
Company Number
11197238
Next Accounts
Dec 2025
Shareholders
barry hurst life interest settlement
bradley hurst
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Industry
Sawmilling and planing of wood
Registered Address
soho pool way park road, hockley, birmingham, B18 5JA
Website
jestimber.co.ukPomanda estimates the enterprise value of JAMES E. SMITH (HOLDINGS) LIMITED at £13.6m based on a Turnover of £28.9m and 0.47x industry multiple (adjusted for size and gross margin).
Pomanda estimates the enterprise value of JAMES E. SMITH (HOLDINGS) LIMITED at £8m based on an EBITDA of £1.7m and a 4.66x industry multiple (adjusted for size and gross margin).
Pomanda estimates the enterprise value of JAMES E. SMITH (HOLDINGS) LIMITED at £21.3m based on Net Assets of £18.9m and 1.13x industry multiple (adjusted for liquidity).
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James E. Smith (holdings) Limited is a live company located in birmingham, B18 5JA with a Companies House number of 11197238. It operates in the sawmilling and planing of wood sector, SIC Code 16100. Founded in February 2018, it's largest shareholder is barry hurst life interest settlement with a 45.3% stake. James E. Smith (holdings) Limited is a young, large sized company, Pomanda has estimated its turnover at £28.9m with declining growth in recent years.
Pomanda's financial health check has awarded James E. Smith (Holdings) Limited a 5 rating. We use a traffic light system to show it exceeds the industry average on 6 measures and has 4 areas for improvement. Company Health Check FAQs
6 Strong
2 Regular
4 Weak
Size
annual sales of £28.9m, make it larger than the average company (£21.2m)
£28.9m - James E. Smith (holdings) Limited
£21.2m - Industry AVG
Growth
3 year (CAGR) sales growth of -10%, show it is growing at a slower rate (4.9%)
-10% - James E. Smith (holdings) Limited
4.9% - Industry AVG
Production
with a gross margin of 18.6%, this company has a higher cost of product (24.1%)
18.6% - James E. Smith (holdings) Limited
24.1% - Industry AVG
Profitability
an operating margin of 4% make it as profitable than the average company (4.5%)
4% - James E. Smith (holdings) Limited
4.5% - Industry AVG
Employees
with 85 employees, this is above the industry average (69)
85 - James E. Smith (holdings) Limited
69 - Industry AVG
Pay Structure
on an average salary of £48.4k, the company has a higher pay structure (£39.6k)
£48.4k - James E. Smith (holdings) Limited
£39.6k - Industry AVG
Efficiency
resulting in sales per employee of £339.5k, this is more efficient (£235k)
£339.5k - James E. Smith (holdings) Limited
£235k - Industry AVG
Debtor Days
it gets paid by customers after 61 days, this is later than average (47 days)
61 days - James E. Smith (holdings) Limited
47 days - Industry AVG
Creditor Days
its suppliers are paid after 61 days, this is slower than average (41 days)
61 days - James E. Smith (holdings) Limited
41 days - Industry AVG
Stock Days
it holds stock equivalent to 66 days, this is in line with average (66 days)
66 days - James E. Smith (holdings) Limited
66 days - Industry AVG
Cash Balance
has cash to cover current liabilities for 60 weeks, this is more cash available to meet short term requirements (14 weeks)
60 weeks - James E. Smith (holdings) Limited
14 weeks - Industry AVG
Debt Level
it has a ratio of liabilities to total assets of 22.7%, this is a lower level of debt than the average (40.2%)
22.7% - James E. Smith (holdings) Limited
40.2% - Industry AVG
James E. Smith (Holdings) Limited's latest turnover from March 2024 is £28.9 million and the company has net assets of £18.9 million. According to their latest financial statements, James E. Smith (Holdings) Limited has 85 employees and maintains cash reserves of £5.8 million as reported in the balance sheet.
