C. & J. CLARK INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

Active
Company number 00141015Private limited companyIncorporated 1915

No accounts in digital format (iXBRL) since 2019. Paper or PDF accounts are available at Companies House.

Sector comparison

SIC 47721

Where the company stands among the 1,128 active companies whose first SIC code is 47721 (Retail sale of footwear in specialised stores).

Company age111.3 years
Older than 99% · median 8.0 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. OFFICE HOLDINGS LIMITED£235.8m
  2. C&J CLARK LIMITED£68m
  3. SCHUH LIMITED£48.6m
  4. SHOE ZONE RETAIL LIMITED£45.8m
  5. PAVERS LIMITED£40.9m
  6. FREEDOM SPORTSLINE LIMITED£39.7m
  7. SHOE ZONE PLC£36.1m
  8. B - SPORTING LIMITED£34.6m
  9. R.E. TRICKER HOLDINGS LIMITED£12.3m
  10. TWINMAR INVESTMENTS LIMITED£11.2m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: C. & J. CLARK INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

C. & J. CLARK INTERNATIONAL LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 00141015. It was incorporated on 17 Jul 1915. Its status is active. The registered office is in Somerset (BA16). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is retail sale of footwear in specialised stores (47721).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 1,128 active companies whose first SIC code is 47721: It is older than 99% of them (median age 8.0 years).

Has it received government grants?

It is recorded as the recipient of one central government grant worth £4,658, from Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

What do public registers and reports show?

It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker). HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly footwear, leather goods and bags, plastics. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly footwear, plastics, leather goods and bags. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 51 days to pay suppliers, and 40% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 2.3% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 2 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered. 6 of 12 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 31 Dec 2026. The next confirmation statement is due by 9 Dec 2026.

Government grants

1 grant

C. & J. CLARK INTERNATIONAL LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 1 central government grant, worth £4,658.

Grant
  1. University of Salford and C & J Clark International LimitedDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £4,658 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme 22/23

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Average time taken to pay invoices
51 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
40%
Standard payment terms
0–90 days
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 39%
  • 31 to 60 days 29%
  • After 60 days 32%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Dec 2025
53
43%
0%
30 Jun 2025
50
44%
0%
31 Dec 2024
58
25%
88%
30 Jun 2024
47
41%
32%
31 Dec 2023
46
42%
0%
30 Jun 2023
41
44%
24%
31 Dec 2022
48
39%
28%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 2.3% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 25.6% lower
Median bonus pay
women 46.5% lower
Employer size
1000 to 4999 employees
Lower pay quarter73.4% womenLower middle74.3% womenUpper middle72.2% womenUpper pay quarter59.8% women
Earlier years (7)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 6.1% lower
women 25.7% lower
2023/24
women 2.7% lower
women 25.3% lower
2022/23
women 6.7% lower
women 24.7% lower
2021/22
women 9.7% lower
women 32.5% lower
2020/21
women 27% lower
women 37.5% lower
2018/19
women 5.1% lower
women 23% lower
2017/18
women 4% lower
women 22.7% lower

A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service

Modern slavery statements2
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
2020
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

Sponsor licence‡
Licence type and rating
Worker (A rating)
Routes
Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker

On the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, which lists organisations licensed to sponsor workers from overseas.

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: footwear, leather goods and bags, plastics, wood and furniture and lighting.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 6 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: footwear, plastics, leather goods and bags and other vegetable fibres.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

3 events
  1. Financial year endedAccounts filed at Companies House
  2. C&J Clark (Holdings) Limited registered as a person with significant control
  3. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.