HOLT JCB LIMITED

1. HOLT JCB LIMITED 1989-02-14 → present
2. TRYFIRM LIMITED 1987-11-26 → 1989-02-14

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The directors have adopted the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements after assessing the Company's financial position and outlook. The Company has access to a rolling credit facility with Barclays Bank and a JCB Finance funding facility, with both lenders providing letters of intent to continue to support the Company. Forecast cash flows for this period remain within these facility limits. In forming this view, the directors considered operating projections, cash flow forecasts, cost control measures, capital expenditure plans, compliance with banking covenants, and potential adverse trading scenarios. Based on this assessment, the directors are satisfied that the Company will have sufficient resources and access to funding to meet its obligations as they fall due. Accordingly, the directors conclude that there is a reasonable expectation the Company will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and have therefore adopted the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Significant events

• “investment being made in the construction of its 7th depot, which opened late summer 2024.”
• “With the defined benefit pension scheme continuing to be in surplus, contributions to the scheme reduced in 2024, further supporting the ability of the Company to balance the need to invest in the business whilst continuing to meet its obligations towards the scheme.”

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

Filings

2

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -6.2%

  £60,599,000 → £56,817,000

• Cash

  +36,400%

  £2,000 → £730,000

• Net assets

  +25%

  £1,545,000 → £1,932,000

• Employees

  -9.4%

  117 → 106

• Operating profit

  +638.7%

  £106,000 → £783,000

• Profit before tax

  +162.7%

  -£528,000 → £331,000

• Wages

  +0.3%

  £4,973,000 → £4,988,000

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