REALLY USEFUL PRODUCTS LTD
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-28 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£168K
+54.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£18M
+4.2% vs 2024
Employees
313
+6.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£948K
+264.8% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-06-01 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £50,406,817 | £53,185,603 | |
| Operating profit | — | £1,190,015 | £1,753,291 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £259,879 | £948,115 | |
| Net profit | — | £37,585 | £709,173 | |
| Cash | — | £108,907 | £167,886 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £23,093,957 | £23,078,729 | |
| Net assets | — | £16,862,479 | £17,571,652 | |
| Equity | £16,824,894 | £16,862,479 | £17,571,652 | |
| Average employees | — | 293 | 313 | |
| Wages | — | £7,108,828 | £8,847,171 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £590,119 | £665,604 |
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 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
-
Turnover
+5.5%
£50,406,817 £53,185,603
-
Cash
+54.2%
£108,907 £167,886
-
Net assets
+4.2%
£16,862,479 £17,571,652
-
Employees
+6.8%
293 313
-
Operating profit
+47.3%
£1,190,015 £1,753,291
-
Profit before tax
+264.8%
£259,879 £948,115
-
Wages
+24.5%
£7,108,828 £8,847,171
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 | 2023-06-01 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 2.4% | 3.3% | |
| Net margin | — | 0.1% | 1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 5.2% | 7.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 55.1% | 50.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.18x | 1.36x | |
| Interest cover | — | 1.28x | 2.18x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Armstrong Watson Audit Limited
- 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 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.”
Significant events
- “During the year, the company made several key decisions which affected the business.”
- “The focus in the coming year will continue to be on consolidation and debt reduction as we look to repay debt which built up in order to fund increased capacity. We are moving from being a growth business to a mature one, with attention now being placed on optimisation.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PICKLES, Marc Anthony | Secretary | 2014-11-20 | — | — |
| PICKLES, Marc Anthony | Director | 2011-01-01 | May 1984 | British |
| PICKLES, Michael | Director | 2000-03-28 | Mar 1959 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASHTON, Neil Andrew | Secretary | 2013-02-14 | 2014-11-20 |
| CRAWFORD, Carole Ann | Secretary | 2009-09-01 | 2013-02-11 |
| PICKLES, Jolene Anna | Secretary | 2000-03-28 | 2009-09-01 |
| FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-12-23 | 1999-12-23 |
| ANDERSSON, Katrin Gisela | Director | 2013-08-01 | 2017-01-27 |
| ASHTON, Neil Andrew | Director | 2013-02-14 | 2014-11-20 |
| CRAWFORD, Carole Ann | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2013-02-11 |
| WALKER, Julie Helen | Director | 2013-08-01 | 2019-04-30 |
| FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-12-23 | 1999-12-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaman Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 138 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-04-25 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2024-04-25 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-04-25 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-24 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-23 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-08 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-25 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2024-04-25 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-04-25 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-04-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-14 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-12-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-07-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.