J & A (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED
Company number 01567572 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
J & A (International) Limited occupies a defensible niche position in garment decoration manufacturing for industrial workwear and rental markets, supported by a fortress balance sheet with £4.15M cash and minimal leverage that provides significant strategic optionality. However, the 2025 financial trajectory—9% revenue decline and 24.6% profit contraction—signals that the company's cost structure and market positioning require recalibration to convert its operational strengths into sustained growth. The critical strategic imperative is to leverage its cash reserves and technological capabilities toward export expansion and product adjacencies before competitive pressures and market cyclicality further erode the asset base that underpins its competitive position.
Shareholders' funds
£8,686,117
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of the manufacture of garment decoration products for use in the industrial workwear and rental industries. The company also provides a variety of products and services which complement the main activity.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1981-06-11
- Employees
- 115 (2025 accounts · was 123 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Insignia House, Vale Road Spilsby, Lincolnshire, PE23 5HE
- Postcode
- PE23 5HE
- Capital
- 90,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Medium
- Charges
- 6 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-10-19
- Next due by
- 2026-11-02
Nature of business (SIC)
- 32990 Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified
Officers 8 current · 14 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by J & A (INTERNATIONAL) HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2017-02-28
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| J & A EUROPE LIMITED | 1989-01-26 |
| FARODEL LIMITED | 1981-12-31 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 226 similar companies in PE
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (115 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1981.
No.5 of the largest other manufacturing not elsewhere classified companies in Peterborough →
Competitors Peterborough
This company ranks 5 among other manufacturing not elsewhere classified in Peterborough.
The class of 1981
65%
of the 14,493 companies incorporated in 1981 are still active today; 29% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 7 titles
- Freehold
- 7
- Most recent registration
- 2024-07-18
- Where
- Lincolnshire (7)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LL194519 | Lincolnshire | Freehold | 2024-07-18 | — |
| LL304298 | Lincolnshire | Freehold | 2024-07-18 | — |
| LL245702 | Lincolnshire | Freehold | 2019-05-09 | — |
| LL304687 | Lincolnshire | Freehold | 2019-02-28 | — |
| LL114931 | Lincolnshire | Freehold | 2018-06-19 | — |
| LL200733 | Lincolnshire | Freehold | 2003-08-08 | — |
| LL203039 | Lincolnshire | Freehold | 2001-09-05 | — |
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