JAMES FLEMING & COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-29 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-15
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
-17.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£6M
+1.5% vs 2023
Employees
150
-7.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£161K
+153.8% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- JAMES FLEMING & COMPANY LIMITED 1991-07-01 → present
- PACIFIC SHELF 389 LIMITED 1991-05-01 → 1991-07-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £37,016,199 | £36,666,769 | |
| Operating profit | £517,567 | £1,010,298 | |
| Profit before tax | -£299,000 | £160,744 | |
| Net profit | -£291,064 | £89,865 | |
| Cash | £2,564,561 | £2,106,990 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,288,584 | £11,451,716 | |
| Net assets | £5,938,584 | £6,028,449 | |
| Equity | £5,938,584 | £6,028,449 | |
| Average employees | 162 | 150 | |
| Wages | £4,935,924 | £5,093,800 |
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 | 1.4% | 2.8% | |
| Net margin | -0.8% | 0.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.4% | 8.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.16x | 0.95x | |
| Interest cover | 0.62x | 1.18x |
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
- Forvis Mazars 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
- JAMES FLEMING & COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- W.T. Mather Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During 2025, Zeelandia Group in the UK has undertaken a group restructuring, and as part of which the trade and assets of the Company have been transferred on going concern basis to its sister company Zeelandia UK Limited on 1 April 2025. From this date, the Company has ceased to be a trading company.”
- “On 10 April 2025, the issued share capital of the Company was reduced from £3,500,000 to £100 by cancelling and extinguishing 3,499,900 of the issued ordinary shares... and paid a final dividend of £5,250,000 to the Company's parent company, Zeelandia Holdings (UK) Limited.”
- “At the reporting date, the Company had a commitment to purchase raw materials to the value of £1,521,819 (2023 - £3,663,063).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UDAGAMA, Nuwan Indika | Secretary | 2023-08-16 | — | — |
| AMOS, David Robert | Director | 2017-01-04 | Feb 1965 | British |
| VAN WOUWE, Simon Hendrik Pieter | Director | 2023-08-16 | Aug 1967 | Dutch |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMOS, David Robert | Secretary | 2018-12-01 | 2023-08-16 |
| HOW, Anthony Edward | Secretary | 1993-10-28 | 2015-02-28 |
| LATTIMORE, Irene Premila | Secretary | 2018-03-01 | 2018-11-30 |
| ROSS, Robert | Secretary | 1991-06-19 | 1993-10-28 |
| STEWART, Kathleen Margaret | Secretary | 1991-05-17 | 1991-06-19 |
| MD SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1991-05-01 | 1991-05-17 |
| DE RUITER, Michiel Johannes | Director | 2018-03-16 | 2020-06-01 |
| DINET, Jean | Director | 2003-06-17 | 2007-03-20 |
| FERGUSON, William Ross | Director | 1992-08-21 | 2017-01-04 |
| GENICOT, Jacques, Monsieur | Director | 1991-06-19 | 2003-06-17 |
| GENICOT, Jean Bernard | Director | 1991-06-19 | 2006-02-16 |
| GOURDIN, Pierre Maurice Marie | Director | 2001-05-22 | 2005-02-28 |
| GOURDIN, Pierre Maurice Marie | Director | 1992-04-15 | 2000-05-22 |
| HATCHER, Christopher | Director | 2007-03-01 | 2008-03-29 |
| HOEKSTRA, Emile Philip | Director | 2018-03-16 | 2019-04-01 |
| HOW, Anthony Edward | Director | 2005-08-01 | 2015-02-28 |
| HUBBUCH, Thomas | Director | 2005-10-10 | 2015-09-30 |
| LAMBRECHT, Jens Oliver | Director | 2015-07-30 | 2017-01-04 |
| LOCKEFEER, Lodewijk Herman Bastiaan | Director | 2020-06-01 | 2023-08-16 |
| MILLMAN, Fiona | Director | 2015-07-30 | 2018-03-01 |
| OOSTERINK, Marijn | Director | 2007-05-15 | 2015-09-30 |
| ROSS, Robert | Director | 1991-06-19 | 2005-05-20 |
| SMITH, James Andrew Mitchell | Director | 1991-05-17 | 1991-06-19 |
| SMITS, Georges Jean Alphonse Madeleine, Dr | Director | 2000-05-22 | 2002-10-20 |
| STEWART, Kathleen Margaret | Director | 1991-05-17 | 1991-06-19 |
| MD SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1991-05-01 | 1991-05-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zeelandia Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-04-10 | Active |
| Zeelandia Holdings (Uk) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-01-04 | Ceased 2025-04-10 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 172 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-04-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-12-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-20 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-15 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-11 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-04-11 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-04-11 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-04-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-20 | 466(Scot) | mortgage | Mortgage alter floating charge with number | |
| 2023-09-20 | 466(Scot) | mortgage | Mortgage alter floating charge with number | |
| 2023-08-19 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-08-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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
-0.9%
£37,016,199 £36,666,769
-
Cash
-17.8%
£2,564,561 £2,106,990
-
Net assets
+1.5%
£5,938,584 £6,028,449
-
Employees
-7.4%
162 150
-
Operating profit
+95.2%
£517,567 £1,010,298
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Profit before tax
+153.8%
-£299,000 £160,744
-
Wages
+3.2%
£4,935,924 £5,093,800
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