Data source: Companies House, Pomanda Estimates
Mar 2024 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2018 | |
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Turnover | 28,857,274 | 34,199,404 | 50,424,384 | 39,805,268 | 29,744,485 | 33,410,214 | 27,952,898 |
Other Income Or Grants | |||||||
Cost Of Sales | 23,488,764 | 27,933,093 | 35,356,761 | 31,096,281 | 24,530,512 | 27,935,863 | 23,201,959 |
Gross Profit | 5,368,510 | 6,266,311 | 15,067,623 | 8,708,987 | 5,213,973 | 5,474,351 | 4,750,939 |
Admin Expenses | 4,217,121 | 3,914,269 | 4,480,732 | 4,105,516 | 4,141,079 | 4,099,132 | 3,652,106 |
Operating Profit | 1,151,389 | 2,352,042 | 10,586,891 | 4,603,471 | 1,072,894 | 1,375,219 | 1,098,833 |
Interest Payable | 4,888 | 9,942 | 41,330 | 38,084 | 48,040 | 62,884 | 42,953 |
Interest Receivable | 31,931 | 3,177 | 820 | 4,292 | |||
Pre-Tax Profit | 1,178,432 | 2,342,100 | 10,548,738 | 4,565,387 | 1,025,674 | 1,316,627 | 1,055,880 |
Tax | -341,978 | -443,576 | -2,069,738 | -894,309 | -221,840 | -276,373 | -208,721 |
Profit After Tax | 836,454 | 1,898,524 | 8,479,000 | 3,671,078 | 803,834 | 1,040,254 | 847,159 |
Dividends Paid | 605,327 | 492,299 | 1,840,757 | 1,103,662 | 43,607 | 51,523 | 111,306 |
Retained Profit | 231,127 | 1,406,225 | 6,638,243 | 2,567,416 | 760,227 | 988,731 | 735,853 |
Employee Costs | 4,114,803 | 3,877,472 | 4,459,383 | 4,068,650 | 3,901,414 | 4,050,535 | 3,501,702 |
Number Of Employees | 85 | 86 | 86 | 88 | 82 | 83 | 76 |
EBITDA* | 1,714,019 | 2,862,690 | 11,095,573 | 5,043,453 | 1,448,565 | 1,776,927 | 1,098,833 |
* Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation
Mar 2024 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2018 | |
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Tangible Assets | 4,700,015 | 4,094,210 | 4,069,556 | 3,974,624 | 3,938,337 | 3,355,877 | 3,374,785 |
Intangible Assets | |||||||
Investments & Other | |||||||
Debtors (Due After 1 year) | |||||||
Total Fixed Assets | 4,700,015 | 4,094,210 | 4,069,556 | 3,974,624 | 3,938,337 | 3,355,877 | 3,374,785 |
Stock & work in progress | 4,262,343 | 5,313,252 | 6,864,824 | 4,890,566 | 3,401,061 | 4,317,724 | 4,272,009 |
Trade Debtors | 4,850,417 | 5,900,613 | 7,647,370 | 6,846,821 | 5,162,407 | 6,744,044 | 5,750,378 |
Group Debtors | |||||||
Misc Debtors | 4,844,837 | 7,296,860 | 6,195,878 | 2,715,271 | 299,160 | 226,624 | |
Cash | 5,779,500 | 2,129,156 | 1,817,447 | 1,251,795 | 530,618 | 254,624 | 253,634 |
misc current assets | |||||||
total current assets | 19,737,097 | 20,639,881 | 22,525,519 | 15,704,453 | 9,393,246 | 11,543,016 | 10,475,749 |
total assets | 24,437,112 | 24,734,091 | 26,595,075 | 19,679,077 | 13,331,583 | 14,898,893 | 13,850,534 |
Bank overdraft | |||||||
Bank loan | 11,250 | 27,000 | 27,000 | ||||
Trade Creditors | 3,929,636 | 3,926,726 | 3,851,250 | 4,573,259 | 3,256,315 | 3,536,431 | 4,506,014 |
Group/Directors Accounts | 550,000 | 700,000 | 1,800,000 | 1,040,000 | |||
other short term finances | 121,495 | ||||||
hp & lease commitments | 23,083 | 122,324 | 188,617 | 142,414 | 147,917 | ||
other current liabilities | 466,668 | 986,009 | 3,142,716 | 2,844,030 | 1,484,792 | 3,583,778 | |
total current liabilities | 4,946,304 | 5,635,818 | 8,916,290 | 8,657,156 | 4,910,521 | 7,295,126 | 7,310,124 |
loans | 11,250 | 38,250 | |||||
hp & lease commitments | 23,083 | 146,298 | 154,136 | 124,437 | |||
Accruals and Deferred Income | |||||||
other liabilities | |||||||
provisions | 601,771 | 440,363 | 404,017 | 262,181 | 209,650 | 155,281 | |
total long term liabilities | 601,771 | 440,363 | 427,100 | 408,479 | 375,036 | 317,968 | 243,342 |
total liabilities | 5,548,075 | 6,076,181 | 9,343,390 | 9,065,635 | 5,285,557 | 7,613,094 | 7,553,466 |
