RANSOMES JACOBSEN LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-01 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£195K
-54.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£112M
+24.3% vs 2023
Employees
467
+6.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£15M
-25.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- RANSOMES JACOBSEN LIMITED 1998-07-03 → present
- RANSOMES SIMS & JEFFERIES LIMITED 1989-08-14 → 1998-07-03
- RANSOMES LIMITED 1988-01-27 → 1989-08-14
- HEPWORTH ROAD DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED 1972-09-08 → 1988-01-27
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £148,642,000 | £119,659,000 | |
| Operating profit | £20,835,000 | £15,657,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £20,235,000 | £15,001,000 | |
| Net profit | £15,701,000 | £14,928,000 | |
| Cash | £427,000 | £195,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £52,594,000 | £67,345,000 | |
| Net assets | £90,058,000 | £111,979,000 | |
| Equity | £90,058,000 | £111,979,000 | |
| Average employees | 438 | 467 | |
| Wages | £16,900,000 | £19,257,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 14.0% | 13.1% | |
| Net margin | 10.6% | 12.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 39.6% | 23.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 9.7% | -31.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.96x | 4.24x | |
| Interest cover | 7.18x | 5.22x |
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
“Textron Inc. has confirmed that it will provide such financial support and other support as necessary to enable the company to meet its liabilities for at least the going concern review period. The directors have a reasonable expectation that Textron Inc. has adequate resources and liquidity to continue in operational existence for this period.”
Significant events
- “Future strategy remains to build our brands, introduce new products including all electric models and to continue to win market share in order to become the premier supplier of high-quality turf maintenance equipment.”
- “To support sustainability the company continues to sell and develop full electric products.”
- “The benefits of the relocation of additional mower product lines to the company from a fellow subsidiary undertaking in the United States continue”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 39 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDC NOMINEE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2021-02-01 | — | — |
| MCTAVISH, Barry William, Mr. | Director | 2026-03-04 | Feb 1982 | British |
Show 39 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASHMAN, Linda | Secretary | 1999-03-08 | 1999-10-29 |
| CAMERON, Alexander Douglas | Secretary | — | 1994-01-07 |
| COMER, Geoffrey Stephen | Secretary | 1994-01-07 | 1994-08-02 |
| GEORGE, Brian William | Secretary | 1994-08-02 | 1994-11-07 |
| HOLLINGWORTH, Paul Robert | Secretary | 1994-11-07 | 1999-02-26 |
| WOLF, Colin Piers | Secretary | 1999-11-05 | 2002-01-11 |
| EVERSECRETARY (NO 2) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2002-01-11 | 2004-06-18 |
| EVERSECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-06-18 | 2021-02-01 |
| BELL, Peter Richard | Director | 1999-11-08 | 2002-04-30 |
| BOOTH, Colin Paul | Director | — | 1994-04-28 |
| CAMPBELL, Ian Philip | Director | 2000-03-06 | 2002-10-31 |
| CHICKEN, Stephen Henry | Director | 2002-04-03 | 2006-02-20 |
| CHICKEN, Stephen Henry | Director | 1999-07-19 | 2001-04-05 |
| CLEMENT, John | Director | 1994-11-17 | 1998-03-16 |
| COLLINGS, Mark Simon | Director | 1995-01-01 | 1996-06-14 |
| COMER, Geoffrey Stephen | Director | — | 1994-08-02 |
| DODSWORTH, Robert Leslie | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| GEORGE, Brian William | Director | 2002-10-31 | 2010-01-29 |
| GUMBLE, Caroline Olive Mary | Director | 1999-07-27 | 2003-03-31 |
| HALL-ROBERTS, Richard | Director | 2012-10-10 | 2014-03-31 |
| HOCKHAM, Jeremey Francis | Director | 1996-04-15 | 1997-08-08 |
| HOLLINGWORTH, Paul Robert | Director | 1994-11-07 | 1999-02-26 |
| LEE, Angela Cornella | Director | 2016-06-03 | 2017-06-30 |
| MACGOWAN, Christopher John | Director | 1992-10-01 | 1994-12-31 |
| MCCOY, Eric James David | Director | — | 1994-01-31 |
| MCINTYRE, Neil Andrew | Director | 1995-05-01 | 2008-09-30 |
| MCNARY, Heidi Anne, Ms. | Director | 2019-06-25 | 2023-08-09 |
| MILLAR, Thomas Maxwell | Director | — | 1994-07-29 |
| MITCHELL, Brian Eric | Director | 1995-03-07 | 1997-06-13 |
| MITCHELL, Stephen James | Director | 1999-07-19 | 2011-02-02 |
| O'NEILL, Garry John | Director | 2001-01-03 | 2001-06-01 |
| PATRICK, Glynn | Director | 2001-08-24 | 2002-09-02 |
| PINTO, Harold Costa | Director | 1999-03-08 | 2001-11-02 |
| PRICKETT, Alan Martin | Director | 2010-01-29 | 2019-06-25 |
| RAINGER, Simon Robert | Director | 2019-06-25 | 2026-03-20 |
| SUNAWAY, Andrew Charles Scott | Director | 1995-01-01 | 2000-03-03 |
| WILSON, Peter George | Director | 1993-11-29 | 1999-06-25 |
| WITHERS, David Philip | Director | 2003-01-20 | 2016-12-31 |
| WOODFIN, Neil Arthur | Director | 2000-03-06 | 2001-06-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ransomes Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-05-18 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 201 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-06-17 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-06-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-20 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-06-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-06-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-07-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-07-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-01 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-19.5%
£148,642,000 £119,659,000
-
Cash
-54.3%
£427,000 £195,000
-
Net assets
+24.3%
£90,058,000 £111,979,000
-
Employees
+6.6%
438 467
-
Operating profit
-24.9%
£20,835,000 £15,657,000
-
Profit before tax
-25.9%
£20,235,000 £15,001,000
-
Wages
+13.9%
£16,900,000 £19,257,000
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