R.SWAIN & SONS LIMITED
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Cash
£101k
-84.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£9.6m
-12.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
455
-11.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£2m
-425.8% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-27
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 | 2025-12-27 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £68,600,624 | £77,283,469 | £65,433,264 | -15.3% | |
| Operating profit | -£488,061 | £1,588,015 | £167,605 | -89.4% | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,181,569 | -£375,902 | -£1,976,486 | -425.8% | |
| Net profit | -£1,724,828 | -£366,266 | -£1,351,251 | -268.9% | |
| Cash | £2,233,570 | £636,602 | £100,604 | -84.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £34,050,426 | £38,731,006 | £36,835,011 | -4.9% | |
| Net assets | £11,355,471 | £10,989,205 | £9,637,954 | -12.3% | |
| Equity | £11,355,471 | £10,989,205 | £9,637,954 | -12.3% | |
| Average employees | 483 | 513 | 455 | -11.3% | |
| Wages | £19,609,892 | £20,578,970 | £21,099,324 | +2.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £523,265 | £452,702 | £496,609 | +9.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £46,059 | £7,132 | £46,423 | +550.9% | |
| Highest paid director | £185,862 | £105,112 | £137,732 | +31% |
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 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 | 2025-12-27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.7% | 2.1% | 0.3% | |
| Net margin | -2.5% | -0.5% | -2.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.4% | 4.1% | 0.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 78.4% | 82.6% | 84.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.01x | 0.97x | 0.92x | |
| Interest cover | -0.29x | 0.81x | 0.08x |
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
- Beak Kemmenoe
- 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 group's and the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern”
Group structure
- R.SWAIN & SONS LIMITED · parent
- Proctors Transport Limited 100%
- Flatbed Network Limited 100%
- Reservoir Holdings Limited 100%
- Swain Lifting Solutions Limited 100%
- Swain Container Solutions Limited 100%
- W. Coy & Son Limited 100%
- Swain Logistics Ltd 100%
- Express Freight Services (Holdings) Limited 100%
- Express Freight Services (Birmingham) Limited 100%
- Express Freight Services (Ipswich) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “A review of the Group's customer and contract profitability was carried out during the period. The results led us to a positive decision to exit contracts where the financial return no longer supported the vehicles, employees, working capital and management resources required to service the contract.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEER, Matthew | Director | 2018-01-02 | Dec 1975 | British |
| RIGBY, Stuart James | Director | 2018-06-19 | Jul 1963 | British |
| SWAIN, Matthew George | Director | 2010-06-17 | Oct 1976 | British |
| SWAIN, Robert John | Director | — | Feb 1947 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWAIN, Andrew William | Secretary | 2014-08-15 | 2016-10-21 |
| SWAIN, Robert John | Secretary | — | 2014-08-15 |
| BAKER, Shaun | Director | 2007-12-20 | 2018-08-23 |
| BURRIDGE, Paul Martin | Director | 2001-12-12 | 2015-04-30 |
| CHAPMAN, Ian Stuart | Director | 2015-11-10 | 2018-03-29 |
| DYKE, Colin Barry | Director | 2007-12-20 | 2015-04-17 |
| KAVANAGH, Paul | Director | 2015-01-05 | 2017-10-31 |
| LAY, Mark Christopher | Director | 2000-04-25 | 2010-11-30 |
| LORD, Graham | Director | — | 2012-07-11 |
| SWAIN, Andrew William | Director | 2014-12-18 | 2016-10-21 |
| SWAIN, George William | Director | — | 2012-12-28 |
| SWAIN, Nicholas William | Director | 2010-10-21 | 2012-03-19 |
| SWEET, Matthew Ian | Director | 2015-11-10 | 2020-01-31 |
| TAYLOR, John Frederick Longford | Director | — | 2002-09-30 |
| WYATT, James Henry | Director | 2018-07-24 | 2026-02-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Robert John Swain | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 201 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-03-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-01-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-01-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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.