RARE ART (LONDON) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-05 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£113K
-43.7% lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£7M
-3.6% vs 2024
Employees
12
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£667K
+110.6% vs 2024
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-01-31 | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £313,788 | — | — | £350,571 | £704,414 | |
| Profit before tax | £293,771 | £1,168,514 | £1,049,228 | £316,800 | £667,154 | |
| Net profit | £231,400 | £974,041 | £834,096 | £219,840 | £498,245 | |
| Cash | £1,168,831 | £400,485 | £716,311 | £201,240 | £113,315 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,139,563 | £7,428,604 | £7,662,700 | £7,492,540 | £7,225,785 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £7,492,540 | £7,225,785 | |
| Equity | £7,139,563 | £7,428,604 | £7,662,700 | £7,492,540 | £7,225,785 | |
| Average employees | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — |
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 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-43.7%
£201,240 £113,315
lowest in 5 filed years
-
Net assets
-3.6%
£7,492,540 £7,225,785
-
Employees
0%
12 12
-
Operating profit
+100.9%
£350,571 £704,414
highest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
+110.6%
£316,800 £667,154
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 | 2021-01-31 | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 4.4% | — | — | 4.7% | 9.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.96x | 2.83x | |
| Interest cover | 11.66x | — | — | 10.10x | 18.91x |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Hilton Consulting Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, I 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 I have performed, I have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the 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.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOOPMAN, Michael Timo Patrick | Director | 2000-03-06 | Oct 1970 | British |
| SMITH, Amanda | Director | 2017-08-18 | Aug 1960 | British |
| SMITH, Kimberley | Director | 2026-04-27 | Sep 1989 | British |
| SMITH, Lewis Samuel | Director | 2013-07-01 | Feb 1962 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEFTON, Anthony Paul | Secretary | 2007-01-29 | 2018-08-15 |
| SMITH, Lewis Samuel | Secretary | — | 2007-01-29 |
| GARBUTTA, Stephen Michael | Director | 1997-07-07 | 1999-01-31 |
| HARTMAN, Alan | Director | — | 2008-12-31 |
| KOOPMAN, Michael Salomon William | Director | — | 2002-11-02 |
| SEFTON, Anthony Paul | Director | 2002-08-16 | 2002-12-06 |
| SMITH, Lewis Samuel | Director | — | 2013-07-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Lewis Samuel Smith | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 116 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audited abridged | |
| 2021-10-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2018-08-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2018-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.