JAMES KEMBALL LIMITED
Company number 01146764 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
James Kemball Limited is a long-established road freight and container storage business with an exceptionally strong balance sheet, having grown net assets from negative territory in 2019/2020 to £52.4M by December 2024, supported by cash reserves of £20.6M that exceed total liabilities more than twofold. While turnover has declined significantly from a 2021 peak of £127M to £43M in 2024, with associated margin compression, the company remains profitable at the operating level and is continuing to accumulate retained earnings. The credit profile is robust and the company demonstrates clear capacity to service debt obligations, though the revenue trajectory and margin trends require ongoing monitoring.
Shareholders' funds
£52,378,124
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of road haulage and container storage.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1973-11-21
- Employees
- 129 (2024 accounts · was 121 in 2023)
- Registered office
- Felixstowe Mega Distribution Centre, Clickett Hill Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk, England, IP11 4BA
- Postcode
- IP11 4BA
- Capital
- 10,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-09-03
- Next due by
- 2027-09-17
Nature of business (SIC)
- 49410 Freight transport by road
Officers 2 current · 21 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by GB GLOBAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED — since 2026-11-04
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2021 (period to 2021-06-30) as part of the GB GLOBAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED group statement — 2 years on the registry.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z6508013 (Tier 2), registered since 2002.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- jameskemball.co.uk
- Phone
- +441394601500, 01394 601 500, 01394 601500
Established in 1973, James Kemball has provided affordable, efficient and professional shipping container storage & transport services across the UK.
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| UNIT 1, DOOLEY ROAD, OFF WALTON AVENUE, PORT OF FELIXSTOWE, SUFFOLK, IP11 8HG | 1998-01-19 |
| BRYON AVENUE, OFF WALTON AVENUE, PORT OF FELIXSTONE, SUFFOLK IP11 8HZ | 1988-11-15 |
| SYB STATION ROAD, THE DOCK, FELIXSTOWE, SUFFOLK 1P11 8QU | 1986-07-29 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 882 similar companies in IP
3rd largest employer among its local peers (129 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1973.
No.1 of the largest freight transport by road companies in Ipswich →
Competitors Ipswich
This company ranks 1 among freight transport by road in Ipswich.
The class of 1973
51%
of the 7,318 companies incorporated in 1973 are still active today; 41% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.