C. & J. CLARK INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

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  Insolvency history on file

  Companies House holds prior insolvency events for this company. Detail and outcome on the official register.

1. C. & J. CLARK INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1988-01-12 → present
2. CJC (UK) LIMITED 1986-03-11 → 1988-01-12
3. K SHOEMAKERS LIMITED 1976-12-31 → 1986-03-11
4. SOMERVELL BROTHERS LIMITED 1915-07-17 → 1976-12-31

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 101

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

1. C. & J. CLARK INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · parent
   1. Hallco 367 Limited 100% · England
   2. Clarks India Services Private Limited 100% · India
   3. C&J Clark Latin America, Inc. 100% · USA
   4. Clarks Americas Canada Retail Limited 100% · Canada
   5. C. & J. Clark Canada Limited 100% · Canada
   6. C&J Clark Hong Kong Limited 100% · Hong Kong
   7. Clarks Vietnam Footwear Services LLC 100% · Vietnam
   8. C. & J. Clark Supply Chain Company Limited 100% · China

Significant events

• “2024 was a year of transition within the business, as internal and external factors created a variety of challenges. Internally the major change was within the leadership as Jon Ram left his role as Chief Executive Officer of the Group in April 2024... Externally we were faced with challenging global market conditions. With a high number of major elections taking place, businesses and consumers faced uncertainty regarding potential shifts in trade policies, regulatory frameworks, and fiscal strategies. This had a significant impact on the economy, driving volatility in financial markets, influencing investment decisions, and shaping economic policies. Coming on the back of continuing major conflicts and inflationary pressures, this led to reduced consumer demand in 2024. FY24 has therefore been a year of transition for Clarks with cost rationalisation and reduction to fix the foundations for our future.”
• “Significant changes have been made to the operations in the year to right size the overhead cost for the current business size, refocus the marketing approach, reposition the product assortment and set up the business for recovery and sustainable profitable growth in 2025.”
• “A new Southeast Asia hub has been created in Malaysia and has become home to many of our finance and technology teams together with parts of the Southeast Asia commercial team.”
• “A new global digital people platform is due to be introduced across the globe, with a successful implementation already completed across the Americas during 2024.”
• “A new global IT helpdesk system was also launched, delivering enhanced functionality, making employee interactions with the helpdesk more straightforward and more efficient.”
• “The group encouraged employees to celebrate key events throughout the year such as Pride, Black History Month and International Women's Day.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

2

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -11.7%

  £456,500,000 → £402,900,000

• Cash

  -13.6%

  £12,500,000 → £10,800,000

• Net assets

  -678.1%

  £17,800,000 → -£102,900,000

• Employees

  -24.4%

  4,891 → 3,696

• Operating profit

  -153.6%

  -£23,500,000 → -£59,600,000

• Profit before tax

  -109.1%

  -£38,500,000 → -£80,500,000

• Wages

  -13.3%

  £76,000,000 → £65,900,000

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