RUSH GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£2.8m
+32.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£2.4m
+25.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
14
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.8m
-7.7% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £35,826,808 | £41,066,318 | £38,233,998 | -6.9% | |
| Operating profit | £1,001,542 | £1,934,468 | £1,782,922 | -7.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,002,426 | £2,001,907 | £1,848,493 | -7.7% | |
| Net profit | £798,528 | £1,472,907 | £1,489,394 | +1.1% | |
| Cash | £1,583,982 | £2,073,205 | £2,754,594 | +32.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £925,553 | £2,072,460 | £2,528,442 | +22% | |
| Net assets | £914,553 | £1,887,460 | £2,376,854 | +25.9% | |
| Equity | £914,553 | £1,887,460 | £2,376,854 | +25.9% | |
| Average employees | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0% | |
| Wages | £653,205 | £681,353 | £625,981 | -8.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £215,525 | £192,591 | £114,790 | -40.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £113 | £124,113 | £87,113 | -29.8% | |
| Highest paid director | £130,000 | — | — | — |
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 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.8% | 4.7% | 4.7% | |
| Net margin | 2.2% | 3.6% | 3.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 108.2% | 93.3% | 70.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 88.9% | 78.0% | 72.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.10x | 1.20x | 1.31x | |
| Interest cover | 20.27x | — | 94.41x |
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
- RUSH GROUP LIMITED 2008-08-18 → present
- RUSH POTATOES LIMITED 1990-02-09 → 2008-08-18
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PKF Francis Clark, Statutory Auditor
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we 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 original financial statements were authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- RUSH GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Rush Group Sp ZO.o 100%
- Rush Group kft 100%
- Rush Farms LDA 50%
- Rush NL BV 100%
- Scott Farms International B.V. 45%
- Rush Egypt Farms LLC 75%
Significant events
- “The company is largely dependent on the strength of demand for fruit and vegetables, and also on the weather and harvests.”
- “The US tariff changes appear to fluctuate with EU and UK retaliation import duties. The company has looked to alternative markets, reducing our dependency on US country of origin for produce supplies.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOGGE, Murray Charles, Dr | Secretary | 1997-09-05 | — | British |
| BULFORD, James William Edward | Director | 2022-04-28 | Feb 1986 | British |
| BURGOYNE, Guy Edward Charles | Director | 2014-10-01 | Sep 1984 | British |
| CROCKER, Samuel Charles | Director | 2013-07-16 | Feb 1986 | British |
| HOGGE, Murray Charles, Dr | Director | 1997-03-03 | Oct 1960 | British |
| MOLLOY, Maurice James | Director | 2013-07-16 | Apr 1963 | Irish |
| NAZARE, Jose Alberto Teixeira | Director | 2005-01-14 | Jun 1967 | Portuguese |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JEAL, Derek Anthony | Secretary | 1994-03-01 | 1997-09-05 |
| RUSH, Rena Mary | Secretary | — | 1994-03-01 |
| COUCEIRO, Kenneth Leslie | Director | 1992-04-01 | 1996-06-14 |
| HORTON, Lesley Anne | Director | 2009-10-12 | 2012-09-17 |
| JEAL, Derek Anthony | Director | — | 1997-09-05 |
| LIOE, Tong Theeng | Director | 2011-09-05 | 2022-07-31 |
| NAZARE, Jose Alberto Teixeira | Director | 2002-09-04 | 2004-12-06 |
| OUGH, David William | Director | 1994-07-20 | 2021-11-25 |
| RUSH, Gale John | Director | — | 2001-03-09 |
| VIVIAN, John Henry Jope | Director | 2005-01-14 | 2008-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flatcable Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 148 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-03-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.