A.J. PLUMBING SUPPLIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-04-07
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£12M
+13.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£33M
+9.5% vs 2023
Employees
262
+19.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
-8.9% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-04-07.
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 | £42,926,017 | £43,989,197 | |
| Operating profit | £5,291,975 | £4,727,160 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,248,753 | £4,784,018 | |
| Net profit | £3,912,455 | £3,509,068 | |
| Cash | £10,161,293 | £11,568,004 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £30,808,005 | £33,641,437 | |
| Net assets | £29,743,514 | £32,582,412 | |
| Equity | £29,743,514 | £32,582,412 | |
| Average employees | 220 | 262 | |
| Wages | £5,517,572 | £6,854,450 |
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 | 12.3% | 10.7% | |
| Net margin | 9.1% | 8.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.2% | 14.1% | |
| Current ratio | 5.79x | 5.17x | |
| Interest cover | 57.82x | 34.11x |
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
- John MacMahon & Co
- 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
- A.J. PLUMBING SUPPLIES LIMITED · parent
- MYLIFE Bathrooms Limited 100%
- Floortherm Renewables Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Mylife Bathrooms Limited was degrouped from the AJ Plumbing Supplies Group on 1st January 2025. It ceased to be a subsidiary from this date.”
- “Following share transfers between the shareholders on the 3rd January 2025, the parent company shareholding was finalised as 310 Ordinary Shares held by the Jim & Shirley O'Brien Life Interest Trust, 170 Ordinary Shares held by Jonathan O'Brien, 15 Ordinary Shares held by Jim O'Brien and 15 Ordinary Shares held by Shirley O'Brien.”
- “On 24th September 2024, the parent company purchased back 10 Ordinary Shares of £1 and 10 Ordinary B Shares of £1. These shares were then cancelled.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'BRIEN, Shirley | Secretary | 1987-05-29 | — | — |
| O'BRIEN, Jonathan | Director | 2002-04-30 | May 1974 | Northern Irish |
| O'BRIEN, Samuel James | Director | 1987-05-29 | Jan 1946 | Northern Irish |
| O'BRIEN, Shirley | Director | 1987-05-29 | Nov 1948 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| O'BRIEN, Andrew | Director | 2002-04-30 | 2025-01-03 |
| O'BRIEN, Clifford | Director | 2002-04-30 | 2024-09-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jonathan O'Brien | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2025-01-03 | Active |
| Mr Samuel James O'Brien | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mrs Shirley O'Brien | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 119 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-10 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-07 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-10-16 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-22 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 2
- 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
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Turnover
+2.5%
£42,926,017 £43,989,197
-
Cash
+13.8%
£10,161,293 £11,568,004
-
Net assets
+9.5%
£29,743,514 £32,582,412
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Employees
+19.1%
220 262
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Operating profit
-10.7%
£5,291,975 £4,727,160
-
Profit before tax
-8.9%
£5,248,753 £4,784,018
-
Wages
+24.2%
£5,517,572 £6,854,450
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