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JAMES CARGO SERVICES LIMITED
Cash
£200K
+60% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
+1.8% vs 2023
Employees
59
+3.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£253K
+8.4% vs 2023
Profile
- Company number
- 01855274
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1984-10-12
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 49410
Net assets
5-year trend · vs UK Logistics & Mobility median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £25,110,035 | — | £12,949,528 | £15,202,161 | |
| Operating profit | — | £269,223 | — | £277,193 | £336,564 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £209,078 | — | £233,744 | £253,426 | |
| Net profit | — | £184,436 | — | £193,264 | £38,885 | |
| Cash | £675,796 | £651,280 | £651,280 | £124,987 | £199,925 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £2,591,215 | — | £2,556,985 | £2,539,789 | |
| Net assets | — | £2,126,771 | — | £2,206,450 | £2,245,335 | |
| Equity | £2,026,073 | £2,126,771 | £2,013,186 | £2,206,450 | £2,245,335 | |
| Average employees | — | 50 | — | 57 | 59 | |
| Wages | — | £1,677,593 | — | £1,949,904 | £1,943,345 |
Values shown as filed in iXBRL accounts. — indicates the figure was not present in the extracted filing (either not filed under that concept or absent from the period). About these numbers
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Barnes Roffe Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Directors confirm adequate trading, sufficient working capital and finance available for over 12 months from report approval. No significant uncertainties identified; accounts prepared on a going concern basis.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
6 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDWARDS, Daniel Lee | Director | 2014-01-30 | Mar 1981 | British |
| EDWARDS, Lilian Marguerite | Director | 2014-01-30 | Apr 1951 | British |
| EDWARDS, Matthew St John | Director | 2019-05-20 | Apr 1984 | British |
| EDWARDS, Simon St John | Director | 1996-12-31 | Apr 1953 | British |
| EDWARDS, Vanessa | Director | 2019-05-20 | Jan 1982 | British |
| OBANK, Simon Jonathan | Director | 2019-05-20 | Dec 1980 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JAMES, Dawn Marie | Secretary | — | 1996-12-31 |
| WARRINER, Roderick Alfred | Secretary | 1996-12-31 | 2013-05-09 |
| JAMES, Brian William | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| WARRINER, Roderick Alfred | Director | 1996-12-31 | 2013-05-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Simon St John Edwards | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Daniel Lee Edwards | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 136 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2026-04-10 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-04-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2023-04-21 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2023-04-06 | SH06 | capital | capital cancellation shares |
| 2023-04-06 | SH20 | capital | legacy |
| 2023-04-06 | SH19 | capital | capital statement capital company with date currency figure |
| 2023-04-06 | CAP-SS | insolvency | legacy |
| 2023-04-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | resolution |
| 2023-02-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | resolution |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2022-04-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2021-10-06 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type total exemption full |
| 2021-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2020-12-31 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type total exemption full |
Credit score
Altman Z″ (private-firm) · reference 2024-12-31
1.78
GREY ZONE
Altman Z″
- Working capital / Total assets 0.184 × 6.56 = +1.21
- Retained earnings / Total assets 0.000 × 3.26 = +0.00
- EBIT / Total assets 0.036 × 6.72 = +0.24
- Book equity / Total liabilities 0.314 × 1.05 = +0.33
Bands: > 2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · < 1.1 distress. Z″ is a public-formula baseline, not a substitute for adverse-data signals (CCJs, charges, gazette notices) — those land in a later pass.
Activity Score
Filings velocity, capital events, officer churn, accounts trajectory