Annual accounts
Medium accounts
30/06/2027Filing deadline
Made up to 30/09/2025Due 30/06/2027
- Next accounts made up to
- 30/09/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 30/09/2025
JAMES LISTER & SONS LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Sandwell Industrial Estate, Spon Lane South, Smethwick Warley, West Midlands B66 1QJ
- Classification (SIC)
- Non-specialised wholesale trade (46.90 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Medium
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
Pre-Score for UK companies is coming soon
- 14/04/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Miss Charlotte Louise Cotterill as a director on 2026-04-07
- 13/04/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mr Robert James Cotterill as a director on 2026-04-07
- 02/03/2026View PDF (20 pages)
Accounts for a medium company made up to 2025-09-30
- 21/08/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Second filing for the appointment of Mr Peter Clive Davies as a director
Coming soon
What Pre-Score will tell you
- Whether the filed accounts are strengthening or weakening year on year.
- Whether this company files on time, and how often its record changes.
- How its officers and controlling parties connect to other UK companies.
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
25/05/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 11/05/2026Due 25/05/2027
- Next statement date
- 11/05/2027
- Last statement dated
- 11/05/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures JAMES LISTER & SONS LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£4.08M2025
-0.77%vs 20242024: £4.11M
Total Assets
£7.16M2025
-6.23%vs 20242024: £7.63M
Cash in Bank
£611.80K2025
-24.97%vs 20242024: £815.41K
Total Liabilities
£2.56M2025
-13.92%vs 20242024: £2.98M
Employees
942025
-1vs 20242024: 95
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 4 fell. Total assets moved furthest, down 6.23% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for JAMES LISTER & SONS LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through JAMES LISTER & SONS LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · -3% 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 figures5 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 | 94 | -1 |
| 2024 | 95 | +1 |
| 2023 | 94 | -4 |
| 2022 | 98 | -1 |
| 2021 | 99 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 99 in 2021 to 94 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
Credit report
It is a professional assessment of the company 's performance, revealing company's potential and risks, showing it's past experiences and revealing future prospects.
- Company potential
- Risk indicators
- Past performance
- Future prospects
Officers
8Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary | 02/01/1996–21/06/2010 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 29/03/1993–02/01/1996 | 0 | |
| Director | 01/10/2023–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 06/04/2001–08/12/2008 | 33 | |
| Director | 01/10/1996–Present | 8 | |
| Director | 21/06/2010–Present | 5 | |
| Director | 21/06/2010–Present | 3 | |
| Director | 01/11/2010–Present | 4 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 12
- Since 09/03/2011
- Last 12 months
- 3
- Same as the year before (3)
- Most recent filing
- 14/04/2026
- 5 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Officer changes (2)Latest 14/04/2026
- Accounts filedLatest 02/03/2026
Filing timeline
- 14/04/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Miss Charlotte Louise Cotterill as a director on 2026-04-07
- 13/04/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mr Robert James Cotterill as a director on 2026-04-07
- 02/03/2026View PDF (20 pages)
Accounts for a medium company made up to 2025-09-30
- 21/08/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Second filing for the appointment of Mr Peter Clive Davies as a director
- 12/05/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-05-11 with no updates
- 01/05/2025View PDF (20 pages)
Accounts for a medium company made up to 2024-09-30
- 15/05/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-05-11 with no updates
- 24/01/2024View PDF (18 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2023-09-30
- 11/10/2023View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mr Craig Thomas as a director on 2023-10-01
- 24/05/2023View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-05-11 with no updates
- 07/02/2023View PDF (18 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2022-09-30
- 09/03/2011View PDF (3 pages)
Appointment of Mr Peter Clive Davies as a director
See when the next accounts and confirmation statement are due
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About JAMES LISTER & SONS LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
JAMES LISTER & SONS LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Sandwell Industrial Estate, Spon Lane South, Smethwick Warley, West Midlands B66 1QJ. Companies House classifies its business as Non-specialised wholesale trade. It has been on the register for 69 years.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £4.08M and 94 employees.
JAMES LISTER & SONS LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records JAMES LISTER & SONS LIMITED under one registered business activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade (46.90 - SIC 2007).
JAMES LISTER & SONS LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 30/09/1957.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £4.08M, total assets of £7.16M, cash in bank of £611.80K and total liabilities of £2.56M.
The most recent document on the record is dated 14/04/2026: Appointment of Miss Charlotte Louise Cotterill as a director on 2026-04-07, 5 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 30/06/2027 and the next confirmation statement is due by 25/05/2027.
Companies House lists 8 officers (5 currently in post) and 0 people with significant control.