JSP LIMITED
Get an alert when JSP LIMITED files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-15 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-01
Watchouts
Cash
£23M
+77% vs 2024
Net assets
£62M
+4.2% vs 2024
Employees
498
+3.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£11M
+23.5% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
-
1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- JSP LIMITED 1991-09-17 → present
- JOHNSTONE SAFETY LIMITED 1976-12-31 → 1991-09-17
- R.M.JOHNSTONE & SON LIMITED 1964-02-11 → 1976-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £91,773,000 | £98,291,000 | |
| Operating profit | £9,140,000 | £10,570,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £8,960,000 | £11,067,000 | |
| Net profit | £7,910,000 | £9,547,000 | |
| Cash | £13,272,000 | £23,485,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £63,668,000 | £63,746,000 | |
| Net assets | £59,106,000 | £61,612,000 | |
| Equity | £59,106,000 | £61,612,000 | |
| Average employees | 481 | 498 | |
| Wages | £18,211,000 | £20,450,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.0% | 10.8% | |
| Net margin | 8.6% | 9.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.4% | 16.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| Current ratio | 3.06x | 3.29x | |
| Interest cover | 20.27x | 76.59x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the Directors have carefully considered the impact of the current economic environment on the business operations of the group and can confirm that they have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate cash resources and banking facilities available to them to continue in operational existence for a period of no less than 12 months from the date of this report. Thus, the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- JSP LIMITED · parent
- Johnstone Safety International LLP 0.51%
- P&J Safety (2016) Limited 1%
- JSP (Hong Kong) Co. Limited 1%
- Weston SM LLP 0.5%
- Bradwest Safety Company LLP 1%
- Chapsmith LLP 1%
- Invincible Safety Limited 1%
- Navigator Safety Limited 1%
- Protection Express Limited 1%
- Olympus Safety Limited 1%
- Martcare Limited 1%
- Chatsworth Trading Limited 1%
- JSP Environmental Limited 1%
- Viceroy Communications Limited 1%
- Europa Safety Products Limited 1%
- JSP Safety GmbH 1%
- JSP Safety Inc 1%
- JSP Safety France SAS 1%
- JSP Safety FZE 1%
- JSP Safety & Protective Equipment (Shanghai) Co. Ltd 1%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAKER, Sarah Helen | Director | 2003-03-05 | Feb 1970 | British |
| JOHNSTONE, Clive | Director | — | Mar 1942 | British |
| JOHNSTONE, James Luke | Director | 2003-03-05 | Feb 1970 | British |
| JOHNSTONE, Joanna Mary | Director | — | May 1945 | British |
| JOHNSTONE, Mark Robert | Director | 2003-03-05 | Feb 1968 | British |
| JOHNSTONE, Timothy William | Director | 2017-06-07 | Jul 1975 | British |
| NELSON, Mark Richard | Director | 2023-11-29 | Feb 1966 | British |
| SANDERS, Stephen Francis | Director | 2011-11-29 | Mar 1969 | British |
| THOMAS, Lee Michael | Director | 2023-11-29 | Oct 1973 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIRD, Sheila Joyce | Secretary | — | 2003-09-30 |
| PAYNE, Catharina Johanna Adriana | Secretary | 2003-09-30 | 2025-10-31 |
| KNIGHT, Geoffrey Thomas, Dr | Director | 1995-10-18 | 2021-08-12 |
| LOWRY, Barry Roger St Gerrans | Director | — | 2011-11-29 |
| PERKINS, Alan Stewart | Director | — | 2002-02-06 |
| PRICE, Michael Christopher Walwyn | Director | — | 1993-07-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Mark Robert Johnstone | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2024-10-23 | Active |
| Mrs Sarah Helen Baker | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2024-10-23 | Active |
| Mr Clive Johnstone | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2024-10-23 | Active |
| Mrs Joanna Mary Johnstone | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2024-10-23 | Active |
| Mr Clive Johnstone | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-04-01 | Ceased 2024-10-23 |
| The Rutland Trust | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-04-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 189 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-14 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-07-02 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-07-02 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-07-02 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-07-02 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-07-02 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-01 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-01 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-01 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-27 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-27 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 18
- Capital events
- 6
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+7.1%
£91,773,000 £98,291,000
-
Cash
+77%
£13,272,000 £23,485,000
-
Net assets
+4.2%
£59,106,000 £61,612,000
-
Employees
+3.5%
481 498
-
Operating profit
+15.6%
£9,140,000 £10,570,000
-
Profit before tax
+23.5%
£8,960,000 £11,067,000
-
Wages
+12.3%
£18,211,000 £20,450,000
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