ROUTES TO RETAIL LIMITED
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Cash
£854k
-24.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£2.5m
+44.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
49
+63.3% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1m
-8.5% vs 2024
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 | £33,886,000 | £42,838,000 | £43,389,000 | +1.3% | |
| Operating profit | £536,000 | £1,068,000 | £948,000 | -11.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £552,000 | £1,118,000 | £1,023,000 | -8.5% | |
| Net profit | £438,000 | £832,000 | £775,000 | -6.9% | |
| Cash | £1,096,000 | £1,131,000 | £854,000 | -24.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £915,000 | £1,747,000 | £2,522,000 | +44.4% | |
| Net assets | £915,000 | £1,747,000 | £2,522,000 | +44.4% | |
| Equity | £915,000 | £1,747,000 | £2,522,000 | +44.4% | |
| Average employees | 26 | 30 | 49 | +63.3% | |
| Wages | £659,000 | £1,067,000 | £1,691,000 | +58.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £59,000 | £65,000 | £68,000 | +4.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £2,000 | £2,000 | — | — |
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 | 1.6% | 2.5% | 2.2% | |
| Net margin | 1.3% | 1.9% | 1.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 58.6% | 61.1% | 37.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 88.5% | 78.7% | 63.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.12x | 1.26x | 1.56x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Rödl & Partner Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the Directors consider to be appropriate. Please see note 2 for further details.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PICKERSGILL, Sara Elizabeth | Director | 2017-11-08 | May 1972 | British |
| STRAETMANS, Frank Carl | Director | 2017-11-08 | Apr 1971 | Belgian |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAUER GROUP SECRETARIAT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2017-11-08 | 2026-05-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frontline Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-11-08 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 21 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-11-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2018-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-11-08 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2018-10-09 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2018-03-06 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.