W.A. RAINBOW & SONS LIMITED
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Cash
£2.1M
+144.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£5.5M
+22.4% vs 2024
Employees
259
+6.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.4M
+0.6% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21,264,143 | £23,995,286 | +12.8% | |
| Operating profit | £1,104,575 | £1,358,961 | +23% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,345,242 | £1,353,156 | +0.6% | |
| Net profit | £1,052,387 | £1,001,266 | -4.9% | |
| Cash | £864,558 | £2,116,909 | +144.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £5,701,441 | — | |
| Net assets | £4,473,191 | £5,474,457 | +22.4% | |
| Equity | £4,473,191 | £5,474,457 | +22.4% | |
| Average employees | 244 | 259 | +6.1% | |
| Wages | £7,292,242 | £8,372,447 | +14.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £277,866 | £551,474 | +98.5% |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.2% | 5.7% | |
| Net margin | 4.9% | 4.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 23.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.26x | 1.31x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Streets Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's or the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern”
Group structure
- W.A. RAINBOW & SONS LIMITED · parent
- Rainbow Nightfreight (Worcs) Limited 100%
- Rainbow Nightfreight Limited (Dormant) 100%
Significant events
- “Units at the Newark site that are not required for the core freight business are rented out to third parties, rental income was 10.8% lower in the year, as one tenant materially reduced the space they rent from the company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAINBOW, Simon James | Secretary | 2026-01-19 | — | — |
| LEIGH, Kimberley Anne | Director | 2016-01-04 | Sep 1986 | British |
| RAINBOW, Andrew Christopher | Director | — | Aug 1958 | British |
| RAINBOW, Oliver John | Director | 2016-01-04 | Sep 1986 | British |
| RAINBOW, Simon James | Director | 2022-07-19 | May 1989 | English |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAINBOW, Andrew Christopher | Secretary | — | 2026-01-19 |
| MACKINTOSH, Katherine Ann | Director | — | 1998-12-31 |
| RAINBOW, David Paul Arthur | Director | — | 2015-03-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Carol Kay Rainbow | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-06-24 |
| Mr Andrew Christopher Rainbow | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 135 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-27 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-01-27 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-18 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole cease with charge number | |
| 2024-09-18 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole release with charge number | |
| 2024-01-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-10-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-08-19 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2020-08-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-08-18 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.