ROUGHTON GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£205k
-88.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£8m
-3.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
4
-42.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£305k
-229.5% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The Group and Company have net liability positions at the reporting date and are dependent on banking and invoice financing facilities which are repayable on demand. The forecasts prepared by management demonstrate that the Group and Company are expected to have sufficient liquidity to meet their obligations as they fall due.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,323,370 | £6,129,088 | £4,905,071 | -20% | |
| Operating profit | £84,096 | £272,674 | £86,794 | -68.2% | |
| Profit before tax | -£414,411 | -£92,470 | -£304,697 | -229.5% | |
| Net profit | -£414,411 | -£92,470 | -£304,697 | -229.5% | |
| Cash | £1,421,287 | £1,820,641 | £204,974 | -88.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£5,039,318 | -£5,131,788 | -£5,438,120 | -6% | |
| Net assets | -£7,577,983 | -£7,670,453 | -£7,972,033 | -3.9% | |
| Equity | — | — | — | — | |
| Average employees | 7 | 7 | 4 | -42.9% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £204,421 | £297,165 | +45.4% | |
| Highest paid director | — | £94,790 | £87,691 | -7.5% |
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 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.6% | 4.4% | 1.8% | |
| Net margin | -7.8% | -1.5% | -6.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 274.4% | 283.9% | 301.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.45x | 0.44x | 0.42x | |
| Interest cover | 0.17x | 0.56x | 0.17x |
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
- ROUGHTON GROUP LIMITED 2013-11-21 → present
- ROUGHTON (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 2013-06-17 → 2013-11-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The Group and Company have net liability positions at the reporting date and are dependent on banking and invoice financing facilities which are repayable on demand. The forecasts prepared by management demonstrate that the Group and Company are expected to have sufficient liquidity to meet their obligations as they fall due.”
Group structure
- ROUGHTON GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Roughton International Limited 100%
- Roughton International (Kenya) Limited 100%
- Roughton International (Nigeria) Limited 98%
- Roughton & Partners Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year, the group disposed of its 95% holding in Roughton International (Botswana) (Proprietary) Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GUNARATNE, Ranjith | Director | 2017-01-26 | Oct 1965 | Sri Lankan |
| JAYASUNDARA, Jayasundara Mudiyanselage Prabhath Jeewanda | Director | 2017-01-26 | Nov 1967 | Sri Lankan |
| KIMMETT, Stephen Francis | Director | 2013-11-05 | Mar 1953 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHIBUTUTU, Ignatius | Director | 2013-09-17 | 2019-02-07 |
| OBIKA, Bernard, Dr | Director | 2013-06-17 | 2018-04-06 |
| WOTTON, Richard Charles | Director | 2013-10-01 | 2018-04-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mg Consultants (Pvt) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2017-01-26 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 63 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-05-04 MA Memorandum articles
- 2021-05-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-04-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-01-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-05-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-05-18 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-05-04 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-05-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-05-02 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2021-05-02 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2021-03-30 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened |
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.