RWS TRANSLATIONS LIMITED
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Cash
£2.4M
-30.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£37M
+53.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
198
-6.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£17M
+83.2% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £88,634,567 | £87,401,406 | £84,905,514 | -2.9% | |
| Operating profit | £18,378,551 | £9,196,735 | £16,112,177 | +75.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £18,325,865 | £9,234,922 | £16,921,266 | +83.2% | |
| Net profit | £14,303,822 | £4,057,096 | £12,832,357 | +216.3% | |
| Cash | £5,033,610 | £3,485,717 | £2,412,248 | -30.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,634,957 | £24,055,485 | £36,921,689 | +53.5% | |
| Net assets | £19,976,203 | £24,055,485 | £36,921,689 | +53.5% | |
| Equity | £19,976,203 | £24,055,485 | £36,921,689 | +53.5% | |
| Average employees | 217 | 212 | 198 | -6.6% | |
| Wages | £13,016,891 | £13,463,190 | £11,388,271 | -15.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £207,258 | £165,508 | £181,457 | +9.6% |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 20.7% | 10.5% | 19.0% | |
| Net margin | 16.1% | 4.6% | 15.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 89.1% | 38.2% | 43.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 59.2% | 39.3% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.08x | 2.07x | 1.92x |
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
- RWS TRANSLATIONS LIMITED 1988-10-27 → present
- M.H. RANDALL AND PARTNERS LIMITED 1972-11-06 → 1988-10-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On the basis of the above, the Directors consider it appropriate to conclude that the Company has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future and for a period to 31 May 2027.”
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the year end, the Group refinanced its revolving credit facility, under which the Company participates as a guarantor pursuant to a cross-group guarantee arrangement. The Group increased the available revolving credit facility commitment from US$220m to US$285m and extended the maturity to October 2029.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GATLAND, Erica | Director | 2018-10-01 | Dec 1971 | British |
| LACEY, James Christopher | Director | 2026-02-04 | May 1978 | British |
| PERKINS, Lauren Adele | Director | 2025-06-23 | Oct 1985 | British |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANTHONY, Susan | Secretary | 1995-03-16 | 2007-03-31 |
| BRENTNALL, Philip | Secretary | — | 1995-02-10 |
| GLASS, Desmond Kenneth | Secretary | 2017-11-06 | 2022-04-08 |
| JONES, Timothy John | Secretary | 1995-02-10 | 1995-03-16 |
| LEWEY, Christopher Guy Desmond | Secretary | 2022-04-08 | 2022-11-09 |
| MCCARTHY, Michael Anthony | Secretary | 2007-04-02 | 2012-12-31 |
| THOMPSON, Richard James | Secretary | 2013-01-01 | 2017-11-06 |
| ANTHONY, Susan | Director | 1995-05-11 | 2007-03-31 |
| BALLINTYNE, Brett Anthony | Director | 2023-05-10 | 2025-06-30 |
| BARB, Elinor Mary Hertha | Director | — | 1993-03-31 |
| BARB, Wolfgang Gerson, Dr | Director | — | 1995-02-10 |
| BENNETT, Daniel Thomas | Director | 2022-12-20 | 2023-11-30 |
| BRODE, Andrew Stephen | Director | 1995-02-11 | 2023-08-10 |
| CARTER, Stuart, Director | Director | 2017-10-02 | 2020-03-03 |
| DAY, Roderick | Director | 2022-04-08 | 2022-12-20 |
| DRANE, Ashwood Stephen, Dr | Director | 1995-05-11 | 1999-07-07 |
| DRANE, Ashwood Stephen, Doctor | Director | 1993-01-01 | 1995-02-11 |
| EVANS, Christopher | Director | 2019-11-28 | 2022-12-20 |
| GLASS, Desmond Kenneth Neil | Director | 2017-11-06 | 2022-04-08 |
| HARDY, Austyn | Director | 2019-11-28 | 2023-05-05 |
| HINDLEY, Joanne Claire | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2017-09-29 |
| JONES, Timothy John | Director | 1994-04-01 | 2000-07-25 |
| LODGE, Stephen John | Director | — | 2011-01-31 |
| LUCAS, Elisabeth Ann | Director | — | 2011-12-31 |
| MCCARTHY, Michael Anthony | Director | 2000-05-02 | 2012-12-31 |
| OTTWAY, Reinhard Karl-Heinz | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2017-03-31 |
| POTTS, Susan | Director | — | 1995-02-11 |
| RANDALL, Robert John | Director | — | 1995-02-11 |
| SIMPKIN, Neil Thomas | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2022-12-20 |
| SITCH, Charles Edward | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2020-05-29 |
| THOMPSON, Richard James | Director | 2012-11-28 | 2021-07-25 |
| VINCENT, Graham David | Director | — | 1993-03-11 |
| WALSH, Catherine Elizabeth | Director | 2022-12-20 | 2023-05-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rws Holdings Plc | Corporate entity | Appoints directors | 2023-10-28 | Active |
| Rws Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-10-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 213 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-31 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-31 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-10 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.