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James Cropper Public Limited Company

Active 136 years old · 35th oldest PLC on the register · incorporated in the 1880s

Company number00030226
StatusActive
Incorporated29/11/1889
Accounts last made up to28/03/2026
Next accounts due30/09/2027
Accounts typeGROUP
Legal Entity Identifier5493000GDTXYFB2UZ515

Registered office

BURNESIDE MILLS, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 6PZ

Online

Website jamescropper.com

News and announcements on their own site

Social accounts Facebook, Instagram, YouTube

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Filing history

This company has 291 documents on its Companies House record. The most recent accounts were filed on 14/08/2026. Its last confirmation statement or annual return was filed on 23/07/2026.

Filings: officer changes32
Filings: share capital25
Filings: accounts13
Filings: confirmation statements11
Filings: resolutions11
Filings: address changes3

The most recent filings

Group accounts 14/08/2026
Confirmation statement 23/07/2026
Group accounts 19/12/2025
Group accounts 19/09/2025
Resolution filed 15/09/2025
Director resigned 04/09/2025
Confirmation statement 18/08/2025
Director's details changed 15/04/2025
Director resigned 04/04/2025
Director resigned 12/02/2025

This is the list of documents filed, not their contents. A line saying accounts were filed records that they were filed and when; it says nothing about turnover, profit or assets, which are inside the documents themselves and are not published here. Read the filings on the Companies House record.

Who runs it

The register lists 7 current officers and 27 who have resigned.

Matthew Adam Ratcliffe Secretaryappointed 26/09/2023
Martin Lindsay Court Directorappointed 09/11/2021
Mark Alexander James Cropper Directorappointed 25/10/2006
Andrew John Goody Directorappointed 27/11/2023
Lyndsey Jane Scott Directorappointed 01/08/2019
David Burns Stirling Directorappointed 03/02/2025
Jonathan Mark Yeung Directorappointed 04/09/2024

Who controls it

The register shows no current person or entity with significant control for this company.

Charges

A charge is security a company gives a lender over its assets. This company has 4 registered charges, of which 0 are not yet recorded as satisfied.

Debenture
Barclays Bank PLC
Fully satisfied, created 07/05/1985
Legal charge
Midland Mintagu Leasing Limited
Fully satisfied, created 14/03/1985
Legal charge
Forward Trust Limited
Fully satisfied, created 27/02/1985
Memorandum of deposit of title deeds.
Martins Bank LTD
Fully satisfied, created 18/03/1967

Officers, controllers and charges are as recorded on the Companies House register on 13/10/2026, and the register changes daily. Appearing here is not an allegation about anyone. Read the current record on the Companies House record.

What it does

  • 17120 - Manufacture of paper and paperboard

This page is compiled from the public register. Companies House does not verify the information filed with it, so treat everything here as what the company reported rather than as established fact. For filings, officers and charges, see the official Companies House record.

Registered office

No other PLC on the register gives this postcode.

On the register

  • 35th oldest of 4,506 PLCs
  • One of the 1880s cohort
  • Not in liquidation or facing strike off

There are 4,506 PLCs in Britain, under a tenth of one per cent of the register. The whole count.

Register data as at 2026-09-01 Download the full register (CSV)