J.HARPER & SONS(LEOMINSTER)LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-06-18 (in 1mo)

Last made up 2025-06-04

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£5M

+5.2% vs 2023

Net assets

£5M

+3.5% highest in 5 filed years

Employees

-34.1% lowest in 5 filed years

Profit before tax

£404K

+73.2% vs 2023

Net assets

7-year trend · vs Industrials median

J.HARPER & SONS(LEOMINSTER)LIMITED·Industrials median · n=6236

Accounts

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

Metric	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	—	—	£44,485,658	£38,032,742	—	—	—
Operating profit	—	—	£1,385,394	£436,752	—	—	—
Profit before tax	—	—	£1,417,248	£501,521	£263,818	£233,199	£403,954
Net profit	—	—	£1,148,903	£709,764	£213,840	£177,268	£301,793
Cash	—	—	£10,118,681	£9,051,692	£2,744,643	£4,929,726	£5,185,947
Total assets less current liabilities	—	—	£3,678,081	£4,393,028	£4,382,739	£4,358,447	£4,509,078
Net assets	—	—	£3,678,081	£4,387,845	£4,376,685	£4,353,953	£4,505,746
Equity	£2,712,977	£3,629,178	£3,678,081	£4,387,845	£4,376,685	£4,353,953	£4,505,746
Average employees	—	—	168	157	158	123	81
Wages	—	—	£6,008,978	£5,299,447	£5,545,535	£4,711,080	£3,445,104

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	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	—	—	3.1%	1.1%	—	—	—
Net margin	—	—	2.6%	1.9%	—	—	—
Return on capital employed	—	—	37.7%	9.9%	—	—	—

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.

People

7 active · 12 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
OVERTON, Victoria Jane	Secretary	2004-03-31	—	British
CHADD, Andrew John	Director	2025-09-08	Jul 1987	British
DAVIES, Paul Andrew	Director	2025-09-08	Jan 1984	British
HARVEY, Matthew Adam	Director	2025-09-08	Mar 1994	British
HARVEY, Michael	Director	2000-01-01	Dec 1965	British
OVERTON, Victoria Jane	Director	2009-05-01	Apr 1968	British
REES, Antony Paul	Director	2004-01-01	Apr 1970	British

Show 12 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
LENNOCK, Mark William	Secretary	1994-09-13	2004-03-31
ROBINSON, Michael Albert	Secretary	—	1994-09-30
TAYLOR, Kevin Trevor	Secretary	1999-03-31	2002-02-28
AMOS, Raymond Leslie	Director	—	2000-12-31
HARPER, Joseph Stuart	Director	—	2001-06-28
HARPER, Joseph Donald	Director	—	1994-05-03
LENNOCK, Mark William	Director	1994-09-13	2004-03-31
MONDON, Peter Nigel	Director	2000-05-20	2020-02-28
REES, Walter Paul	Director	—	2000-05-31
ROBINSON, Michael Albert	Director	—	1994-09-13
UNDERHILL, Peter John	Director	1994-09-13	2007-01-24
WITHERS, Richard Anthony	Director	1994-05-16	2002-04-05

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Harper Group Plc	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 140 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-09-16	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-09-16	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-09-16	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-06-13	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-06-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-06-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-05-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-03-10	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2023-09-25	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-06-07	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-09-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-06-05	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-06-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-05-11	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2020-06-05	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-05-27	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2020-02-28	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2019-06-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2019-04-24	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2018-06-05	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 5
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 3
Officers resigned: 0

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

—

Not reported
Cash

+5.2%

£4,929,726 £5,185,947
Net assets

+3.5%

£4,353,953 £4,505,746

highest in 5 filed years
Employees

-34.1%

123 81

lowest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax

+73.2%

£233,199 £403,954
Wages

-26.9%

£4,711,080 £3,445,104

lowest in 5 filed years

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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