net assets | 18,889,037 | 18,657,910 | 17,251,685 | 10,613,442 | 8,046,026 | 7,285,799 | 6,297,068 |
total shareholders funds | 18,889,037 | 18,657,910 | 17,251,685 | 10,613,442 | 8,046,026 | 7,285,799 | 6,297,068 |
Mar 2024 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2018 | |
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Operating Activities | |||||||
Operating Profit | 1,151,389 | 2,352,042 | 10,586,891 | 4,603,471 | 1,072,894 | 1,375,219 | 1,098,833 |
Depreciation | 562,630 | 510,648 | 508,682 | 439,982 | 375,671 | 401,708 | |
Amortisation | |||||||
Tax | -341,978 | -443,576 | -2,069,738 | -894,309 | -221,840 | -276,373 | -208,721 |
Stock | -1,050,909 | -1,551,572 | 1,974,258 | 1,489,505 | -916,663 | 45,715 | 4,272,009 |
Debtors | -3,502,219 | -645,775 | 4,281,156 | 4,100,525 | -1,509,101 | 1,220,290 | 5,750,378 |
Creditors | 2,910 | 75,476 | -722,009 | 1,316,944 | -280,116 | -969,583 | 4,506,014 |
Accruals and Deferred Income | -519,341 | -2,156,707 | 298,686 | 1,359,238 | -2,098,986 | 3,583,778 | |
Deferred Taxes & Provisions | 161,408 | 36,346 | 141,836 | 52,531 | 54,369 | 155,281 | |
Cash flow from operations | 5,570,146 | 2,571,576 | 2,488,934 | 1,287,827 | 1,327,756 | 3,004,025 | |
Investing Activities | |||||||
capital expenditure | -195,689 | ||||||
Change in Investments | |||||||
cash flow from investments | -195,689 | ||||||
Financing Activities | |||||||
Bank loans | -11,250 | -15,750 | 27,000 | ||||
Group/Directors Accounts | -150,000 | -1,100,000 | 760,000 | 1,040,000 | |||
Other Short Term Loans | -121,495 | 121,495 | |||||
Long term loans | -11,250 | -27,000 | 38,250 | ||||
Hire Purchase and Lease Commitments | -23,083 | -122,324 | -189,508 | 38,365 | 24,196 | 272,354 | |
other long term liabilities | |||||||
share issue | |||||||
interest | 27,043 | -9,942 | -38,153 | -38,084 | -47,220 | -58,592 | |
cash flow from financing | -146,040 | -1,232,266 | 521,089 | 1,013,281 | -50,024 | 157,517 | |
cash and cash equivalents | |||||||
cash | 3,650,344 | 311,709 | 565,652 | 721,177 | 275,994 | 990 | 253,634 |
overdraft | |||||||
change in cash | 3,650,344 | 311,709 | 565,652 | 721,177 | 275,994 | 990 | 253,634 |
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JAMES E. SMITH (HOLDINGS) LIMITED group structure
James E. Smith (Holdings) Limited has 1 subsidiary company.
Ultimate parent company
JAMES E. SMITH (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
11197238
1 subsidiary
James E. Smith (Holdings) Limited currently has 3 directors. The longest serving directors include Mr Charlton Hurst (Feb 2018) and Mr Barry Hurst (Feb 2018).
officer | country | age | start | end | role |
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Mr Charlton Hurst | England | 47 years | Feb 2018 | - | Director |
Mr Barry Hurst | England | 81 years | Feb 2018 | - | Director |
Mr Bradley Hurst | 54 years | Feb 2018 | - | Director |
P&L
March 2024turnover
28.9m
-16%
operating profit
1.2m
-51%
gross margin
18.7%
+1.53%
turnover
Turnover, or revenue, is the amount of sales generated by a company within the financial year.
Balance Sheet
March 2024net assets
18.9m
+0.01%
total assets
24.4m
-0.01%
cash
5.8m
+1.71%
net assets
Total assets minus all liabilities
company number
11197238
Type
Private limited with Share Capital
industry
16100 - Sawmilling and planing of wood
incorporation date
February 2018
age
7
incorporated
UK
ultimate parent company
accounts
Group
last accounts submitted
March 2024
previous names
N/A
accountant
-
auditor
COOPER PARRY GROUP LIMITED
address
soho pool way park road, hockley, birmingham, B18 5JA
Bank
-
Legal Advisor
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