J.F. EDWARDS (SMITHFIELD) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-04 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£303K
-58% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
+239% vs 2023
Employees
64
+10.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
-3% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £49,480,968 | £52,421,406 | |
| Operating profit | £1,382,111 | £1,288,561 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,154,932 | £1,120,137 | |
| Net profit | £835,161 | £840,651 | |
| Cash | £720,024 | £302,730 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £979,781 | £2,565,611 | |
| Net assets | £591,760 | £2,006,159 | |
| Equity | £591,760 | £2,006,159 | |
| Average employees | 58 | 64 | |
| Wages | £2,765,299 | £3,041,083 |
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 | 2.8% | 2.5% | |
| Net margin | 1.7% | 1.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 141.1% | 50.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.94x | 1.03x | |
| Interest cover | 6.08x | 7.65x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Larking Gowen LLP
- 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 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
- J.F. EDWARDS (SMITHFIELD) LIMITED · parent
- Allen & Co (Smithfield) Limited 100%
- EH Broome & Co Limited 100%
- Peter Tocher Limited 100%
- Sumeray and Rogers Limited 100%
- J.F. Edwards (Primrose) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In November 2024, the City of London Corporation announced plans to pull out of its relocation of Smithfield meat market and Billingsgate fish market to Dagenham, which was due to occur in 2028. After the year end the Company, together with fellow group company Peter Thompson Group Limited and other Market Stall holders, entered into compensation agreements with the City of London Corporation for the cancelled moved to Dagenham.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUCHANAN, Geoffrey Maurice | Secretary | 2018-07-10 | — | — |
| BARBER, Stephen John | Director | 2011-07-26 | Jan 1982 | British |
| BUCHANAN, Geoffrey Maurice | Director | 2018-07-10 | Mar 1970 | British |
| BUCHANAN, William Edwin | Director | 2018-07-10 | Jul 1968 | British |
| HARLEY, Stephen Andrew | Director | 2018-07-10 | Mar 1963 | British |
| WHIFFIN, Edward George | Director | 2022-03-10 | Apr 1995 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIDMAN, Simon | Secretary | 2011-07-26 | 2018-07-10 |
| BASS, Martin Paul | Director | 2011-07-26 | 2018-07-10 |
| BERRY, Derroll William | Director | 2011-07-26 | 2018-07-10 |
| COOPER JONES, Timothy John, Mr. | Director | 2011-09-21 | 2017-01-01 |
| REID, John Michael | Director | 2018-07-10 | 2022-01-01 |
| TIDMAN, Simon | Director | 2011-07-26 | 2018-07-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hasketon Smithfield Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-07-10 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 90 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-19 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-23 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-04-22 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2025-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-10 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number | |
| 2023-08-10 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number | |
| 2023-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-01-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+5.9%
£49,480,968 £52,421,406
-
Cash
-58%
£720,024 £302,730
-
Net assets
+239%
£591,760 £2,006,159
-
Employees
+10.3%
58 64
-
Operating profit
-6.8%
£1,382,111 £1,288,561
-
Profit before tax
-3%
£1,154,932 £1,120,137
-
Wages
+10%
£2,765,299 £3,041,083
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