RIJO 42 MACHINES LTD
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Cash
£1.5M
-23% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£2.9M
-33.5% lowest in 4 filed years
Employees
43
-4.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.2M
-32.1% vs 2024
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,852,362 | — | £12,401,544 | £11,663,276 | -6% | |
| Operating profit | £3,258,321 | — | £3,163,786 | £2,133,221 | -32.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,258,146 | £2,013,464 | £3,172,912 | £2,155,851 | -32.1% | |
| Net profit | £2,631,043 | £1,859,314 | £2,447,365 | £1,612,392 | -34.1% | |
| Cash | £3,892,042 | £2,285,335 | £1,910,488 | £1,471,390 | -23% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,787,918 | £6,631,217 | £4,365,722 | £2,910,844 | -33.3% | |
| Net assets | £4,772,572 | £6,631,886 | £4,355,529 | £2,897,785 | -33.5% | |
| Equity | £4,772,572 | £6,631,886 | £4,355,529 | £2,897,785 | -33.5% | |
| Average employees | 38 | 41 | 45 | 43 | -4.4% | |
| Wages | £2,102,482 | £2,730,226 | £2,677,802 | £1,991,548 | -25.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £81,625 | £216,568 | £321,231 | £191,485 | -40.4% |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 30.0% | — | 25.5% | 18.3% | |
| Net margin | 24.2% | — | 19.7% | 13.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 68.1% | — | 72.5% | 73.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 4.83x | 4.12x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The company has continued to invest in its people ensuring that it is able to offer its customers a high quality experience covering all aspects of the customer lifecycle and journey including initial sale of its high quality machines, ongoing service and maintenance.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HILTON-MASON, Stacey | Secretary | 2025-10-20 | — | — |
| HILTON-MASON, Stacey | Director | 2026-04-28 | Jun 1991 | British |
| MENDELSOHN, Lorna Kathleen | Director | 2023-05-18 | Jul 1979 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2010-03-04 | 2010-03-04 |
| DAVIES, Dunstana Adeshola | Director | 2010-03-04 | 2010-03-04 |
| HEATHCOTE, Lynn | Director | 2010-03-04 | 2025-08-31 |
| LAWSON, Richard William | Director | 2023-05-18 | 2025-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Real Spirit Of Coffee Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-05-16 | Active |
| Rijo 42 (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-05-16 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 58 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-20 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-10-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-08 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-03 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-05-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-23 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.