JAMES JONES & SONS (PALLETS AND PACKAGING) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-09 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+84.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£41M
+4.8% vs 2023
Employees
621
-0.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
-72.7% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £79,428,000 | £74,067,000 | |
| Operating profit | £7,094,000 | £3,267,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £10,813,000 | £2,948,000 | |
| Net profit | £9,071,000 | £1,884,000 | |
| Cash | £1,303,000 | £2,402,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £40,376,000 | £44,706,000 | |
| Net assets | £39,500,000 | £41,384,000 | |
| Equity | £39,500,000 | £41,384,000 | |
| Average employees | 625 | 621 | |
| Wages | £19,817,000 | £20,680,000 |
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 | 8.9% | 4.4% | |
| Net margin | 11.4% | 2.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.6% | 7.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.52x | 0.69x | |
| Interest cover | — | 10.24x |
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
- Johnston Carmichael LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis which assumes that the company will continue in operational existence for at least twelve months from the approval of these financial statements. The key assumptions in the assessment are retention of customers and the availability and price of timber.”
Group structure
- JAMES JONES & SONS (PALLETS AND PACKAGING) LIMITED · parent
- Billington (International) Limited 100%
- H.G. Timber Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 9 October 2024 James Jones & Sons (Pallets and Packaging) Limited acquired HG Timber Ltd and became the immediate parent company. This strategic acquisition demonstrates its commitment to the companies strategy of diversifying the product range, expanding market knowledge and broadening geographically to better service customers.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROBERTS, Stuart | Secretary | 2020-01-06 | — | — |
| BRUCE-JONES, Tom Reid | Director | 2019-01-01 | Sep 1968 | British |
| ROBERTS, Stuart | Director | 2020-01-06 | Apr 1973 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MILLER, Alasdair | Secretary | 2016-06-07 | 2019-12-31 |
| COVEY, William Gilbert | Director | 2016-12-22 | 2023-04-21 |
| MCKENZIE, Peter | Director | 2016-12-22 | 2026-03-05 |
| MILLER, Alasdair James | Director | 2016-12-22 | 2019-12-31 |
| PIRIE, Ian Alexander | Director | 2016-06-07 | 2018-12-31 |
| VANDERMARK, Aaron Kiel | Director | 2020-06-11 | 2025-05-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Jones & Sons Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-06-07 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 36 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-15 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2020-01-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
-6.7%
£79,428,000 £74,067,000
-
Cash
+84.3%
£1,303,000 £2,402,000
-
Net assets
+4.8%
£39,500,000 £41,384,000
-
Employees
-0.6%
625 621
-
Operating profit
-53.9%
£7,094,000 £3,267,000
-
Profit before tax
-72.7%
£10,813,000 £2,948,000
-
Wages
+4.4%
£19,817,000 £20,680,000
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