
| Cash | £3,510,153 | £4,534,394 | £4,235,696 | £1,431,815 | £1,883,553 | £3,160,976 | +67.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,255,665 | £9,285,894 | £9,765,487 | £8,822,892 | £10,981,395 | £13,391,953 | +22% | |
| Net assets | £8,133,065 | £9,101,461 | £9,551,881 | £8,565,598 | £10,619,594 | £11,789,673 | +11% | |
| Equity | £8,133,065 | £9,101,461 | £9,551,881 | £8,565,598 | £10,619,594 | £11,789,673 | +11% | |
| Average employees | 107 | 106 | 111 | 121 | 126 | 127 | +0.8% | |
| Wages | £2,794,696 | £3,185,085 | £3,442,228 | £4,013,872 | £4,177,146 | £4,374,113 | +4.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £200,549 | £177,940 | £201,791 | £319,313 | £138,458 | £272,791 | +97% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | — | £138,962 | £163,843 | +17.9% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | — | £102,571 | £102,802 | +0.2% |
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 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.8% | 12.6% | 7.2% | 5.3% | 11.5% | 11.0% | |
| Net margin | 5.6% | 10.1% | 5.9% | 4.6% | 10.6% | 8.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.9% | 17.6% | 9.8% | 8.6% | 14.9% | 12.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 15.9% | 21.1% | 19.2% | 22.7% | 21.5% | 25.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 3.34x | 4.49x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- JAMES COLES & SONS (NURSERIES) LIMITED 1977-12-31 → present
- LUTRELLOR LIMITED 1977-09-20 → 1977-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. In adopting this basis, the directors have considered the Company's current financial position, forecast trading performance and expected cash flows for a period of at least twelve months”
Significant events
- “During the current year the Company undertook a detailed review of the accounting treatment applied to growing stock and associated production costs. ... growing stock had not previously been recognised in accordance with the requirements of FRS 102 Sections 13 and 34.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLES, Deborah Jayne | Secretary | 2002-04-01 | — | British |
| CADE, Mark John | Director | 2011-04-01 | Oct 1963 | British |
| COLES, Deborah Jayne | Director | 2002-04-01 | Feb 1971 | British |
| COLES, James Robert | Director | — | Sep 1970 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLES, Geoffrey Robert | Secretary | — | 1997-01-09 |
| COLES, Stephanie Esther | Secretary | 1997-01-09 | 2002-03-31 |
| COLES, Geoffrey Robert | Director | — | 2023-01-03 |
| COLES, Stephanie Esther | Director | — | 2002-03-31 |
| COLES, William Robert | Director | — | 1998-03-04 |
| RICHARDSON, Thomas Gwent | Director | — | 2011-09-30 |
| THOMPSON, Janet Margaret | Director | — | 1992-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Vicki Louise Bennett | Individual | Shares 25–50% (as trust), Voting 25–50% (as trust) | 2023-07-24 | Active |
| Magma Trusts & Estates Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-06-23 | Ceased 2023-01-06 |
| James Coles & Sons (Investments) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-06-23 | Active |
| Mrs Stephanie Esther Coles | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2022-06-23 | Active |
| Mr Geoffrey Robert Coles | Individual | Shares 25–50% (as trust), Significant influence (as trust) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-07-22 |
| James Robert Coles | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 141 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-07-26 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-07-26 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-08-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2024-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-02 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-20 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-20 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-18 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-26 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-07-26 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-07-26 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.