MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

11.06.2014

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

J.D. WILLIAMS & COMPANY LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

Griffin House 40 Lever Street Manchester M99 1ZU

 

 

Country :

United Kingdom

 

 

Financials (as on) :

02.03.2013

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

13.12.1921

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

00178367

 

 

Legal Form :

Private limited with Share Capital

 

 

Line of Business :

  • Retail sale via mail order houses or via internet
  • Retailing through direct home shopping

 

 

No. of Employees

3190

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Ba

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

Satisfactory

 

Status :

Satisfactory

Payment Behaviour :

No complaints

Litigation :

Clear

 

NOTES :

Any query related to this report can be made on e-mail : infodept@mirainform.com while quoting report number, name and date.

 

ECGC Country Risk Classification List – March 31, 2014

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(31.12.2013)

Current Rating

(31.03.2014)

United Kingdom

A1

A1

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low Risk

 

A2

Moderate Low Risk

 

B1

Moderate Risk

 

B2

Moderate High Risk

 

C1

High Risk

 

C2

Very High Risk

 

D

 

 


 

UNITED KINGDOM ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

 

The UK, a leading trading power and financial center, is the third largest economy in Europe after Germany and France. Over the past two decades, the government has greatly reduced public ownership. Agriculture is intensive, highly mechanized, and efficient by European standards, producing about 60% of food needs with less than 2% of the labor force. The UK has large coal, natural gas, and oil resources, but its oil and natural gas reserves are declining and the UK became a net importer of energy in 2005. Services, particularly banking, insurance, and business services, are key drivers of British GDP growth. Manufacturing, meanwhile, has declined in importance but still accounts for about 10% of economic output. After emerging from recession in 1992, Britain's economy enjoyed the longest period of expansion on record during which time growth outpaced most of Western Europe. In 2008, however, the global financial crisis hit the economy particularly hard, due to the importance of its financial sector. Falling home prices, high consumer debt, and the global economic slowdown compounded Britain's economic problems, pushing the economy into recession in the latter half of 2008 and prompting the then BROWN (Labour) government to implement a number of measures to stimulate the economy and stabilize the financial markets; these included nationalizing parts of the banking system, temporarily cutting taxes, suspending public sector borrowing rules, and moving forward public spending on capital projects. Facing burgeoning public deficits and debt levels, in 2010 the CAMERON-led coalition government (between Conservatives and Liberal Democrats) initiated a five-year austerity program, which aimed to lower London's budget deficit from about 11% of GDP in 2010 to nearly 1% by 2015. In November 2011, Chancellor of the Exchequer George OSBORNE announced additional austerity measures through 2017 largely due to the euro-zone debt crisis. The CAMERON government raised the value added tax from 17.5% to 20% in 2011. It has pledged to reduce the corporation tax rate to 21% by 2014. The Bank of England (BoE) implemented an asset purchase program of £375 billion (approximately $605 billion) as of December 2013. During times of economic crisis, the BoE coordinates interest rate moves with the European Central Bank, but Britain remains outside the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). In 2012, weak consumer spending and subdued business investment weighed on the economy, however, in 2013 GDP grew 1.4%, accelerating unexpectedly in the second half of the year because of greater consumer spending and a recovering housing market. The budget deficit is falling but remains high at nearly 7% and public debt has continued to increase

 

Source : CIA

 

 

 


Company name and address

 

J.D. WILLIAMS & COMPANY LIMITED

 

 

Registered Address:                

GRIFFIN HOUSE

40 LEVER STREET

MANCHESTER

M99 1ZU

 

 

Company information

 

Company No:                            00178367

Registered Address:                  GRIFFIN HOUSE

40 LEVER STREET

MANCHESTER

M99 1ZU

 

Trading Address:                       GRIFFIN HOUSE

40 LEVER STREET

MANCHESTER

M99 1ZU

Website Address                       http://www.jdwilliams.co.uk

Telephone Number :                  01612382000

TPS                                          No

FPS                                          No

Incorporation Data                     13.12.1921

Type                                         Private limited with Share Capital

Filing Date of account               29.11.2013

Currency                                   GBP

Share Capital                            Pound 115,218,344

SIC07                                       47910

Activity                                                 Retail sale via mail order houses or via internet

Retailing through direct home shopping


 

DIRECTORS/MANAGEMENT

 

Total Current Directors

11

Total Current Secretaries

1

Total Previous Directors / Company Secretaries

24

 

