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RICHARD ALAN ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED

#00973280 · Active · Incorporated 1970-02-25 (56y 8m) · Last filing 2026-09-30 (1mo ago)
Industrials · SIC 25110 · C Manufacturing · Full accounts
Accounts due 2027-09-30 (in 11 months) · Confirmation due 2027-08-14 (in 10 months) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£483k

-35.5% lowest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£4.1m

+2.5% highest in 3 filed years

Employees

119

-17.9% lowest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

-£221k

-114.3% lowest in 3 filed years

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £19,399,159£23,090,935£16,738,236 -27.5%
Operating profit £1,575,087£1,884,048£27,369 -98.5%
Profit before tax £1,250,366£1,544,172-£220,602 -114.3%
Net profit £948,918£1,145,800-£124,039 -110.8%
Cash £757,125£749,895£483,427 -35.5%
Total assets less current liabilities £5,112,979£6,045,721£4,603,016 -23.9%
Net assets £2,856,672£4,002,472£4,103,433 +2.5%
Equity £2,856,672£4,002,472£4,103,433 +2.5%
Average employees 137145119 -17.9%
Wages £6,455,549£7,775,053£5,928,115 -23.8%
Directors' remuneration £364,599£646,140£213,032 -67%
Directors' pension contributions £21,229£31,125£27,169 -12.7%
Highest paid director £182,300£307,507£84,806 -72.4%

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 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating margin 8.1%8.2%0.2%
Net margin 4.9%5.0%-0.7%
Return on capital employed 30.8%31.2%0.6%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 71.6%65.3%57.5%
Current ratio 1.43x1.53x1.28x
Interest cover 4.83x5.43x0.10x

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.

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Deloitte LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The Company meets its day to day working capital requirements through normal trading and an Invoice Discounting Facility, which was due for renewal in March 2026 and the Company has since given notice and will exit by 23 December 2026.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

2 active · 8 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
HANCOCK, Benjamin David Director 2018-03-29 Jan 1991 British
JOHNSON, Robert Paul Director — Jun 1957 British
Show 8 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
DEAKES, Stuart Secretary 2008-04-21 2023-03-31
JENNINGS, Edward Secretary 2006-10-09 2008-04-21
JOHNSON, Robert Paul Secretary — 2005-09-30
RAMSDEN, Andrew Nicholas Secretary 2005-09-30 2006-10-09
BRAGAN, Stuart Director — 2005-09-30
JOHNSON, Christopher Richard Director — 2002-04-30
JOHNSON, Tracey Jayne Director 2008-04-29 2025-09-11
WOOLLIN, Andrew Director 2013-03-08 2014-10-17

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Robert Paul Johnson Individual Significant influence 2016-04-06 Ceased 2023-06-29
Mrs Tracey Jayne Johnson Individual Significant influence 2016-04-06 Ceased 2023-06-29
Richard Alan Holdings Ltd Corporate entity Shares 75–100% (as firm), Voting 75–100% (as firm) 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 159 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-09-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2026-08-07 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2026-08-07 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2026-08-05 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-09-19 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-09-17 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-09-09 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2025-08-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-08-13 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-07-18 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-09-25 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-08-11 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-06-29 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2023-06-29 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2023-03-31 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2022-08-04 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-07-11 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-08-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-08-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-06-16 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
4

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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