KIRKMAN AND JOURDAIN LIMITED
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Cash
£1.4m
-78.8% lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£6.1m
-46.4% vs 2024
Employees
79
-2.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.5m
-10.1% vs 2024
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £18,541,507 | £27,301,089 | £31,043,554 | £25,186,034 | £25,464,893 | +1.1% | |
| Operating profit | £1,977,030 | £4,281,421 | £4,454,939 | £2,555,635 | £2,460,772 | -3.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,970,745 | £4,290,402 | £4,583,531 | £2,833,025 | £2,547,731 | -10.1% | |
| Net profit | £1,567,304 | £3,477,359 | £3,476,163 | £2,104,851 | £1,868,425 | -11.2% | |
| Cash | £3,842,040 | £4,807,249 | £6,759,760 | £6,436,573 | £1,361,527 | -78.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,382,987 | £6,313,891 | £9,396,595 | £11,470,367 | £6,188,184 | -46.1% | |
| Net assets | £5,209,133 | £6,176,435 | £9,217,598 | £11,322,449 | £6,068,130 | -46.4% | |
| Equity | £5,209,133 | £6,176,435 | £9,217,598 | £11,322,449 | £6,068,130 | -46.4% | |
| Average employees | 70 | 74 | 79 | 81 | 79 | -2.5% | |
| Wages | £2,766,797 | £3,475,182 | £3,885,531 | £4,051,406 | £4,209,456 | +3.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £142,954 | £143,613 | £329,143 | £341,253 | £446,419 | +30.8% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £177,758 | £180,000 | £0 | -100% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £54,933 | £151,997 | +176.7% |
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.7% | 15.7% | 14.4% | 10.1% | 9.7% | |
| Net margin | 8.5% | 12.7% | 11.2% | 8.4% | 7.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 36.7% | 67.8% | 47.4% | 22.3% | 39.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 39.6% | 55.8% | 34.3% | 26.8% | 36.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 2.88x | 3.71x | 2.68x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- KIRKMAN AND JOURDAIN LIMITED 1984-01-30 → present
- TONICBUILD LIMITED 1983-11-01 → 1984-01-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”
Significant events
- “On 28 March 2025, the shareholders of the parent company, Kirkman and Jourdain Construction Limited, elected to sell 100% of their shares to the Company's employees through the mechanism of an Employee Ownership Trust.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOWNEY, Mark James | Secretary | 2007-11-14 | — | British |
| DOWNEY, Mark James | Director | 2001-01-01 | Feb 1971 | British |
| GREHAN, Kevin Michael | Director | 2016-01-01 | Dec 1965 | British |
| HAYWARD, Philip Stanley | Director | 2007-11-14 | Oct 1965 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JARVIS, Margaret Jane | Secretary | — | 2007-11-14 |
| ADAMS, Paul Frederick | Director | 2007-11-14 | 2017-12-31 |
| JARVIS, John William | Director | — | 2007-11-14 |
| LONG, Dennis Patrick | Director | — | 2003-05-15 |
| STRATTON, Roy William | Director | — | 1994-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkman And Jourdain Construction Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2023-12-29 | Active |
| Mr Kevin Michael Grehan | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-12-31 | Ceased 2023-12-29 |
| Mr Philip Stanley Hayward | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-12-29 |
| Mr Mark James Downey | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Shares 25–50% (as firm), Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-12-29 |
| Mr Paul Frederick Adams | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-12-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 139 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-04-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-31 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-31 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-31 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-31 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-06 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-04-06 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-04-06 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
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.