JAMES E. SMITH (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
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Cash
£6.6M
+14.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£19M
+1% vs 2024
Employees
84
-1.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.1M
-9.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £28,857,274 | £30,038,718 | +4.1% | |
| Operating profit | £1,170,798 | £991,829 | -15.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,197,841 | £1,088,133 | -9.2% | |
| Net profit | £855,863 | £804,358 | -6% | |
| Cash | £5,779,500 | £6,610,647 | +14.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £19,580,128 | £19,902,688 | +1.6% | |
| Net assets | £18,978,357 | £19,175,715 | +1% | |
| Equity | £18,978,357 | £19,175,715 | +1% | |
| Average employees | 85 | 84 | -1.2% | |
| Wages | £3,526,018 | £3,666,851 | +4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £479,017 | £501,715 | +4.7% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.1% | 3.3% | |
| Net margin | 3.0% | 2.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.0% | 5.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 22.6% | 21.5% | |
| Current ratio | 3.99x | 4.24x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the balance sheet date the group had a positive cash balance and was in a strong net current asset position. The financial forecasts prepared by the directors show that the group will be able to operate within the facilities available to it and the group 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 E. SMITH (HOLDINGS) LIMITED · parent
- James E Smith (Timber) Limited 100%
- James E Smith (Northern) Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HURST, Barry | Director | 2018-02-09 | Jul 1943 | British |
| HURST, Bradley Mark | Director | 2018-02-09 | Apr 1971 | British |
| HURST, Charlton Elliot | Director | 2018-02-09 | Jul 1977 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Charlton Elliot Hurst | Individual | Appoints directors, Significant influence (as firm) | 2019-01-31 | Active |
| Mr Barry Hurst | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors, Significant influence (as firm) | 2019-01-31 | Active |
| Mr Bradley Mark Hurst | Individual | Appoints directors, Significant influence (as firm) | 2018-02-09 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 27 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2019-03-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-06 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-06 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-06 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-02-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-02-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-11-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2019-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-03-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
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.