JOHN MARTIN HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£537k
-2.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£3.5m
+3.4% vs 2023
Employees
21
+5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£208k
+536.4% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
Latest accounts filed cover 2025-12-31; financial figures currently reflect up to 2024-12-31.
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £12,214,399 | £12,769,018 | +4.5% | |
| Operating profit | £21,353 | £231,288 | +983.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £32,702 | £208,131 | +536.4% | |
| Net profit | £54,980 | £114,223 | +107.8% | |
| Cash | £553,102 | £537,330 | -2.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,438,466 | £3,646,597 | +6.1% | |
| Net assets | £3,359,389 | £3,473,612 | +3.4% | |
| Equity | £3,359,389 | £3,473,612 | +3.4% | |
| Average employees | 20 | 21 | +5% | |
| Wages | £748,818 | £646,852 | -13.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £303,643 | £277,367 | -8.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £4,000 | £4,000 | 0% | |
| Highest paid director | £111,795 | £83,055 | -25.7% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.2% | 1.8% | |
| Net margin | 0.5% | 0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.6% | 6.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 43.5% | 46.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.70x | 1.51x | |
| Interest cover | 0.34x | 2.40x |
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 MARTIN HOLDINGS LIMITED 1988-12-19 → present
- BELMONT GARAGE (EDINBURGH) LIMITED 1970-01-12 → 1988-12-19
People
6 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROBINSON, Laura Alison | Secretary | 2020-07-01 | — | — |
| CUNNINGHAM, Duncan William Anthony | Director | 2015-06-16 | Apr 1973 | British |
| MARTIN, David | Director | 2012-01-01 | Jul 1969 | British |
| MARTIN, John | Director | — | Jun 1936 | British |
| MARTIN, Vera Elizabeth | Director | — | Feb 1938 | British |
| NISBET, Robert Gordon | Director | — | Oct 1947 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARTIN, John Swanston | Secretary | — | 2004-11-10 |
| NISBET, Robert Gordon | Secretary | 2018-08-27 | 2020-07-01 |
| SWEENEY, Patrick Edward | Secretary | 2004-11-10 | 2018-06-01 |
| FOULDS, Stuart Edgar | Director | — | 1993-06-01 |
| GENTLES, Derek John | Director | 2009-08-14 | 2015-07-31 |
| MACGREGOR, Duncan Graham | Director | — | 2007-06-30 |
| NELSON, Paul Anthony | Director | 1993-07-16 | 2005-05-31 |
| SWEENEY, Patrick Edward | Director | 2009-08-14 | 2018-06-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Martin | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-12-29 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 140 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-15 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type group | |
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-12-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-07-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2020-07-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2020-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.