H.J. BANKS AND COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-27 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£26M
+9.7% vs 2023
Employees
82
-2.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
+167.7% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,210,000 | £16,512,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,677,000 | £1,221,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,747,000 | £1,182,000 | |
| Net profit | -£1,320,000 | £2,301,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £28,091,000 | £28,268,000 | |
| Net assets | £23,691,000 | £25,992,000 | |
| Equity | £23,691,000 | £25,992,000 | |
| Average employees | 84 | 82 | |
| Wages | £3,810,000 | £4,046,000 |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -11.0% | 7.4% | |
| Net margin | -8.7% | 13.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | -6.0% | 4.3% | |
| Current ratio | 18.85x | 7.08x | |
| Interest cover | -23.96x | 31.31x |
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
“In reviewing this information the Board has a reasonable expectation that, both in its own right and as part of Banks Group Holdings Limited, the company and Group has adequate resources to continue in in operational existence for the foreseeable future and for this reason the going concern basis continues to be adopted in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- H.J. BANKS AND COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- Banks Brothers Transport Limited 100%
- Crossco (281) Limited 100%
- Banks Waste Limited 100%
- HJ Banks (Minerals) Limited 100%
- The Banks Group Benefit Trust Limited 50%
- Energy4You Limited 100%
- Banks Renewable Energy Limited 100%
- HJ Banks (Mining) Limited 100%
- HJ Banks (Shotton) Limited 100%
- Castlebank Development Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Revenues in 2024 were generated primarily from the Bantycock surface mine near Newark where the Company continued extracting gypsum. The terms of the contract were successfully renegotiated during the year and extended to 2031, with further extension options available. The terms of this contract came into force in January 2024. These operations are going well and the Company is looking into other opportunities where they are commercially available.”
- “The Company is also responsible for the completion of restoration activities at the sites where it has previously mined coal. These operations are going well with main restoration operations now complete and aftercare activities well underway.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPETCH, Anne Catherine Spetch | Secretary | 2025-12-18 | — | — |
| BANKS, Harry James | Director | — | Nov 1940 | British |
| GILL, Christopher John | Director | 2022-06-30 | Jun 1962 | British |
| HOBDEY, Nicholas Anthony | Director | 2023-11-15 | Mar 1977 | British |
| HORROCKS, Harry Michael | Director | 2024-09-25 | Mar 1982 | British |
| STYLES, Gavin Anthony | Director | 2010-10-22 | Jun 1978 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARTIN, David Joseph | Secretary | — | 2025-12-31 |
| AUSTIN, Toby Edward | Director | 2024-01-30 | 2024-09-06 |
| BANKS, Graham | Director | — | 2006-06-09 |
| BANKS, Joseph Farrington | Director | — | 1995-12-14 |
| BROWN, Neil Andrew | Director | 2001-07-05 | 2012-09-18 |
| CORKERY, Brendan Richard John | Director | 1999-11-19 | 2000-12-31 |
| DICKENSON, John Alwyn | Director | — | 2009-04-21 |
| DUNKLEY, Richard John | Director | 2009-11-27 | 2022-10-06 |
| FISHER, Andrew Simon David | Director | 2015-06-23 | 2023-12-21 |
| GRAHAM, William Reed | Director | — | 2002-12-31 |
| HUNT, Melvyn William Benoit | Director | — | 2009-02-28 |
| MORL, Ian Michael | Director | 2007-08-14 | 2009-12-31 |
| TONKS, Stephen | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2011-07-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Banks Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-16 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 274 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-03-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2026-04-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-19 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
+8.6%
£15,210,000 £16,512,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+9.7%
£23,691,000 £25,992,000
-
Employees
-2.4%
84 82
-
Operating profit
+172.8%
-£1,677,000 £1,221,000
-
Profit before tax
+167.7%
-£1,747,000 £1,182,000
-
Wages
+6.2%
£3,810,000 £4,046,000
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