GUNN JCB LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-08 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+70.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£7M
-24.2% vs 2023
Employees
128
-3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£3M
-1,074.7% 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 | £116,010,000 | £89,056,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,499,000 | -£1,015,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£221,000 | -£2,596,000 | |
| Net profit | -£227,000 | -£2,364,000 | |
| Cash | £1,848,000 | £3,156,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,909,000 | £9,165,000 | |
| Net assets | £9,756,000 | £7,392,000 | |
| Equity | £9,756,000 | £7,392,000 | |
| Average employees | 132 | 128 | |
| Wages | £6,252,000 | £6,090,000 |
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 | 1.3% | -1.1% | |
| Net margin | -0.2% | -2.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.6% | -11.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.44x | 1.30x | |
| Interest cover | 0.84x | -0.64x |
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
- BHP LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Cash flow projections covering the period 12 months from the date of signing these accounts have been prepared. The directors have concluded that there are sufficient liquid assets at the company's disposal which can be utilised to fulfil any liabilities which fall due over a period of at least the next 12 months.”
Significant events
- “The sole subsidiary of the company, Gunn JCB Compact Equipment Limited, a dormant company, was dissolved on 2 July 2024.”
- “The group to which the company belongs, Gunn JCB Group Limited, was purchased by T. C. Harrison Group Limited on 8 July 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HONEYWOOD, John Gordon | Secretary | 2024-07-25 | — | — |
| BAKER, Neil Stephen | Director | 2026-01-01 | May 1961 | British |
| HARRISON, James Robert | Director | 2024-07-08 | Nov 1961 | British |
| HARRISON, Jonathan Edward | Director | 2024-07-08 | Jun 1963 | British |
| HARRISON, Thomas William Edward | Director | 2024-07-08 | Jun 1968 | British |
| SIMCOX, Timothy Simon | Director | 2024-07-08 | Nov 1970 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAILEY, John Henry | Secretary | — | 2013-07-09 |
| HUTCHINSON, Michael Stuart | Secretary | 2013-07-09 | 2024-07-08 |
| BAILEY, John Henry | Director | — | 2014-04-16 |
| BARTON, Donald | Director | — | 1995-01-31 |
| BASTOCK, Keith | Director | 1998-09-24 | 2000-02-14 |
| BRYANT, Steven Christopher John | Director | 1995-03-15 | 1998-06-04 |
| CORNELL, Christopher James | Director | 2024-07-08 | 2025-12-31 |
| COUTTS, Campbell Erskine | Director | 1998-06-04 | 2003-01-31 |
| DAVIES, John Martyn Blackwell | Director | 2002-02-11 | 2006-12-22 |
| DAVIES, John Martyn Blackwell | Director | 1997-05-01 | 2000-04-25 |
| DOLPHIN, John Alan | Director | 1998-09-24 | 2018-08-10 |
| FINDLAY, Alexander Fraser | Director | 1995-06-21 | 1998-06-04 |
| HARTSHORN, Paul | Director | 2012-11-01 | 2024-07-08 |
| HILLMAN, Alexander Edwin | Director | 1992-08-27 | 1995-07-12 |
| HODGSON, William Strang | Director | 1995-07-12 | 1998-06-30 |
| HUTCHINSON, Michael Stuart | Director | 2013-07-09 | 2024-07-08 |
| MACONOCHIE, Thomas Currie | Director | — | 1992-05-28 |
| MORRISON, Thomas Francis | Director | — | 1998-06-04 |
| NIXON, Stephen Philip | Director | 1996-10-01 | 2018-03-01 |
| OVENS, Steven Ernest Robert | Director | 1998-06-04 | 2003-01-31 |
| ROBERTS, Mark Edward Patrick | Director | 2018-10-02 | 2024-07-08 |
| SHAW, Michael | Director | 1992-08-27 | 1995-02-10 |
| SIMCOCK, Timothy | Director | 2012-03-12 | 2024-07-08 |
| SMITH, Gordon William Fraser | Director | 2000-02-14 | 2014-04-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gunn Jcb (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 177 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-26 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-07-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-16 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-07-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
-23.2%
£116,010,000 £89,056,000
-
Cash
+70.8%
£1,848,000 £3,156,000
-
Net assets
-24.2%
£9,756,000 £7,392,000
-
Employees
-3%
132 128
-
Operating profit
-167.7%
£1,499,000 -£1,015,000
-
Profit before tax
-1,074.7%
-£221,000 -£2,596,000
-
Wages
-2.6%
£6,252,000 £6,090,000
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