JOHN ARNOLD COMMERCIALS LIMITED
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Cash
£2.8m
+22.5% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£5.3m
+23.7% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
75
-7.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.9m
+15.9% highest 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
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £13,234,566 | £15,741,095 | £16,842,346 | +7% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £1,161,268 | £1,687,192 | £1,941,238 | +15.1% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £1,130,835 | £1,637,000 | £1,898,080 | +15.9% | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £912,673 | £1,158,107 | £1,410,405 | +21.8% | |
| Cash | £850,580 | £1,225,248 | £1,394,444 | £1,515,712 | £2,292,423 | £2,807,529 | +22.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,188,406 | £2,250,176 | £2,938,430 | £3,994,335 | £5,066,366 | £5,699,473 | +12.5% | |
| Net assets | £1,903,697 | £2,098,855 | £2,887,702 | £3,525,085 | £4,297,496 | £5,316,738 | +23.7% | |
| Equity | £1,903,697 | £2,098,855 | £2,887,702 | £3,525,085 | £4,297,496 | £5,316,738 | +23.7% | |
| Average employees | 41 | 41 | 38 | 69 | 81 | 75 | -7.4% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £2,664,479 | £3,314,702 | £3,459,291 | +4.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £51,135 | £52,482 | £50,668 | -3.5% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 8.8% | 10.7% | 11.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 6.9% | 7.4% | 8.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 29.1% | 33.3% | 34.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 37.0% | 38.4% | 25.5% | 37.6% | 34.6% | 26.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.64x | 3.19x | 3.82x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 38.16x | 33.61x | 44.98x |
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
- JOHN ARNOLD COMMERCIALS LIMITED 1989-01-26 → present
- TORCHDEED LIMITED 1986-07-09 → 1989-01-26
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Johal & Company
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the Group's forecasts and projections, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The group therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis”
Group structure
- JOHN ARNOLD COMMERCIALS LIMITED · parent
- John Arnold Commercials Northampton Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARNOLD, Hannah | Director | 2009-06-01 | Oct 1989 | British |
| ARNOLD, John | Director | 1987-09-01 | Jan 1957 | British |
| ARNOLD, Stacey | Director | 2016-01-14 | Jun 1994 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARNOLD, Sharon Ann | Secretary | 2003-03-19 | 2009-02-01 |
| ARNOLD, Vera Ellen Rose | Secretary | — | 2003-03-19 |
| ARNOLD, Sharon Ann | Director | 2007-05-10 | 2009-02-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Arnold | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-11-18 |
| Miss Hannah Arnold | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Miss Stacey Arnold | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 137 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-02-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-02-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-02-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2019-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2018-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2018-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2017-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption 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.