ROBSON HANDLING TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-29 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-29
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-01 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-6.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
-12.7% lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
78
-9.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£59K
-17% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-29
| Metric | Trend | 2020-06-29 | 2021-06-29 | 2022-06-29 | 2023-06-29 | 2024-06-29 | 2025-06-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £18,985,104 | £16,193,496 | |
| Operating profit | £152 | -£579,000 | — | — | £102,923 | £69,520 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £70,581 | £58,550 | |
| Net profit | £113,029 | -£182,191 | £4,751 | -£2,148,779 | -£64,869 | -£103,442 | |
| Cash | £3,198,006 | £2,523,268 | £2,456,405 | £1,444,236 | £2,371,592 | £2,210,556 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | £2,433,599 | £2,084,529 | |
| Net assets | £5,989,194 | £6,022,003 | £5,414,754 | £2,763,475 | £2,386,059 | £2,083,260 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | — | £2,386,059 | £2,083,260 | |
| Average employees | 78 | 71 | 62 | 54 | 86 | 78 | |
| Wages | £3,521,330 | £2,303,682 | £1,914,163 | £1,845,581 | £5,019,372 | £4,846,839 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £320,027 | £402,634 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-06-29 vs 2024-06-29
-
Turnover
-14.7%
£18,985,104 £16,193,496
-
Cash
-6.8%
£2,371,592 £2,210,556
-
Net assets
-12.7%
£2,386,059 £2,083,260
lowest in 6 filed years
-
Employees
-9.3%
86 78
-
Operating profit
-32.5%
£102,923 £69,520
first positive since 2021
-
Profit before tax
-17%
£70,581 £58,550
-
Wages
-3.4%
£5,019,372 £4,846,839
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-06-29 | 2021-06-29 | 2022-06-29 | 2023-06-29 | 2024-06-29 | 2025-06-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 0.5% | 0.4% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | -0.3% | -0.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 4.2% | 3.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 1.07x | 1.01x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 1.36x | 2.89x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ROBSON HANDLING TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 2016-09-05 → present
- GEO. ROBSON & CO. (CONVEYORS) LIMITED 1943-03-26 → 2016-09-05
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- BHP LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 parent 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.”
Group structure
- ROBSON HANDLING TECHNOLOGY LIMITED · parent
- Robson Site Services Limited 100%
- Robson Handling Technology USA Inc. 84%
- Robson NextGen Inc. 100%
Significant events
- “Our strategic initiatives, which continue to be investment in the US market, refined market positioning in the UK, focusing on projects that benefit from our core intellectual property and investment in our people, have resulted in further growth from our FY24 turnaround to show an increased profit before tax and exceptional items in the FY25 set of financial results.”
- “FY25 continues our turnaround from our FY23 financial results and once again delivered increased profitability from FY24 excluding exceptional items.”
- “At the time of approval of these accounts, all the claims against the group have been settled. There is no liability or outflow of resources arising as a result of the settlements and no contingent liabilities exist.”
- “The group was awarded damages of $5m and an additional sum of $0.6m for costs as a result of the settlement. These amounts have not been received by the group and no asset has been recognised in these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEARE, Andrew James | Secretary | 2024-02-20 | — | — |
| BEARE, Andrew James | Director | 2024-02-20 | Feb 1972 | British |
| ROBSON, Christine | Director | 2012-09-25 | Nov 1947 | British |
| WESTLEY, Stuart | Director | 2016-10-18 | May 1968 | British |
| WOOLHOUSE, Robert Anthony | Director | 2022-03-01 | Aug 1978 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BILLINGTON, David Eric | Secretary | 1999-11-03 | 2016-04-07 |
| ROBSON, James Douglas | Secretary | — | 1999-11-03 |
| YOUNG, Abigail | Secretary | 2016-06-01 | 2020-11-25 |
| BERESFORD, Colin Max | Director | 2017-10-25 | 2022-03-31 |
| BESTWICK, Julian Ian | Director | 2016-05-01 | 2018-07-16 |
| BIGGIN, Philip | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2016-07-05 |
| CALLEAR, David Kenneth | Director | 2014-04-30 | 2016-01-04 |
| CHALLANS, Peter John | Director | 1992-07-01 | 2012-11-30 |
| DEAKIN, Paul Roy | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2015-12-18 |
| EDLEY, Robert James | Director | — | 2014-04-17 |
| GARDINER, James Neil | Director | 2016-09-05 | 2022-07-27 |
| HARDWICK, Mark Andrew | Director | 1999-11-03 | 2004-03-31 |
| HOWARD, Michael | Director | 2003-01-08 | 2013-04-08 |
| HUDSON, Jeffrey | Director | 2016-06-01 | 2017-09-27 |
| IVISON, Betty | Director | — | 2014-12-20 |
| KENNY, Julie Ann | Director | 2017-01-25 | 2025-02-25 |
| LINGARD, Eric Sheriff | Director | — | 1992-05-01 |
| MANNION, Kevin David | Director | 2007-10-15 | 2016-09-08 |
| MARTIN, Julian Brian | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2015-12-07 |
| OXLEY, James Malcolm | Director | — | 2002-04-30 |
| ROBSON, James Douglas | Director | — | 2013-02-02 |
| SHUKER, Gordon Neil | Director | — | 2010-12-31 |
| SPEIRS, William Blake | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2017-06-30 |
| THOMSON, Michael Gibson | Director | — | 1994-06-30 |
| WEST, John | Director | 1997-10-14 | 2007-01-31 |
| WRIGHT, Carolyn | Director | 2019-01-23 | 2024-02-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Christine Robson | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 169 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-20 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-02-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-02-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-07-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-02-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-01-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
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.