POTTER RAPER LTD
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-30 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£535K
+1,542.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£3M
-19.8% vs 2024
Employees
176
-5.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£137K
+305.2% vs 2024
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2019-04-29 | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £19,700,000 | £17,010,301 | £16,615,371 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £1,600,000 | £66,708 | £137,973 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £33,783 | £136,900 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | -£214,090 | -£11,403 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £32,579 | £535,173 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £3,803,628 | £3,050,695 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £3,566,550 | £2,861,138 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | — | £5,218,276 | £3,566,550 | £2,861,138 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 186 | 176 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £11,224,786 | £10,139,723 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | £1,013,207 | £1,063,215 |
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 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
-2.3%
£17,010,301 £16,615,371
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
+1,542.7%
£32,579 £535,173
-
Net assets
-19.8%
£3,566,550 £2,861,138
-
Employees
-5.4%
186 176
-
Operating profit
+106.8%
£66,708 £137,973
-
Profit before tax
+305.2%
£33,783 £136,900
-
Wages
-9.7%
£11,224,786 £10,139,723
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 | 2019-04-29 | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 8.1% | 0.4% | 0.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | -1.3% | -0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 1.8% | 4.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | 46.4% | 57.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.15x | 1.12x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 1.57x | 7.54x |
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
- Perrys Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 1 May 2022, the shareholders transferred their shares to an employee ownership trust, PRL Trustee Limited, so that the company is now owned by its employees.”
- “During the previous year, certain projects were paused which contributed to the turnover decrease. This was as a result of the uncertainty surrounding the change in government and high interest rates as generally less capital was invested in property to take advantage of the savings interest rates.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAKER, Aaron Wayne | Director | 2021-12-03 | Feb 1974 | British |
| DENNY, Paul | Director | 2019-04-30 | May 1971 | British |
| HUMPHREY, Robert Charles | Director | 2019-04-30 | Sep 1976 | British |
| PARKER, Joseph | Director | 2019-04-30 | Oct 1962 | British |
| SPILLER, Christopher | Director | 2025-05-01 | Sep 1981 | British |
| SPILLER, David | Director | 2019-04-30 | Feb 1980 | British |
| TILBURY, Nicola | Director | 2021-05-01 | Sep 1969 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BASS, Philip James | Director | 2019-04-30 | 2023-04-28 |
| DANIELS, Simon Anthony Brewis | Director | 2019-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
| POTTER, Graham John | Director | 2019-04-30 | 2024-09-30 |
| WELLS, Andrew Peter | Director | 2018-12-17 | 2023-04-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prl Trustee Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2022-05-03 | Active |
| Mr Andrew Peter Wells | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2018-12-17 | Ceased 2019-05-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 49 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-05-18 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-05-18 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2022-04-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-12-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.