RUSSELL ARMER LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-10 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£546K
+2,009.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£11M
+7.5% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
9
-30.8% lowest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£442K
+1,126.9% first positive since 2024
Net assets
8-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
8-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-04-01 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2022-04-01 | 2023-03-31 | 2023-04-01 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £9,999,376 | £15,613,699 | — | £9,744,806 | — | £10,171,252 | £7,733,423 | |
| Operating profit | — | £372,820 | £1,514,850 | — | -£221,802 | — | -£36,494 | £550,151 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £336,953 | £1,507,479 | — | £851,129 | — | -£43,079 | £442,379 | |
| Net profit | — | £260,733 | £1,226,374 | — | £605,321 | — | -£31,390 | £744,230 | |
| Cash | — | £2,887,633 | £1,165,534 | — | £45,768 | — | £25,906 | £546,395 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £8,122,019 | £9,348,652 | — | £9,934,978 | — | £9,897,132 | £10,772,298 | |
| Net assets | — | £8,091,521 | £9,317,895 | — | £9,923,216 | — | £9,891,826 | £10,636,056 | |
| Equity | £7,830,788 | £8,091,521 | £9,317,895 | £9,317,895 | £9,923,216 | £9,923,216 | £9,891,826 | £10,636,056 | |
| Average employees | — | 51 | 34 | — | 17 | — | 13 | 9 | |
| Wages | — | £1,428,453 | £1,068,423 | — | £565,679 | — | £453,258 | £284,437 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £3,197 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-24%
£10,171,252 £7,733,423
lowest in 5 filed years
-
Cash
+2,009.1%
£25,906 £546,395
-
Net assets
+7.5%
£9,891,826 £10,636,056
highest in 5 filed years
-
Employees
-30.8%
13 9
lowest in 5 filed years
-
Operating profit
+1,607.5%
-£36,494 £550,151
first positive since 2024
-
Profit before tax
+1,126.9%
-£43,079 £442,379
first positive since 2024
-
Wages
-37.2%
£453,258 £284,437
lowest in 5 filed years
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 | 2020-04-01 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2022-04-01 | 2023-03-31 | 2023-04-01 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 3.7% | 9.7% | — | -2.3% | — | -0.4% | 7.1% | |
| Net margin | — | 2.6% | 7.9% | — | 6.2% | — | -0.3% | 9.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 4.6% | 16.2% | — | -2.2% | — | -0.4% | 5.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.27x | 5.22x | |
| Interest cover | — | 8.81x | 104.95x | — | -223.59x | — | -5.54x | 5.10x |
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
- RUSSELL ARMER LIMITED 1986-02-11 → present
- RUSSELLS,ARMER LIMITED 1961-01-17 → 1986-02-11
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Armstrong Watson Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have adopted measures and assessed the financial implications of associated factors outside their control, including alternate forecasts which consider a range of reasonably possible scenarios in the current economic environment. The forecasts produced are based upon agreed margins and are cash generative, with sufficient headroom in the funding arrangement to continue operating for a period in excess of 12 months from the date these financial statements are signed. The Directors do not consider the residual uncertainties to be material to the company's ability to continue meeting their liabilities as they fall due in the normal course of business for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “During the year, the Company continued to deliver high-quality new build residential developments on behalf of the wider group companies. Trading performance reflected a lower level of activity compared to the prior year, driven by wider market conditions, although build quality and operational standards remained strong.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GORDON, Nicky James | Secretary | 2023-07-13 | — | — |
| BLUE, John | Director | 2025-02-14 | Jun 1989 | British |
| GORDON, Nicky James | Director | 2021-04-07 | Apr 1984 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABERNETHY, Joe | Secretary | 2021-04-07 | 2022-02-11 |
| BENSON, Colin | Secretary | — | 2005-03-31 |
| COWGILL, Karen Patricia | Secretary | 2005-05-26 | 2021-04-07 |
| GORDON, Katie | Secretary | 2022-03-31 | 2023-07-13 |
| WARBURTON, Bernadette | Secretary | 2022-02-28 | 2022-03-31 |
| DWF SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-03-31 | 2005-05-26 |
| BENSON, Colin | Director | 1996-05-17 | 2005-03-31 |
| NICHOLSON, David Martyn | Director | — | 2021-04-07 |
| SHORT, Rodney Andrew | Director | — | 1996-05-17 |
| TAYLOR, Andrew Christopher | Director | 1996-05-17 | 2021-04-07 |
| WALKER, Mark | Director | 2021-04-07 | 2025-01-22 |
| WOAMALD, Frances Jill | Director | — | 1996-05-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Armer Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 520 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-02 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-07-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-29 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-29 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-27 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-27 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-08-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-21 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
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.