The Firmwatch take
James Burness & Sons Limited is a 70-year-old SIC 74990 company, active on the Companies House register. The latest filed accounts (year to 31 December 2024) show GBP 10k in net assets, with 1 cautionary signal worth monitoring. No insolvency or strike-off filings appear in our public Companies House and Gazette data.
Refreshed 24 May 2026
Incorporated
21 October 1955
70 years on the register
Sector
Non-trading company
SIC 74990
Size
Not classified
Net assets
£10k
£10,000
Cash at bank
Not disclosed
Not required for this filing type
Latest filing
None yet
Insolvency risk
Worth watching
The latest public accounts contain some cautionary signs, but not enough to suggest severe distress on their own.
Negative working capital
Short-term liabilities are higher than short-term assets in the public balance sheet.
Money
What the balance sheet says
Net assets
£10k
Cash
Not disclosed
Working cap.
−£81k
Current ratio
—
Signals · 2
Positive net assets
The latest filed accounts show assets exceeding liabilities.
Negative working capital
Current liabilities exceed current assets in the extracted accounts.
People
Who runs this company
- HA
HURST, Andrew Patrick
director
Registered office
Address intelligence
4 other companies registered here.
Likely a privately owned office or residential address.
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