JAMES AND JAMES FULFILMENT LTD
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Cash
£2.3m
lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£19m
highest in 3 filed years
Employees
391
highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.8m
Period ending 2025-12-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £34,992,413 | £47,112,511 | £40,424,084 | — | |
| Operating profit | £3,246,798 | £5,236,733 | £3,640,996 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £3,311,584 | £5,528,692 | £3,809,541 | — | |
| Net profit | £2,680,010 | £5,204,292 | £4,349,293 | — | |
| Cash | £8,647,595 | £7,308,862 | £2,281,287 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,070,154 | £15,054,058 | £20,250,963 | — | |
| Net assets | £6,786,493 | £13,204,374 | £18,689,642 | — | |
| Equity | £6,786,493 | £13,204,374 | £18,689,642 | — | |
| Average employees | 285 | 334 | 391 | — | |
| Wages | £8,601,048 | £10,664,551 | £9,399,303 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £568,591 | £1,163,610 | £595,947 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £5,542 | £15,035 | £11,835 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £283,812 | £409,441 | — | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 9 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.3% | 11.1% | 9.0% | |
| Net margin | 7.7% | 11.0% | 10.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 32.2% | 34.8% | 18.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 66.7% | 51.2% | 44.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.31x | 1.65x | 1.97x | |
| Interest cover | 28.78x | — | — |
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 AND JAMES FULFILMENT LTD 2013-04-24 → present
- SIX WORKS LIMITED 2010-02-12 → 2013-04-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared forecasts based on future trading expectations, and consider that this does indicate that the company will continue to trade for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing these accounts. On that basis, the directors have prepared these financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- JAMES AND JAMES FULFILMENT LTD · parent
- James and James Inc. 100%
Significant events
- “In November 2025, a share purchase of the company was undertaken by QLS, a Dutch fulfilment and parcel services company.”
- “The acquisition by QLS in November 2025 has reinforced the company and wider group's growth trajectory and its capacity to pursue international expansion.”
- “Until 21 November 2025, the company's ultimate parent undertaking was Park Bidco Limited. On this date, Park Bidco Limited was acquired by Qube Fulfilment UK Ltd.”
- “Following the acquisition, Qube Topco B.V., a company incorporated in the Netherlands, became the ultimate parent undertaking of the company.”
- “The ultimate controlling party of the company is Waterland Private Equity Investments B.V., a company incorporated in the Netherlands.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOOGERS, Quincy Maarten | Director | 2025-11-21 | Dec 1995 | Dutch |
| BREMER, Menno Maxime | Director | 2025-11-21 | Oct 1993 | Dutch |
| HEVEY, Michelle | Director | 2024-04-01 | Aug 1977 | British |
| SANT, Neil Martin | Director | 2019-01-11 | Apr 1972 | British |
| QUBE FULFILMENT UK LTD | Corporate Director | 2025-11-21 | — | — |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HYDE, Sarah Elizabeth | Secretary | 2017-12-22 | 2020-03-06 |
| STRACHAN, James Patrick | Secretary | 2010-02-12 | 2017-12-22 |
| COWLEY, Peter Lawton | Director | 2013-01-10 | 2020-03-06 |
| HYDE, James Oliver | Director | 2010-02-12 | 2023-03-31 |
| LISSER, Simon Shaun | Director | 2020-05-05 | 2020-12-14 |
| MCLAUGHLIN, Emma | Director | 2023-03-31 | 2026-02-27 |
| STRACHAN, James Patrick | Director | 2010-02-12 | 2020-03-06 |
| SYED, Salman | Director | 2016-05-01 | 2017-04-25 |
| THOMPSON, Robert Jan | Director | 2023-09-18 | 2025-11-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James And James Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-02-13 | Active |
| Mr James Oliver Hyde | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-02-13 |
| Mr James Patrick Strachan | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-02-13 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 103 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-03-05 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2026-03-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-03 | AP02 | officers | Appoint corporate director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.