RICHARD ALAN ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED
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Cash
£483k
-35.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£4.1m
+2.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
119
-17.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£221k
-114.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £19,399,159 | £23,090,935 | £16,738,236 | -27.5% | |
| Operating profit | £1,575,087 | £1,884,048 | £27,369 | -98.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,250,366 | £1,544,172 | -£220,602 | -114.3% | |
| Net profit | £948,918 | £1,145,800 | -£124,039 | -110.8% | |
| Cash | £757,125 | £749,895 | £483,427 | -35.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,112,979 | £6,045,721 | £4,603,016 | -23.9% | |
| Net assets | £2,856,672 | £4,002,472 | £4,103,433 | +2.5% | |
| Equity | £2,856,672 | £4,002,472 | £4,103,433 | +2.5% | |
| Average employees | 137 | 145 | 119 | -17.9% | |
| Wages | £6,455,549 | £7,775,053 | £5,928,115 | -23.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £364,599 | £646,140 | £213,032 | -67% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £21,229 | £31,125 | £27,169 | -12.7% | |
| Highest paid director | £182,300 | £307,507 | £84,806 | -72.4% |
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 | 8.1% | 8.2% | 0.2% | |
| Net margin | 4.9% | 5.0% | -0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 30.8% | 31.2% | 0.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 71.6% | 65.3% | 57.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.43x | 1.53x | 1.28x | |
| Interest cover | 4.83x | 5.43x | 0.10x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company meets its day to day working capital requirements through normal trading and an Invoice Discounting Facility, which was due for renewal in March 2026 and the Company has since given notice and will exit by 23 December 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HANCOCK, Benjamin David | Director | 2018-03-29 | Jan 1991 | British |
| JOHNSON, Robert Paul | Director | — | Jun 1957 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEAKES, Stuart | Secretary | 2008-04-21 | 2023-03-31 |
| JENNINGS, Edward | Secretary | 2006-10-09 | 2008-04-21 |
| JOHNSON, Robert Paul | Secretary | — | 2005-09-30 |
| RAMSDEN, Andrew Nicholas | Secretary | 2005-09-30 | 2006-10-09 |
| BRAGAN, Stuart | Director | — | 2005-09-30 |
| JOHNSON, Christopher Richard | Director | — | 2002-04-30 |
| JOHNSON, Tracey Jayne | Director | 2008-04-29 | 2025-09-11 |
| WOOLLIN, Andrew | Director | 2013-03-08 | 2014-10-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Paul Johnson | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-06-29 |
| Mrs Tracey Jayne Johnson | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-06-29 |
| Richard Alan Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% (as firm), Voting 75–100% (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 159 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-08-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-31 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.