PETARDS JOYCE-LOEBL LIMITED
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Cash
£493K
+1,020.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£2.1M
+98.9% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£357K
+61.4% 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
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,492,000 | £4,525,000 | +29.6% | |
| Operating profit | -£852,000 | -£312,000 | +63.4% | |
| Profit before tax | -£925,000 | -£357,000 | +61.4% | |
| Net profit | -£908,000 | -£204,000 | +77.5% | |
| Cash | £44,000 | £493,000 | +1,020.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,310,000 | £2,960,000 | -10.6% | |
| Net assets | £1,046,000 | £2,081,000 | +98.9% | |
| Equity | £1,046,000 | £2,081,000 | +98.9% | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | |
| Wages | £1,774,000 | £1,860,000 | +4.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -24.4% | -6.9% | |
| Net margin | -26.0% | -4.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -25.7% | -10.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.99x | 1.95x | |
| Interest cover | -11.67x | -6.93x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- PETARDS JOYCE-LOEBL LIMITED 2005-06-07 → present
- JOYCE-LOEBL LTD 1987-12-17 → 2005-06-07
- JUDGEFIRM LIMITED 1987-09-29 → 1987-12-17
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. Furthermore the directors have reviewed the period to 30 June 2027 and are confident that sufficient resources are in place to enable the company to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “One of the most pleasing developments in the year was the increase in the revenues and profitability of Defence, accompanied by a significant upturn in order intake. In the last two months of the year three major orders from the MOD, RBSL and BAE Systems totalling £3.5 million were announced.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GILLAM, Benjamin Neville | Secretary | 2025-03-25 | — | — |
| ABDULLAH, Osman | Director | 2013-08-14 | Oct 1945 | British |
| ABDULLAH, Raschid Michael | Director | 2015-11-30 | Jul 1944 | British |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COULSON, Lynne Elizabeth | Secretary | 1999-07-28 | 2001-12-21 |
| DAVIS, Carolyn Clare | Secretary | 2015-12-01 | 2016-11-30 |
| DOUGLAS, Anthony Cathair | Secretary | — | 1999-07-28 |
| HARDING, Stuart John | Secretary | 2016-11-30 | 2018-09-12 |
| HUMPHREYS, David John | Secretary | 2004-10-21 | 2005-01-10 |
| LANE, Andrew Charles | Secretary | 2002-10-04 | 2004-01-31 |
| LANGRIDGE, Christopher Timothy | Secretary | 2004-01-22 | 2004-10-21 |
| MURRAY, James Patrick | Secretary | 2018-09-12 | 2020-07-29 |
| PAPWORTH, Gordon Stanley | Secretary | 2005-01-17 | 2005-06-21 |
| SHAND, James David | Secretary | 2001-12-21 | 2002-10-04 |
| WHITEFIELD, John William | Secretary | 1999-01-01 | 1999-07-28 |
| WONNACOTT, Andrew Robert | Secretary | 2005-06-21 | 2015-11-30 |
| ABDULLAH, Osman | Director | 2015-11-30 | 2021-07-01 |
| BERGSTEDT, Claes | Director | 2001-12-21 | 2002-07-18 |
| BUMSTEAD, Peter Christopher | Director | 1998-12-16 | 2001-12-21 |
| BURWOOD, Thomas Hugh | Director | 2012-01-04 | 2013-10-25 |
| CARSWELL, Geoffrey Paul | Director | 1999-06-16 | 2004-09-14 |
| CONN, William Francis Eric James | Director | 2004-09-24 | 2012-01-26 |
| COULSON, Lynne Elizabeth | Director | 1999-06-16 | 2001-12-21 |
| DOUGLAS, Anthony Cathair | Director | — | 1999-07-28 |
| DYOS, Robin Everitt | Director | 1998-12-16 | 1999-03-04 |
| GRUGAN, Charles Trevor | Director | 1998-12-16 | 2001-12-21 |
| HAYES, David | Director | 2004-09-14 | 2006-05-31 |
| HUNT, Michael John | Director | 1991-08-08 | 1999-10-29 |
| KEAT, Samuel John | Director | — | 1993-01-28 |
| RAE, Robin Bell | Director | 1993-01-29 | 1995-02-06 |
| ROBINSON, Alan William | Director | — | 1993-01-28 |
| ROBINSON, Donald Malcolm | Director | 1991-08-08 | 2001-12-21 |
| SHAND, James David | Director | 2001-12-21 | 2002-10-04 |
| WADE, Michael | Director | 2000-01-24 | 2001-12-21 |
| WATTIS, Michael Frank | Director | — | 1991-08-22 |
| WHITEFIELD, John William | Director | 1999-07-28 | 2001-12-21 |
| WONNACOTT, Andrew Robert | Director | 2005-03-24 | 2015-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petards Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-05-06 |
| Petards Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 226 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-25 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2020-07-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-07-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-09-27 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
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.