SPEAR & JACKSON UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-09 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£208K
-30.7% vs 2023
Employees
1
-50% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£123K
+82.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- SPEAR & JACKSON UK LIMITED 2013-01-16 → present
- SPEAR & JACKSON GARDEN PRODUCTS LIMITED 1990-10-05 → 2013-01-16
- SPEAR & JACKSON (TOOLS) LIMITED 1967-03-23 → 1990-10-05
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,311,000 | £16,039,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£720,000 | -£123,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£720,000 | -£123,000 | |
| Net profit | -£571,000 | -£92,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £300,000 | £208,000 | |
| Net assets | £300,000 | £208,000 | |
| Equity | £300,000 | £208,000 | |
| Average employees | 2 | 1 | |
| Wages | £156,000 | £86,000 |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -5.0% | -0.8% | |
| Net margin | -4.0% | -0.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -240.0% | -59.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.06x | 1.04x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have concluded that the Group and therefore the Company have adequate resources for the foreseeable future and will be able to meet their liabilities as they fall due for a period of at least twelve months from signing these financial statements and that the going concern basis of preparation is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “The Company has experienced a 12.1% increase in revenue in the year, primarily due to improved customer demand in its major markets.”
- “Due to a combination of changes to the product mix, new routes to market and favourable currency fluctuations, there has been a 2.2% improvement in the gross margin year on year.”
- “Fiscal 2024 has continued to be challenging for Spear & Jackson Group Limited... The Tools Group has been adversely impacted by continuing disappointing performance from its Australian division.”
- “The purchase of PRCI, S.A.S. a French tool distributor, will allow the Tools division to expand its reach and product base across France.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEORGE, David Matthew | Secretary | 2020-01-01 | — | — |
| ARCHER, Ian Robert | Director | 2008-04-18 | Aug 1968 | British |
| HORTON, Duncan Samuel | Director | 2026-01-16 | Oct 1979 | British |
| HSU, Simon Nai Cheng | Director | 2015-11-30 | Aug 1960 | Hong Konger |
| SHONE, Alaina | Director | 2015-03-31 | Oct 1962 | British |
| TURNER, Stephen Laurence | Director | 2014-11-17 | Feb 1968 | British |
| JAMES NEILL HOLDINGS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1993-12-02 | — | — |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLOOMFIELD, Richard Jeffery | Secretary | 1993-06-24 | 1993-11-01 |
| DALLMAN, John Maurice | Secretary | 2009-05-01 | 2019-12-31 |
| FLETCHER, William | Secretary | 2002-04-30 | 2009-04-30 |
| LUMB, Stephen | Secretary | 1991-11-18 | 1993-06-24 |
| WALKER, Peter John | Secretary | — | 1991-11-18 |
| WOLSTENHOLME, David John | Secretary | 1993-11-01 | 2002-04-30 |
| BARRE, Steven Craig | Director | 2002-09-06 | 2002-09-06 |
| BEAZER, Brian Cyril | Director | 2009-03-24 | 2010-10-01 |
| CARR, Richard Mark | Director | 2008-04-18 | 2008-09-26 |
| CROWLEY, Dennis | Director | 2002-11-14 | 2004-04-20 |
| DEACON, Gary Adam | Director | 2013-09-30 | 2014-04-11 |
| DYSON, Patrick John | Director | 2004-12-21 | 2015-03-31 |
| FLETCHER, Alan Thomas | Director | — | 1993-10-26 |
| FLETCHER, William | Director | 1997-11-03 | 2009-04-30 |
| FRANCKEL, Mark Bernard, Mr. | Director | 2012-01-09 | 2014-01-31 |
| HORTON, Duncan Samuel | Director | 2018-11-01 | 2023-07-31 |
| KELLY, Terence | Director | 2008-04-18 | 2011-09-30 |
| LIM, Henry Woon-Hoe | Director | 2014-01-31 | 2015-11-30 |
| LIM, Henry Woon-Hoe | Director | 2010-06-30 | 2012-12-20 |
| LUMB, Stephen | Director | — | 1993-06-24 |
| MARTIN, David | Director | 1993-04-05 | 1993-10-22 |
| MARTIN, Kevin | Director | 2008-04-18 | 2020-07-24 |
| MILLS, Michael John | Director | 1993-06-29 | 1993-11-23 |
| MOORE, Paul John | Director | 2004-04-20 | 2006-03-05 |
| SANDER, Dorothy E | Director | 2002-09-06 | 2002-09-06 |
| WALKER, Peter John | Director | — | 1993-01-31 |
| WEINGARTEN, Allan David | Director | 2002-09-06 | 2002-09-06 |
| WELLS, Lee | Director | 2006-03-13 | 2013-02-28 |
| WHITE, Graham | Director | 1993-11-15 | 1997-10-31 |
| WOLSTENHOLME, David John | Director | 1993-11-15 | 2002-11-11 |
| S AND J ACQUISITION CORP | Corporate Director | 2002-11-14 | 2004-04-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Neill Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 200 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-06-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-01-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2020-01-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2019-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
+12.1%
£14,311,000 £16,039,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-30.7%
£300,000 £208,000
-
Employees
-50%
2 1
-
Operating profit
+82.9%
-£720,000 -£123,000
-
Profit before tax
+82.9%
-£720,000 -£123,000
-
Wages
-44.9%
£156,000 £86,000
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