JAPAN H. L. LIMITED

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Rawlinson & Hunter Audit 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

1. JAPAN H. L. LIMITED · parent
   1. Japan H.L. Enterprises Limited 100% · England and Wales

Significant events

• “Japan House London to which the Company provides services successfully opened to the public on 22 June 2018.”
• “A Grand Opening was held in the presence of then HRH The Duke of Cambridge, now Prince of Wales, as well as the Deputy Prime Minister of Japan, Mr Taro Aso, on 13 September 2018.”
• “On 30 June 2019 Jones Lang LaSalle Europe Limited sold its shares in the Company to a newly incorporated charitable trust called Japan House London Trust.”
• “On 1 July 2019, the Company entered into a direct contract with the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs ("MOFA") for the operation of Japan House London.”
• “On 17 June 2020, the Company acquired a 100% shareholding in a newly incorporated company, Japan H.L. Enterprises Limited ("JHLEL"), and on 30 September 2020, JHLEL acquired the business, assets and operations of The Shop at Japan House London from Salt and Welcome UK Limited.”
• “In October 2021, a branch of the Company was set up in Tokyo, Japan, with the sole purpose of employing two employees based in Tokyo, to undertake PR and marketing activities for the Company.”
• “In March 2024, following the expiration of the previous contract with MOFA, the Company entered into a new direct contract with MOFA which will fund the operation of Japan House London for another five years.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

4

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -10.3%

  £9,895,811 → £8,872,431

• Cash

  -7%

  £5,801,461 → £5,396,570

• Net assets

  -3.2%

  £3,215,239 → £3,113,069

• Employees

  -1.1%

  89 → 88

• Operating profit

  -118.2%

  £1,107,738 → -£201,140

• Profit before tax

  -118.3%

  £1,099,292 → -£201,140

• Wages

  +6.5%

  £3,010,456 → £3,205,845

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