JAMES PURDEY & SONS,LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-18 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£140K
-18.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£13M
+146.5% vs 2024
Employees
94
-3.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£5M
-16.3% 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 | £17,086,000 | £17,001,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£3,557,000 | -£4,173,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,937,000 | -£4,577,000 | |
| Net profit | -£3,937,000 | -£4,577,000 | |
| Cash | £171,000 | £140,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£22,847,000 | £17,937,000 | |
| Net assets | -£28,948,000 | £13,475,000 | |
| Equity | -£28,948,000 | £13,475,000 | |
| Average employees | 97 | 94 | |
| Wages | £4,136,000 | £4,145,000 |
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 | -20.8% | -24.5% | |
| Net margin | -23.0% | -26.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.6% | -23.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 223.2% | 51.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.31x | 1.85x | |
| Interest cover | -8.83x | -10.33x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In connection with the preparation of the financial statements of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2025, a letter of support was provided to confirm that Compagnie Financiere Richemont S.A. will continue to support the Company for the foreseeable future such that it will be able to meet its commitments and liabilities as and when they fall due for a period of at least twelve months from the date of signing these financial statements, allowing it to continue on a going concern.”
Group structure
- JAMES PURDEY & SONS,LIMITED · parent
- Purdey at the Royal Berkshire Shooting School Limited 100%
- The Royal County of Berkshire Shooting School Group Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no material events after the balance sheet date identified up until the date of these financial statements which would require disclosure or adjustments to the March 31, 2025 financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SARRAFI, Lilly | Secretary | 2026-03-25 | — | — |
| BEAUMONT, Nigel Canning Vane | Director | — | Jan 1954 | British |
| JAGO, Daniel Alexander | Director | 2019-12-23 | May 1961 | British |
| O'NEILL, Lewis Edward Nigel | Director | 2020-06-23 | Oct 1988 | British |
| PERCETTI, Olivier | Director | 2026-03-10 | Jun 1974 | French |
| PURDEY, Annika Louise | Director | 2021-04-21 | Jun 1969 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKS, Rupert John | Secretary | 2012-12-31 | 2026-03-25 |
| CORNFIELD, Roger William | Secretary | — | 2001-09-14 |
| LAWRENCE, William Sackville Gwynne | Secretary | 2001-09-14 | 2012-12-31 |
| BARTON, Kenneth Callum Orr | Director | 1996-01-25 | 2003-05-12 |
| BAYLISS, Laurie Monteith | Director | 2014-10-22 | 2017-10-31 |
| BEAUMONT, Richard Blackett, Honourable | Director | — | 1996-01-25 |
| CARTLEDGE, Paul Denis | Director | 2009-05-01 | 2013-07-05 |
| COE, Peter Richard | Director | 2007-05-24 | 2009-05-01 |
| COLERIDGE, David George | Director | 2002-12-12 | 2004-10-01 |
| COLFER, Christopher Michael | Director | 2004-12-07 | 2011-06-20 |
| COLLINS, Arthur James Robert, Sir | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| CONNELLY, Liam | Director | 2019-12-03 | 2020-06-10 |
| CORNFIELD, Roger William | Director | 1996-01-25 | 2001-09-14 |
| EAGLESTONE, Jason Mark | Director | 2005-12-14 | 2010-05-26 |
| FELLOWES, Thomas William | Director | — | 2005-12-31 |
| GREIG, Carron, Sir | Director | — | 2000-06-30 |
| HORNE, James Hayward Neale | Director | 2014-10-07 | 2019-12-04 |
| MICHOTTE, Eloy Urbain Paul Ghislain | Director | 1994-10-05 | 2025-05-02 |
| PERRIN, Alain Dominique | Director | 1999-07-14 | 2003-10-01 |
| PRESSNEY, Kristine Sylvanna | Director | 2013-10-23 | 2016-04-26 |
| PURDEY, Charles James Richard | Director | 1996-01-25 | 2021-04-20 |
| REININGER, Claude Edmond | Director | 1999-07-14 | 2002-12-11 |
| RUPERT, Johann Peter | Director | 1994-10-05 | 2017-10-31 |
| SALTER, Lawrence Peter David | Director | — | 1994-01-16 |
| SWANSON, Richard | Director | 2011-06-20 | 2013-10-23 |
| VAN CUTSEM, Hugh Bernard Edward | Director | 2000-06-23 | 2005-12-31 |
| VINCENT, Marc Rene | Director | 1999-07-14 | 2003-04-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richemont Holdings (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 211 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-25 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-03-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-25 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-12 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2022-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-18 | DISS16(SOAS) | dissolution | Dissolved compulsory strike off suspended | |
| 2022-05-31 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2021-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-04-28 | 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
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
-0.5%
£17,086,000 £17,001,000
-
Cash
-18.1%
£171,000 £140,000
-
Net assets
+146.5%
-£28,948,000 £13,475,000
-
Employees
-3.1%
97 94
-
Operating profit
-17.3%
-£3,557,000 -£4,173,000
-
Profit before tax
-16.3%
-£3,937,000 -£4,577,000
-
Wages
+0.2%
£4,136,000 £4,145,000
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