RITTAL-C S M LIMITED
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Cash
£20k
+115.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£60k
+26.1% vs 2024
Employees
573
+11% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£50k
+49.9% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £129,665,000 | £180,931 | £253,350 | +40% | |
| Operating profit | £18,781,000 | £34,252 | £48,421 | +41.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £19,498,000 | £33,216 | £49,803 | +49.9% | |
| Net profit | £14,875,000 | £24,828 | £37,248 | +50% | |
| Cash | £5,326,000 | £9,068 | £19,539 | +115.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £32,527,000 | £50,331 | £63,865 | +26.9% | |
| Net assets | £30,738,000 | £47,713 | £60,156 | +26.1% | |
| Equity | £30,738,000 | £47,713 | £60,156 | +26.1% | |
| Average employees | 506 | 516 | 573 | +11% | |
| Wages | £18,652,000 | £20,920 | £25,250 | +20.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £287,000 | £187 | £290 | +55.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £13,000 | £13 | £21 | +61.5% | |
| Highest paid director | £194,000 | £187 | £288 | +54% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 14.5% | 18.9% | 19.1% | |
| Net margin | 11.5% | 13.7% | 14.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 57.7% | 68.1% | 75.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 28.1% | 31.1% | 36.3% | |
| Current ratio | 3.16x | 2.79x | 2.40x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- RITTAL-C S M LIMITED 1981-12-31 → present
- CSM (ENGINEERING) LIMITED 1965-09-13 → 1981-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the year end the company has £19.5m of cash, net assets of £60.2m. The Ultimate holding company Group accounts, Friedhelm Loh Stiftung & Co. KG, for the year ended 31 December 2025, were prepared on a going concern basis, with no material uncertainties identified. As a result, the Director has not identified any material uncertainties relating to going concern. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACDONOUGH, Patrick | Director | 2023-06-28 | Mar 1975 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COURTS, Alan Peter | Secretary | — | 2017-05-31 |
| DUNSMORE, Matthew | Secretary | 2023-07-24 | 2025-12-31 |
| MACDONOUGH, Patrick | Secretary | 2023-06-28 | 2023-07-23 |
| MCFARLANE, Margaret Pamela | Secretary | 2021-12-16 | 2023-06-28 |
| WILLIAMS, Martin Glyndwr Hurst | Secretary | 2017-06-01 | 2021-12-16 |
| BARKER, Christopher Shelley | Director | — | 2013-01-01 |
| BOCKHOLD, Thomas | Director | 2001-07-05 | 2003-10-21 |
| COURTS, Alan Peter | Director | 1993-07-02 | 2017-05-31 |
| HOBBS, Stephen, Dr | Director | 1999-06-23 | 2023-06-28 |
| HOFMANN, Karl Heinz | Director | 2008-01-31 | 2009-10-01 |
| HULSMAN, Norbert | Director | 2003-10-21 | 2007-01-31 |
| KOCH, Hans Georg | Director | 1994-12-25 | 2000-11-30 |
| LOH, Friedhelm, Herr | Director | — | 2002-09-24 |
| MULLER, Norbert | Director | — | 2008-12-31 |
| SCHMID, Willi | Director | 2002-09-24 | 2011-09-30 |
| SCHNEIDER, Horst, Herr | Director | — | 1994-12-25 |
| WEIHER, Michael | Director | 2008-07-17 | 2013-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rittal Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 151 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-25 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-25 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-07-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-28 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-16 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.