ARU BAGGING LIMITED
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Cash
£1.5m
+9.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£7.8m
+20.8% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
77
-7.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2m
-6.6% lowest in 3 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 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £28,152,371 | £34,427,300 | £40,900,952 | +18.8% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £2,560,241 | £2,146,869 | £2,042,873 | -4.8% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £2,574,494 | £2,093,864 | £1,956,117 | -6.6% | |
| Net profit | — | — | £2,023,601 | £1,583,530 | £1,521,589 | -3.9% | |
| Cash | £412,152 | £147,495 | £2,694,917 | £1,348,543 | £1,480,582 | +9.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £926,351 | £1,083,585 | £7,314,147 | £9,102,627 | £12,569,328 | +38.1% | |
| Net assets | £863,028 | £888,280 | £5,061,768 | £6,470,298 | £7,816,887 | +20.8% | |
| Equity | £863,028 | £888,280 | £5,061,768 | £6,470,298 | £7,816,887 | +20.8% | |
| Average employees | 28 | 16 | 84 | 83 | 77 | -7.2% | |
| Wages | — | — | £4,189,215 | £6,364,750 | £5,632,946 | -11.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £36,889 | £80,000 | £13,734 | -82.8% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 9.1% | 6.2% | 5.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 7.2% | 4.6% | 3.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 35.0% | 23.6% | 16.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 36.6% | 44.5% | 63.8% | 61.4% | 64.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.28x | 1.36x | 1.59x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 25.17x | 13.02x | 11.84x |
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
- Xeinadin Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”
Group structure
- ARU BAGGING LIMITED · parent
- Aggregates R Us Ltd 65.8%
- Misson Sand & Gravel Ltd 49.3%
- Macclesfield Packed Products Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “The company holds planning permission and environmental permits for its quarry at Austerfield... The final restoration cost is dependent on several highly uncertain future variables... no provision has been recognised in the balance sheet, and no financial quantification is committed to.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROBINSON, Mark Russell | Director | 2013-06-13 | Mar 1968 | British |
| ROBINSON, Sam Russell Alexander | Director | 2024-10-28 | Feb 1992 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHEPHERD, Paul Robert | Director | 2013-06-13 | 2022-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Russell Alexander Robinson | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2024-12-31 | Active |
| Supagrow Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2024-09-30 | Active |
| Mr Mark Russell Robinson | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-12-31 |
| Mr Paul Robert Shepherd | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-09-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 47 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-26 | RP01PSC01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-14 | RP01PSC01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-03-14 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-03 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-03 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-12-05 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-12-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-28 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.