Current Directors

Name

Nigel Alliance

Date of Birth

28/02/1935

Officers Title

Mr

Nationality

British

Present Appointments

12

Function

Director

Appointment Date

20/12/2012

 

 

Address

55 Carrwood, Hale Barns, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA15 0EN

Other Actions

View Director Report

View Consumer Report

 

Disqualified

 

Disqualified End Date

 

Disqualification Exception

No

 

 

 

 

Name

Alan White

Date of Birth

15/04/1955

Officers Title

Mr

Nationality

British

Present Appointments

34

Function

Director

Appointment Date

02/09/2002

 

 

Address

Orrell House, Ostlers Lane, Mobberley, Cheshire, WA16 7LY

Other Actions

View Director Report

View Consumer Report

 

Disqualified

 

Disqualified End Date

 

Disqualification Exception

No

 

 

 

Name

Dean Moore

Date of Birth

22/10/1957

Officers Title

Mr

Nationality

British

Present Appointments

63

Function

Director

Appointment Date

28/01/2004

 

 

Address

Griffin House, 40 Lever Street, Manchester, M60 6ES

Other Actions

View Director Report

View Consumer Report

 

Disqualified

 

Disqualified End Date

 

Disqualification Exception

No

 

 

 

Name

Neil Angus McGowan

Date of Birth

18/10/1957

Officers Title

Mr

Nationality

British

Present Appointments

3

Function

Director

Appointment Date

12/05/2008

 

 

Address

Griffin House, 40 Lever Street, Manchester, M60 6ES

Other Actions

View Director Report

View Consumer Report

 

Disqualified

 

Disqualified End Date

 

Disqualification Exception

No

 

 

 

 

Name

Paul Robert Kendrick

Date of Birth

31/07/1967

Officers Title

Mr

Nationality

British

Present Appointments

43

Function

Director

Appointment Date

25/02/2008

 

 

Address

Griffin House, 40 Lever Street, Manchester, M60 6ES

Other Actions

View Director Report

View Consumer Report

 

Disqualified

 

Disqualified End Date

 

Disqualification Exception

No

 

 

 

Name

Mark Cheshire

Date of Birth

27/04/1958

Officers Title

Mr

Nationality

British

Present Appointments

2

Function

Director

Appointment Date

13/08/2007

 

 

Address

Griffin House, 40 Lever Street, Manchester, M60 6ES

Other Actions

View Director Report

View Consumer Report

 

Disqualified

 

Disqualified End Date

 

Disqualification Exception

No

 

 

 

Name

Ian Carr

Date of Birth

03/07/1961

Officers Title

Mr

Nationality

British

Present Appointments

3

Function

Director

Appointment Date

13/09/2011

 

 

Address

Griffin House 40 Lever Street, Manchester, M60 6ES

Other Actions

View Director Report

View Consumer Report

 

Disqualified

 

Disqualified End Date

 

Disqualification Exception

No

 

 

 

Name

Linda Elizabeth Quinn

Date of Birth

29/06/1964

Officers Title

Ms

Nationality

British

Present Appointments

1

Function

Director

Appointment Date

01/02/2013

 

 

Address

Griffin House 40 Lever Street, Manchester, M60 6ES

Other Actions

View Director Report

View Consumer Report

 

Disqualified

 

Disqualified End Date

 

Disqualification Exception

No

 

 

 

Name

Jonathan Harry Cecil Fogwill

Date of Birth

29/12/1966

Officers Title

Mr

Nationality

British

Present Appointments

1

Function

Director

Appointment Date

01/02/2013

 

 

Address

Griffin House 40 Lever Street, Manchester, M60 6ES

Other Actions

View Director Report

View Consumer Report

 

Disqualified

 

Disqualified End Date

 

Disqualification Exception

No

 

 

 

Name

Angela Lesley Spindler

Date of Birth

30/08/1962

Officers Title

Ms

Nationality

British

Present Appointments

3

Function

Director

Appointment Date

01/07/2013

 

 

Address

Griffin House, 40 Lever Street, Manchester, M60 6ES

Other Actions

View Director Report

View Consumer Report

 

Disqualified

 

Disqualified End Date

 

Disqualification Exception

No

 

 

 

Name

Caroline Jane Massingham

Date of Birth

07/01/1965

Officers Title

Mrs

Nationality

British

Present Appointments

1

Function

Director

Appointment Date

17/03/2014

 

 

Address

Griffin House 40 Lever Street, Manchester, M60 6ES

Other Actions

View Director Report

View Consumer Report

 

Disqualified

 

Disqualified End Date

 

