RUTPEN LIMITED
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Cash
£4.2m
-0.4% vs 2025
Net assets
£5.2m
+32.8% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
44
+4.8% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£1.7m
+97.1% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £10,316,535 | £10,748,683 | £11,391,102 | £11,806,177 | +3.6% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £1,593,249 | £445,229 | £1,669,203 | +274.9% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1,192,148 | £1,710,444 | £887,053 | £1,748,166 | +97.1% | |
| Net profit | — | — | £856,009 | £1,275,408 | £492,486 | £1,281,635 | +160.2% | |
| Cash | £1,851,148 | £2,359,909 | £3,477,374 | £4,362,387 | £4,177,176 | £4,160,874 | -0.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,318,698 | £3,977,746 | £4,504,222 | £4,769,535 | £4,287,152 | £5,877,559 | +37.1% | |
| Net assets | £4,190,355 | £3,777,912 | £4,133,921 | £4,409,329 | £3,901,815 | £5,183,450 | +32.8% | |
| Equity | £4,190,355 | £3,777,912 | £4,133,921 | £4,409,329 | £3,901,815 | £5,183,450 | +32.8% | |
| Average employees | 48 | 39 | 47 | 41 | 42 | 44 | +4.8% | |
| Wages | — | — | £1,599,460 | £1,718,316 | £1,866,888 | £2,041,875 | +9.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £175,105 | £192,085 | £270,187 | £392,438 | +45.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £87,560 | £96,359 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £96,585 | £170,144 | £170,741 | +0.4% |
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 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 14.8% | 3.9% | 14.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 8.3% | 11.9% | 4.3% | 10.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 33.4% | 10.4% | 28.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 32.4% | 48.5% | 51.8% | 52.9% | 60.6% | 56.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.60x | 1.38x | 1.42x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 75.56x |
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
- RUTPEN LIMITED 1993-11-08 → present
- DEALBASE LIMITED 1993-10-06 → 1993-11-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- UHY Ross Brooke
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- RUTPEN LIMITED · parent
- C G P Chemicals Ltd 0%
Significant events
- “A subsidiary company, C G P Chemicals Limited was purchased in the year ended 31 March 2025 and following the acquisition the trading activities were absorbed into Rutpen Limited. C G P Chemicals was dissolved on 9 December 2025 and the investment has therefore been disposed in the accounts.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHITTLE, Kevin David | Secretary | 1993-10-13 | — | British |
| EMMETT, Stuart | Director | 2013-10-25 | Nov 1977 | British |
| HOLLEY, William Michael | Director | 2024-12-20 | Jan 1995 | British |
| MORLEY, Samuel James | Director | 2025-07-09 | Jan 1989 | British |
| ROBERTS, David Thomas | Director | 1998-01-16 | Mar 1966 | British |
| WHITTLE, David Zacchaeus Greaves | Director | 2024-12-20 | Nov 2000 | British |
| WHITTLE, Kevin David | Director | 1993-10-13 | Jan 1959 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONWAY, Robert | Nominee Secretary | 1993-10-06 | 1993-10-13 |
| COWAN, Graham Michael | Nominee Director | 1993-10-06 | 1993-10-13 |
| HELSBY, Peter Brian | Director | 2001-01-19 | 2008-01-31 |
| NIXON, Anthony Paul | Director | 1993-10-13 | 2013-10-25 |
| TRIPP, Richard Terence | Director | 2013-03-15 | 2019-04-30 |
| TRIPP, Richard Terence | Director | 1993-10-14 | 1998-06-15 |
| WHEELER, David George | Director | 2007-02-05 | 2021-02-12 |
| WHITTLE, Curtis David | Director | 1993-10-14 | 2015-06-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rutpen Management Services Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-10-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 105 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-28 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-06 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2022-10-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-11-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
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