JCB CAB SYSTEMS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-17 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-03
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
+99.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£8M
+157% vs 2023
Employees
516
-3.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£6M
+387.1% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- JCB CAB SYSTEMS LIMITED 2003-01-02 → present
- JCB HYDRAPOWER LIMITED 1980-12-31 → 2003-01-02
- BREDON HYDRAULICS LIMITED 1975-09-03 → 1980-12-31
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 | £256,048,000 | £244,039,000 | |
| Operating profit | £570,000 | £9,749,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,250,000 | £6,460,000 | |
| Net profit | -£2,065,000 | £4,628,000 | |
| Cash | £1,456,000 | £2,901,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,656,000 | £14,596,000 | |
| Net assets | £2,947,000 | £7,575,000 | |
| Equity | £2,947,000 | £7,575,000 | |
| Average employees | 534 | 516 | |
| Wages | £24,239,000 | £24,392,000 |
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 | 0.2% | 4.0% | |
| Net margin | -0.8% | 1.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.6% | 66.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 96.5% | 92.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.52x | 0.64x | |
| Interest cover | 0.20x | 2.96x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors believe that preparing the financial statements on the going concern basis is appropriate due to the continued financial support of J.C.B. Service. The directors have received confirmation that J.C.B. Service intends to support the company for at least one year from the date of approval of these financial statements. The J.C.B. Service financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The global market for construction and agricultural equipment declined in 2024, finishing the year down 3.7% versus 2023.”
- “The overall market outlook for 2025 is moderately negative, with new geopolitical uncertainties, brought about largely through the protectionist trade policies of the new US administration.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OVENS, Steven Ernest Robert | Secretary | — | — | British |
| MACDONALD, Graeme Angus | Director | 2013-11-01 | Nov 1967 | British |
| TURNER, Mark William Eric | Director | 2010-01-02 | Aug 1963 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATKINSON, David | Director | 2022-03-16 | 2023-11-01 |
| BAMFORD, Joseph Cyril Edward | Director | 2006-05-15 | 2016-11-13 |
| BAMFORD DL, The Lord | Director | — | 2014-09-15 |
| BLAKE, Alan Russell | Director | 2009-02-02 | 2013-11-01 |
| BLANDFORD, Andrew Paul | Director | 2003-10-21 | 2004-11-05 |
| BROWN, Liam Gregory | Director | 2013-11-19 | 2015-11-02 |
| CARRINGTON, Stephen John | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2011-01-04 |
| CARVER, David | Director | 2015-11-02 | 2022-03-16 |
| COYNE, Martin | Director | — | 1998-02-09 |
| GADSBY, Anthony Denis | Director | 2006-11-17 | 2008-12-01 |
| JOHNSTON, Gilbert | Director | — | 1993-10-31 |
| MCCALLUM, Howard Keith | Director | 1994-02-22 | 1998-03-13 |
| OWEN, Robert Charles | Director | 2011-11-01 | 2013-11-01 |
| PATTERSON, John | Director | 1998-03-13 | 2010-03-01 |
| SUNAR, Onkar Singh | Director | 2011-01-04 | 2012-05-03 |
| TAYLOR, Matthew Gordon Robert | Director | 2007-01-02 | 2009-11-04 |
| THOMSON, Alan Scot | Director | 1998-03-13 | 2003-10-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Patrick Albert Michaël Fischer | Individual | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-05-08 |
| Jcb Service | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 161 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-20 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-4.7%
£256,048,000 £244,039,000
-
Cash
+99.2%
£1,456,000 £2,901,000
-
Net assets
+157%
£2,947,000 £7,575,000
-
Employees
-3.4%
534 516
-
Operating profit
+1,610.4%
£570,000 £9,749,000
-
Profit before tax
+387.1%
-£2,250,000 £6,460,000
-
Wages
+0.6%
£24,239,000 £24,392,000
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