Disqualification Exception

No

 

 

 

 

Current Company Secretary

 

Name

Peter John Tynan

Date of Birth

05/03/1953

Officers Title

Mr

Nationality

British

Present Appointments

79

Function

Company Secretary

Appointment Date

19/07/1991

 

 

Address

Griffin House, 40 Lever Street, Manchester, M60 6ES

 

 

NEGATIVE INFORMATION

 

CCJ

Total Number of Exact CCJs -

1

Total Value of Exact CCJs -

£1,526

Total Number of Possible CCJs -

0

Total Value of Possible CCJs -

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Total Number of Satisfied CCJs -

0

Total Value of Satisfied CCJs -

../../SCARLET_BACK-UPREPORTS4ECCJDetails.aspx?CompanyNumber=00178367

Total Number of Writs -

-

 

 

 

Date

Court

Amount

Status

Case Number

Date Paid

02/02/2011

IPSWICH

£1,526

Judgement

1UC01102

-

 

Exact CCJ Details

Date

Court

Amount

Status

Case Number

Date Paid

02/02/2011

IPSWICH

£1,526

Judgement

1UC01102

-

 

Possible CCJs Details

There are no possible CCJ details

 

Writ Details

No writs found

SHARE & SHARE CAPITAL INFORMATION

 

Top 20 Shareholders

Name

Currency

Share Count

Share Type

Nominal Value

% of Total Share Count

J D WILLIAMS GROUP LTD

GBP

114,978,264

ORDINARY

1

99.79

J D WILLIAMS GROUP LTD

GBP

120,040

ORDINARY A

1

0.1

J D WILLIAMS GROUP LTD

GBP

120,040

ORDINARY B

1

0.1

 

 

GROUP STRUCTURE & AFFILIATED COMPANIES

 

Statistics

Group

62 companies

Linkages

0 companies

Countries

In 0 countries

 

Summary

Holding Company

J.D. WILLIAMS GROUP LIMITED

Ownership Status

Wholly Owned

Ultimate Holding Company

N BROWN GROUP PLC

 

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Profit & Loss

 

Date Of Accounts

02/03/13

(%)

03/03/12

(%)

26/02/11

(%)

27/02/10

(%)

28/02/09

 

Weeks

52

(%)

53

(%)

52

(%)

52

(%)

52

 

Currency

GBP

(%)

GBP

(%)

GBP

(%)

GBP

(%)

GBP

 

Consolidated A/cs

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

Turnover

£740,563,000

4.6%

£707,896,000

7.7%

£657,515,000

2.7%

£639,964,000

5.3%

£607,537,000

Export

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Cost of Sales

£352,175,000

4.1%

£338,435,000

10.2%

£307,189,000

-1.8%

£312,786,000

8.4%

£288,601,000

Gross Profit

£388,388,000

5.1%

£369,461,000

5.5%

£350,326,000

7.1%

£327,178,000

2.6%

£318,936,000

Wages & Salaries

£75,836,000

4.3%

£72,680,000

13.1%

£64,277,000

-4.9%

£67,563,000

4%

£64,979,000

Directors Emoluments

£2,855,000

-25.8%

£3,850,000

-34.5%

£5,877,000

67.6%

£3,507,000

3.9%

£3,374,000

Operating Profit

£101,988,000

4.2%

£97,902,000

3.2%

£94,863,000

12.1%

£84,620,000

3.3%

£81,926,000

Depreciation

£18,656,000

17.8%

£15,840,000

15.4%

£13,722,000

0.6%

£13,635,000

15.5%

£11,810,000

Audit Fees

£160,000

-

£160,000

6.7%

£150,000

-

£150,000

-

£150,000

Interest Payments

£23,556,000

13.8%

£20,699,000

43.5%

£14,420,000

33.8%

£10,781,000

-68.3%

£34,052,000

Pre Tax Profit

£106,865,000

23.2%

£86,767,000

7.6%

£80,625,000

5.8%

£76,198,000

6.4%

£71,647,000

Taxation

-£22,920,000

-62.1%

-£14,141,000

16.3%

-£16,900,000

17.5%

-£20,474,000

-26%

-£16,244,000

Profit After Tax

£83,945,000

15.6%

£72,626,000

14%

£63,725,000

14.4%

£55,724,000

0.6%

£55,403,000

Dividends Payable

£50,000,000

66.7%

£30,000,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

Retained Profit

£33,945,000

-20.4%

£42,626,000

-33.1%

£63,725,000

14.4%

£55,724,000

0.6%

£55,403,000

 

