RICHARD AUSTIN ALLOYS HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-30 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£72M
Equity attributable
Employees
280
Average over period
Profit before tax
£4M
Period ending 2025-03-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £215,093,319 | £208,506,433 | |
| Operating profit | £7,205,986 | £4,204,641 | |
| Profit before tax | £7,071,897 | £4,180,646 | |
| Net profit | £5,151,015 | £3,049,809 | |
| Cash | £16,838,415 | £5,155,702 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £71,176,222 | £72,317,881 | |
| Net assets | £70,513,797 | £71,898,985 | |
| Equity | £70,513,797 | £71,898,985 | |
| Average employees | 283 | 280 | |
| Wages | £11,032,309 | £12,122,582 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,902,926 | £2,127,683 |
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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.4% | 2.0% | |
| Net margin | 2.4% | 1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.1% | 5.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 41.5% | 35.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.06x | 2.38x | |
| Interest cover | 53.36x | 75.58x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- 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 group's and the parent 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.”
Group structure
- RICHARD AUSTIN ALLOYS HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Richard Austin Alloys Limited 100%
- Richard Austin Alloys (Scotland) Limited 89%
- Richard Austin Alloys (Northern) Limited 82.5%
- Richard Austin Alloys (North West) Limited 89%
- Richard Austin Alloys (Midlands) Limited 92.5%
- Richard Austin Alloys (South West) Limited 90%
- Richard Austin Alloys (South East) Limited 85%
- Richard Austin Alloys (Ireland) Limited 87.5%
Significant events
- “The results for the year were impacted by falling metal prices and inflationary pressure on the group's operating costs.”
- “Carbon emissions decreased by 0.5% with reductions achieved in all areas of the group's operations.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MURDOCH, John | Secretary | 2023-08-17 | — | — |
| DIMMOCK, Max Robert | Director | 2024-05-01 | Oct 1977 | British |
| DOLAN, John | Director | 2025-09-07 | Jul 1971 | British |
| FINLAY, Andrew James | Director | 2023-08-17 | Feb 1969 | British |
| FINLAY, Harriet Jane | Director | 2024-05-01 | Jun 1969 | British |
| FLYNN, Daniel | Director | 2024-05-01 | Sep 1977 | British |
| HALL, Lee | Director | 2024-05-01 | Jun 1972 | British |
| HODGE, Christopher | Director | 2024-05-01 | Mar 1985 | British |
| JOHNSTON, James Robertson | Director | 2024-05-01 | Feb 1965 | British |
| KELLY, Sharen Margurite | Director | 2024-05-01 | May 1947 | British |
| MURDOCH, John | Director | 2023-08-17 | Jan 1961 | British |
| RICHARDS, Christopher Leonard | Director | 2024-05-01 | Jul 1974 | British |
| SKYRME, Daniel Clifford | Director | 2024-05-01 | Oct 1987 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAWLINSON, Paul | Director | 2024-05-01 | 2025-07-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Sharen Margurite Kelly | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2024-04-29 | Active |
| Mrs Sharen Margurite Kelly | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-08-17 | Ceased 2024-04-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 23 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-05-04 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-05-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-12-18 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-18 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-04 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-05-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-05-03 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-05-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.