RUSSELL CAWBERRY LIMITED
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Cash
£7.4m
-24.4% vs 2025
Net assets
£3.2m
+50.8% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
47
0% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£2.3m
+24.2% highest in 5 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
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £25,373,941 | £27,229,758 | £32,803,774 | £42,044,644 | £39,472,024 | -6.1% | |
| Operating profit | £1,477,653 | £1,977,377 | £773,652 | £1,658,788 | £2,102,112 | +26.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,477,978 | £1,977,680 | £862,049 | £1,822,495 | £2,263,026 | +24.2% | |
| Net profit | £1,177,709 | £1,591,835 | £637,487 | £1,358,754 | £1,701,261 | +25.2% | |
| Cash | £5,744,232 | £5,757,369 | £7,194,319 | £9,803,006 | £7,410,092 | -24.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,477,745 | £2,647,965 | £2,245,671 | £2,148,909 | £3,224,547 | +50.1% | |
| Net assets | £2,455,694 | £2,621,129 | £2,221,651 | £2,119,440 | £3,195,218 | +50.8% | |
| Equity | £2,455,694 | £2,621,129 | £2,221,651 | £2,119,440 | £3,195,218 | +50.8% | |
| Average employees | 57 | 50 | 46 | 47 | 47 | 0% | |
| Wages | £2,587,137 | £3,415,126 | £4,296,600 | £3,169,933 | £3,254,667 | +2.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £305,520 | £1,041,330 | £1,835,762 | £731,557 | £713,492 | -2.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £12,933 | £12,933 | £12,933 | 0% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £944,580 | £424,748 | £431,001 | +1.5% |
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 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.8% | 7.3% | 2.4% | 3.9% | 5.3% | |
| Net margin | 4.6% | 5.8% | 1.9% | 3.2% | 4.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 59.6% | 74.7% | 34.5% | 77.2% | 65.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 80.5% | 76.4% | 86.4% | 89.6% | 84.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.15x | 1.11x | 1.19x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- RUSSELL CAWBERRY LIMITED 1998-10-29 → present
- RUSSELL BROS. (BUILDERS) LIMITED 1986-09-24 → 1998-10-29
- CLOSEQUICK LIMITED 1986-06-25 → 1986-09-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- TC Group
- 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.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DILLON, Antony Francis | Director | 2000-08-01 | Sep 1965 | British |
| RYAN, Pierce Francis | Director | 1997-09-01 | Dec 1962 | Irish |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MINTER, Frederick James | Secretary | 2008-03-31 | 2024-10-03 |
| MINTER, Frederick James | Secretary | — | 1994-03-31 |
| ROBERTS, Michael James | Secretary | 2002-06-06 | 2008-03-31 |
| SCOTIA SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1994-03-31 | 2002-06-06 |
| ALEXANDER, David Ronald | Director | 1999-04-01 | 1999-06-23 |
| FEWTRELL, Michael | Director | — | 1994-03-16 |
| HAYLOCK, Anthony | Director | 1997-09-01 | 2003-03-25 |
| HIBBERT, Norman Trevor | Director | — | 1994-03-16 |
| MINTER, Frederick James | Director | — | 2024-10-03 |
| ROBERTS, Michael James | Director | — | 2008-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Cawberry Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2024-10-03 | Active |
| Mr Pierce Francis Ryan | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-07 | Ceased 2024-10-03 |
| Minter International Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-07 | Ceased 2024-08-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 127 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-10 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-06-29 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.