J. AND A. YOUNG (LEICESTER) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-10 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+622.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£43M
-0.1% vs 2023
Employees
361
+8.7% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£607K
-96.2% lowest in 6 filed years
Net assets
10-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
10-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2019-09-30 | 2019-10-01 | 2020-09-30 | 2020-10-01 | 2021-09-30 | 2021-10-01 | 2022-09-30 | 2022-10-01 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £62,095,000 | — | £52,225,000 | — | £55,980,000 | — | £73,412,000 | — | £76,453,000 | £50,177,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,329,000 | — | £4,267,000 | — | £3,332,000 | — | £4,205,000 | — | £17,498,000 | £1,934,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,679,000 | — | £3,762,000 | — | £2,861,000 | — | £3,519,000 | — | £16,166,000 | £607,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,283,000 | — | £2,887,000 | — | £1,394,000 | — | £382,000 | — | £15,277,000 | -£28,000 | |
| Cash | £214,000 | — | £661,000 | — | £960,000 | — | £2,708,000 | — | £358,000 | £2,585,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £33,026,000 | — | £39,601,000 | — | £39,927,000 | — | £46,463,000 | — | £58,894,000 | £64,008,000 | |
| Net assets | £23,227,000 | — | £26,114,000 | — | £27,508,000 | — | £27,890,000 | — | £43,167,000 | £43,139,000 | |
| Equity | £23,227,000 | £23,227,000 | £26,114,000 | £26,114,000 | £27,508,000 | £27,508,000 | £27,890,000 | £27,890,000 | £43,167,000 | £43,139,000 | |
| Average employees | 326 | — | 325 | — | 323 | — | 311 | — | 332 | 361 | |
| Wages | £9,272,000 | — | £9,697,000 | — | £9,838,000 | — | £10,241,000 | — | £10,878,000 | £11,879,000 |
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 | 2019-09-30 | 2019-10-01 | 2020-09-30 | 2020-10-01 | 2021-09-30 | 2021-10-01 | 2022-09-30 | 2022-10-01 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.8% | — | 8.2% | — | 6.0% | — | 5.7% | — | 22.9% | 3.9% | |
| Net margin | 2.1% | — | 5.5% | — | 2.5% | — | 0.5% | — | 20.0% | -0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.1% | — | 10.8% | — | 8.3% | — | 9.1% | — | 29.7% | 3.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 49.8% | 54.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.11x | 1.13x | |
| Interest cover | 3.58x | — | 8.45x | — | 7.07x | — | 6.13x | — | 13.14x | 1.42x |
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
- PKF Smith Cooper Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having due regard to all available information the Director is satisfied that the Company has adequate resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due and therefore they should continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “opening of a new HDPE recycling plant and continued development of a new multi-polymer facility in Swansea”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YOUNG, Jeremy Robert Andrew | Director | — | Dec 1949 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| YOUNG, Anona Jane | Secretary | — | 2019-08-05 |
| YOUNG, Anona Jane | Director | — | 2019-08-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J & A Young (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 122 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-14 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-05-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2020-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-07-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2019-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
-34.4%
£76,453,000 £50,177,000
lowest in 6 filed years
-
Cash
+622.1%
£358,000 £2,585,000
-
Net assets
-0.1%
£43,167,000 £43,139,000
-
Employees
+8.7%
332 361
highest in 6 filed years
-
Operating profit
-88.9%
£17,498,000 £1,934,000
lowest in 6 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-96.2%
£16,166,000 £607,000
lowest in 6 filed years
-
Wages
+9.2%
£10,878,000 £11,879,000
highest in 6 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