JBA GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-25 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£16M
+13.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£21M
+0.1% vs 2023
Employees
967
+6.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-37.2% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £67,530,933 | £71,400,765 | |
| Operating profit | £3,572,671 | £2,226,909 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,661,833 | £2,301,307 | |
| Net profit | £3,030,559 | £1,852,099 | |
| Cash | £13,685,330 | £15,514,526 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £22,523,679 | £22,625,860 | |
| Net assets | £21,030,842 | £21,043,352 | |
| Equity | £21,030,842 | £21,043,352 | |
| Average employees | 908 | 967 | |
| Wages | £37,032,482 | £41,445,753 |
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 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.3% | 3.1% | |
| Net margin | 4.5% | 2.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.9% | 9.8% | |
| Current ratio | 3.40x | 2.93x | |
| Interest cover | 188035.32x | 117.25x |
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
- Armstrong Watson 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.”
Group structure
- JBA GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Jeremy Benn Associates Limited 100%
- JBA Risk Management Limited 100%
- JBA Consulting Engineers & Scientists Limited 100%
- Maslen Environmental Limited 100%
- JBA Group Employee Ownership Trustee Limited 100%
- Mekong Modelling Associates Co Limited 51%
- JBA Consulting Limited 100%
- JBA (IOM) Limited 100%
- JBA Risk Managements Pte Limited 100%
- Peters Associates (Ripon) Limited 100%
- Grantham Brundell & Farren Limited 100%
- JBA Pacific Scientists and Engineers Pty Limited 90%
- JBA Consult Europe 90%
- JBA Risk Management Inc 92.5%
Significant events
- “2024 saw significant new Framework appointment successes with the Canal & River Trust, Mine Remediation Authority and the Environment Agency.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROBSON, Craig | Secretary | 2013-06-01 | — | — |
| BUCK, Richard George | Director | 2024-04-01 | Jun 1965 | British |
| SCHOFIELD, Christopher Ernest | Director | 2013-06-01 | Aug 1962 | British |
| TAYLOR, Gillian Ruth | Director | 2021-11-01 | Jun 1969 | British |
| WALLER, Simon Giles | Director | 2026-05-01 | Apr 1965 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHITTAKER, Joy Elizabeth | Secretary | 2007-10-11 | 2013-05-31 |
| ANNABLE, Richard James | Director | 2007-10-11 | 2013-05-31 |
| BENN, Ian Michael | Director | 2011-11-01 | 2013-05-31 |
| BENN, Jeremy Richard | Director | 2007-10-11 | 2026-04-30 |
| BUCK, Richard George | Director | 2007-10-11 | 2011-10-31 |
| HAWLEY, Derek Michael | Director | 2012-06-01 | 2013-05-31 |
| HAWLEY, Derek Michael | Director | 2007-10-11 | 2011-10-31 |
| LEECE, Stephen Richard | Director | 2021-11-01 | 2025-10-31 |
| PETTIFER, David George | Director | 2007-10-11 | 2010-10-31 |
| ROBSON, Craig | Director | 2007-10-11 | 2013-05-31 |
| SCHLEGEL, William Albert | Director | 2013-06-01 | 2021-10-31 |
| WALLER, Simon Giles | Director | 2007-10-11 | 2013-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jba Group Employee Ownership Trustee Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2024-04-03 | Active |
| Mr Jeremy Richard Benn | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-04-03 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 99 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-04-15 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-04-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-16 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-04-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-04-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-04-15 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2024-04-15 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2024-10-31 vs 2023-10-31
-
Turnover
+5.7%
£67,530,933 £71,400,765
-
Cash
+13.4%
£13,685,330 £15,514,526
-
Net assets
+0.1%
£21,030,842 £21,043,352
-
Employees
+6.5%
908 967
-
Operating profit
-37.7%
£3,572,671 £2,226,909
-
Profit before tax
-37.2%
£3,661,833 £2,301,307
-
Wages
+11.9%
£37,032,482 £41,445,753
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