J.C. BAMFORD EXCAVATORS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-10 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-27
Watchouts
Cash
£265M
-36.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£896M
-25.5% vs 2023
Employees
11,125
+13.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£444M
-13.8% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,331,200,000 | £4,878,800,000 | |
| Operating profit | £527,300,000 | £466,900,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £515,300,000 | £444,000,000 | |
| Net profit | £386,000,000 | £316,000,000 | |
| Cash | £415,600,000 | £265,100,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,491,300,000 | £1,141,800,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,203,200,000 | £896,100,000 | |
| Equity | £1,203,200,000 | £896,100,000 | |
| Average employees | 9,836 | 11,125 | |
| Wages | £340,700,000 | £361,500,000 |
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 | 9.9% | 9.6% | |
| Net margin | 7.2% | 6.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 35.4% | 40.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.84x | 1.52x | |
| Interest cover | 7.85x | 8.38x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared a cash flow forecast for the company for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements. The directors believe that preparing the financial statements on the going concern basis is appropriate due to the continued financial support of J.C.B. Service. The directors have received confirmation that J.C.B. Service intends to support the company for at least one year from the date of approval of these financial statements. The J.C.B. Service financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- J.C. BAMFORD EXCAVATORS LIMITED · parent
- A Bamford Trading Company Limited 100%
- Doxford Engines Limited 100%
- J.C. Bamford Investments Private Limited 100%
- JCB Limited 100%
- JCB Backhoe Loaders Limited 100%
- JCB Credit Limited 100%
- JCB Excavators Limited 100%
- JCB Finance Limited 25%
- JCB Garage Limited 100%
- JCB Golf and Country Club Limited 100%
- JCB Hydrapower 100%
- JCB Hydropower 100%
- JCB Heavy Products Limited 100%
- JCB India Limited 100%
- JCB Insurance Services Limited 100%
- JCB Landpower Ltd. 50%
- JCB Management Services 100%
- JCB Materials Handling Limited 100%
- JCB Power Systems Limited 100%
- JCB US Holdings Inc 98%
- L Gardner & Sons Limited 100%
- JCB Atlanta Real Estate LLC 98%
- JCB Dallas Real Estate LLC 98%
- JCB Finance Company 98%
- JCB Financiers Private Limited 100%
- JCB Houston Real Estate LLC 98%
- JCB Inc 98%
- JCB Industries Private Limited 100%
- JCB Literature Foundation 100%
- JCB Manufacturing Inc 98%
- JCB Miami LLC 98%
- JCB Miami Real Estate LLC 98%
- JCB Nashville LLC 98%
- JCB Nashville Real Estate LLC 98%
- JCB North America Limited 98%
- JCB Northern California LLC 98%
- JCB Northern California Real Estate LLC 98%
- JCB Southern California LLC 98%
- JCB Southern California Real Estate LLC 98%
- JCB Texas LLC 98%
- Lady Bamford Foundation 100%
- North Georgia Construction LLC 98%
Significant events
- “The global market for construction and agricultural equipment declined in 2024, finishing the year down 3.7% versus 2023.”
- “J.C. Bamford Excavators Limited's sales decreased by 8.5% to £4,878.8 million (2023: £5,331.2 million), driven by reduced sales volume.”
- “The directors approved and paid a dividend of £655.0 million during the year (2023: £547.5 million).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OVENS, Steven Ernest Robert | Secretary | — | — | British |
| BAMFORD, Carole Gray, Lady | Director | — | Apr 1946 | British |
| BAMFORD, Mark Joseph Cyril | Director | — | Jun 1951 | British |
| BAMFORD DL, The Lord | Director | — | Oct 1945 | British |
| MACDONALD, Graeme Angus | Director | 2010-01-02 | Nov 1967 | British |
| TURNER, Mark William Eric | Director | 2012-01-01 | Aug 1963 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAMFORD, Joseph Cyril Edward | Director | 2006-05-15 | 2016-11-11 |
| BAMFORD, Marjorie | Director | — | 2003-12-25 |
| BLAKE, Alan Russell | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2014-01-15 |
| COYNE, Martin | Director | 1994-02-22 | 1998-02-09 |
| JOHNSTON, Gilbert | Director | — | 1993-10-31 |
| LEADBEATER, Edward Timothy David | Director | — | 2006-03-31 |
| PATTERSON, John | Director | 1998-03-13 | 2010-03-01 |
| TAYLOR, Matthew Gordon Robert | Director | 2007-01-02 | 2009-11-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Patrick Albert Michaël Fischer | Individual | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-05-08 |
| Jcb Service | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 153 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-01-20 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-10-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2018-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2017-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2017-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-8.5%
£5,331,200,000 £4,878,800,000
-
Cash
-36.2%
£415,600,000 £265,100,000
-
Net assets
-25.5%
£1,203,200,000 £896,100,000
-
Employees
+13.1%
9,836 11,125
-
Operating profit
-11.5%
£527,300,000 £466,900,000
-
Profit before tax
-13.8%
£515,300,000 £444,000,000
-
Wages
+6.1%
£340,700,000 £361,500,000
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