JOHN ROBERTSON & SONS HAMCURERS LIMITED
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Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£2.1m
Equity attributable
Employees
79
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£433k
Period ending 2023-12-31
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
1-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,766,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | -£294,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£433,000 | — | |
| Net profit | -£349,000 | — | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,297,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £2,142,000 | — | |
| Equity | £2,142,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 79 | — | |
| Wages | £2,193,000 | — | |
| 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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing's period length differs materially from the prior year. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -1.8% | |
| Net margin | -2.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -12.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 62.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.43x | |
| Interest cover | -2.12x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Johnston Carmichael LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the Directors believe to be appropriate, notwithstanding the significant challenges posed by the current global economic climate and inflationary pressures”
Group structure
- JOHN ROBERTSON & SONS HAMCURERS LIMITED · parent
- Robertsons Fine Foods Limited 100%
- Ramsay of Carluke Limited 100%
Significant events
- “A cross corporate guarantee is in place between BFG (Holdings) Limited, Browns Food Group Limited, Browns Manufacturing Limited, Lairds Foods Limited, Importo Limited, John Robertson & Sons Hamcurers Limited, Robertson Fine Foods Limited, Halls Direct Limited and Quality Pork Processors Limited in respect of bank borrowings At 31 December 2025, the value of such facilities utilised elsewhere in the Group was £2,256k”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GODFREY, Wayne | Director | 2022-03-04 | Oct 1971 | British |
| WOOD, Thomas | Director | 2024-01-08 | Sep 1964 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROBERTSON, Humphrey | Secretary | 1991-10-10 | 2019-09-11 |
| ROBERTSON, John Speir | Secretary | — | 1991-10-10 |
| BOWIE, Allan Russell | Director | 2022-06-06 | 2023-11-30 |
| BROWN, Aileen Anne | Director | 1997-03-31 | 2019-09-11 |
| CLARK, Nicholas Rodger | Director | 2022-03-04 | 2022-06-03 |
| MILLAR, Alistair John | Director | 2019-03-04 | 2019-11-08 |
| ROBERTSON, Barry Humphrey | Director | 2021-04-08 | 2022-03-04 |
| ROBERTSON, Gareth John | Director | 2021-04-08 | 2022-02-28 |
| ROBERTSON, Humphrey | Director | — | 2021-06-28 |
| ROBERTSON, Iain Kerr | Director | — | 2022-03-04 |
| ROBERTSON, John Speir | Director | — | 1993-04-01 |
| ROBERTSON, Patricia Bernadette | Director | 2020-08-06 | 2022-03-04 |
| STRASZEWSKYJ, Richard | Director | 2014-10-30 | 2018-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Browns Food Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-03-04 | Active |
| Mr Iain Kerr Robertson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-03-04 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 160 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-04-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-02-14 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2022-06-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-04-04 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2022-04-04 | 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.