ROBINSON BROTHERS LIMITED
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Cash
£1.1m
+28,000% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£5.4m
+12.1% vs 2024
Employees
152
-6.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£189k
+92.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials 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 | £24,457,000 | £20,739,000 | £22,099,000 | +6.6% | |
| Operating profit | £354,000 | -£1,744,000 | £617,000 | +135.4% | |
| Profit before tax | -£323,000 | -£2,431,000 | -£189,000 | +92.2% | |
| Net profit | -£303,000 | -£2,641,000 | -£378,000 | +85.7% | |
| Cash | £6,000 | £4,000 | £1,124,000 | +28,000% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £21,983,000 | £18,216,000 | £16,914,000 | -7.1% | |
| Net assets | £6,574,000 | £4,778,000 | £5,357,000 | +12.1% | |
| Equity | £6,574,000 | £4,778,000 | £5,357,000 | +12.1% | |
| Average employees | 185 | 162 | 152 | -6.2% | |
| Wages | £6,482,000 | £5,783,000 | £5,964,000 | +3.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £292,000 | £327,000 | £413,000 | +26.3% |
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 | 1.4% | -8.4% | 2.8% | |
| Net margin | -1.2% | -12.7% | -1.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.6% | -9.6% | 3.6% | |
| Current ratio | 4.52x | 2.21x | 2.33x | |
| Interest cover | 0.52x | -2.54x | 0.77x |
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
- Dains Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “In 2025, the Company also received funding from the Greater West Midlands Authority for its Energy and Carbon Reduction Programme.”
- “The legacy Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) issues raised in 2020 relating to events from several years prior concluded in 2025 with a company prosecution, resulting in a fine of £104,000.”
- “We signed 22 NDAs (non-disclosure agreements) in 2025, more than in the previous ten years combined.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAHAJAN, Saurabh | Secretary | 2026-01-01 | — | — |
| HANRAHAN, Adrian Martin | Director | 2005-01-01 | Sep 1961 | Irish |
| KALIRAI, Balraj Singh, Dr | Director | 2024-12-01 | Aug 1966 | British |
| MAHAJAN, Saurabh | Director | 2024-08-21 | Mar 1981 | British |
| ROBINSON, Marc Brendan | Director | 2020-05-05 | Apr 1965 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, John Raymond James | Secretary | — | 1997-03-10 |
| PARKER, Graham | Secretary | 1997-10-03 | 2025-12-31 |
| ROBINSON, John Herbert Martin | Secretary | 1997-03-10 | 1997-10-03 |
| ADSETTS, John Robert, Dr | Director | 2001-08-09 | 2003-12-31 |
| BASTOCK, Tony William, Dr | Director | 2004-02-04 | 2017-12-20 |
| EDWARDS, Alan Arthur | Director | — | 1996-08-31 |
| FISHER, Leonard Geoffrey | Director | — | 2000-03-01 |
| GREEY, Edward Ronald | Director | 1997-07-29 | 2020-04-30 |
| JOHNSON, Peter Malcolm | Director | 1993-04-01 | 2007-12-31 |
| JONES, John Raymond James | Director | — | 1997-03-10 |
| MURPHY, Brian, Dr | Director | 1995-02-16 | 2019-12-12 |
| NICHOLLS, Ashley Paul | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2024-09-04 |
| PARKER, Graham | Director | 1997-10-28 | 2025-12-31 |
| PICKARD, Stephen John | Director | 2010-08-04 | 2022-10-23 |
| POYNER, William Raymond | Director | — | 1996-03-01 |
| ROBINSON, Frederick David | Director | — | 1995-08-24 |
| ROBINSON, John Herbert Martin | Director | — | 1997-10-03 |
| SLY, James Christopher Phillips | Director | — | 1999-04-02 |
| THOMAS, Michael David | Director | — | 1999-05-31 |
| WESTWOOD, Christopher | Director | 1993-04-01 | 2002-04-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robinson Brothers (Ryders Green) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 147 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-29 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-07-15 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-05-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.