C.J.L. CONSTRUCTION LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-06-30 (in 1mo)

Last filed for 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement due

2027-01-30 (in 8mo)

Last made up 2026-01-16

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£27M

-17.5% vs 2023

Net assets

£41M

-1.7% vs 2023

Employees

231

-8.3% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£2M

-75% lowest in 3 filed years

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

C.J.L. CONSTRUCTION LIMITED 1984-03-23 → present
FORCEWHEAT LIMITED 1983-12-09 → 1984-03-23

Net assets

7-year trend · vs Industrials median

C.J.L. CONSTRUCTION LIMITED·Industrials median · n=6236

Accounts

7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30

Metric	2018-09-30	2019-09-30	2020-09-30	2021-09-30	2022-09-30	2023-09-30	2024-09-30
Turnover	—	—	—	—	£65,903,332	£61,317,759	£47,504,780
Operating profit	—	—	—	—	—	£6,119,722	£512,087
Profit before tax	—	—	—	—	£6,841,930	£6,937,692	£1,736,818
Net profit	—	—	—	—	£5,584,494	£5,411,191	£1,298,982
Cash	—	—	—	—	—	£32,407,472	£26,749,384
Total assets less current liabilities	—	—	—	—	—	£43,013,491	£42,846,416
Net assets	—	—	—	—	£37,976,574	£41,387,765	£40,686,747
Equity	£27,037,994	£31,654,712	£35,492,585	£36,281,729	£37,976,574	£41,387,765	£40,686,747
Average employees	—	—	—	—	—	252	231
Wages	—	—	—	—	—	£12,065,985	£12,048,601

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	2018-09-30	2019-09-30	2020-09-30	2021-09-30	2022-09-30	2023-09-30	2024-09-30
Operating margin	—	—	—	—	—	10.0%	1.1%
Net margin	—	—	—	—	8.5%	8.8%	2.7%
Return on capital employed	—	—	—	—	—	14.2%	1.2%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	6.28x	6.70x

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: Lawes & Co UK Limited
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The directors believe that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”

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

People

2 active · 2 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
LOMAS, Helen Marie	Secretary	1997-01-13	—	British
LOMAS, Christopher John	Director	—	Nov 1955	British

Show 2 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
LOMAS, George Richard Albert	Secretary	—	1997-01-13
LOMAS, Helen Marie	Director	—	2026-01-29

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mr Christopher John Lomas	Individual	Shares 75–100%	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 96 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-01-30	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2026-01-30	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-06-25	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-02-18	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-12-12	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2024-12-12	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2024-12-12	CH03	officers	Change person secretary company with change date	PDF
2024-12-12	PSC04	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF
2024-06-27	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-01-29	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-06-26	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-02-06	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-01-10	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2022-06-23	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-01-19	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-08-16	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2021-03-10	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-09-24	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2020-01-24	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2019-07-01	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 3
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 1

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

-22.5%

£61,317,759 £47,504,780

lowest in 3 filed years
Cash

-17.5%

£32,407,472 £26,749,384
Net assets

-1.7%

£41,387,765 £40,686,747
Employees

-8.3%

252 231
Operating profit

-91.6%

£6,119,722 £512,087
Profit before tax

-75%

£6,937,692 £1,736,818

lowest in 3 filed years
Wages

-0.1%

£12,065,985 £12,048,601

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

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