JDR CABLE SYSTEMS LIMITED
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† JDR CABLE SYSTEMS LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.
Ratios
2025Sector comparison
SIC 27120Where the company stands among the 628 active companies whose first SIC code is 27120 (Manufacture of electricity distribution and control apparatus).
- GE VERNOVA ENERGY UK LIMITED£515.5m
- LUCY GROUP LTD£430.9m
- ABB LIMITED£151.7m
- JDR CABLE SYSTEMS LIMITED£131.4m
- POWELL (UK) LIMITED£33.9m
- CMP PRODUCTS LIMITED£29.4m
- MORSON PROJECTS LIMITED£27.7m
- BLAKLEY ELECTRICS LIMITED£18.1m
- PX MANUFACTURING LTD£16m
- CARLING TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED£12.9m
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, so those groups are smaller than 628. The line on each bar marks the median.
Summary: JDR CABLE SYSTEMS LIMITED
What kind of company is it?
JDR CABLE SYSTEMS LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number SC186794. It was incorporated on 15 Jun 1998. Its status is active. The registered office is in Edinburgh (EH3). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of electricity distribution and control apparatus (27120), manufacture of other electronic and electric wires and cables (27320), other manufacturing n.e.c. (32990), activities of head offices (70100).
How is the company doing financially?
The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £157,931,000. Loss for the year was £335,000. Net assets were £131,372,000, up 42.1% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £16,560,000. Total assets were £381,082,000 and total liabilities £157,444,000. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024–2025).
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 628 active companies whose first SIC code is 27120: By turnover it ranks higher than 93% of the 39 that publish turnover (median £14,065,001). By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £104,545). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £395,371). By cash it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £222,919). It is older than 82% of them (median age 10.2 years).
Has it received government grants?
It is recorded as the recipient of 5 central government grants worth £15.4m, mainly 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, Global Business Mobility: Service Supplier, Skilled Worker). HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly plastics, iron and steel articles, machinery. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly iron and steel articles, electrical equipment, tools and cutlery. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 35 days to pay suppliers, and 80% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 16% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 4 years.
Who runs and controls the company?
One person with significant control is registered. 4 of 16 registered charges are outstanding.
When are its next filings due?
The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 7 Sep 2027.
Filed accounts2024–2025
| 2024 † | 2025 † | |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | 142,152,000 | 157,931,000 |
| Profit for the year | 4,684,000 | -335,000 |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 19,518,000 | 16,560,000 |
| Total assets | 301,465,000 | 381,082,000 |
| Total liabilities | 112,522,000 | 157,444,000 |
| Net assets / total equity | 92,447,000 | 131,372,000 |
A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.
Government grants
5 grantsJDR CABLE SYSTEMS LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 5 central government grants since 2020, together worth £15.4m.
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- 2 grants · £15.4m
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- 1 grant · £13k
- Department for Education
- 2 grants · £6,000
- BEIS-OWMIS_4Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £14,000,000 · Offshore Wind Manufacturing Investment Scheme ('OWMIS')
- JDRDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £1,393,215 · Floating Offshore Wind Demonstration Programme
- JDRDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero · £13,000 · Floating Offshore Wind Demonstration Programme
- Apprenticeships Participation 16 - 18Department for Education · £3,000
- Apprenticeships Participation 18+Department for Education · £3,000
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
- Average time taken to pay invoices
- 35 days
- Invoices not paid within agreed terms
- 80%
- Standard payment terms
- 30–90 days
- Member of a payment code
- No
- Within 30 days 43%
- 31 to 60 days 44%
- After 60 days 13%
Earlier periods (7)
- Period ending
- Days to pay
- Within 30 days
- Late
- 31 Dec 2025
- 50
- 25%
- 95%
- 30 Jun 2025
- 54
- 17%
- 99%
- 31 Dec 2024
- 56
- 19%
- 97%
- 30 Jun 2024
- 53
- 23%
- 89%
- 31 Dec 2023
- 125
- 18%
- 97%
- 30 Jun 2023
- 61
- 29%
- 88%
- 31 Dec 2022
- 107
- 34%
- 88%
- Median hourly pay
- women 16% lower
- Mean hourly pay
- women 15.4% lower
- Employer size
- 250 to 499 employees
Earlier years (8)
- Year
- Median hourly pay
- Mean hourly pay
- 2024/25
- women 9.5% lower
- women 12.8% lower
- 2023/24
- women 10% lower
- women 10.1% lower
- 2022/23
- women 7.2% lower
- women 13.7% lower
- 2021/22
- women 9.5% lower
- women 14.7% lower
- 2020/21
- women 7% lower
- women 17.5% lower
- 2019/20
- women 11% lower
- women 13.4% lower
- 2018/19
- women 10.1% lower
- women 15.2% lower
- 2017/18
- women 11.8% lower
- women 23.4% 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
- 2023
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
- 2022
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
- 2021
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
Earlier years (1)
- 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
- Licence type and rating
- Temporary Worker (A rating), Worker (A rating)
- Routes
- Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Global Business Mobility: Service Supplier, Skilled Worker
On the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, which lists organisations licensed to sponsor workers from overseas.
Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: plastics, iron and steel articles, machinery, electrical equipment and copper.
Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 8 of the last 12 months on record, most recently July 2026. Main goods: iron and steel articles, electrical equipment, tools and cutlery, plastics and machinery.
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
10 events- Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: turnover £157.9m, net assets £131.4m
- Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £142.2m, net assets £92.4m
- Bank Zachodni Wbk S.A. ceased to be a person with significant control
- Bank Zachodni Wbk S.A. registered as a person with significant control
- Mr Julian Paul Vivian Mash ceased to be a person with significant control
- Sg Hambros Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
- Mr Julian Paul Vivian Mash registered as a person with significant control
- Sg Hambros Limited registered as a person with significant control
Earlier events (2)
- Jdr Cable Systems (Holdings) Limited registered as a person with significant control
- Company incorporatedPrivate limited company
Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.