JAMES CARGO SERVICES LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-04-06 (in 11mo)

Last made up 2026-03-23

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£200K

+60% vs 2023

Net assets

£2M

+1.8% highest in 3 filed years

Employees

+3.5% highest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

£253K

+8.4% highest in 3 filed years

Net assets

5-year trend · vs Industrials median

JAMES CARGO SERVICES LIMITED·Industrials median · n=6236

Accounts

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

Metric	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 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	2022-01-01	2022-12-31	2023-01-01	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	—	1.1%	—	2.1%	2.2%
Net margin	—	0.7%	—	1.5%	0.3%
Return on capital employed	—	10.4%	—	10.8%	13.3%
Current ratio	—	—	—	1.20x	1.24x
Interest cover	—	4.46x	—	6.36x	4.97x

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: 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 and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. 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

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

2023-04-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
2023-02-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-04-11	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2026-04-10	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-04-03	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-04-03	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-10-11	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-04-21	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2023-04-21	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
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	PDF
2021-10-06	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type total exemption full
2021-05-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-12-31	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type total exemption full	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

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

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

+17.4%

£12,949,528 £15,202,161
Cash

+60%

£124,987 £199,925
Net assets

+1.8%

£2,206,450 £2,245,335

highest in 3 filed years
Employees

+3.5%

57 59

highest in 3 filed years
Operating profit

+21.4%

£277,193 £336,564

highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax

+8.4%

£233,744 £253,426

highest in 3 filed years
Wages

-0.3%

£1,949,904 £1,943,345

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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