RIVERS LEASING PLC
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Cash
£435k
+20.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£1.1m
+42.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
17
+6.3% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£529k
+88.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,058,622 | £5,083,847 | £6,132,201 | +20.6% | |
| Operating profit | £1,999,055 | £2,619,244 | £3,128,173 | +19.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £250,351 | £280,602 | £529,233 | +88.6% | |
| Net profit | £184,640 | £221,586 | £421,769 | +90.3% | |
| Cash | £418,934 | £359,849 | £435,096 | +20.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,385,953 | £22,719,459 | £25,184,899 | +10.9% | |
| Net assets | £608,258 | £754,844 | £1,076,613 | +42.6% | |
| Equity | £608,258 | £754,844 | £1,076,613 | +42.6% | |
| Average employees | 15 | 16 | 17 | +6.3% | |
| Wages | £557,883 | £538,457 | £585,110 | +8.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £121,024 | — | — | — |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 49.3% | 51.5% | 51.0% | |
| Net margin | 4.5% | 4.4% | 6.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.8% | 11.5% | 12.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 97.6% | 97.4% | 96.7% | |
| Current ratio | 4.71x | 4.60x | 4.19x | |
| Interest cover | 1.14x | 1.12x | 1.20x |
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
- RIVERS LEASING PLC 2017-10-16 → present
- RIVERS LEASING LIMITED 2010-09-14 → 2017-10-16
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- KLSA LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The group has a history of meeting all obligations when they fall due and strong lending and growth in the business ensure it is able to expand operations and continue with its impeccable debt service record. The financial statements are therefore prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- RIVERS LEASING PLC · parent
- Rivers Finance Limited 100%
- Rivers SPV Limited 100%
- Rivers Funding Limited 100%
- Rivers SPV2 Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NICHOLSON, John Roger | Secretary | 2017-10-12 | — | — |
| BASSETT, Stephen Charles | Director | 2018-01-17 | Oct 1953 | British |
| DARYANI, Ratankumar | Director | 2012-02-10 | Aug 1960 | British |
| FRIEND, Michael David | Director | 2017-10-12 | Feb 1958 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DARYANI, Pushpa | Secretary | 2012-08-31 | 2013-08-14 |
| DARYANI, Ratan | Secretary | 2010-09-14 | 2012-08-31 |
| DARYANI, Ratankumar | Secretary | 2013-08-14 | 2017-10-12 |
| DARYANI, Pushpa | Director | 2010-09-14 | 2012-02-10 |
| GRIPTON, John | Director | 2010-09-14 | 2012-08-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rivers Finance Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-02-08 | Active |
| Mr Ratankumar Daryani | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-02-08 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 84 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-08-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-03-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-08 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
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