JOHN SHEPPARD BUTCHERS LIMITED
Company number 02727662 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
John Sheppard Butchers Limited is a rapidly growing wholesale butcher with impressive revenue growth (tripling to £25.3M over four years) and consistent profitability, but it carries significant financial risk from dangerously low cash reserves (£41K on £25.3M turnover) and high leverage (liabilities nearly 4x equity). The business is operationally sound but financially stretched — performing well under normal conditions but vulnerable to any disruption. Immediate priority should be strengthening the cash position and reducing dependency on trade creditors to fund growth.
Shareholders' funds
£1,763,931
Balance sheet as at 2025-06-30
What it does
a wholesale butchers.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1992-07-01
- Employees
- 111 (2025 accounts · was 107 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Unit 5,6 & 7 Ashley Parade, Bristol, England, BS2 9XS
- Postcode
- BS2 9XS
- Capital
- 10 GBP
- Accounts category
- Medium
- Charges
- 4 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-06-30
- Next due by
- 2027-03-31
- Financial year end
- 30 June
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-05
- Next due by
- 2027-08-19
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46320 Wholesale of meat and meat products
Officers 4 current · 3 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by JSB COMPANIES LIMITED — since 2016-08-11
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 3
£49,302,048 total awarded value where published.
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Contact details
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| UNIT 6, ASHLEY TRADING ESTATE, ASHLEY PARADE, BRISTOL, BS2 9XS | 2019-11-07 |
| WATERLOO HOUSE, WATERLOO STREET, CLIFTON, BRISTOL BS8 4BT | 2004-10-13 |
| WATERLOO HOUSE, WATERLOO STREET, CLIFFORD, BRISTOL BS8 4BT | 1994-07-19 |
| 19 ORCHARD ST, BRISTOL, AVON, BS1 5EG | 1994-07-03 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 17 similar companies in BS
The largest employer among its local peers (111 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1992.
Competitors Bristol
This company ranks 2 among wholesale of meat and meat products in Bristol.
The class of 1992
49%
of the 21,839 companies incorporated in 1992 are still active today; 46% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2015-03-25
- Where
- City Of Bristol
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BL138310 | City Of Bristol | Leasehold | 2015-03-25 | — |
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