STOKERS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-09 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-15% vs 2024
Net assets
£21M
+4.2% vs 2024
Employees
244
-2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4M
-13.3% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- STOKERS LIMITED 1988-07-22 → present
- A. STOKER (ORMSKIRK) LIMITED 1935-11-23 → 1988-07-22
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2019-04-30 | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £61,010,164 | £59,371,110 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £4,444,733 | £4,082,601 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £4,875,809 | £4,226,334 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £3,706,890 | £3,353,508 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £2,521,925 | £2,144,681 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £21,252,717 | £22,106,528 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £20,554,242 | £21,407,750 | |
| Equity | £15,717,351 | £14,757,474 | £17,317,261 | £21,959,685 | £22,847,352 | £20,554,242 | £21,407,750 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 249 | 244 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £8,741,276 | £9,124,286 |
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 | 2019-04-30 | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 7.3% | 6.9% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 6.1% | 5.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 20.9% | 18.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 2.28x | 2.19x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 468.06x | — |
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
- McMillan & Co LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Taking all of the above factors into consideration, the company does not consider itself to be exposed to any significant going concern, liquidity risk or other such risks.”
Group structure
- STOKERS LIMITED · parent
- J.P. Lucas & Company Limited 100%
- Fredmans Limited 100%
- Doorway to Value Limited 100%
- Russell Dean Limited 100%
- W & T Nettleton Limited 100%
- Annetts Furniture World Limited 100%
- Christopher Pratts Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STOKER, Jonathan Nigel | Secretary | 1995-12-01 | — | British |
| SCHOFIELD, Steven Graham | Director | 1997-09-30 | Jun 1960 | British |
| STOKER, Jonathan Nigel | Director | 1997-09-30 | Apr 1967 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| STOKER, Shirley | Secretary | — | 1995-12-01 |
| SCHOFIELD, Joyce | Director | — | 2012-04-05 |
| STOKER, Michael | Director | — | 2000-06-30 |
| STOKER, Paul | Director | — | 2012-04-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stokers Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-06-24 | Active |
| Mr Jonathan Nigel Stoker | Individual | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm | 2016-05-06 | Ceased 2016-06-24 |
| Mr Steven Graham Schofield | Individual | voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-06-24 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-30 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2017-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
-2.7%
£61,010,164 £59,371,110
-
Cash
-15%
£2,521,925 £2,144,681
-
Net assets
+4.2%
£20,554,242 £21,407,750
-
Employees
-2%
249 244
-
Operating profit
-8.1%
£4,444,733 £4,082,601
-
Profit before tax
-13.3%
£4,875,809 £4,226,334
-
Wages
+4.4%
£8,741,276 £9,124,286
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers