JOHN COTTON GROUP LIMITED

NO 1 PARK ROW, LEEDS, LS1 5AB

Company Number: 00273492
Incorporation date: 01-Mar-1933
Status: Active
Entity type: Private Limited Company

SIC codes:
13950 Manufacture of non-wovens and articles made from non-wovens, except apparel

SUMMARY

This company is 91.7 years old and is currently active. It is controlled by multiple entities. The company has positive equity (net assets) of GBP 79.5 million which has increased from GBP 73.1 million in the previous year. The latest reported revenue figure is GBP 217.3 million which is similar to the previous year's figure of GBP 208.7 million. The company has 7 active officers (directors or partners) who are or were officers of 39 other companies, 10 (25.6%) of which have since been dissolved or are proposed for strike off. The company has no public disputes filed on the Business Disputes Register. There is one court case involving the company that we are aware of.

FINANCIALS (BETA)

Next accounts due: 30-Nov-2024
Accounts Filed: GROUP (26-Feb-2023)

P&L Financials:

Year end	Currency	Revenue	Operating profit	Interest Received	Interest Paid	Tax	Net Profit GBP
03-Mar-2019	GBP	217,342,000	11,586,000	33,000	41,000	2,344,000	9,234,000
25-Feb-2018	GBP	208,663,000	9,083,000	14,000	75,000	1,961,000	7,269,000
26-Feb-2017	GBP	180,509,000	13,404,000	25,000	65,000	3,093,000	11,696,000
28-Feb-2016	GBP	171,852,000	14,962,000	31,000	13,000	3,024,000	11,895,000
01-Mar-2015	GBP	160,506,000	9,884,000	37,000	39,000	2,183,000	7,789,000
02-Mar-2014	GBP	137,713,000	6,987,000	86,000	32,000	1,633,000	5,423,000
03-Mar-2013	GBP	126,906,000	6,959,000	72,000	56,000	2,004,000	4,943,000
26-Feb-2012	GBP	121,612,000	2,367,000	27,000	66,000	741,000	1,603,000
27-Feb-2011	GBP	412,171,000	3,782,000	44,000	144,000	944,000	2,678,000
28-Feb-2010	GBP	98,591,000	7,706,000	94,000	92,000	2,210,000	5,401,000
01-Mar-2009	GBP	92,661,000	4,494,000	311,000	37,000	1,550,000	3,302,000
02-Mar-2008	GBP	92,589,000	5,318,000	513,000	60,000	1,640,000	4,131,000

Balance Sheet Financials:

Year end	Currency	Cash	Current Liabilities	Debt	Share Capital	Premium Reserve	Retained Earnings	Net Assets
03-Mar-2019	GBP	18,776,000	44,824,000		251,000	437,000	77,916,000	79,463,000
25-Feb-2018	GBP	17,826,000	45,598,000		251,000	437,000	71,513,000	73,060,000
26-Feb-2017	GBP	26,438,000	41,354,000		251,000	437,000	63,169,000	64,716,000
28-Feb-2016	GBP	18,997,000	41,592,000		251,000	437,000	55,094,000	56,641,000
01-Mar-2015	GBP	21,589,000	36,220,000	1,101,000	251,000	437,000	44,983,000	46,530,000
02-Mar-2014	GBP	16,197,000	30,854,000	1,101,000	251,000	437,000	40,453,000	42,000,000
03-Mar-2013	GBP	17,205,000	28,898,000	1,101,000	251,000	437,000	37,530,000	39,077,000
26-Feb-2012	GBP	10,944,000	26,674,000	1,101,000	251,000	437,000	32,684,000	34,231,000
27-Feb-2011	GBP	9,328,000	31,223,000	1,101,000	251,000	437,000	32,026,000	33,573,000
28-Feb-2010	GBP	13,778,000	22,315,000	1,101,000	251,000	437,000	34,835,000	36,382,000
01-Mar-2009	GBP	12,727,000	24,311,000	1,101,000	251,000	437,000	31,608,000	33,155,000
02-Mar-2008	GBP	9,892,000	21,921,000	1,101,000	251,000	437,000	31,000,000	32,547,000

VALUATION EVENTS (BETA)

Year end	Currency	% Equity	Sum raised	Pre-Money Valuation*	Post-Money Valuation*	Enterprise Value**

Insufficient available data for calculating valuations.

DISPUTES

No disputes filed on www.disputesregister.org

COMPANY SECRETARY

Status	Name	Appointed on	Resigned on	Occupation	Nationality	All apointments (active/resigned)
Active	Stephen George SWALWELL	01 Nov 2000	15 Oct 2024		British	28 - 10
Resigned	David Michael MEIN		01 Nov 2000		British	0 - 51

DIRECTORS

Status	Name	Appointed on	Resigned on	Occupation	Nationality	All appointments (active/resigned)	Dissolved companies (rate)
Active	David Keith CRUDDOS	19 Dec 2018		Company Director	British	1 - 1	1 (50.0%)
Resigned	Fiona Catherine GUNN	01 May 2018	31 Oct 2018	Non Executive Director	British	5 - 3	1 (12.5%)
Active	Jonathan Paul Fenton HURST	24 Apr 2018		Non Executive Director	British	1 - 0	0 (0.0%)
Active	Nicholas John COTTON	17 Dec 2015		Company Director	British	3 - 10	5 (38.5%)
Resigned	Andrew Heriot STARKEY	17 Dec 2012	31 Mar 2014	Company Director	British	0 - 3	0 (0.0%)
Active	Nicholas Hugh MANNING	19 Sep 2011		Finance Director	British	3 - 14	9 (52.9%)
Resigned	Graham Edward FROST	25 Apr 2007	29 Feb 2016	Company Director	British	0 - 25	15 (60.0%)
Active	Mark Adrian COTTON	23 Apr 1999		Managing Director	British	7 - 2	1 (11.1%)
Resigned	Stephen Hedley WARD	19 Dec 1996	19 Jul 2001	Managing Director	British	1 - 20	7 (33.3%)
Resigned	Anthony Ernest GRANT	19 Dec 1996	31 Dec 2018	Company Director	British	0 - 22	10 (45.5%)
Resigned	David Michael MEIN	19 Dec 1996	04 Apr 2011	Company Director	British	0 - 51	2 (3.9%)
Resigned	Nicholas John COTTON	19 Dec 1996	08 Oct 2004	Company Director	British	3 - 10	5 (38.5%)
Active	John Dawson COTTON	23 Feb 1990		Chairman	British	28 - 3	3 (9.7%)
Resigned	John Pickard BURNLEY		19 Dec 1996	Solicitor	British	0 - 5	1 (20.0%)
Active	Barbara COTTON			Director	German	2 - 0	0 (0.0%)
Active	John Dawson COTTON			Chairman	British	28 - 3	3 (9.7%)

Number of active directors: 8
Average tenure of active directors: 11.8 years
Average tenure of resigned directors: 7.4 years
Average active director Dissolution Rate: 21.5%

