J & A INNS LTD
Company number SC436211 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
J & A Inns operates in a challenging segment of the Scottish licensed trade, with consistent net asset erosion over three years suggesting underlying trading difficulties masked only by strategic refinancing. While the freehold property and brewery relationship provide structural advantages, the working capital deficit and high gearing create significant vulnerability to further cost inflation or demand softening. The business survives through creditor confidence and banking support rather than operational profitability — a position that becomes increasingly precarious in the current interest rate environment.
Shareholders' funds
£41,340
Balance sheet as at 2025-11-30
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2012-11-06
- Employees
- 31 (2025 accounts · was 33 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Unit 5 Gateway Business Park, Beancross Road, Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, FK3 8WX
- Postcode
- FK3 8WX
- Capital
- 150 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-11-30
- Next due by
- 2027-08-31
- Financial year end
- 30 November
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-12-13
- Next due by
- 2026-12-27
Nature of business (SIC)
- 56101 Licenced restaurants
Officers 1 current · 3 resigned
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| UNIT 3 GATEWAY BUSINESS PARK, BEANCROSS ROAD, GRANGEMOUTH, STIRLINGSHIRE, FK3 8WX, SCOTLAND | 2013-11-29 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 76 similar companies in FK
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (31 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2012.
No.17 of the largest licenced restaurants companies in Stirling →
Competitors Stirling
This company ranks 17 among licenced restaurants in Stirling.
The class of 2012
14%
of the 4,061 companies in this sector incorporated in 2012 are still active today; 81% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.