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Site preparation · Preston, Lancashire

J.L.C. Groundworks

J.L.C. Groundworks Limited

ActiveLatest figures: 2025Company only30 years on the register

Private limited company registered in Preston, classed under “Site preparation”.

Headline figures

FY to May 2025 · Company only

Turnover

For subscribers

Profit after tax

£1.33m

Net assets

For subscribers

Cash

For subscribers

Employees

For subscribers

Retained reserves

For subscribers

What the numbers say

4 findings from the figures, in plain English

Written by rules from the figures on this page. Not a forecast or a credit opinion.

History

Pro
£20212022202320242025
Profit after tax£1.33m
Turnover
Net assets
Cash
Employees
Retained reserves
Dividends paid

Every figure for all 5 years

“—” means we did not find the figure in a source; it is never filled with an estimate.

Balance sheet and ratios

From the filed balance sheets · £

Balance sheet2022202320242025
Fixed assets
Current assets
of which debtors
of which cash
Creditors due within a year
Net current assets
Net assets
Ratios
Profit marginProfit after tax as a share of turnover
Return on equityProfit after tax as a share of net assets
Dividends to profitDividends paid as a share of profit after tax, in a year with a profit
Current ratioCurrent assets for every £1 owed within a year
Cash ratioCash for every £1 owed within a year
Creditors to assetsEverything owed to creditors as a share of fixed plus current assets
Turnover per employeeTurnover divided by average staff
Debtor daysDays of turnover owed by customers at the year end

7 balance-sheet lines and 8 ratios, every year

A ratio appears only for years where every line it needs was filed. Lines are as tagged in the accounts; nothing is added up or estimated.

Timeline

Checked 2026-10-22

  1. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 31 May 2025
  2. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 31 May 2024
  3. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 31 May 2023
  4. Directors
    Director's details changed for Mr Paul Brown on 17 March 2023
  5. Ownership
    Cessation of J.L.C. Groundworks (Holdings)Limited as a person with significant control on 4 March 2019
  6. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 31 May 2022
  7. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 31 May 2021
  8. Ownership
    Notification of J.L.C. Groundworks (Holdings) Limited as a person with significant control on 4 March 2019
  9. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 31 May 2020
  10. Directors
    Director's details changed for Mr Paul Brown on 13 January 2020
  11. Accounts
    Total exemption full accounts made up to 31 May 2019
  12. Ownership
    Cessation of John Leslie Cookson as a person with significant control on 4 March 2019
  13. 24 earlier
    1. Ownership
      Cessation of Sheila Margaret Cookson as a person with significant control on 4 March 2019
    2. Ownership
      Notification of J.L.C. Groundworks (Holdings)Limited as a person with significant control on 4 March 2019
    3. Accounts
      Total exemption full accounts made up to 31 May 2018
    4. Charges
      Satisfaction of charge 2 in full
    5. Charges
      Satisfaction of charge 1 in full
    6. Accounts
      Total exemption full accounts made up to 31 May 2017
    7. Address
      Register(s) moved to registered inspection location (and 1 more like it since 29 January 2010)
    8. Address
      Register inspection address has been changed (and 1 more like it since 29 January 2010)
    9. Accounts
      Total exemption small company accounts made up to 31 May 2016
    10. Accounts
      Total exemption small company accounts made up to 31 May 2015
    11. Shares
      Particulars of variation of rights attached to shares
    12. Shares
      Change of share class name or designation
    13. Filing
      Resolutions (and 1 more like it since 18 November 1997)
    14. Accounts
      Total exemption small company accounts made up to 31 May 2014
    15. Directors
      Director's details changed for Paul Brown on 5 December 2014
    16. Accounts
      Total exemption small company accounts made up to 31 May 2013
    17. Directors
      Appointment of Paul Brown as a director
    18. Accounts
      Total exemption small company accounts made up to 31 May 2012
    19. Accounts
      Total exemption small company accounts made up to 31 May 2011
    20. Accounts
      Total exemption small company accounts made up to 31 May 2010
    21. Accounts
      Total exemption small company accounts made up to 31 May 2009
    22. Directors
      Director's details changed for John Leslie Cookson on 1 October 2009
    23. Directors
      Director's details changed for Sheila Margaret Cookson on 1 October 2009
    24. Accounts
      Total exemption small company accounts made up to 31 May 2008

From the Companies House filing history. Routine confirmation statements are left out, and a run of the same filing is shown once.

Questions people ask

›What does J.L.C. Groundworks do?

Private limited company registered in Preston, classed under “Site preparation”.

›How much turnover does J.L.C. Groundworks make?

Answered in the full report

›Is J.L.C. Groundworks profitable?

Yes: it made a profit after tax of £1.33m in the year to 31 May 2025, its latest filed accounts.

›How many people work at J.L.C. Groundworks?

Answered in the full report

›Who runs and owns J.L.C. Groundworks?

Its directors are Sheila Margaret Cookson, Paul Brown, John Leslie Cookson, Sheila Margaret Cookson. Its owners are shown to subscribers.

›Where is J.L.C. Groundworks based?

Its registered office is The Boat House Blackpool Road, St Michaels, Preston, Lancashire, PR3 0NB, in Preston, Lancashire.

›When was J.L.C. Groundworks founded?

J.L.C. Groundworks Limited was incorporated on 24 January 1996.

›Is J.L.C. Groundworks still trading?

The register lists J.L.C. Groundworks Limited as active.

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