J L AND COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-03 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£925K
+36.7% vs 2023
Net assets
-£23M
-23.4% vs 2023
Employees
122
+2.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£6M
+18.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- J L AND COMPANY LIMITED 1994-07-26 → present
- EDWARD GREEN AND COMPANY LIMITED 1982-12-08 → 1994-07-26
- ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHTH SHELF TRADING COMPANY LIMITED 1982-07-05 → 1982-12-08
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 | £16,156,727 | £18,889,817 | |
| Operating profit | -£6,361,955 | -£4,206,263 | |
| Profit before tax | -£7,403,155 | -£6,054,446 | |
| Net profit | -£5,783,719 | -£4,278,175 | |
| Cash | £676,724 | £925,296 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£12,800,881 | -£20,822,239 | |
| Net assets | -£18,270,883 | -£22,542,897 | |
| Equity | -£18,270,883 | -£22,542,897 | |
| Average employees | 119 | 122 | |
| Wages | £5,548,148 | £5,596,897 |
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 | -39.4% | -22.3% | |
| Net margin | -35.8% | -22.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 49.7% | 20.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 188.7% | 214.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.52x | 0.41x | |
| Interest cover | -5.14x | -2.28x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making relevant enquiries, the Board has a reasonable expectation that with the support of the parent company, the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence being at least 12 months from the date of approval of financial statements and for this reason, the going concern basis continues to be adopted in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- J L AND COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- John Lobb Japan 55%
- John Lobb (Hong Kong) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no material events after the 31st of December 2024 which have a material impact on the understanding of the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE SEYNES, Guillaume Roger | Director | 2006-06-30 | Oct 1957 | French |
| DU COUEDIC DE KERERANT, Charles Pierre Olivier Jean-Rene Edouard | Director | 2012-04-10 | Sep 1989 | French |
| DUMAS, Edouard | Director | 2021-05-10 | Mar 1981 | British |
| GONZALEZ, Philippe Jean-Claude | Director | 2018-12-01 | Apr 1968 | French |
| GUERRAND, Edouard Blaise Augustin Emile | Director | 2013-04-03 | Feb 1978 | French |
| MOMMEJA, Renaud | Director | 2004-01-05 | Mar 1962 | French |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMERICA, Julian Charles | Secretary | 1996-04-23 | 2009-10-05 |
| ORMEROD, Jeremy | Secretary | — | 1995-07-20 |
| BOE, Fabrice | Director | 2002-12-30 | 2003-07-01 |
| BUCAILLE, Alain | Director | 1998-03-13 | 2001-06-30 |
| CHAUVEAU, Francis | Director | 2004-01-05 | 2022-05-11 |
| CLARK, Lancelot Pease | Director | — | 1994-03-01 |
| DUMAS, Jean-Louis Frederic | Director | — | 2004-01-05 |
| DUPUY, Philippe | Director | 1996-04-23 | 1998-01-30 |
| DUVAL, Gilles Daniel Charles Maurice | Director | 2003-11-05 | 2008-06-22 |
| GUERRAND, Jerome | Director | 2001-10-12 | 2013-03-04 |
| GUILLON, Bruno | Director | 2004-04-30 | 2007-09-14 |
| HLUSTIK, John Francis | Director | — | 1994-10-20 |
| JOUAN DE KERVENOAEL, Maurice | Director | 2001-07-02 | 2002-12-30 |
| KEUFER, Christian Paul Clement | Director | 1998-03-13 | 2004-04-30 |
| MOMMEJA, Isaline Simone | Director | 1990-07-30 | 2012-04-10 |
| ORMEROD, Jeremy | Director | — | 1995-07-20 |
| PAUL-DAUPHIN, Renaud | Director | 2007-09-14 | 2018-12-01 |
| PUECH, Bertrand Emile | Director | — | 2004-01-05 |
| PUECH, Etienne Benjamin Jacques Hermes | Director | 2012-04-10 | 2021-05-10 |
| THOMAS, Patrick Marie Charles | Director | — | 1997-07-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hermes Holding Gb Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-05-11 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 195 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-03 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-09-02 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
-
Turnover
+16.9%
£16,156,727 £18,889,817
-
Cash
+36.7%
£676,724 £925,296
-
Net assets
-23.4%
-£18,270,883 -£22,542,897
-
Employees
+2.5%
119 122
-
Operating profit
+33.9%
-£6,361,955 -£4,206,263
-
Profit before tax
+18.2%
-£7,403,155 -£6,054,446
-
Wages
+0.9%
£5,548,148 £5,596,897
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