J. V. BARRETT & CO. LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-02 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£545K
-19.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£8M
+16.1% vs 2023
Employees
130
+14% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
-17.7% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £22,022,220 | £22,222,914 | |
| Operating profit | £755,614 | £456,155 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,724,358 | £1,419,461 | |
| Net profit | £1,574,035 | £1,328,000 | |
| Cash | £675,047 | £544,836 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,041,924 | £8,182,239 | |
| Net assets | £6,527,896 | £7,576,750 | |
| Equity | £6,527,896 | £7,576,750 | |
| Average employees | 114 | 130 | |
| Wages | £3,863,878 | £4,416,197 |
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 | 3.4% | 2.1% | |
| Net margin | 7.1% | 6.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.7% | 5.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 48.3% | 44.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.40x | 1.49x | |
| Interest cover | 24.18x | 8.77x |
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
- Oakensen (Bristol) Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have not identified any material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt about the company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- J. V. BARRETT & CO. LIMITED · parent
- Barrettine Products Ltd 100%
- Woodman Hill Ltd 100%
- Barrettine (Industrial) Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “The Russian invasion of Ukraine sent the markets into turmoil, triggering high levels of inflation, along with raw materials, energy and general operational & running costs soaring.”
- “New products launched are going well and we will continue to invest in both brands and product technology.”
- “Planning permission has been approved for a new unit at our HQ site in St Ivel Way, and we hope the construction will start during 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RANDALL, Christopher Brian | Secretary | 1998-04-01 | — | British |
| BAILEY, Colin John | Director | — | Mar 1943 | British |
| BAILEY, Steven Harold | Director | 2003-07-01 | Feb 1970 | British |
| RANDALL, Christopher Brian | Director | 1999-01-01 | Nov 1968 | British |
| WHITING, Suzanne Elizabeth | Director | 2019-09-01 | Jan 1974 | English |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BISHOP, Ian Stanley | Secretary | — | 1998-03-31 |
| BACKWELL, Terence Frank | Director | 1994-03-01 | 2006-12-31 |
| BISHOP, Ian Stanley | Director | — | 1998-03-31 |
| EMERY, Alan Stephen | Director | — | 2011-04-11 |
| GREER, Alan Richard Louis | Director | 1994-03-01 | 2019-07-31 |
| SPIERS, David Jeffrey | Director | 2003-07-01 | 2026-02-23 |
| WOODWARD, Michael John | Director | 1997-01-01 | 2002-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrettine Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 129 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-14 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-02-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-09-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-08-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
+0.9%
£22,022,220 £22,222,914
-
Cash
-19.3%
£675,047 £544,836
-
Net assets
+16.1%
£6,527,896 £7,576,750
-
Employees
+14%
114 130
-
Operating profit
-39.6%
£755,614 £456,155
-
Profit before tax
-17.7%
£1,724,358 £1,419,461
-
Wages
+14.3%
£3,863,878 £4,416,197
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