RAVEN ROOFING AND BUILDING SUPPLIES LIMITED
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Cash
£1.1m
-18.4% vs 2025
Net assets
£1.5m
-20.4% vs 2025
Employees
46
0% vs 2025
Profit before tax
-£382k
+38% vs 2025
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-05-31 | 2022-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 | 2026-05-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £19,667,047 | £19,572,498 | £18,873,756 | £18,637,625 | £19,026,282 | +2.1% | |
| Operating profit | £724,815 | £908,442 | -£61,278 | -£627,394 | -£374,475 | +40.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £700,392 | £889,398 | -£65,154 | -£616,986 | -£382,391 | +38% | |
| Net profit | £558,738 | £718,027 | -£34,909 | -£474,695 | -£387,271 | +18.4% | |
| Cash | £524,850 | £1,903,283 | £2,078,091 | £1,307,450 | £1,066,444 | -18.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,320,241 | £2,041,033 | £2,371,619 | £1,896,924 | £1,509,653 | -20.4% | |
| Net assets | £1,319,213 | £2,037,240 | £2,371,619 | £1,896,924 | £1,509,653 | -20.4% | |
| Equity | £1,319,213 | £2,037,240 | £2,371,619 | £1,896,924 | £1,509,653 | -20.4% | |
| Average employees | 48 | 44 | 44 | 46 | 46 | 0% | |
| Wages | £1,409,885 | £1,565,878 | £1,540,422 | £1,726,412 | £1,774,922 | +2.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £85,380 | £57,000 | £91,984 | £107,106 | £121,675 | +13.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £17,423 | £17,465 | £29,208 | +67.2% |
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 | 2021-05-31 | 2022-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 | 2026-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.7% | 4.6% | -0.3% | -3.4% | -2.0% | |
| Net margin | 2.8% | 3.7% | -0.2% | -2.5% | -2.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 54.9% | 44.5% | -2.6% | -33.1% | -24.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 75.8% | 69.5% | 62.2% | 66.6% | 73.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.59x | 1.49x | 1.35x | |
| Interest cover | 29.52x | 47.51x | -3.78x | -36.36x | -13.60x |
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
- RAVEN ROOFING AND BUILDING SUPPLIES LIMITED 2000-02-25 → present
- RAVEN BUILDING SUPPLIES LIMITED 1974-07-10 → 2000-02-25
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- WSM Advisors Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”
Significant events
- “A one-off exceptional cost (£127,820) was incurred in the trading year for uplift in property rent and leases backdated to 2013.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APPLEBEE, Mark William | Director | 1992-11-23 | Mar 1966 | British |
| HUMM, Mandy | Director | 2018-11-01 | May 1978 | British |
| MORRIS, Andrew Nicholas | Director | 1992-11-23 | Aug 1961 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| APPLEBEE, Mark William | Secretary | — | 2021-09-28 |
| WSM SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2021-09-27 | 2024-11-13 |
| MORRIS, Alfred William | Director | — | 2005-05-23 |
| TANSLEY, Adrian John | Director | 2010-11-30 | 2020-08-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Kevin Spencer | Director | 2020-01-02 | 2022-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambrian London Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-07-16 | Active |
| Mr Mark William Applebee | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-09-05 | Ceased 2020-07-16 |
| Mr Andrew Nicholas Morris | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-09-05 | Ceased 2020-07-16 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 120 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-10-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-10-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-10-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-10-05 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-10-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-28 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-06-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.