J.B SHROPSHIRE & SONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-04-30
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-08 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-25
Watchouts
Cash
£14M
+50.7% vs 2022
Net assets
£60M
+11.4% vs 2022
Employees
1,844
+12.2% vs 2022
Profit before tax
£9M
+121% vs 2022
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2026-04-30.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2023-11-04
| Metric | Trend | 2022-11-05 | 2023-11-04 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £96,710,000 | £105,877,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,793,000 | £8,042,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,900,000 | £8,618,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,544,000 | £6,242,000 | |
| Cash | £9,176,000 | £13,828,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £65,137,000 | £71,943,000 | |
| Net assets | £54,116,000 | £60,259,000 | |
| Equity | £54,116,000 | £60,259,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,644 | 1,844 | |
| Wages | £20,463,000 | £22,054,000 |
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 | 2022-11-05 | 2023-11-04 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.9% | 7.6% | |
| Net margin | 2.6% | 5.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.8% | 11.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.26x | 2.29x | |
| Interest cover | 29.63x | 18.70x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the Group and the Company's forecasts and projections, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group and the Company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Group and the Company therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- J.B SHROPSHIRE & SONS LIMITED · parent
- CJS Group Holdings Limited 100%
- JB & PS Farms Holdings Limited 100%
- Mushroom Farms Holdings Limited 100%
- GW & HJ Farms Holdings Limited 100%
- Sandfields Farms Limited 80%
- Cambs Farms Growers Limited 100%
- Riverfen Farms Ltd 100%
- Highfield Barn Limited 100%
- West Africa Farms Holdings Limited 80%
- West Africa Farms Sarl 80%
- Fenlander Ltd 100%
- Cotswold Compost Ltd 100%
- CJ Prop Ltd 100%
- GW Prop Ltd 100%
- HJ Prop Ltd 100%
- GSS Farming Limited 100%
- Fiddleford Holdings Ltd 97%
- Fiddleford Mushrooms Limited 97%
Significant events
- “On 8th March 2024, the Company redeemed its 2,000,000 issued redeemable £1 preference shares at par.”
- “On 1st April 2024, the Company redesignated 100,000 of its Ordinary D £1 share capital into 50,000 Ordinary E £1 shares, 25,000 Ordinary F £1 shares and 25,000 Ordinary G £1 shares.”
- “On the 29th July 2024 the Group acquired additional land and buildings for a total purchase consideration of £5,454K”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHROPSHIRE, John Bourne | Director | 1998-02-25 | Apr 1955 | British |
| THOMPSON, David | Director | 2002-02-04 | Oct 1968 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| THOMPSON, David | Secretary | 1998-02-25 | 2026-04-09 |
| LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-02-25 | 1998-02-25 |
| FORBES, William Lee | Director | 2002-03-01 | 2009-01-21 |
| JOHNSON, Elizabeth | Director | 2005-07-11 | 2009-01-21 |
| MANN, Robin Kenneth | Director | 2002-03-26 | 2006-11-23 |
| PETHERICK, Kier Henry Edwin | Director | 2003-01-28 | 2007-12-07 |
| LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-02-25 | 1998-02-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Bourne Shropshire | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 114 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-11-17 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-11-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-05-03 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-05-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-10 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-11 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-06 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-18 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-08-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-14 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-03 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2024-05-03 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-05-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-04-19 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2023-09-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
FY2022 → FY2023 · period ending 2023-11-04 vs 2022-11-05
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Turnover
+9.5%
£96,710,000 £105,877,000
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Cash
+50.7%
£9,176,000 £13,828,000
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Net assets
+11.4%
£54,116,000 £60,259,000
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Employees
+12.2%
1,644 1,844
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Operating profit
+112%
£3,793,000 £8,042,000
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Profit before tax
+121%
£3,900,000 £8,618,000
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Wages
+7.8%
£20,463,000 £22,054,000
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