J.CHANDLER & COMPANY(BUCKFAST),LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-14 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£22M
-27.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£56M
+3.4% vs 2024
Employees
25
+13.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£7M
-7.6% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £55,738,101 | £62,431,978 | |
| Operating profit | £6,666,300 | £4,957,534 | |
| Profit before tax | £7,428,632 | £6,864,898 | |
| Net profit | £5,461,601 | £5,101,407 | |
| Cash | £30,874,421 | £22,391,899 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £55,932,154 | £57,699,173 | |
| Net assets | £54,185,441 | £56,014,060 | |
| Equity | £54,185,441 | £56,014,060 | |
| Average employees | 22 | 25 | |
| Wages | £2,502,749 | £2,479,717 |
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 | 12.0% | 7.9% | |
| Net margin | 9.8% | 8.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.9% | 8.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 12.5% | 14.4% | |
| Current ratio | 8.40x | 7.06x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- S&W Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have made an assessment in preparing these financial statements as to whether the Company is a going concern and have concluded that there are no material uncertainties that may cast doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUCHANAN, Alan Kerr | Secretary | 2020-10-23 | — | — |
| ARKWRIGHT, Philip Anthony | Director | 2024-08-27 | Apr 1983 | British |
| BARNARD, Nicholas Lee | Director | 2024-03-15 | Jul 1981 | British |
| BUCHANAN, Alan Kerr | Director | 2022-11-17 | Jun 1958 | British |
| CHARLESWORTH, David Roger, Abbot | Director | 2021-04-09 | Oct 1951 | British |
| CHART, Graham James | Director | 2020-12-07 | Feb 1968 | British |
| JOYCE, Gary Richard | Director | 2009-04-01 | May 1961 | British |
| JOYCE, Jane Carol | Director | 2009-04-01 | Jul 1967 | British |
| MOYLAN, Denis Morgan | Director | 2009-04-01 | May 1956 | British |
| STRAW, Gavin Francis, Fr | Director | 2024-08-27 | Jan 1959 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLEMENTS, Henry Alfred | Secretary | — | 1996-01-13 |
| JOYCE, Bernard Richard | Secretary | 1996-03-31 | 2003-03-19 |
| SHARP, Jonathan William | Secretary | 2003-03-19 | 2020-04-14 |
| CHARLESWORTH, David Roger, Abbot | Director | 2017-04-10 | 2019-03-17 |
| CHARLESWORTH, David Roger, Abbot | Director | 2009-01-27 | 2017-01-18 |
| CHARLESWORTH, David Roger, Abbot | Director | 1992-01-24 | 1999-12-03 |
| CLEMENTS, Henry Alfred | Director | — | 1996-01-13 |
| COURTNEY, Joseph James, Reverend Dom. | Director | 2010-06-22 | 2016-01-31 |
| CULLUM, Timothy Edward | Director | 2019-11-26 | 2021-02-19 |
| CUNNINGHAM, John Paul, Mr. | Director | 2020-05-27 | 2020-10-22 |
| DEACON, Jonathan Roger | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2024-08-27 |
| JOYCE, Antony Cyril | Director | — | 2016-03-28 |
| JOYCE, Bernard Richard | Director | — | 2023-02-28 |
| JOYCE, Gabrielle Leonie | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2016-03-31 |
| JOYCE, Robert Francis Edward | Director | — | 2000-05-25 |
| MANAHAN, William Philip, Right Rev Dom | Director | 2003-12-10 | 2006-01-13 |
| PRICKETT, Mark Peter, Dr | Director | 2021-02-19 | 2024-08-27 |
| ROTTER, Paul Richard, Rev Dom | Director | — | 2010-05-24 |
| SHARP, Jonathan William | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2020-04-14 |
| SMITH, Philip Leo | Director | — | 1992-01-24 |
| STRAW, Gavin Francis, Fr | Director | 2016-01-31 | 2021-04-09 |
| STRAW, Gavin Francis, Fr | Director | 1999-12-03 | 2000-01-19 |
| WINCKLEY, Jacqueline Marguerite | Director | — | 2011-02-16 |
| WINCKLEY, Peter Frederick | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2022-08-08 |
| WOLFF, Francis Sebastian, Very Rev Dom | Director | 2000-01-19 | 2003-12-10 |
| YEO, Christopher David Richard, Right Rev Dom | Director | 2007-02-12 | 2009-01-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 164 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-03-08 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-03-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-03-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2023-03-08 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-03-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-03-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+12%
£55,738,101 £62,431,978
-
Cash
-27.5%
£30,874,421 £22,391,899
-
Net assets
+3.4%
£54,185,441 £56,014,060
-
Employees
+13.6%
22 25
-
Operating profit
-25.6%
£6,666,300 £4,957,534
-
Profit before tax
-7.6%
£7,428,632 £6,864,898
-
Wages
-0.9%
£2,502,749 £2,479,717
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