J.P.MCDOUGALL & CO.LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-07 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£133K
+18.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£36M
+22.4% vs 2023
Employees
1,103
-7.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£11M
-13.9% 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 | £230,483,000 | £232,146,000 | |
| Operating profit | £12,704,000 | £11,542,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £13,116,000 | £11,289,000 | |
| Net profit | £7,457,000 | £8,189,000 | |
| Cash | £112,000 | £133,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £103,533,000 | £109,950,000 | |
| Net assets | £29,224,000 | £35,777,000 | |
| Equity | £29,224,000 | £35,777,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,198 | 1,103 | |
| Wages | £36,524,000 | £38,237,000 |
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 | 5.5% | 5.0% | |
| Net margin | 3.2% | 3.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.3% | 10.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 84.5% | 78.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.05x | 1.22x | |
| Interest cover | 4.60x | 3.85x |
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
“The directors have assessed the 3year business plan & 12 months cash flow requirements of the ongoing core business and for at least 12 months from date of approval of the financial statements, which show that the company can pay its liabilities as they fall due and there is no expectation that any further liabilities will be incurred outside normal operations. On this basis, the directors, having made the appropriate enquiries, consider that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and it is therefore appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in the preparation of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- J.P.MCDOUGALL & CO.LIMITED · parent
- Sales Support Group Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 11th June 2024, the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, ICI Paints (Trade Contract) Limited was placed into Members' Voluntary Liquidation and was dissolved on 9 November 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 40 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARTER, Lynette Jean Cherryl | Secretary | 2021-05-26 | — | — |
| ATKINS, Sarah | Director | 2023-04-17 | Feb 1969 | British |
| ELLIOTT, Edward | Director | 2024-06-20 | Jun 1980 | British |
| FELLOWS, James | Director | 2025-04-01 | Sep 1986 | British |
| LEDSON, Kathryn Michelle | Director | 2025-04-01 | Apr 1977 | British |
| PULLAR, Carly | Director | 2023-06-29 | Dec 1981 | British |
Show 40 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARTER, Lynette Jean Cherryl | Secretary | 2017-04-14 | 2018-05-31 |
| HORLOCK, Elizabeth Ann | Secretary | 2007-08-03 | 2008-06-12 |
| ROBERTS, Mervyn Keith | Secretary | — | 2007-08-03 |
| O.H. SECRETARIAT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-06-12 | 2017-04-14 |
| AKAY KEMAHLI, Nese | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2022-03-31 |
| BAINES, Wendy | Director | 2018-01-31 | 2021-01-22 |
| BLENKINSOP, Gillian Margaret | Director | 1997-01-15 | 1997-12-31 |
| BUTTERWORTH, Michael Guy | Director | 2021-07-27 | 2025-01-16 |
| BUTTERWORTH, Michael Guy | Director | 2013-03-08 | 2017-03-06 |
| CHAPMAN, Brian | Director | 2017-03-06 | 2017-12-31 |
| DICKSON, David Alan | Director | 2015-10-14 | 2017-03-06 |
| FOOT, Peter | Director | 2005-08-17 | 2007-03-09 |
| GIBBON, Christopher William | Director | 1994-01-01 | 2000-03-01 |
| HELBING, Rutger Albert | Director | 2007-03-09 | 2010-04-16 |
| HENDERSON, John Wright | Director | 2011-12-22 | 2021-06-30 |
| HULME, Kathleen Mary | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2005-08-17 |
| HUTCHINSON, Camilla Sophie Cockerton | Director | 2022-09-21 | 2023-04-13 |
| JIMENEZ LOZANO, Jose Antonio | Director | 2021-01-01 | 2025-04-01 |
| KEARNEY, Patricia | Director | 1994-01-01 | 2012-06-30 |
| KRAMER, Philippa Lisa | Director | 2012-06-30 | 2014-07-03 |
| LOOSE, David John, Dr | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2005-05-01 |
| MCAULEY, Alistair | Director | 2018-06-01 | 2020-12-30 |
| MCMAHON, Ian Reid | Director | 1997-01-15 | 2000-12-31 |
| MERRETT, Keith James | Director | — | 1994-06-01 |
| MORLEY, Lisa | Director | 2013-03-08 | 2017-03-06 |
| PEARCE, David Nicholas | Director | 2012-02-24 | 2017-03-06 |
| PULLEN, Matthew Grant | Director | 2014-02-06 | 2018-05-31 |
| RIVERS, Dominic James | Director | 2011-04-04 | 2012-02-24 |
| ROBERTS, Mervyn Keith | Director | 2007-08-03 | 2015-07-14 |
| SHAMBROOK, Andrew John | Director | 2010-04-16 | 2011-04-04 |
| SMALLEY, Michael | Director | 2015-03-10 | 2024-05-07 |
| STUCKES, Richard Paul | Director | 2005-05-01 | 2011-07-01 |
| THOMAS, Paul Robin | Director | — | 1997-01-15 |
| TURNER, David Allan | Director | 2017-04-13 | 2020-09-01 |
| TURNER, David Allan, Mr. | Director | 2015-03-10 | 2015-04-24 |
| UPTON, David | Director | 2022-11-01 | 2025-06-30 |
| WILLIAMS, Benjamin | Director | 2022-03-15 | 2022-11-01 |
| WILLIAMS, Guy Hampson | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2014-02-06 |
| WRIGHT, Denis Tough | Director | — | 1997-01-15 |
| O.H. DIRECTOR LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2009-08-11 | 2015-03-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dulux Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 219 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
+0.7%
£230,483,000 £232,146,000
-
Cash
+18.8%
£112,000 £133,000
-
Net assets
+22.4%
£29,224,000 £35,777,000
-
Employees
-7.9%
1,198 1,103
-
Operating profit
-9.1%
£12,704,000 £11,542,000
-
Profit before tax
-13.9%
£13,116,000 £11,289,000
-
Wages
+4.7%
£36,524,000 £38,237,000
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