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FRANK JOHNSTON (TRACTORS) LIMITED

#01339137 · Active · Group / consolidated · Incorporated 1977-11-17 (48y 6m) · Last filing 2025-10-06 (7mo ago)
Consumer Discretionary · SIC 46610 · G Wholesale & Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles · Group accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-07-30 (in 2mo)

Last made up 2025-07-16

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£4K

+112.7% vs 2023

Net assets

£5M

+1% vs 2023

Employees

27

-3.6% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£184K

+32.4% vs 2023

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £14,381,323£14,924,447
Operating profit £210,787£257,843
Profit before tax £138,894£183,833
Net profit £100,727£143,062
Cash £1,809£3,847
Total assets less current liabilities £4,623,109£4,638,334
Net assets £4,488,450£4,531,512
Equity £4,488,450£4,531,512
Average employees 2827
Wages £1,016,189£971,621

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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 1.5%1.7%
Net margin 0.7%1.0%
Return on capital employed 4.6%5.6%
Current ratio 1.52x1.94x
Interest cover 2.69x3.34x

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
Consolidated group
Auditor
David Allen
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue.”

Group structure

  1. FRANK JOHNSTON (TRACTORS) LIMITED · parent
    1. Johnston Tractors Limited 100% · England and Wales · tractor and machinery sales
    2. Johnston Excavators Limited 60% · England and Wales · agricultural retail (company currently dormant)

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 3 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
JOHNSTON, Lorna Secretary 1992-03-04 — British
JOHNSTON, Howard Director — Sep 1957 British
JOHNSTON, Lorna Director 2011-11-23 Aug 1960 British
Show 3 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
JOHNSTON, Ada Secretary — 1992-03-04
JOHNSTON, Ada Director — 1992-03-04
JOHNSTON, Francis Howard David Director — 2012-12-19

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Howard Johnston Individual Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% 2016-06-30 Active
Miss Lorna Johnston Individual Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% 2016-06-30 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 107 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2025-10-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-07-29 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-10-07 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-07-29 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-12-23 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date
2023-10-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2023-07-27 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-01-30 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2023-01-27 CH03 officers Change person secretary company with change date PDF
2023-01-27 PSC04 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2022-09-27 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2022-07-25 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-10-15 AA01 accounts Change account reference date company current extended PDF
2021-08-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2021-07-20 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-10-13 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2020-09-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-09-27 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-08-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2018-10-01 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

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

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

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