J.L.C. GROUNDWORKS LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-05-31 (this month)

Last filed for 2024-05-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-02-07 (in 9mo)

Last made up 2026-01-24

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£207K

-93.6% lowest in 5 filed years

Net assets

£6M

+2.7% highest in 5 filed years

Employees

-9.8% lowest in 5 filed years

Profit before tax

£218K

-90.8% lowest in 5 filed years

Net assets

7-year trend · vs Industrials median

J.L.C. GROUNDWORKS LIMITED·Industrials median · n=6236

Accounts

7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-05-31

Metric	2018-05-31	2019-05-31	2020-05-31	2021-05-31	2022-05-31	2023-05-31	2024-05-31
Turnover	—	—	£8,891,435	£9,750,761	—	—	—
Operating profit	—	—	£1,763,002	£1,456,883	—	—	—
Profit before tax	—	—	£2,161,106	£1,416,251	£2,217,063	£2,364,979	£217,915
Net profit	—	—	£1,731,233	£1,135,481	£1,766,862	£1,902,976	£160,296
Cash	—	—	£3,190,202	£2,958,654	£2,138,368	£3,247,498	£207,378
Total assets less current liabilities	—	—	£5,438,913	£5,580,186	£5,879,934	£6,230,519	£6,414,605
Net assets	—	—	£5,154,360	£5,289,841	£5,556,703	£5,859,679	£6,019,975
Equity	—	—	£5,154,360	£5,289,841	£5,556,703	£5,859,679	£6,019,975
Average employees	—	—	57	59	60	51	46
Wages	—	—	£1,774,336	£1,786,518	£1,999,882	£1,979,501	£1,676,231

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	2018-05-31	2019-05-31	2020-05-31	2021-05-31	2022-05-31	2023-05-31	2024-05-31
Operating margin	—	—	19.8%	14.9%	—	—	—
Net margin	—	—	19.5%	11.6%	—	—	—
Return on capital employed	—	—	32.4%	26.1%	—	—	—
Interest cover	—	—	891.31x	2305.19x	—	—	—

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.

People

4 active · 1 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
COOKSON, Sheila Margaret	Secretary	1996-01-24	—	British
BROWN, Paul	Director	2013-07-01	Dec 1980	British
COOKSON, John Leslie	Director	1996-01-24	May 1965	British
COOKSON, Sheila Margaret	Director	1996-01-24	Jan 1958	British

Show 1 resigned officer

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED	Corporate Nominee Secretary	1996-01-24	1996-01-24

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
J.L.C. Groundworks (Holdings)Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2019-03-04	Ceased 2019-03-04
J.L.C. Groundworks (Holdings) Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2019-03-04	Active
Mr John Leslie Cookson	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors	2016-04-06	Ceased 2019-03-04
Mrs Sheila Margaret Cookson	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%	2016-04-06	Ceased 2019-03-04

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 87 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-01-27	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-02-19	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-02-11	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-03-01	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-12-06	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-03-17	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2023-02-28	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-01-10	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2022-12-19	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-01-26	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-01-25	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-01-14	PSC02	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2021-01-25	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-12-23	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2020-01-29	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2020-01-13	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2019-11-28	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type total exemption full	PDF
2019-06-06	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control
2019-06-06	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control
2019-06-06	PSC02	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 1
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 2024-05-31 vs 2023-05-31

Turnover

—

Not reported
Cash

-93.6%

£3,247,498 £207,378

lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets

+2.7%

£5,859,679 £6,019,975

highest in 5 filed years
Employees

-9.8%

51 46

lowest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax

-90.8%

£2,364,979 £217,915

lowest in 5 filed years
Wages

-15.3%

£1,979,501 £1,676,231

lowest in 5 filed years

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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