DIRECTOR APPOINTMENTS IN OTHER COMPANIES

Name	David Keith CRUDDOS	Jonathan Paul Fenton HURST	Nicholas John COTTON	Nicholas Hugh MANNING	Mark Adrian COTTON	John Dawson COTTON	Barbara COTTON	John Dawson COTTON
TYNESIDE FLOCK COMPANY,LIMITED(THE) (00137451) - Active						✔		✔
CARR HAULAGE COMPANY LIMITED (00171080) - Active						✔		✔
JOHN COTTON GROUP LIMITED (00273492) - Active	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
LEAR CORPORATION UK INTERIOR SYSTEMS LIMITED (00373268) - Liquidation						✔		✔
PENNEYS TRANSPORT CO. LIMITED (00387213) - Active						✔		✔
HOLLINGSWORTH BROS.,LIMITED (00446530) - Active						✔		✔
SCHOFIELD (FELTS) LIMITED (00647094) - Active						✔		✔
PREFABRICATED FELTS LIMITED (00655518) - Active						✔		✔
GRANDROVER LIMITED (00776946) - Active						✔		✔
JOHN COTTON FIBRES LTD. (00795152) - Active						✔		✔
STANLEY A.BROWN LIMITED (00835372) - Active						✔		✔
JOHN COTTON PLASTICS LIMITED (00862685) - Dissolved						✔		✔
BRIDGE INN LIMITED (00938867) - Active						✔	✔	✔
SNGL REALISATIONS (2011) LIMITED (00971583) - Liquidation	✔
SNUGGLEDOWN OF NORWAY(UK)LIMITED (00987104) - Active					✔
ALEXANDRA BEDCOVERS LIMITED (01284355) - Active						✔		✔
R.M. TRUSCOTT LIMITED (01382928) - Active						✔		✔
SNUGGLEDOWN LIMITED (02347376) - Active					✔
NORTHERN TEXTILES PLC (02384536) - Active			✔	✔
NORTHERN FEATHER (HOME FURNISHINGS) LIMITED (02589899) - Active			✔	✔
COOPER PENSIONS LIMITED (02717088) - Active				✔
EATON ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS LIMITED (03012749) - Active				✔
RSL NO.3 LIMITED (03439377) - Active - Proposal to Strike off						✔		✔
ONEBUILD LIMITED (03453732) - Active					✔
101/103 EATON PLACE FREEHOLD LIMITED (03602873) - Active					✔
JCLB LIMITED (03861804) - Active					✔
BENEV LIMITED (04288078) - Dissolved			✔
GKO LIMITED (04321822) - Active			✔		✔
CLARITY LIGHTING LTD (04834731) - Dissolved				✔
FUTUREHOLD DEVELOPMENT LIMITED (05304157) - Active			✔
THE WEALTH ENHANCEMENT FORUM LIMITED (05307365) - Dissolved			✔
LED STORM LIMITED (05377224) - Dissolved				✔
EMERGING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LIMITED (05640985) - Active			✔
WORLD CLASS INVESTORS LIMITED (06881162) - Dissolved			✔
MOBICART LIMITED (07271884) - Dissolved			✔
DATATIZE LTD (07728225) - Dissolved			✔
SECONDTOUR LIMITED (07992592) - Active					✔
KOZEE PLACE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED (09899206) - Active				✔
M. FERRAR & SONS (GLASGOW) LIMITED (SC036274) - Active						✔		✔
TEXTILE WASTES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED (SC078468) - Active						✔		✔

SHAREHOLDERS (BETA)

Shareholder name	Share class	Shares at confirmation date
Shareholder name	Share class	2018-12-18	2015-12-18	2014-12-18	2013-12-18	2012-12-18
JOHN DAWSON COTTON	ORDINARY	943,342 37.6%	943,342 37.6%	943,342 37.6%	943,342 37.6%	943,342 37.6%
MARK ADRIAN COTTON	ORDINARY	931,448 37.2%	931,448 37.2%	931,448 37.2%	931,448 37.2%	931,448 37.2%
ABACUS TRUST COMPANY LIMITED	ORDINARY	400,000 16.0%	0 0%	0 0%	0 0%	0 0%
ANNABEL COTTON	ORDINARY	215,238 8.58%	215,238 8.58%	215,238 8.58%	215,238 8.58%	215,238 8.58%
HAZEL PAXTON	ORDINARY	17,191 0.686%	17,191 0.686%	17,191 0.686%	17,191 0.686%	17,191 0.686%
PROTEC TRUST MANAGEMENT	ORDINARY	0 0%	400,000 16.0%	0 0%	0 0%	0 0%
PETER UHLMANN	ORDINARY	0 0%	0 0%	400,000 16.0%	0 0%	400,000 16.0%
JOHN DAWSON COTTON	ORDINARY	0 0%	0 0%	0 0%	400,000 16.0%	0 0%

SHAREHOLDINGS (BETA)

Company name	Share class	Shares at confimation date
Company name	Share class	2016-06-29	2015-11-13	2015-06-29	2014-11-13	2014-06-29
JOHN COTTON GROUP LIMITED	ORDINARY	3,000 100%	1,000 100%	3,000 100%	1,000 100%	3,000 100%

