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JOSEPH GLEAVE & SON LIMITED

#00582735 · Active · Incorporated 1957-04-24 (69y 1m) · Last filing 2026-04-10 (1mo ago)
Consumer Discretionary · SIC 46900 · G Wholesale & Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles · Full accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-02-08 (in 9mo)

Last made up 2026-01-25

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£836K

-92% lowest in 5 filed years

Net assets

£10M

+24.6% vs 2023

Employees

38

+18.8% highest in 5 filed years

Profit before tax

£3M

+114.2% highest in 5 filed years

Accounts

7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2020-12-312021-12-312022-01-012022-12-312023-01-012023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £14,701,801£13,879,414—£15,822,689—£19,959,272£20,562,976
Operating profit £466,594£506,829—£426,532—£959,063£2,058,603
Profit before tax £458,246£506,467—£426,597—£1,182,503£2,532,897
Net profit —————£885,751£1,884,310
Cash £3,050,692£2,359,494—£2,810,630—£10,472,275£835,890
Total assets less current liabilities £13,036,010£10,421,563—£7,806,053—£7,684,526£9,569,280
Net assets £13,036,010£10,397,906—£7,785,571—£7,671,322£9,555,632
Equity £13,036,010£10,397,906—£7,785,571—£7,671,322£9,555,632
Average employees 3435—36—3238
Wages £1,003,944£1,492,500—£1,013,336—£1,347,652£1,593,274

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 2020-12-312021-12-312022-01-012022-12-312023-01-012023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 3.2%3.7%—2.7%—4.8%10.0%
Net margin —————4.4%9.2%
Return on capital employed 3.6%4.9%—5.5%—12.5%21.5%
Current ratio —————1.49x2.99x
Interest cover 43.84x974.67x—59.76x—44.66x12253.59x

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
Hurst Accountants Limited
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The Company has significant financial resources and a strong cash position and expects to continue generating positive cash flows and profits in future periods. The director has a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue operational existence for the foreseeable future and has supported this with future trading forecasts which cover a period of 12 months from the approval of the financial statements. With this, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

  1. JOSEPH GLEAVE & SON LIMITED · parent
    1. United Tool Distribution Limited · trading company

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

2 active · 3 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
SHAW, John Anthony Secretary 1993-05-04 — British
SHAW, John Anthony Director — Dec 1963 British
Show 3 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
SHAW, David Ian Secretary — 1993-05-04
SHAW, David Ian Director — 2011-12-21
SHAW, John Michael Director — 1993-05-04

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr John Anthony Shaw Individual Shares 75–100% 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 102 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-04-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-09-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2025-01-25 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-09-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2024-01-25 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-09-27 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2023-03-27 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-09-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2022-03-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-10-14 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-06-11 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-12-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-04-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-10-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2019-05-15 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2018-10-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2018-05-18 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2017-10-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2017-05-31 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2016-10-12 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

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

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

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