Annual accounts
Medium accounts
30/09/2027Filing deadline
Made up to 31/12/2025Due 30/09/2027
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/12/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/12/2025
JAMES DEWHURST LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Altham Lane, Altham, Accrington, Lancashire BB5 5YA
- Classification (4 SIC codes)
- Weaving of textiles (13.20 - SIC 2007)Manufacture of other technical and industrial textiles (13.96 - SIC 2007)Manufacture of glass fibres (23.14 - SIC 2007)Other manufacturing n.e.c. (32.99 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Medium
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
Pre-Score for UK companies is coming soon
- 31/08/2026View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-08-31 with updates
- 21/04/2026View PDF (37 pages)
Accounts for a medium company made up to 2025-12-31
- 11/09/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Jean-Charles Jacques Joris as a director on 2025-09-01
- 10/09/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Geert Asselman as a director on 2025-09-01
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Accounts and confirmation statement
The two filings Companies House requires every year, and where each one stands against its deadline today.
On schedule
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
14/09/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 31/08/2026Due 14/09/2027
- Next statement date
- 31/08/2027
- Last statement dated
- 31/08/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures JAMES DEWHURST LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2022–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£25.10M2025
10.60%vs 20242024: £22.69M
Total Assets
£39.52M2025
-1.06%vs 20242024: £39.94M
Cash in Bank
£1.05M2025
28.45%vs 20242024: £819.00K
Total Liabilities
£14.42M2025
-16.41%vs 20242024: £17.25M
Employees
132,0002025
-15000vs 20242024: 147,000
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 2 rose and 2 fell. Total liabilities moved furthest, down 16.41% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for JAMES DEWHURST LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through JAMES DEWHURST LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · -12% a year (CAGR)Three-year trend, 2023–2025Every measure end to end across 2023, 2024 and 2025, with the compound rate behind each one.See what moved5 chartsCharts by indicator5 filed indicators plotted year by year, 2022–2025.Plot the figuresNothing estimatedRatios from the filed figures5 ratios computed from this company's own reported amounts, each shown against the year it was derived from.Check the ratios5 × 4 yearsEvery figure by yearAll 5 measures Okredo tracks across 4 reported years, exactly as filed.Open the table
Employees
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2022–2025.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 132,000 | -15000 |
| 2024 | 147,000 | -2000 |
| 2023 | 149,000 | +148824 |
| 2022 | 176 | – |
Reported employee count increased from 176 in 2022 to 132,000 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
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Officers
22Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 21/09/1994–04/04/2008 | 0 | |
| Director | 06/04/2001–04/04/2008 | 0 | |
| Director | 19/06/2017–31/03/2025 | 4 | |
| Director | 19/06/2017–01/09/2025 | 4 | |
| Director | 27/08/2010–27/01/2016 | 0 | |
| Director | 06/04/2001–04/04/2008 | 0 | |
| Director | 27/08/2010–31/01/2013 | 1 | |
| Director | 27/08/2010–31/10/2014 | 0 | |
| Director | 21/09/1994–31/03/2005 | 1 | |
| Director | 21/09/1994–03/05/2000 | 0 | |
| Director | 21/02/2022–Present | 2 | |
| Director | 01/09/2025–Present | 1 | |
| Secretary | 01/11/2021–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 15/03/2010–30/06/2020 | 11 | |
| Director | 19/06/2017–Present | 8 | |
| Director | 14/05/2019–21/02/2022 | 13 | |
| Director | 21/09/1994–04/04/2008 | 7 | |
| Director | 05/09/2008–28/02/2009 | 26 | |
| Director | 06/04/2001–04/04/2008 | 2 | |
| Director | 05/05/1998–26/03/2010 | 9 | |
| Director | 14/09/2009–18/09/2017 | 34 | |
| Director | 21/09/1994–26/03/2010 | 13 |
Persons with significant control
3Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 31/05/2021–Present | 9 | |
| 31/05/2021–Present | 5 | |
| 31/05/2021–Present | 8 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 12
- Since 13/12/2022
- Last 12 months
- 2
- -3 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 31/08/2026
- 1 month ago
What changed in the last year
- Confirmation statementLatest 31/08/2026
- Accounts filedLatest 21/04/2026
Filing timeline
- 31/08/2026View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-08-31 with updates
- 21/04/2026View PDF (37 pages)
Accounts for a medium company made up to 2025-12-31
- 11/09/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Jean-Charles Jacques Joris as a director on 2025-09-01
- 10/09/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Geert Asselman as a director on 2025-09-01
- 10/09/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Frank Veranneman as a director on 2025-03-31
- 14/07/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-07-13 with updates
- 26/03/2025View PDF (38 pages)
Accounts for a medium company made up to 2024-12-31
- 15/07/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-07-13 with no updates
- 14/03/2024View PDF (38 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2023-12-31
- 14/07/2023View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-07-13 with no updates
- 27/04/2023View PDF (38 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2022-12-31
- 13/12/2022View PDF (1 pages)
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About JAMES DEWHURST LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
JAMES DEWHURST LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Altham Lane, Altham, Accrington, Lancashire BB5 5YA. Companies House classifies its business as Weaving of textiles, one of 4 SIC classifications on its record. It has been on the register for 74 years 6 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £25.10M and 132000 employees.
JAMES DEWHURST LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records JAMES DEWHURST LIMITED under 4 registered business activities: Weaving of textiles (13.20 - SIC 2007), Manufacture of other technical and industrial textiles (13.96 - SIC 2007), Manufacture of glass fibres (23.14 - SIC 2007) and Other manufacturing n.e.c. (32.99 - SIC 2007).
JAMES DEWHURST LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 28/03/1952.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £25.10M, total assets of £39.52M, cash in bank of £1.05M and total liabilities of £14.42M.
The most recent document on the record is dated 31/08/2026: Confirmation statement made on 2026-08-31 with updates, 1 month ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 30/09/2027 and the next confirmation statement is due by 14/09/2027.
Companies House lists 22 officers (4 currently in post) and 3 people with significant control.