CONTROLLED COMPANIES / CONTROLLING ENTITIES

50%-75%:Mr John Dawson Cotton - active
25-50%:Mr Mark Adrian Cotton - active

Controlling entities above

JOHN COTTON GROUP LIMITED

no controlled companies

LATE PAYMENTS REPORT

Start date	End date	Average days to pay	% invoices paid over 60 days	% invoices not paid within agreed terms	Gov.uk report
2024-03-01	2024-08-30	75	36%	20%	89854
2023-09-01	2024-02-29	73	37%	22%	82738
2023-03-01	2023-08-31	73	36%	22%	75920
2022-09-01	2023-02-28	69	33%	22%	69544
2022-03-01	2022-08-31	70	34%	23%	63015
2021-09-01	2022-02-28	75	40%	25%	56729
2021-03-01	2021-08-31	75	42%	22%	49905
2020-09-01	2021-02-28	73	49%	31%	43307
2020-03-01	2020-08-31	81	46%	31%	36462
2019-09-01	2020-02-29	73	42%	31%	29655
2019-03-01	2019-08-31	77	42%	29%	21912
2018-09-01	2019-02-28	83	46%	30%	14152
2018-03-01	2018-08-31	83	45%	17%	6952

COURT CASES

Date	Title	Reference	Subject
2018-08-01	Miss C Haydock v John Cotton Group Ltd T/a Snuggledown	[2018] UKET 2404450/2018	Breach of Contract

PATENTS

Title	Date filed	Status	Publication number
A mattress or mattress topper	2017-06-19	Granted	GB2549634
Pillow support unit	2016-06-27	Pending if pre publication date, "Application Published" if publication date is today or in the past	GB2551717
Treatment of post-consumer bales	2015-07-05	Awaiting First Examination	GB2541362
Insulator pads	2013-09-20	Granted	GB2519509
Fibres	2013-08-01	Awaiting First Examination	GB2516859
A padding layer	2011-09-20	Granted	GB2498302
Artificial snow material for decorative use	2009-01-28	Terminated	GB2467311
Insulating batt with multidirectional tearability	2008-07-02	Granted	GB2461541
Thermal Insulation Materials	2007-04-26	Ceased	GB2448659
Packaging and packaging method for duvets	2004-09-15	Ceased	GB2418192
An ignition resistant layer for upholstery fillings	2003-10-14	Granted	GB2396360
Two layer filling for bed mattresses and upholstery	2003-09-08	Granted	GB2405646
Multilayered bed clothing	2002-01-31	Terminated	GB2384702
Fire resistant bed mattress filling material	2001-11-02	Granted	GB2369127

COMPETITORS

(Based on Sic code: 13950 Manufacture of non-wovens and articles made from non-wovens, except apparel)

Company	Registered Address	Company Number	YE Date	Revenue GBP	Net Profit GBP	Other SIC codes
NICE-PAK INTERNATIONAL LIMITED	ABER PARK, ABER ROAD, FLINT, CLWYD ,, CH6 5EX	02119397	2017-12-31	230,397,589	3,628,121
JOHN COTTON GROUP LIMITED	NO 1 PARK ROW, LEEDS, LS1 5AB	00273492	2018-02-25	208,663,000	7,269,000
BFF NONWOVENS LIMITED	BFF BUSINESS PARK, BATH ROAD, BRIDGWATER, SOMERSET, TA6 4NZ	04573423	2018-03-31	15,700,711	0
LANTOR (UK) LIMITED	SUNNYSIDE BUSINESS CENTRE, ADELAIDE STREET, BOLTON, ENGLAND, BL3 3NY	04180283	2018-03-31	6,320,093	0	13960-Manufacture of other technical and industrial textiles
ALLUPS LIMITED	60 QUEENS WALK, RUISLIP, MIDDLESEX, HA4 0LU	08305919	2018-11-24	0	0	38110-Collection of non-hazardous waste

LIQUIDATION RISK (BETA)

This company is Active. Statistically, Active companies have a low probability of being liquidated within a year.
Here are our probability predictions:

Basis	Liquidation within 3 months	Liquidation within 6 months	Liquidation within 12 months	Prediction confidence
JOHN COTTON GROUP LIMITED	0.7%	3.6%	7.1%	Medium
Other companies Active in the same sector	Too few competitors


Age	0.6%	1.7%	2.7%	Medium
Company Type	0.7%	3.7%	7.4%	Medium
Accounts category	0.6%	1.5%	2.5%	Medium
Accounting Month	0.5%	2.1%	5.6%	Medium
Sic code count	0.7%	3.5%	7.0%	Medium