R C BROWN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT PLC
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Cash
£1.6m
+45.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£3.2m
+42.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
14
+7.7% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£778k
+128.1% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-08-16.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,110,685 | £5,498,785 | £6,592,199 | +19.9% | |
| Operating profit | £104,623 | £248,929 | £642,360 | +158% | |
| Profit before tax | £143,097 | £341,235 | £778,353 | +128.1% | |
| Net profit | £101,923 | £237,564 | £574,961 | +142% | |
| Cash | £488,556 | £1,103,043 | £1,605,802 | +45.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,027,109 | £2,255,692 | £3,179,219 | +40.9% | |
| Net assets | £1,979,787 | £2,217,351 | £3,151,312 | +42.1% | |
| Equity | £1,979,787 | £2,217,351 | £3,151,312 | +42.1% | |
| Average employees | 12 | 13 | 14 | +7.7% | |
| Wages | £729,376 | £776,326 | £1,098,735 | +41.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £404,597 | £410,850 | £466,427 | +13.5% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.0% | 4.5% | 9.7% | |
| Net margin | 4.8% | 4.3% | 8.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.2% | 11.0% | 20.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 16.9% | 20.9% | — | |
| Current ratio | 2.71x | 2.74x | 3.48x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 7.86x |
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
- R C BROWN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT PLC 1990-05-22 → present
- GLOBECROFT LIMITED 1990-04-05 → 1990-05-22
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we 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 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 group's and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- R C BROWN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT PLC · parent
- Portcullis Financial Planning Ltd 51%
- RCBIM Nominees Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “In the year the Company disposed of 39% of the share capital in its subsidiary Portcullis Financial Planning Limited for the consideration of £421,400.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Oliver Charles | Secretary | 2013-05-01 | — | — |
| BEANEY, Alan Frederick | Director | 2010-03-17 | Aug 1957 | British |
| BROWN, Oliver Charles | Director | 2009-05-07 | Sep 1980 | British |
| BROWN, Robert Charles | Director | — | Mar 1947 | British |
| MEYER, Glenn John | Director | 2012-05-01 | Jun 1959 | British |
| WHELAN, Neil Michael | Director | 2018-11-16 | Dec 1978 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUGHES, Anthony Lewis | Secretary | — | 2004-12-15 |
| JONES, Lindsey Jacqueline | Secretary | 2004-12-15 | 2013-04-30 |
| BROWN, Oliver Charles | Director | 2009-05-01 | 2009-05-01 |
| COMER, Alan James | Director | — | 2013-05-29 |
| HUGHES, Anthony Lewis | Director | — | 2004-04-30 |
| JONES, Lindsey Jacqueline | Director | 2006-05-01 | 2013-04-30 |
| WILLIS, Michael John David | Director | 2008-05-01 | 2008-10-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Robert Charles Brown | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 147 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-04-04 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2020-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-07-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2019-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-11-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2018-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type 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.