 

Balance Sheet

 

 

Date Of Accounts

02/03/13

(%)

03/03/12

(%)

26/02/11

(%)

27/02/10

(%)

28/02/09

Tangible Assets

£142,936,000

4.6%

£136,715,000

4.3%

£131,020,000

22.1%

£107,283,000

-2.7%

£110,248,000

Intangible Assets

£1,959,000

1.8%

£1,924,000

1.7%

£1,892,000

84.6%

£1,025,000

216.4%

£324,000

Total Fixed Assets

£144,895,000

4.5%

£138,639,000

4.3%

£132,912,000

22.7%

£108,308,000

-2%

£110,572,000

Stock

£83,913,000

5.6%

£79,486,000

6.9%

£74,346,000

28.8%

£57,744,000

-7%

£62,096,000

Trade Debtors

£520,032,000

5.2%

£494,522,000

6%

£466,414,000

6.5%

£437,968,000

2.7%

£426,337,000

Cash

£77,685,000

11.4%

£69,758,000

36.2%

£51,211,000

17.8%

£43,484,000

-11.6%

£49,203,000

Other Debtors

£51,424,000

-31.1%

£74,642,000

3.1%

£72,386,000

-16.9%

£87,085,000

98.4%

£43,895,000

Miscellaneous Current Assets

0

-

0

-

0

-100%

£2,305,000

-76.3%

£9,744,000

Total Current Assets

£733,054,000

2%

£718,408,000

8.1%

£664,357,000

5.7%

£628,586,000

6.3%

£591,275,000

Trade Creditors

£60,612,000

2.8%

£58,970,000

5%

£56,166,000

22.6%

£45,813,000

-6.4%

£48,963,000

Bank Loans & Overdrafts

0

-

0

-

0

-

0

-

0

Other Short Term Finance

£416,763,000

-3.7%

£432,738,000

-14.9%

£508,520,000

2.7%

£495,129,000

1%

£490,437,000

Miscellaneous Current Liabilities

£54,619,000

3.5%

£52,779,000

-28.4%

£73,695,000

7%

£68,893,000

32.8%

£51,880,000

Total Current Liabilities

£531,994,000

-2.3%

£544,487,000

-14.7%

£638,381,000

4.7%

£609,835,000

3.1%

£591,280,000

Bank Loans & Overdrafts and LTL

£7,100,000

6.8%

£6,647,000

-17.7%

£8,078,000

5.4%

£7,667,000

23.6%

£6,201,000

Other Long Term Finance

0

-

0

-

0

-

0

-

0

Total Long Term Liabilities

£7,100,000

6.8%

£6,647,000

-17.7%

£8,078,000

5.4%

£7,667,000

23.6%

£6,201,000

 

 

Capital & Reserves

 

 

Date Of Accounts

02/03/13

(%)

03/03/12

(%)

26/02/11

(%)

27/02/10

(%)

28/02/09

Called Up Share Capital

£114,978,000

-

£114,978,000

999.9%

£120,000

-

£120,000

-

£120,000

P & L Account Reserve

£223,637,000

17.3%

£190,695,000

26.7%

£150,450,000

26.3%

£119,152,000

14.3%

£104,246,000

Revaluation Reserve

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Sundry Reserves

£240,000

-

£240,000

-

£240,000

100%

£120,000

-

-

Shareholder Funds

£338,855,000

10.8%

£305,913,000

102.8%

£150,810,000

26.3%

£119,392,000

14.4%

£104,366,000

 

 

Other Financial Items

 

 

Date Of Accounts

02/03/13

(%)

03/03/12

(%)

26/02/11

(%)

27/02/10

(%)

28/02/09

Net Worth

£336,896,000

10.8%

£303,989,000

104.1%

£148,918,000

25.8%

£118,367,000

13.8%

£104,042,000

Working Capital

£201,060,000

15.6%

£173,921,000

569.5%

£25,976,000

38.5%

£18,751,000

999.9%

-£5,000

Total Assets

£877,949,000

2.4%

£857,047,000

7.5%

£797,269,000

8.2%

£736,894,000

5%

£701,847,000

Total Liabilities

£539,094,000

-2.2%

£551,134,000

-14.7%

£646,459,000

4.7%

£617,502,000

3.4%

£597,481,000

Net Assets

£338,855,000

10.8%

£305,913,000

102.8%

£150,810,000

26.3%

£119,392,000

14.4%

£104,366,000

 

 

Miscellaneous

 

 

