JANE'S GROUP UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-08-31 (in 3mo)
Last filed for 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-23 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£13M
-28.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£402M
+4.6% vs 2023
Employees
221
+2.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£17M
-4.7% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £67,173,503 | £65,638,344 | |
| Operating profit | £17,769,794 | £16,878,999 | |
| Profit before tax | £17,642,996 | £16,812,724 | |
| Net profit | £18,820,715 | £17,710,365 | |
| Cash | £17,710,219 | £12,709,189 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £398,686,402 | £414,063,819 | |
| Net assets | £384,684,290 | £402,394,655 | |
| Equity | £384,684,290 | £402,394,655 | |
| Average employees | 216 | 221 | |
| Wages | £12,198,293 | £11,954,318 |
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 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 26.5% | 25.7% | |
| Net margin | 28.0% | 27.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.5% | 4.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 11.8% | 11.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.78x | 3.28x | |
| Interest cover | 139.35x | 125.07x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On the basis of their assessment of the Group's financial position the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group will be able to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. As a result, the Directors have prepared these financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- JANE'S GROUP UK LIMITED · parent
- Jade (Singapore) Pte. Ltd 100%
- Janes Group Italy S.r.I 100%
- Janes Group DMCC 100%
- Jane's Group Dutch BV 100%
Significant events
- “Janes invested $5.8m in the development of the new customer on-line portal. The portal is a fundamental transformation of how customers can interact with Janes data through data visualisations and mapping technologies to find insights required to support use cases and mission.”
- “Trading performance across Americas and EMEA markets was impacted by the cessation of projects linked to the support of the Ukraine War and some short term pressure on defense budgets.”
- “The Americas market also saw the planned re-organization of an Intelligence Community-wide enterprise contract to a smaller, entity-specific contract to allow increased customer focus, value delivery and to open new growth opportunities across the IC and DoD.”
- “Janes planted 901 trees in response to the following events: ■ A new joiner starts at Janes • A colleague uses all 21 hours' of their Volunteer Time Off (VTO) • A colleague receives special recognition: Vanguard award (10 trees), Mission Impact award (10 trees), ESG Hero (decided annually with the JET Committee (20 trees)) • A colleague meets a service anniversary/tenure milestone (every five years)”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARTLETT, Blake | Director | 2019-12-02 | Jun 1971 | British |
| LIGHT, Christopher John | Director | 2020-09-04 | Mar 1977 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAYWARD, James Duncan Henry | Director | 2019-12-02 | 2020-09-30 |
| MCLOUGHLIN, Christopher Guy | Director | 2019-09-10 | 2019-12-02 |
| OWEN, Kathryn Ann | Director | 2019-09-10 | 2019-12-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jade Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-12-02 | Active |
| Ihs Global Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-09-10 | Ceased 2019-12-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 44 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-04-23 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-04-23 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-04-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-04-23 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-04-23 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-04-22 | RP01SH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-04-09 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2026-04-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-04-08 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2026-04-08 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2026-04-07 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-04-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-11-30 vs 2023-11-30
-
Turnover
-2.3%
£67,173,503 £65,638,344
-
Cash
-28.2%
£17,710,219 £12,709,189
-
Net assets
+4.6%
£384,684,290 £402,394,655
-
Employees
+2.3%
216 221
-
Operating profit
-5%
£17,769,794 £16,878,999
-
Profit before tax
-4.7%
£17,642,996 £16,812,724
-
Wages
-2%
£12,198,293 £11,954,318
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