RATESFORD STORE LIMITED
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Cash
£14k
-69.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£5.8m
-2.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
70
-6.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£39k
+102.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £88,937,188 | £70,745,559 | £73,495,416 | +3.9% | |
| Operating profit | -£520,424 | -£1,271,750 | £88,059 | +106.9% | |
| Profit before tax | -£608,434 | -£1,357,081 | £39,263 | +102.9% | |
| Net profit | -£526,904 | -£1,255,100 | £36,663 | +102.9% | |
| Cash | £46,531 | £45,607 | £13,913 | -69.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,799,688 | £7,231,671 | £6,937,522 | -4.1% | |
| Net assets | £7,292,050 | £5,951,000 | £5,791,523 | -2.7% | |
| Equity | £7,292,050 | £5,951,000 | £5,791,523 | -2.7% | |
| Average employees | 70 | 75 | 70 | -6.7% | |
| Wages | £3,178,429 | £3,193,544 | £3,075,036 | -3.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £124,828 | £291,663 | £331,328 | +13.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £4,432 | £16,371 | £16,371 | 0% | |
| Highest paid director | — | £164,156 | £192,869 | +17.5% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.6% | -1.8% | 0.1% | |
| Net margin | -0.6% | -1.8% | 0.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -5.9% | -17.6% | 1.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 51.4% | — | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.77x | 1.47x | 1.54x | |
| Interest cover | -4.88x | -13.01x | 1.11x |
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
- CR Bland Baker Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Since the balance sheet date, the company has continued to manage cashflows and has been able to meet its financial obligations as they become due. The directors have reasonable grounds to assume that this will not change in the future and as such the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of preparation of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- RATESFORD STORE LIMITED · parent
- R.T. Rate Limited 100%
- Rates Fast Lane Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The year was nevertheless overshadowed by the very sad passing of our former Chairman, Colin Rate.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAMPBELL, Kenneth Francis | Director | 2026-07-23 | Mar 1957 | British |
| RATE, Sebastiaan John | Director | 2023-09-20 | Sep 1980 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| RATE, Catharina Adriana Maria | Director | 2017-03-17 | 2026-07-26 |
| RATE, Colin John | Director | 2015-06-18 | 2025-11-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Sebastiaan John Rate | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-10-18 | Active |
| Mr Colin John Rate | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-07-28 |
| Mrs Catharina Adriana Maria Rate | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-10-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 41 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-08-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-20 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-17 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-03-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-03-16 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-03-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.