JAMES SOUTHALL & COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-25 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£49K
-83.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
-7.7% vs 2023
Employees
52
-11.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£136K
+89.5% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,625,000 | £9,635,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,144,000 | -£25,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,290,000 | -£136,000 | |
| Net profit | -£1,290,000 | -£191,000 | |
| Cash | £302,000 | £49,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,150,000 | £4,757,000 | |
| Net assets | £5,108,000 | £4,715,000 | |
| Equity | £5,108,000 | £4,715,000 | |
| Average employees | 59 | 52 | |
| Wages | £1,781,000 | £1,495,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -11.9% | -0.3% | |
| Net margin | -13.4% | -2.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -22.2% | -0.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.32x | 2.45x | |
| Interest cover | -7.78x | -0.23x |
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
- Lovewell Blake LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- JAMES SOUTHALL & COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- Start-Rite Shoes Ltd 100%
- Start-Rite Retail Ltd 100%
- Start-Rite Classics Limited 100%
- Domani Retail Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Company has maintained the stock rationalisation programme without compromising the need to continue to develop new and appealing product ranges.”
- “The business eradicated the majority of losses in 2024 and was close to breakeven at an operating level in 2024.”
- “The Group continued to utilise loan facilities which provide seasonal working capital, particularly to build stock ready for the busy 'back to school' selling season.”
- “In February 2024, the charge and cross guarantee was satisfied in full and is no longer in place.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GREENSIDES, Claire Naomi | Director | 2025-11-11 | Oct 1973 | British |
| LAMBLE, Peter James | Director | 1993-09-17 | Feb 1961 | British |
| SOUTHALL, Richard Evelyn | Director | 2015-09-14 | Feb 1963 | British |
| TYLEY, Jennifer Louise | Director | 2025-11-11 | Jul 1983 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAMBLE, Peter James | Secretary | — | 1997-01-01 |
| ROWE, Michael Anthony | Secretary | 2002-06-19 | 2016-07-15 |
| SPEAKE, Christopher John | Secretary | 1997-01-01 | 2002-06-19 |
| STAFF, Andrew Michael Lawrence | Secretary | 2016-07-18 | 2016-11-11 |
| WESTAWAY, Johanna | Secretary | 2017-10-13 | 2019-08-16 |
| ADAMS, Hugo James | Director | 2021-05-28 | 2022-09-05 |
| ANNISON, Robert Philip | Director | 2017-02-23 | 2017-10-02 |
| ATTWOOD, David John | Director | 2004-01-28 | 2009-01-15 |
| BENNETT, John Michael | Director | 2000-08-15 | 2002-03-28 |
| CHESWORTH, Michael Peter | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| CHURCH, John George | Director | 2000-07-01 | 2006-06-30 |
| CHURCH, John George | Director | — | 1998-12-31 |
| COX, Graham Edwin John | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2013-03-28 |
| DAVIES, Eve | Director | 2011-10-03 | 2016-07-15 |
| FRY, John Anthony | Director | 2006-07-01 | 2016-03-02 |
| HODKINSON, Michael John | Director | 1995-01-01 | 2000-12-31 |
| HOOK, Roger James | Director | — | 1998-10-08 |
| HULL, Michael Francis | Director | — | 2000-02-25 |
| MIRMAN, Sophie | Director | 1998-12-01 | 2000-10-02 |
| RILEY, Stephen Nicholas | Director | 2015-12-08 | 2019-01-18 |
| ROWE, Michael Anthony | Director | 2003-09-10 | 2016-07-15 |
| STAFF, Andrew Michael Lawrence | Director | 2016-07-18 | 2016-11-11 |
| TANSLEY, Kate Rickard | Director | 2019-01-24 | 2023-01-05 |
| WATSON, Ian Andrew | Director | 2016-02-01 | 2019-01-24 |
| WHITE, David John Howard | Director | 2023-02-07 | 2025-11-11 |
| WHITE, David John Howard | Director | — | 2002-09-30 |
| WILSON, Jane | Director | 1997-01-01 | 2005-09-16 |
| WRIGHT, Christopher | Director | 2001-12-12 | 2015-12-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 198 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-12-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-11-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-09-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+0.1%
£9,625,000 £9,635,000
-
Cash
-83.8%
£302,000 £49,000
-
Net assets
-7.7%
£5,108,000 £4,715,000
-
Employees
-11.9%
59 52
-
Operating profit
+97.8%
-£1,144,000 -£25,000
-
Profit before tax
+89.5%
-£1,290,000 -£136,000
-
Wages
-16.1%
£1,781,000 £1,495,000
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