JOSEPH LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-11-30 (in 6mo)
Last filed for 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-15 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£14M
Equity attributable
Employees
203
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£3M
Period ending 2025-02-28
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- JOSEPH LIMITED 1985-03-22 → present
- LYNXMEAD LIMITED 1972-08-29 → 1985-03-22
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-02-28
| Metric | Trend | 2024-02-29 | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £56,441,132 | £45,332,866 | |
| Operating profit | -£10,979,499 | -£767,534 | |
| Profit before tax | -£12,020,684 | -£3,470,414 | |
| Net profit | -£12,753,923 | -£2,989,283 | |
| Cash | £10,187,830 | £3,444,734 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £17,015,854 | £14,011,892 | |
| Net assets | £17,015,854 | £14,011,892 | |
| Equity | £17,015,854 | £14,011,892 | |
| Average employees | 185 | 203 | |
| Wages | £10,270,308 | £9,000,839 |
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 | 2024-02-29 | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -19.5% | -1.7% | |
| Net margin | -22.6% | -6.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -64.5% | -5.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.26x | 1.89x | |
| Interest cover | -7.22x | -5.91x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period to 31 March 2027.”
Group structure
- JOSEPH LIMITED · parent
- Joseph Tricot SAS 100%
- Joseph Production SARL 100%
- Joseph Japan Co., Ltd 100%
- Joseph Tricot Limited 100%
- Joseph at Old Bond Street Limited 100%
- Joseph Eyewear Limited 100%
- Joe's Cafes Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the financial year, the Company completed the disposal of an investment property for total consideration of £8.0 million.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRANKLIN, Andrew James, M. | Secretary | 2019-06-06 | — | — |
| CAMPOS, Barbara Clotilde Therese | Director | 2018-11-05 | Oct 1972 | French |
| EGASHIRA, Takeshi | Director | 2019-06-06 | Aug 1974 | Japanese |
| FRANKLIN, Andrew James | Director | 2005-05-24 | Sep 1958 | British |
| KAGAYA, Jun | Director | 2017-05-03 | Feb 1972 | Japanese |
| KUMAZAWA, Lawrence | Director | 2023-03-01 | Jul 1978 | Japanese |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ETTEDGUI, Franklin | Secretary | — | 1997-10-01 |
| FORESTIER, Marc Alain Yves | Secretary | 2002-06-06 | 2006-08-10 |
| GONCALVES, Alan | Secretary | 2000-06-01 | 2001-10-10 |
| GRANT, Ronald Peter | Secretary | 1997-10-01 | 2000-07-01 |
| LETRILLIART, Thierry Jean | Secretary | 2001-10-10 | 2002-06-06 |
| PALMER, Catherine Jeanne | Secretary | 2006-08-10 | 2019-04-25 |
| BENSOUSSAN, Robert | Director | 1999-09-21 | 1999-11-05 |
| BUDDENHAGEN, Alison Claire | Director | 2006-08-10 | 2007-02-08 |
| CHUBACHI, Hiromi | Director | 2006-05-19 | 2009-02-23 |
| DAVIDSON, Karen | Director | 2002-06-06 | 2005-01-18 |
| ETTEDGUI, Allegra | Director | — | 1997-10-01 |
| ETTEDGUI, Coco | Director | — | 1993-06-08 |
| ETTEDGUI, Franklin | Director | — | 2001-11-30 |
| ETTEDGUI, Joseph | Director | 1998-03-27 | 2005-12-15 |
| ETTEDGUI, Joseph | Director | — | 1998-03-24 |
| ETTEDGUI, Maurice | Director | — | 1993-06-08 |
| FERRERO, Sara | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2012-11-05 |
| FORESTIER, Marc Alain Yves | Director | 2005-06-16 | 2008-08-08 |
| GONCALVES, Alan | Director | 2000-06-01 | 2001-10-10 |
| GRANT, Ronald Peter | Director | 1997-10-01 | 2000-07-01 |
| KAGAYA, Jun | Director | 2009-10-15 | 2012-09-14 |
| KIYOHARA, Masabumi | Director | 2005-05-24 | 2007-03-15 |
| KOSHIGOE, Masaru | Director | 2009-10-15 | 2011-03-24 |
| LETRILLIART, Thierry Jean | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2005-06-16 |
| LEVETT ANTHONY, Barrie | Director | 2002-12-11 | 2003-10-06 |
| PALMER, Catherine Jeanne | Director | 2007-05-01 | 2019-04-25 |
| PENE, Franco | Director | 2005-05-24 | 2017-04-18 |
| SATO, Osamu | Director | 2020-03-01 | 2023-02-28 |
| SHIMAMURA, Noboru | Director | 2011-03-24 | 2012-10-04 |
| SHIRAISHI, Takehiro | Director | 2012-10-04 | 2020-02-29 |
| TAKAGI, Hirosuke | Director | 2006-04-21 | 2020-02-29 |
| TANAKA, Minoru | Director | 2007-03-15 | 2011-03-24 |
| TONO, Eiji | Director | 2005-05-24 | 2009-05-08 |
| WITHERS, Zoe | Director | 2015-03-25 | 2019-05-13 |
| YAMAGISHI, Kazuyuki | Director | 2012-04-13 | 2019-06-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Onward Holdings Co.,Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-05-20 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 258 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-04-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-04-22 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-03-14 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-03-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-03-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-14 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2024-11-14 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2024-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-04-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-04-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-03-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-03-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-03-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-03-06 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-02-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-24 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2023-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-04-27 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-04-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-02-28 vs 2024-02-29