Annual Information Update

Cropper(James) PLC
10 August 2005



Issued by Citigate Dewe Rogerson Limited, Birmingham
Date: Wednesday 10 August 2005

                                                              Immediate Release


                               James Cropper PLC
                         (the 'Company' or the 'Group')
                           Annual Information Update

The Company's Report & Accounts for the year ended 2 April 2005 was posted to
shareholders on 8 July 2005.

A copy of the Report and Accounts document has also been submitted to the UK
Listing Authority. Further copies are available on request from the Company
Secretary, James Cropper PLC, Burneside Mills, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 6PZ or from
the Group web-site (www.cropper.com).

Under Prospectus Rule 5.2 all information which has been made available to the
public by the Company over the previous 12 months in the UK (being the Company's
Home State), which is required pursuant to this Rule, is outlined below. In
order to avoid an unnecessarily lengthy document, information is referred to in
this update rather than included in full.

James Cropper PLC wish to advise that the following Regulatory News
Announcements have been issued by the Company over the last twelve month period
from July 2004 to July 2005:

Date of         Brief description of announcement
publication

21 July 2005    Acquisition of shares by the Company's Share Incentive Plan
                which included certain directors

21 July 2005    Preliminary Results for the year ended 2 April 2005

20 May 2005     Notice of Preliminary Results

16 May 2005     Announcement regarding a notifiable interest in the Company

2 March 2005    Trading Statement

16 November     Interim Results for the six months ended 25 September 2004
2004

4 November      Notice of Interim Results
2004

21 July 2004    AGM Statement

The announcements were made via RNS, a Regulatory Information Service.

Further details on the information contained within the above RNS announcements
can be viewed either on the Company's web site www.cropper.com or
www.londonstockexchange.com under code: CRPR.


Enquiries:

David Carey
Company Secretary
James Cropper PLC
Tel: [phone]

                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange