RAMBOLL MIDDLE EAST LIMITED
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Cash
£3.4m
+13% vs 2024
Net assets
-£8.1m
-307.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
80
-33.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£6.4m
-349.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
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 | £29,554,000 | £20,892,000 | £8,525,000 | -59.2% | |
| Operating profit | -£724,000 | £3,118,000 | -£5,661,000 | -281.6% | |
| Profit before tax | -£805,000 | £2,557,000 | -£6,390,000 | -349.9% | |
| Net profit | -£965,000 | £2,379,000 | -£6,379,000 | -368.1% | |
| Cash | £9,639,000 | £2,979,000 | £3,366,000 | +13% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | -£4,356,000 | -£1,982,000 | -£8,084,000 | -307.9% | |
| Equity | -£4,356,000 | — | -£8,084,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 134 | 121 | 80 | -33.9% | |
| Wages | £10,467,000 | £9,576,000 | £7,006,000 | -26.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £245,000 | £41,000 | £98,000 | +139% | |
| Highest paid director | £245,000 | £24,000 | £98,000 | +308.3% |
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 | -2.4% | 14.9% | -66.4% | |
| Net margin | -3.3% | 11.4% | -74.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 115.6% | 226.3% | 177.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.86x | 0.09x | 0.58x | |
| Interest cover | -8.94x | 5.56x | -7.77x |
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
- RAMBOLL MIDDLE EAST LIMITED 2009-07-06 → present
- WHITBY & BIRD LIMITED 1986-05-14 → 2009-07-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have no reason to believe that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt about the ability for the business to continue as a going concern, or its ability to remain solvent, and on that basis the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting.”
Significant events
- “The turnover of the Company has decreased to £8,525k in 2025 (2024: £20,892k) as a result of the slowdown in economic activities in KSA.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RATCLIFFE, Stephanie | Secretary | 2023-04-13 | — | — |
| KNUDSEN, Anders Rødgaard | Director | 2023-12-12 | Sep 1969 | Danish |
| SAXENA, Akrosh | Director | 2023-12-12 | Mar 1981 | Indian |
| SHARMA, Rohit | Director | 2023-12-13 | Oct 1980 | Indian |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CUNNINGHAM, Timothy James | Secretary | 2019-06-12 | 2022-12-15 |
| THORP, Andrew Charles | Secretary | 2002-12-02 | 2019-06-20 |
| WHITBY, Mark | Secretary | — | 2002-11-02 |
| ABIDI, Yaver Ali | Director | 2014-11-11 | 2016-01-08 |
| AHMAD, Zohaib Ehsan Nafis | Director | 2018-01-26 | 2024-01-29 |
| BEARD, Richard | Director | 2014-11-11 | 2021-11-25 |
| BEAVEN, Deborah Jane | Director | 2012-09-04 | 2014-11-11 |
| BIRD, Alan Bryn | Director | — | 1998-04-01 |
| BRØNDUM, Søren Thomas | Director | 2021-11-25 | 2024-01-29 |
| CANADINE, Stephen Charles | Director | 2012-09-04 | 2014-11-11 |
| DOBBINS, Terence John | Director | 2010-02-01 | 2014-11-11 |
| EVANS, Gareth Bryan | Director | 2014-11-11 | 2018-01-26 |
| HARVEY, Daniel John | Director | 2010-02-01 | 2014-11-11 |
| JOHANSEN, Soren Holm | Director | 2015-09-09 | 2018-01-26 |
| MCBEATH, Charles Pryde | Director | 2010-01-04 | 2012-09-03 |
| MICHAEL, Crane | Director | 1998-04-01 | 2010-01-04 |
| PAULING, Alan Kit | Director | 2014-11-11 | 2018-01-26 |
| PEDERSEN, Bo Rene | Director | 2017-09-20 | 2018-01-26 |
| PEDERSEN, Flemming Bligaard | Director | 2010-01-04 | 2012-03-13 |
| ROSENVOLD, Michael | Director | 2010-01-04 | 2017-09-20 |
| SMITH, Simon Leslie | Director | 2010-05-01 | 2012-03-30 |
| SOERENSEN, John | Director | 2014-11-11 | 2018-01-26 |
| WHITBY, Mark | Director | 2006-07-17 | 2010-01-04 |
| WHITBY, Mark | Director | — | 2002-11-02 |
| WYLES, John Andrew Geraint | Director | 2024-11-26 | 2025-05-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramboll Whitbybird Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 166 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-23 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-12-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.