WATLING JCB LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-23 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£10M
-3.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£27M
+5.8% vs 2023
Employees
199
+11.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£4M
-37.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WATLING JCB LIMITED 1978-12-31 → present
- ELLENBROOK LIMITED 1976-02-23 → 1978-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £154,025,000 | £126,180,000 | |
| Operating profit | £6,963,000 | £4,335,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £6,938,000 | £4,330,000 | |
| Net profit | £5,323,000 | £3,198,000 | |
| Cash | £10,430,000 | £10,095,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £25,766,000 | £27,425,000 | |
| Net assets | £25,052,000 | £26,512,000 | |
| Equity | £25,052,000 | £26,512,000 | |
| Average employees | 179 | 199 | |
| Wages | £9,123,000 | £9,588,000 |
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 | 4.5% | 3.4% | |
| Net margin | 3.5% | 2.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 27.0% | 15.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.29x | 2.15x | |
| Interest cover | 26.48x | 10.40x |
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
- The Rowleys Partnership Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The business remains well funded and the Directors have concluded that the company is a going concern and able to meets its debts as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements, and have accordingly prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis”
Significant events
- “Overall, a pleasing performance despite the cost increases following the purchase of three new depots and the acquisition of four new counties.”
- “Following the acquisition and increased territory, Management expect a significant step change in the business.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KING, Jason James | Secretary | 2004-02-09 | — | British |
| ARMITAGE, Christopher James | Director | 2022-09-05 | Oct 1976 | British |
| KING, Jason James | Director | 2004-02-09 | May 1971 | British |
| LEES, Anthony | Director | 2012-01-02 | Jul 1963 | British |
| TELFER, Richard Edmund | Director | 1997-12-01 | May 1969 | British |
| THOMPSTONE, Daniel Arthur | Director | 2025-01-02 | May 1972 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| STONE, David William | Secretary | — | 2004-02-09 |
| DAVIS, John Mulley | Director | — | 2007-08-31 |
| DAVIS, Suzanne Lesley | Director | — | 2003-03-31 |
| LAVERICK, George | Director | 1998-06-24 | 2010-04-09 |
| LAVERICK, George | Director | 1994-01-01 | 1997-08-01 |
| RAINE, Andrew | Director | 2010-07-01 | 2025-07-04 |
| ROBY, Michael David | Director | 2018-04-09 | 2020-05-18 |
| STONE, David William | Director | — | 2004-05-31 |
| WHAILING, Philip John | Director | 1994-01-01 | 2012-03-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hajco 199 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 164 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-31 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-12-31 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-01-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-01-09 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-31 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-31 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-07-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-01-09 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-01-08 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-01-07 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-01-07 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-01-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-23 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 4
- 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
-18.1%
£154,025,000 £126,180,000
-
Cash
-3.2%
£10,430,000 £10,095,000
-
Net assets
+5.8%
£25,052,000 £26,512,000
-
Employees
+11.2%
179 199
-
Operating profit
-37.7%
£6,963,000 £4,335,000
-
Profit before tax
-37.6%
£6,938,000 £4,330,000
-
Wages
+5.1%
£9,123,000 £9,588,000
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