JAMES KEMBALL LIMITED

Active

Company number
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Private limited company
Incorporated21/11/1973 · 52 years old
Freight transport by road

Net Assets: £52.38M2024; 4.82%vs 2023
Cash in Bank: £20.58M2024; 41.51%vs 2023
Employees: 1292024; +8vs 2023
Next accounts due: 31/12/2026; On schedule
Officers and PSCs: 19; 19 officers, 0 PSC

Registry details

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Registered office: Felixstowe Mega Distribution Centre, Clickett Hill Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk IP11 4BA
Classification (SIC): Freight transport by road (49.41 - SIC 2007)
Accounts type: Full

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31/12/2026Filing deadline

Made up to 31/12/2024Due 31/12/2026

Next accounts made up to: 31/12/2025
Last accounts made up to: 31/12/2024

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On schedule

17/09/2027Filing deadline

Last statement 03/09/2026Due 17/09/2027

Next statement date: 03/09/2027
Last statement dated: 03/09/2026

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Financial performance

The latest figures JAMES KEMBALL LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2024; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.

Net Assets

£52.38M2024

4.82%vs 2023

2023: £49.97M

Total Assets

£64.55M2024

-11.16%vs 2023

2023: £72.65M

Cash in Bank

£20.58M2024

41.51%vs 2023

2023: £14.55M

Total Liabilities

£12.17M2024

-46.36%vs 2023

2023: £22.68M

Employees

1292024

+8vs 2023

2023: 121

Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 2 rose and 2 fell. Total liabilities moved furthest, down 46.36% on 2023. See the full financial analysis for JAMES KEMBALL LIMITED.

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Net Assets · +6.5% a year (CAGR)Three-year trend, 2022–2024Every measure end to end across 2022, 2023 and 2024, with the compound rate behind each one.See what moved 5 chartsCharts by indicator5 filed indicators plotted year by year, 2021–2024.Plot the figures Nothing 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 ratios 5 × 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 2021–2024.

1242021

1222022

1212023

1292024

Year	Employees	Change
2024	129	+8
2023	121	-1
2022	122	-2
2021	124	–

Reported employee count increased from 124 in 2021 to 129 in 2024. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.

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Officers

Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.

Role	Period	Connected companies
Director	21/09/2022–Present	92
Director	01/04/2014–29/04/2016	3
Director	01/01/2014–01/04/2014	1
Director	22/11/2019–15/01/2024	3
Director	10/12/2018–22/11/2019	0
Director	30/01/2004–31/12/2013	4
Director	10/12/2018–22/11/2019	36
Secretary	29/04/2016–31/07/2019	0
Secretary	01/09/2014–29/04/2016	0
Director	29/04/2016–31/07/2019	5
Director	29/04/2016–08/05/2018	16
Secretary	31/07/2019–Present	0
Secretary	01/04/2014–31/08/2014	0
Director	23/01/2026–Present	4
Secretary	01/08/2008–01/04/2014	6
Secretary	30/01/2004–31/07/2008	4
Director	01/08/2008–29/04/2016	3
Director	30/01/2004–31/07/2008	2
Director	23/01/2026–Present	2

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About JAMES KEMBALL LIMITED

A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.

JAMES KEMBALL LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Felixstowe Mega Distribution Centre, Clickett Hill Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk IP11 4BA. Companies House classifies its business as Freight transport by road. It has been on the register for 52 years 10 months.

The register currently records it as active. Its 2024 accounts report net assets of £52.38M and 129 employees.