JAMES LATHAM PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-13 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£69M
-8.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£220M
+0.9% vs 2024
Employees
588
+4.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£24M
-19.8% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £366,514,000 | £366,610,000 | |
| Operating profit | £26,143,000 | £20,193,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £30,262,000 | £24,281,000 | |
| Net profit | £22,661,000 | £18,146,000 | |
| Cash | £75,881,000 | £69,117,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £218,617,000 | £220,480,000 | |
| Equity | £218,617,000 | £220,480,000 | |
| Average employees | 565 | 588 | |
| Wages | £23,037,000 | £24,520,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.1% | 5.5% | |
| Net margin | 6.2% | 4.9% | |
| Current ratio | 5.43x | 4.93x | |
| Interest cover | 134.76x | 58.19x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company and Group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The directors confirm that the business is a going concern, and that their assessment of the going concern position has been prepared in accordance with the Guidance on the Going Concern for Financial Reporting and Reporting On Solvency and Liquidity Risks published by the Financial Reporting Council in April 2016.”
Group structure
- JAMES LATHAM PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY · parent
- Lathams Limited 100%
- Abbey Wood Agencies Limited 100%
- James Latham Trustee Limited 100%
- LDT Westerham Limited 100%
- Lathams Wood Limited 100%
- James Latham (Midland & Western) Limited 100%
- James Latham (Central Woodgoods) Limited 100%
- James Latham (Warehousing) Limited 100%
- L3J Timber Group Limited 100%
- Sain and Keller Limited 100%
- Keizer Veneers Limited 100%
- Northern Hardwood Limited 100%
- William Davidson (Timber) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The financial year to 31 March 2025 was a year that started off with challenging market conditions, but one where we were expecting market conditions to improve during the second half of this financial year. However, we did not see the expected improvement until the final quarter.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUNMOW, David Alan | Secretary | 2005-10-01 | — | British |
| BARKER, Jolyon Ronald Thomas | Director | 2026-03-12 | Dec 1967 | British |
| DUNMOW, David Alan | Director | 2000-01-01 | Apr 1964 | British |
| FRENCH, Philip Luke Fabian | Director | 2015-10-16 | May 1959 | British |
| KERRIGAN, Paula Elizabeth | Director | 2017-10-18 | Mar 1972 | British |
| LATHAM, Nicholas Charles | Director | 2007-04-05 | Apr 1968 | British |
| LATHAM, Piers Francis | Director | 2014-01-01 | Mar 1971 | British |
| WIDLINSKI, Nicholas James | Director | 2026-04-13 | Jun 1981 | British |
| WRIGHT, Andrew George | Director | 2015-04-01 | Nov 1964 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KEMP, Terence George | Secretary | — | 1995-04-01 |
| LATHAM, Philippa Anne Joan | Secretary | 1995-04-01 | 2005-10-01 |
| BUSHELL, Meryl Anne | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2018-08-31 |
| KEMP, Terence George | Director | — | 1999-12-31 |
| LATHAM, Christopher George Arnot | Director | — | 1996-06-30 |
| LATHAM, David Russell | Director | — | 2000-10-31 |
| LATHAM, James Miles | Director | — | 2000-07-31 |
| LATHAM, Peter Douglas Langdon | Director | — | 2017-08-24 |
| LATHAM, Philippa Anne Joan | Director | 2005-10-01 | 2015-10-16 |
| LATHAM, Roger John | Director | — | 2006-12-15 |
| MARTIN, Roderick Stanley | Director | 1992-08-18 | 2000-07-31 |
| PARKINSON, Malcolm Ross | Director | 1993-03-16 | 2008-08-31 |
| SUTTON, Christopher David | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2019-03-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 218 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type interim | |
| 2023-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type interim | |
| 2022-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-08-31 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-29 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2021-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
0%
£366,514,000 £366,610,000
-
Cash
-8.9%
£75,881,000 £69,117,000
-
Net assets
+0.9%
£218,617,000 £220,480,000
-
Employees
+4.1%
565 588
-
Operating profit
-22.8%
£26,143,000 £20,193,000
-
Profit before tax
-19.8%
£30,262,000 £24,281,000
-
Wages
+6.4%
£23,037,000 £24,520,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers