J O SIMS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-18 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+2,140.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£24M
+6.6% vs 2023
Employees
142
-9.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
-46.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- J O SIMS LIMITED 1987-05-20 → present
- J.O. SIMS HOLDINGS LIMITED 1986-12-15 → 1987-05-20
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 | £83,983,877 | £92,701,288 | |
| Operating profit | £6,182,902 | £3,819,635 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,604,424 | £3,005,365 | |
| Net profit | £4,827,202 | £2,488,039 | |
| Cash | £66,671 | £1,493,664 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £31,273,950 | £32,822,597 | |
| Net assets | £22,621,401 | £24,109,440 | |
| Equity | £22,621,401 | £24,109,440 | |
| Average employees | 157 | 142 | |
| Wages | £4,855,578 | £5,159,361 |
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 | 7.4% | 4.1% | |
| Net margin | 5.7% | 2.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 19.8% | 11.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 62.6% | 63.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.00x | 1.00x | |
| Interest cover | 5.93x | 3.82x |
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
“having regard to the company's forecasts and projections to December 2025 and beyond the directors consider that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- J O SIMS LIMITED · parent
- Palm & Vine Limited 100%
Significant events
- “2024 has been a year of relative stability for the company, following the previous three years of turmoil in the operating environment, caused by the pandemic, war in Ukraine which drove unprecedented supply chain interruptions and soaring energy prices, culminating in rampant UK inflation, rising interest rates and pressure on household budgets.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BELL, Andrew James | Secretary | 2012-12-31 | — | — |
| BELL, Andrew James | Director | 2006-01-01 | Oct 1972 | British |
| MATSCHULL, Darren | Director | 2020-01-01 | Apr 1969 | British |
| SIMS, Christopher Oliver | Director | — | Feb 1959 | British |
| SIMS, James Victor Oliver | Director | 2008-12-15 | Aug 1985 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIES, Bernard David | Secretary | — | 2012-12-31 |
| BAILEY, Paul Anthony | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2022-03-29 |
| CARLTON, Garry | Director | — | 2005-04-08 |
| PALMER, Ronald | Director | — | 1993-08-17 |
| SIMS, Keith Oliver | Director | — | 2016-06-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J O Sims Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 136 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2017-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
+10.4%
£83,983,877 £92,701,288
-
Cash
+2,140.4%
£66,671 £1,493,664
-
Net assets
+6.6%
£22,621,401 £24,109,440
-
Employees
-9.6%
157 142
-
Operating profit
-38.2%
£6,182,902 £3,819,635
-
Profit before tax
-46.4%
£5,604,424 £3,005,365
-
Wages
+6.3%
£4,855,578 £5,159,361
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