Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
31/12/2026Filing deadline
Made up to 31/03/2025Due 31/12/2026
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/03/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/03/2025
JAMES DONNELLY & SONS LTD
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- C/O C.D. DIAMOND & CO, 46 Hill Street, Belfast, Co Antrim BT1 2LB
- Classification (2 SIC codes)
- Wholesale of fruit and vegetables (46.31 - SIC 2007)Freight transport by road (49.41 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Total Exemption Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
Pre-Score for UK companies is coming soon
- 17/12/2025View PDF (11 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 17/10/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Statement of capital following an allotment of shares on 2025-10-17
- 12/09/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mr Brendan Donnelly as a person with significant control on 2025-06-04
- 12/09/2025View PDF (5 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-09-12 with updates
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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.
Due in 89 days
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
26/09/2026Filing deadline
Last statement 12/09/2025Due 26/09/2026
- Next statement date
- 12/09/2026
- Last statement dated
- 12/09/2025
Financial performance
The latest figures JAMES DONNELLY & SONS LTD filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£4.91M2025
2.78%vs 20242024: £4.78M
Total Assets
£5.45M2025
-0.88%vs 20242024: £5.50M
Cash in Bank
£3.99M2025
11.01%vs 20242024: £3.60M
Total Liabilities
£542.12K2025
-25.04%vs 20242024: £723.24K
Employees
62025
+1vs 20242024: 5
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 2 rose and 2 fell. Cash in bank moved furthest, up 11.01% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for JAMES DONNELLY & SONS LTD.
The full financial record
Four ways through JAMES DONNELLY & SONS LTD's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · +3.5% 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, 2021–2025.Plot the figuresNothing estimatedRatios from the filed figures4 ratios computed from this company's own reported amounts, each shown against the year it was derived from.Check the ratios5 × 5 yearsEvery figure by yearAll 5 measures Okredo tracks across 5 reported years, exactly as filed.Open the table
Employees
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2025.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | +1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5 | -14 |
| 2022 | 19 | +1 |
| 2021 | 18 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 18 in 2021 to 6 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
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Officers
4Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 28/03/2002–04/06/2025 | 3 | |
| Director | 28/03/2002–Present | 3 | |
| Director | 04/06/2025–Present | 0 | |
| Secretary | 28/03/2002–Present | 0 |
Persons with significant control
3Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2016–04/06/2025 | 3 | |
| 06/04/2016–Present | 3 | |
| 06/04/2016–Present | 3 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 13
- Since 17/04/2023
- Last 12 months
- 2
- -6 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 17/12/2025
- 9 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Accounts filedLatest 17/12/2025
- Share capitalLatest 17/10/2025
Filing timeline
- 17/12/2025View PDF (11 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 17/10/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Statement of capital following an allotment of shares on 2025-10-17
- 12/09/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mr Brendan Donnelly as a person with significant control on 2025-06-04
- 12/09/2025View PDF (5 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-09-12 with updates
- 02/07/2025View PDF (4 pages)
Purchase of own shares.
- 10/06/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mr Michael Gerard Donnelly as a director on 2025-06-04
- 10/06/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Peter Donnelly as a person with significant control on 2025-06-04
- 09/06/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Peter Donnelly as a director on 2025-06-04
- 10/04/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-03-28 with no updates
- 23/12/2024View PDF (11 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-03-31
- 08/04/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-03-28 with no updates
- 21/12/2023View PDF (12 pages)
Unaudited abridged accounts made up to 2023-03-31
Showing 12 of 13 filings
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About JAMES DONNELLY & SONS LTD
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
JAMES DONNELLY & SONS LTD is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in C/O C.D. DIAMOND & CO, 46 Hill Street, Belfast, Co Antrim BT1 2LB. Companies House classifies its business as Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, one of 2 SIC classifications on its record. It has been on the register for 24 years 6 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £4.91M and 6 employees. Its confirmation statement is past the filing deadline shown on the registry record.
JAMES DONNELLY & SONS LTD: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records JAMES DONNELLY & SONS LTD under 2 registered business activities: Wholesale of fruit and vegetables (46.31 - SIC 2007) and Freight transport by road (49.41 - SIC 2007).
JAMES DONNELLY & SONS LTD is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 28/03/2002.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £4.91M, total assets of £5.45M, cash in bank of £3.99M and total liabilities of £542.12K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 17/12/2025: Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31, 9 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/12/2026 and the next confirmation statement is due by 26/09/2026, which has passed.
Companies House lists 4 officers (3 currently in post) and 3 people with significant control (2 current).