R.C. CUTTING & CO. LIMITED
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Cash
£1.4m
-42.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£6.3m
+20.5% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
83
-2.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.9m
+48.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £8,232,512 | £8,510,195 | £9,552,570 | +12.2% | |
| Operating profit | — | £1,218,424 | £1,224,598 | £1,834,246 | +49.8% | |
| Profit before tax | — | £1,227,941 | £1,254,298 | £1,864,751 | +48.7% | |
| Net profit | — | £992,565 | £1,019,596 | £1,347,370 | +32.1% | |
| Cash | £679,974 | £932,896 | £2,377,128 | £1,367,467 | -42.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,000,544 | £4,547,461 | £5,260,596 | £6,612,753 | +25.7% | |
| Net assets | £3,943,211 | £4,496,776 | £5,237,372 | £6,310,742 | +20.5% | |
| Equity | £3,943,211 | £4,496,776 | £5,237,372 | £6,310,742 | +20.5% | |
| Average employees | 60 | 86 | 85 | 83 | -2.4% | |
| Wages | — | £4,038,042 | £3,706,118 | £4,150,267 | +12% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £350,325 | £355,262 | £370,953 | +4.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £68,000 | £12,000 | £112,000 | +833.3% | |
| Highest paid director | — | £119,250 | £122,325 | £96,626 | -21% |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 14.8% | 14.4% | 19.2% | |
| Net margin | — | 12.1% | 12.0% | 14.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 26.8% | 23.3% | 27.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 12.8% | 21.8% | 20.5% | 19.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | 4.08x | 4.43x | 5.09x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 57.01x |
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
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors consider that the company has adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future. The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- R.C. CUTTING & CO. LIMITED · parent
- Cutting South Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Following a dividend of £205,008 from its wholly owned subsidiary Cutting South Limited, representing the net assets of the subsidiary prior to its voluntary strike-off, the subsidiary was subsequently dissolved on 21 July 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOLLY, John David | Secretary | 1996-11-21 | — | British |
| CLARKE, Martin Thomas | Director | 2013-10-21 | Jan 1978 | British |
| CRIPPS, Paul Thomas | Director | 2013-10-21 | Sep 1962 | British |
| FOX, Kevin Anthony | Director | 2022-08-03 | Sep 1979 | British |
| JOLLY, John David | Director | 1993-08-19 | Jun 1964 | British |
| JOLLY, Sean Charles Roy | Director | 2024-07-22 | Dec 1993 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILSON, Donald | Secretary | — | 1996-11-21 |
| BAYFORD, David Frederick | Director | — | 2011-12-31 |
| DOWNIE, Donald Milne | Director | — | 1999-10-21 |
| HISCOCK, Roy George | Director | — | 2013-12-31 |
| JOLLY, Lauren | Director | 2018-03-22 | 2021-03-09 |
| SPIVEY, Arthur Ambrose | Director | — | 1992-10-27 |
| WILSON, Donald | Director | — | 1992-10-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cutting Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-05-06 | Active |
| Mr John David Jolly | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Voting 25–50% (as firm), Appoints directors, Appoints directors (as firm), Significant influence, Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-05-06 |
| Mr Roy George Hiscock | Individual | Shares 25–50% (as trust), Voting 25–50% (as trust), Significant influence (as trust) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-09-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 141 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-03 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-07-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-07-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-08-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full |
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
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.