{"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 an asset-rich, debt-free retail freeholder with a property-dominated balance sheet and modest store-level profitability. The strategic priority is to monetise or redevelop its Coulsdon real estate while evolving the retail offer, rather than relying on traditional grocery and newsstand margins. Capital allocation should shift from large dividend distributions toward reinvestment in site optimisation and potential multi-site acquisition.","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"}