JOSEPH ASH LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-06 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-23
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
+54% vs 2023
Net assets
£13M
-26% vs 2023
Employees
397
-2.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£7M
-26.3% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- JOSEPH ASH LIMITED 1999-04-01 → present
- JOSEPH ASH & SON LIMITED 1919-05-01 → 1999-04-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £54,822,000 | £53,643,000 | |
| Operating profit | £7,828,000 | £6,808,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £10,076,000 | £7,421,000 | |
| Net profit | £8,545,000 | £6,383,000 | |
| Cash | £2,093,000 | £3,223,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,604,000 | £20,644,000 | |
| Net assets | £17,253,000 | £12,760,000 | |
| Equity | £17,253,000 | £12,760,000 | |
| Average employees | 406 | 397 | |
| Wages | £15,820,000 | £16,441,000 |
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 | 14.3% | 12.7% | |
| Net margin | 15.6% | 11.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 38.0% | 33.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.38x | 0.43x | |
| Interest cover | 4.28x | 2.92x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are confident that the company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due during the going concern period, and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- JOSEPH ASH LIMITED · parent
- Premier Galvanizing Limited 100%
- Medway Galvanising Company Limited 100%
- Widnes Galvanising Limited 100%
Significant events
- “An investment impairment of £1,900,000 has been recognised in the year.”
- “Following the annual investment impairment review, this investment has subsequently been impaired by £1,900,000, deriving a net realisable value of £5,111,000 (2023: £6,811,000).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATTERBURY, Karen Lorraine | Secretary | 2024-09-30 | — | — |
| ANDERSON, Jason Mark | Director | 2024-01-30 | Mar 1971 | British |
| LINCOLN-WILLIAMS, Alexander John | Director | 2023-10-04 | Nov 1980 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURR, Christopher John | Secretary | 2003-12-31 | 2005-07-05 |
| EVERETT, Howard Caile | Secretary | 2000-11-03 | 2003-12-31 |
| FOXALL, Raymond | Secretary | — | 2000-11-03 |
| HAYHURST, Fred | Secretary | 2007-01-04 | 2007-02-28 |
| HAYHURST, Fred | Secretary | 2006-10-27 | 2007-02-28 |
| HENDERSON, Charles Alex | Secretary | 2015-01-01 | 2024-09-30 |
| HUMPHREYS, John Christopher | Secretary | 2007-02-28 | 2015-01-01 |
| HUMPHREYS, John Christopher | Secretary | 2005-07-05 | 2006-10-27 |
| ALMOND, Donald Barrie | Director | — | 2004-01-30 |
| BURR, Christopher John | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2008-03-11 |
| CONGRAVE, David Roger | Director | 1996-11-01 | 2000-10-31 |
| COPE, Timothy Andrew Mcgilp | Director | — | 2005-12-31 |
| EVERETT, Howard Caile | Director | 2000-11-03 | 2003-12-31 |
| FINCH, Brian Jonathan | Director | 1998-11-01 | 2014-02-28 |
| GREEN, Gerald Anthony | Director | 2004-05-27 | 2022-08-31 |
| GROVE, David Leslie | Director | 2000-11-03 | 2007-04-11 |
| HALL, Richard John Leslie | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2023-10-04 |
| HOPKINS, Steven John | Director | 2005-10-28 | 2022-04-29 |
| KANAGARATNAM, Neil Kajendra | Director | 2022-08-31 | 2023-12-11 |
| MARSHALL, Howard Cleveley | Director | — | 2000-11-03 |
| MUIR, Derek William | Director | 2006-01-18 | 2018-08-01 |
| PEGLER, Mark | Director | 2008-03-11 | 2018-08-01 |
| RICHARDS, Robin | Director | 1993-03-01 | 2014-04-30 |
| ROBBINS, Terence Alfred | Director | — | 1993-02-28 |
| SPURR, William | Director | 2004-02-02 | 2004-11-11 |
| STEVENS, Harry James Roy | Director | — | 1998-04-01 |
| WHITEHOUSE, Stuart John | Director | 2018-02-01 | 2024-01-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ash & Lacy Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-12-24 | Active |
| Ash & Lacy Services Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-12-24 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 198 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-30 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-09-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-2.2%
£54,822,000 £53,643,000
-
Cash
+54%
£2,093,000 £3,223,000
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Net assets
-26%
£17,253,000 £12,760,000
-
Employees
-2.2%
406 397
-
Operating profit
-13%
£7,828,000 £6,808,000
-
Profit before tax
-26.3%
£10,076,000 £7,421,000
-
Wages
+3.9%
£15,820,000 £16,441,000
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