Date Of Accounts

02/03/13

(%)

03/03/12

(%)

26/02/11

(%)

27/02/10

(%)

28/02/09

 

Contingent Liability

YES

-

YES

-

NO

-

NO

-

NO

Capital Employed

£345,955,000

10.7%

£312,560,000

96.7%

£158,888,000

25.1%

£127,059,000

14.9%

£110,567,000

Number of Employees

3190

-0.5%

3207

2.9%

3117

-0.1%

3120

2.8%

3034

 

Auditors

DELOITTE LLP

 

Auditor Comments

The audit report contains no adverse comments

 

Bankers

HSBC BANK PLC

 

Bank Branch Code

 

 


 

Ratios

 

 

Date Of Accounts

02/03/13

03/03/12

26/02/11

27/02/10

28/02/09

Pre-tax profit margin %

14.43

12.26

12.26

11.91

11.79

Current ratio

1.38

1.32

1.04

1.03

1

Sales/Net Working Capital

3.68

4.07

25.31

34.13

-121507.40

Gearing %

2.10

2.20

5.40

6.40

5.90

Equity in %

38.70

35.80

19

16.20

14.90

Creditor Days

29.79

30.90

31.09

26.05

29.33

Debtor Days

255.60

259.17

258.20

249.10

255.43

Liquidity/Acid Test

1.22

1.17

0.92

0.93

0.89

Return On Capital Employed %

30.88

27.76

50.74

59.97

64.79

Return On Total Assets Employed %

12.17

10.12

10.11

10.34

10.20

Current Debt Ratio

1.56

1.77

4.23

5.10

5.66

Total Debt Ratio

1.59

1.80

4.28

5.17

5.72

Stock Turnover Ratio %

11.33

11.22

11.30

9.02

10.22

Return on Net Assets Employed %

31.53

28.36

53.46

63.82

68.64

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Na

 

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

Commentary

CCJ recorded against the company.

 

Sales in the latest trading period increased 4.6% on the previous trading period.

 

Net Worth increased by 10.8% during the latest trading period.

 

 

A 2.4% growth in Total Assets occurred during the latest trading period.

 

Pre-tax profits increased by 23.2% compared to the previous trading period.

 

The company saw an increase in their Cash Balance of 11.4% during the latest trading period.

 

The audit report contains no adverse comments.

 

The company has undergone recent changes in its directorships.

 

The company is part of a group.

 

The company was established over 92 years ago.

 

 

 

Status History

No Status History found

 

Event History

Date

Description

25/03/2014

New Board Member Mrs C.J. Massingham appointed

09/12/2013

New Accounts Filed

09/12/2013

New Accounts Filed

07/11/2013

Mr A. White has left the board

10/08/2013

Annual Returns

30/07/2013

New Board Member Ms A.L. Spindler appointed

23/07/2013

New Board Member Ms A.L. Spindler appointed

28/03/2013

New Board Member Mr N. Alliance appointed

18/02/2013

New Board Member Mr J.H. Fogwill appointed

15/02/2013

New Board Member Ms L.E. Quinn appointed

03/12/2012

New Accounts Filed

10/10/2012

Mr P.N. Short has left the board

28/07/2012

Annual Returns

29/02/2012

Mr J. Hinchcliffe has left the board

18/01/2012

Mr K.J. Risk has left the board

 

 

Previous Company Names

 

No Previous Names found

 

 

NOTES & COMMENTS

 

Na

 


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.59.26

UK Pound

1

Rs.99.63

Euro

1

Rs.80.59

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Analysis Done by :

SUB

 

 

Report Prepared by :

NIS

 

               

RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

 

>86

Aaa

Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest capability for timely payment of interest and principal sums

 

Unlimited

 

71-85

Aa

Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit transaction. It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Large

 

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Fairly Large

 

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

 

Satisfactory

 

26-40

B

Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average.

 

Small

 

11-25

Ca

Adverse factors are apparent. Repayment of interest and principal sums in default or expected to be in default upon maturity

 

Limited with full security

 

<10

C

Absolute credit risk exists. Caution needed to be exercised

 

Credit not recommended

 

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NB

New Business

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This score serves as a reference to assess SC’s credit risk and to set the amount of credit to be extended. It is calculated from a composite of weighted scores obtained from each of the major sections of this report. The assessed factors and their relative weights (as indicated through %) are as follows:

 

Financial condition (40%)            Ownership background (20%)                  Payment record (10%)

Credit history (10%)                   Market trend (10%)                                Operational size (10%)

 

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