143-year-old fourth generation Liverpool family firm Lloyd & Jones Engineers reports annual revenues of £41.9m and says it is in a ‘strong position’ for future growth. Tony McDonough reports
Liverpool family firm Lloyd & Jones Engineers has been trading for 143 years and says it is “well positioned to progress further for another century to come”.
Based in Bootle, Lloyd & Jones is an engineering supplies merchant, manufacturer of abrasive products and supplier of specialist cutting tools and welding products. Its customers are in the oil and gas, automotive, aerospace, manufacturing, vending sectors.
From its Regent Road headquarters, close to the Port of Liverpool, the business operates 22 UK branches in the North West, North Wales, Midlands, South West and North East of England. It employs more than 200 people.
In its accounts for the 12 months to October 31, 2025, posted on Companies House, Lloyd & Jones is reporting revenues of £41.9m, up from £41,2m in the previous year. Pre-tax profits fell from £555,770 in the previous year to £434,910.
However, managing director and principal shareholder Jonathon Birch, delivered an upbeat note about the results and the company’s future prospects.
Writing in the annual report, he said: “The market in which the company operates has, like others, been affected by economic uncertainty. In that context the relative stability of the trading results has been welcome.”
He added that borrowing had increased during the year to “facilitate growth and expansion”, and also said: “The company has significant net assets and net current assets and is in a strong position to look forward to future periods with continued confidence.”
The report stated that net assets over the trading period had increased from £6.2m to £6.4m. Shareholder dividends for the year totalled just over £109,000.
It was back in 1883 that Arnold Birch set up his own horse-cab and transport business. By 1919 the business had passed to Arnold’s nephew Frank Arnold Birch.
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He won a significant parcels and luggage contract with LMS Railways at both Waterloo and Crosby Stations. The business had also expanded to include a furniture removals service.
Fast forward to 1970 Frank’s eldest sons, Stanley and Leslie, take over the business and develop it into a national haulage business. In 1985, then under the ownership of Jonathon who is Leslie Birch’s son, the firm became Lloyd & Jones Engineers.