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Company description
JAMES CROPPER PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Public Limited Company”. Incorporated on 29 November 1889; registered for 136 years; registered office reported in CUMBRIA. Its primary declared activity is 17120 · Manufacture of paper and paperboard.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 1 trade mark, 1 waste registration. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- JAMES CROPPER PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
- Company number
- 00030226
- Company type
- Public Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- GROUP
- Mortgage charges
- 4 total · 0 outstanding · 4 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
30 March 2025Next accounts due
30 September 2026Last statement made up to
23 July 2026Next statement due
6 August 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 31.5%
- Mean bonus gap
- 30.4%
- Women receiving bonus
- 78.6%
- Men receiving bonus
- 80.6%
- Women in top quartile
- 17.7%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 11.5%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 14.5%
- Women in lower quartile
- 29.0%
Earlier reporting years (7)
- 250 to 4997.0% median hourly gap
- 500 to 999-8.3% median hourly gap
- 500 to 999-10.4% median hourly gap
- 500 to 999-8.2% median hourly gap
- 250 to 4991.2% median hourly gap
- 500 to 9993.1% median hourly gap
- 500 to 999-3.1% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 25 September 2022 – 1 April 2023
- Filed
- 25 May 2023
- Shortest standard term
- 1 days
- Longest standard term
- 75 days
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-1
- Financial period started
- Not supplied
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £0
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 15.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 76 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
James Cropper Plc is the parent company of the James Cropper Group. The Group's standard payment terms state that payment of third party invoices for goods and services will be made within 60 days of receipt of a correct, undisputed and properly due invoice. The remaining contracts are negotiated with individual suppliers as part of their contract.
- Other payment-term information
Internal payment practice includes weekly payment runs resulting in suppliers receiving payments via electronic banking 1 - 4 days after the invoice due date. Suppliers receive payments, with 4% o payments received on time and a further 52% of payments received between 1 - 10 days after the due date.
- Dispute resolution process
The core values of the James Cropper Group include caring and responsible. We therefore endeavour to resolve all disputes in a fair and timely manner. Disputes are resolved by discussion and agreement with a supplier and are typically managed by the dedicated accounts payable team or a procurement specialist.
Earlier payment reports (9 shown)
- 19.0 average days to pay99.0% outside terms
- 20.0 average days to pay97.0% outside terms
- 17.0 average days to pay98.0% outside terms
- 22.0 average days to pay91.0% outside terms
- 32.0 average days to pay94.0% outside terms
- 21.0 average days to pay79.0% outside terms
- 24.0 average days to pay69.0% outside terms
- 25.0 average days to pay92.0% outside terms
- 24.0 average days to pay99.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
05 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
JAMES CROPPER PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
LEI 213800XM78VTDYGBRM93 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- B6ES
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 29 November 1889
- Initial LEI registration
- 11 February 2014
- LEI last updated
- 17 December 2025
- Next renewal
- 11 February 2027
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Legal address
- BURNESIDE MILLS, KENDAL, GB-CMA, LA9 6PZ, GB
- Headquarters address
- BURNESIDE MILLS, KENDAL, GB-CMA, LA9 6PZ, GB
GLEIF parent-reporting exceptions
DIRECT ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NON_CONSOLIDATING
ULTIMATE ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NON_CONSOLIDATING
LEI data provides global legal identity and source-reported relationships, not a credit or regulatory approval. BritDB links Level 1 identities only through GLEIF’s Companies House registration-authority identifier and exact company number; Level 2 parent and fund relationships and reporting exceptions are reproduced as supplied by GLEIF.
06 Environmental regulation
Environment Agency records
JAMES CROPPER PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
EPR/BJ7620ID · LA9 6PZ
- Permit or record holder
- JAMES CROPPER PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
- Record date
- 31 May 2002
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Regulated site or public record address
- Burneside Mill, Burneside Paper Mill EPR/BJ7620ID, Burneside, Cumbria, LA9 6PZ
- Activity
- Paper, Pulp And Board; Producing Paper/Board >20T/D - 6.1 A(1) b)|Disposal Of > 50 T/D Non-Hazardous Waste (> 100 T/D If Only Ad) Involving Physico-Chemical Treatment - 5.4 A(1) a) (ii)|Paper, Pulp And Board; Producing Pulp From Timber Etc - 6.1 A(1) a)|Directly Associated Activity (Included)
- Grid reference
- SD5060095880
- Easting
- 350600.000
- Northing
- 495880.000
- All populated source fields
- Permission Number: EPR/BJ7620ID; Name: JAMES CROPPER PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY; Activity Type Description: Paper, Pulp And Board; Producing Paper/Board >20T/D - 6.1 A(1) b)|Disposal Of > 50 T/D Non-Hazardous Waste (> 100 T/D If Only Ad) Involving Physico-Chemical Treatment - 5.4 A(1) a) (ii)|Paper, Pulp And Board; Producing Pulp From Timber Etc - 6.1 A(1) a)|Directly Associated Activity (Included); Document URL: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/la9-6pz-james-cropper-public-limited-company-environmental-permit-issued; Site Address: Burneside Mill, Burneside Paper Mill EPR/BJ7620ID, Burneside, Cumbria, LA9 6PZ; Site Postcode: LA9 6PZ; Site Grid Reference: SD5060095880; Easting: 350600; Northing: 495880; Local Authority: Westmorland and Furness; Permission Date: 2002-05-31
An official document URL is recorded and is available through the dedicated source page; no direct external link is placed here.
Burneside Paper Mills
GP3893ZR · LA9 6PZ
- Permit or record holder
- JAMES CROPPER PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
- Record date
- 16 February 1982
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Regulated site or public record address
- Burneside Paper Mills, Field No 6144 & 8025, Burneside, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 6PZ
- Activity
- A04: Household, Commercial and Industrial Waste Landfill
- Grid reference
- SD5079096280
- Easting
- 350790.000
- Northing
- 496280.000
- Variation date
- 16 February 1982
- Effective date
- 16 February 1982
- Other official identifiers
- Waste Management Licence No.: 57084; Pre EA Permit Ref: 57084
- All populated source fields
- Permit Number: GP3893ZR; Waste Management Licence No.: 57084; Pre EA Permit Ref: 57084; Licence Holder Name: JAMES CROPPER PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY; Site Name: Burneside Paper Mills; Site Type: A04: Household, Commercial and Industrial Waste Landfill; Site Address: Burneside Paper Mills, Field No 6144 & 8025, Burneside, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 6PZ; Site Postcode: LA9 6PZ; Site Grid Reference: SD5079096280; Easting: 350790; Northing: 496280; Local Authority: Westmorland and Furness; Status: Closure & Aftercare; Issued Date: 1982-02-16; Variation Date: 1982-02-16; Date Effective: 1982-02-16
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TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
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07 Ownership and control
People with significant control
No individual or entity with signficant control
- Notified
- 11 December 2018
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
08 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
09 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
10 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
11 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
Find a Tender did not explicitly identify this Companies House number in a procurement party. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
12 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
13 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
14 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
0 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
1 exact company-number registration.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
15 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
16 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Candidate permit and enforcement associations based on a unique exact holder-name and postcode match.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.