{"name":"J H LORIMER LIMITED","company_number":"00471436","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1949-07-30","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"Unit B2 Ullswater Crescent, Ullswater Industrial Estate, Coulsdon, Surrey, CR5 2HR","postcode":"CR5 2HR","sic_codes":[{"code":47190,"description":"Other retail sale in non-specialised stores"},{"code":47620,"description":"Retail sale of newspapers and stationery in specialised stores"}],"principal_activity":null,"previous_names":[],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Small","year_end":"31 March","last_made_up_to":"2026-03-31","next_due":"2027-12-31"},"employees":{"count":46,"accounts_date":"2026-03-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2026-03-31","profit_loss":50558,"net_assets":10022123,"cash":727936,"average_employees":46},{"financial_date":"2025-03-31","profit_loss":61253,"net_assets":13420793,"cash":432632,"average_employees":50}],"officers":{"current":7,"resigned":8,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":18,"outstanding":14},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"J H Lorimer Limited is a long-established retail business with a strong asset-backed balance sheet of £10.0M net assets, predominantly freehold property, and virtually no external debt. However, the extraction of £3.45M in dividends against profits of only £50,558 in FY2026 — facilitated by the settlement of a £5.0M debtor balance — represents aggressive shareholder value extraction that has reduced working capital by 91% and eroded equity by 25%. A credit facility is supportable on a secured basis against the substantial property assets, but should be conditional on dividend covenants, independent property valuation, and provision of full statutory accounts with profit and loss disclosure.","website":null,"links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/j-h-lorimer","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/j-h-lorimer/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/j-h-lorimer/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00471436","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/j-h-lorimer/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/j-h-lorimer/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/j-h-lorimer/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/j-h-lorimer/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/j-h-lorimer"}