JONATHAN LEE CONTRACTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-27 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+285.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
-16.9% vs 2023
Employees
131
-18.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£896K
+16.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- JONATHAN LEE CONTRACTS LIMITED 1993-05-24 → present
- AYCEECO (118) LIMITED 1993-03-05 → 1993-05-24
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £30,184,416 | £31,054,693 | |
| Operating profit | £696,348 | £667,395 | |
| Profit before tax | £770,872 | £895,509 | |
| Net profit | £590,411 | £671,567 | |
| Cash | £362,465 | £1,398,598 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,082,620 | £5,054,187 | |
| Net assets | £6,082,620 | £5,054,187 | |
| Equity | £6,082,620 | £5,054,187 | |
| Average employees | 160 | 131 | |
| Wages | £6,914,163 | £5,434,374 |
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 | 2.3% | 2.1% | |
| Net margin | 2.0% | 2.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.4% | 13.2% | |
| Current ratio | 4.23x | 3.06x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- DJH Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- JONATHAN LEE CONTRACTS LIMITED · parent
- Jonathan Lee Design Services Limited 100%
- Jonathan Lee Workforce Solutions Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Performance in the year continued to be pressured by national economic and political factors which particularly affected the automotive industry. In addition the company was impacted by the Covid 19 pandemic and has been subject to a major reduction in demand for its services. However the group developed and deployed contingency plans which are being implemented successfully.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHEW, Andrea | Secretary | 2023-03-23 | — | — |
| HALE, David | Director | 2000-04-01 | Mar 1960 | British |
| LEE, Jonathan Charles Howard | Director | 1993-05-13 | May 1949 | British |
| SHEW, Andrea | Director | 2025-07-21 | Nov 1971 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GELLING, Judith Louise | Secretary | 1993-03-05 | 1993-05-13 |
| HALE, David | Secretary | 1999-01-18 | 2023-03-22 |
| LEE, Jonathan Charles Howard | Secretary | 1993-05-13 | 1999-01-18 |
| BOOTHE, Chester Oliver Macdonald | Director | 2006-11-01 | 2013-09-30 |
| GELLING, Judith Louise | Director | 1993-03-05 | 1993-05-25 |
| JAMES, Timothy Lewis | Director | 1993-03-05 | 1993-04-16 |
| LEE, Susan Linda | Director | 2013-08-01 | 2018-11-29 |
| SANCHEZ, Marc Eric Edward | Director | 2006-11-01 | 2012-08-07 |
| SOUTH, Michael Geoffrey | Director | 1993-05-13 | 2011-12-02 |
| WEARING, John Howard | Director | 1993-04-16 | 1993-05-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jch Lee Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2024-05-02 | Active |
| Dm Hale Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2024-05-02 | Active |
| Mrs Judith Anne Bishton | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2024-05-02 | Active |
| Mrs Susan Linda Lee | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-11-29 |
| Mr Jonathan Charles Howard Lee | Individual | Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr David Hale | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 141 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-05-04 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-05-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-05-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-09 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-08 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-08 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-08 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-04 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision | |
| 2024-05-04 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-05-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-05-04 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2024-05-04 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-05-04 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2024-05-04 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-05-02 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-05-02 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-05-02 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-05-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 7
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
+2.9%
£30,184,416 £31,054,693
-
Cash
+285.9%
£362,465 £1,398,598
-
Net assets
-16.9%
£6,082,620 £5,054,187
-
Employees
-18.1%
160 131
-
Operating profit
-4.2%
£696,348 £667,395
-
Profit before tax
+16.2%
£770,872 £895,509
-
Wages
-21.4%
£6,914,163 £5,434,374
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