JOHN F HUNT GROUP LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-17 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-05-03
Watchouts
Cash
£30M
-5% vs 2024
Net assets
£40M
-9.3% vs 2024
Employees
523
+6.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£101K
-98.7% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- JOHN F HUNT GROUP LTD 2017-10-31 → present
- JOHN F HUNT LTD 2006-05-03 → 2017-10-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £178,998,997 | £193,342,446 | |
| Operating profit | £7,651,230 | £4,906,919 | |
| Profit before tax | £7,874,169 | £100,792 | |
| Net profit | £6,672,420 | £694,607 | |
| Cash | £31,249,607 | £29,692,413 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £49,087,787 | £44,252,544 | |
| Net assets | £43,652,808 | £39,585,979 | |
| Equity | £43,652,808 | £39,585,979 | |
| Average employees | 492 | 523 | |
| Wages | £30,782,080 | £31,715,885 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.3% | 2.5% | |
| Net margin | 3.7% | 0.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.6% | 11.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 51.6% | 54.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.74x | 1.67x | |
| Interest cover | 15.59x | 14.73x |
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
- Taylor Viney & Marlow 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 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
- JOHN F HUNT GROUP LTD · parent
- Asbestos Consultants Europe Limited 100%
- B D Nuclear Limited 85%
- John F Hunt Formwork Limited 100%
- John F Hunt Hire Centres Limited 96%
- John F Hunt Limited 100%
- John F Hunt Management Company Limited 100%
- John F Hunt Plant Hire Limited 100%
- John F Hunt Regeneration Limited 100%
- Techvertu Limited 75%
- Thameside Lifting Limited 96%
- Thameside Supplies Limited 100%
- RKD Consultant Limited 75%
Significant events
- “On 17 October 2024 John F Hunt Group Limited transitioned to become an employee owned business, with the entire shareholding transferring to an Employee Owned Trust (EOT).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HALL, Janet | Secretary | 2012-07-30 | — | — |
| SAVILLE, Ian David | Secretary | 2017-01-01 | — | — |
| BLAND, Paul | Director | 2020-04-03 | Apr 1972 | British |
| FENNER, John Arthur | Director | 2024-10-14 | Oct 1961 | British |
| HALL, John Alan | Director | 2006-05-03 | Jul 1949 | British |
| LAVERY, Martin | Director | 2020-04-03 | Oct 1961 | British |
| SAVILLE, Ian David | Director | 2017-01-01 | Feb 1968 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Benjamin David | Director | 2020-04-03 | Nov 1974 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COX, Stephen Richard Alexander | Secretary | 2007-09-21 | 2008-07-22 |
| GREEN, Charles Richard | Secretary | 2011-04-04 | 2020-12-31 |
| HALL, Janet | Secretary | 2006-05-03 | 2007-06-25 |
| HALL, John Alan | Secretary | 2007-07-05 | 2007-09-21 |
| M W DOUGLAS & COMPANY LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2006-05-03 | 2006-05-03 |
| GREEN, Charles Richard | Director | 2011-04-04 | 2016-12-31 |
| HALL, Janet | Director | 2006-05-03 | 2007-06-25 |
| DOUGLAS NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2006-05-03 | 2006-05-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John F Hunt Trustee Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-10-17 | Active |
| Mr John Alan Hall | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-10-17 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 86 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-10-21 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-10-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-10-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-06-12 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-06-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-15 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-10-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-21 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-10-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-10-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-12 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-06-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-06-07 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-02-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 3
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
+8%
£178,998,997 £193,342,446
-
Cash
-5%
£31,249,607 £29,692,413
-
Net assets
-9.3%
£43,652,808 £39,585,979
-
Employees
+6.3%
492 523
-
Operating profit
-35.9%
£7,651,230 £4,906,919
-
Profit before tax
-98.7%
£7,874,169 £100,792
-
Wages
+3%
£30,782,080 £31,715,885
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