JOE ROOCROFT AND SONS LIMITED
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Cash
£1.1M
+26.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£15M
+4.8% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
41
-22.6% lowest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£945K
-51.6% lowest in 6 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £11,390,934 | £14,959,792 | £20,352,660 | £10,932,451 | £13,960,091 | £13,030,261 | -6.7% | |
| Operating profit | £1,547,481 | £2,699,707 | £4,760,724 | £1,259,818 | £1,959,907 | £979,208 | -50% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,573,686 | £2,719,750 | £4,812,428 | £1,257,218 | £1,952,195 | £944,603 | -51.6% | |
| Net profit | £1,272,709 | £2,165,835 | £4,351,519 | £961,375 | £1,463,114 | £702,215 | -52% | |
| Cash | £5,143,912 | £5,830,154 | £1,085,820 | £1,289,668 | £859,680 | £1,088,862 | +26.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,969,820 | £8,326,983 | £12,814,239 | £13,847,664 | £15,273,235 | £16,245,259 | +6.4% | |
| Net assets | £5,880,145 | £8,045,980 | £12,214,501 | £13,175,876 | £14,638,990 | £15,341,205 | +4.8% | |
| Equity | £5,880,145 | £8,045,980 | £12,214,501 | £13,175,876 | £14,638,990 | £15,341,205 | +4.8% | |
| Average employees | 42 | 43 | 49 | 53 | 53 | 41 | -22.6% | |
| Wages | £2,102,338 | £2,366,921 | £3,002,401 | £1,997,761 | £3,029,803 | £2,789,981 | -7.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £499,514 | £668,429 | £425,594 | £131,801 | £160,404 | £14,664 | -90.9% |
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 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 13.6% | 18.0% | 23.4% | 11.5% | 14.0% | 7.5% | |
| Net margin | 11.2% | 14.5% | 21.4% | 8.8% | 10.5% | 5.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.9% | 32.4% | 37.2% | 9.1% | 12.8% | 6.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 13.4% | 15.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 7.23x | 9.63x | 8.62x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 86.09x | 67.75x | 22.98x |
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
- PM+M Solutions for Business LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Due to the decrease in infrastructure spend in the UK, turnover decreased 7% with reported revenue of £13.0m. The business continued to invest in capability and service, achieving a ROSPA Gold Medal award.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAULFIELD, Adam John | Director | 2025-09-05 | Jun 1972 | British |
| DOUGAN, Nigel | Director | 2023-02-03 | Oct 1969 | British |
| ROBINSON, Matthew Miller | Director | 2023-02-02 | Feb 1982 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROOCROFT, David Christopher | Secretary | 2006-10-13 | 2025-02-05 |
| ROOCROFT, Margaret Mary | Secretary | — | 2006-10-13 |
| ADAMS, Christopher David | Director | 2024-07-01 | 2025-07-11 |
| BRADLEY, Phillip Scott | Director | 2008-12-18 | 2023-02-02 |
| COCKAYNE, Timothy Noel | Director | 2023-02-02 | 2025-09-05 |
| ROBINSON, Lee Stephen | Director | 2017-06-01 | 2023-02-02 |
| ROOCROFT, David Christopher | Director | — | 2025-02-05 |
| ROOCROFT, Joseph John | Director | — | 2025-02-05 |
| ROOCROFT, Joseph | Director | — | 2017-06-17 |
| ROOCROFT, Margaret Mary | Director | — | 2001-04-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramudden Global (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-07-10 | Active |
| Roocroft Rrs Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-01-26 | Ceased 2025-07-10 |
| Joe Roocroft (Holdings) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-01-26 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-02-13 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-11 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-01 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-02-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-19 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2023-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-02-13 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.