ROSS & CATHERALL LIMITED
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Cash
£4.6m
+110.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£41m
-84.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
140
-2.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£29m
+4.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials 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 | £100,706,000 | £89,567,000 | £99,753,000 | +11.4% | |
| Operating profit | £28,574,000 | £28,631,000 | £29,679,000 | +3.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £28,548,000 | £27,892,000 | £29,030,000 | +4.1% | |
| Net profit | £27,612,000 | £27,537,000 | £26,841,000 | -2.5% | |
| Cash | £2,429,000 | £2,194,000 | £4,621,000 | +110.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £241,197,000 | £267,312,000 | £46,152,000 | -82.7% | |
| Net assets | £233,289,000 | £260,826,000 | £40,678,000 | -84.4% | |
| Equity | £233,289,000 | £260,826,000 | £40,678,000 | -84.4% | |
| Average employees | 147 | 144 | 140 | -2.8% | |
| Wages | £6,516,000 | £7,123,000 | £7,556,000 | +6.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £127,000 | £162,000 | +27.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £13,000 | £8,000 | -38.5% | |
| Highest paid director | — | £83,000 | £79,000 | -4.8% |
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 | 28.4% | 32.0% | 29.8% | |
| Net margin | 27.4% | 30.7% | 26.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.8% | 10.7% | 64.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 5.7% | 4.5% | 38.8% | |
| Current ratio | 49.43x | 61.42x | 2.88x | |
| Interest cover | — | 38.74x | 45.73x |
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
- ROSS & CATHERALL LIMITED 2001-03-29 → present
- INGLEBY (1385) LIMITED 2000-11-20 → 2001-03-29
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic.”
Significant events
- “On June 25, 2026, the Company's ultimate parent company, DPC Holdings Plc, successfully completed an initial public offering (IPO) and its shares were admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EGAN, David John | Director | 2024-07-04 | Dec 1967 | British |
| QUINN, Michael Joseph | Director | 2020-03-13 | Sep 1968 | Irish |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARRETT-HAGUE, Helen | Secretary | 2021-09-28 | 2024-03-08 |
| BUNDRED, David George | Secretary | 2000-12-13 | 2001-06-28 |
| JACKSON, Howard Watson | Secretary | 2002-02-04 | 2011-10-20 |
| MOLYNEUX, Ian | Secretary | 2011-10-20 | 2021-09-28 |
| TILLEY, Michael John | Secretary | 2001-06-28 | 2002-02-04 |
| INGLEBY NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-11-20 | 2000-12-13 |
| ASTON, Stephen Mark | Director | 2002-11-11 | 2004-12-06 |
| BARRETT-HAGUE, Helen | Director | 2021-09-28 | 2024-03-08 |
| BULL, George | Director | 2001-08-16 | 2001-12-06 |
| BUNDRED, David George | Director | 2000-12-13 | 2001-06-28 |
| DRURY, Phillip Michael | Director | 2001-06-21 | 2001-11-13 |
| HINKS, Duncan Andrew | Director | 2011-10-31 | 2019-03-27 |
| HOLLAND, William George | Director | 2001-06-21 | 2004-07-21 |
| JACKSON, Howard Watson | Director | 2002-05-03 | 2011-10-20 |
| KAYSER, Michael Arthur | Director | 2002-05-03 | 2002-09-08 |
| LEWIS, Eric James | Director | 2001-08-16 | 2009-03-31 |
| MARTLE, Simon David | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2023-08-01 |
| MOLYNEUX, Ian | Director | 2016-03-23 | 2021-09-28 |
| OXNARD, Lisa Marie | Director | 2018-12-17 | 2020-03-13 |
| POOLE, Donald Ian | Director | 2009-09-21 | 2011-10-31 |
| RUDGYARD, Stuart | Director | 2001-04-05 | 2001-11-19 |
| SCHURCH, Michael John | Director | 2004-12-06 | 2016-03-23 |
| SMITH, Peter John | Director | 2000-12-13 | 2001-08-16 |
| STROTHERS, Paul Antony | Director | 2009-03-31 | 2009-05-31 |
| THOMAS, Clive Ronald, Dr | Director | 2001-04-05 | 2004-07-21 |
| TILLEY, Michael John | Director | 2001-08-16 | 2001-12-06 |
| WAUDBY, Peter Edward | Director | 2001-04-05 | 2001-09-19 |
| INGLEBY HOLDINGS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-11-20 | 2000-12-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doncasters Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 202 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-05-09 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-04-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-09 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-04-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-18 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-18 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-03-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-03-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-29 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.