RUTLAND A TOPCO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-26 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£944K
Equity attributable
Employees
249
Average over period
Profit before tax
£4M
Period ending 2025-09-30
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £34,787,000 | £52,726,000 | |
| Operating profit | £8,944,000 | £6,751,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £7,519,000 | £4,319,000 | |
| Net profit | £7,131,000 | £3,118,000 | |
| Cash | £795,000 | £2,300,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £7,132,000 | £944,000 | |
| Equity | £7,132,000 | £944,000 | |
| Average employees | 246 | 249 | |
| Wages | £8,166,000 | £9,124,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £475,000 | £874,000 |
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 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 25.7% | 12.8% | |
| Net margin | 20.5% | 5.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 80.6% | 97.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.18x | 1.14x | |
| Interest cover | 6.27x | 2.78x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PKF Smith Cooper Audit Limited
- 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 or 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
- RUTLAND A TOPCO LIMITED · parent
- Rutland A Midco 1 Limited 100%
- Rutland A Midco 2 Limited 100%
- Rutland A Bidco Limited 100%
- Strata Products Limited 100%
Significant events
- “As previously disclosed, a management buy-out supported by Chiltern Capital was completed on 12 February 2024. This investment has provided enhanced funding across all areas of the business and enabled the management team to operate with greater autonomy.”
- “Sale and leaseback of the freehold properties completed in the prior period, the new leases are for a 15-year term providing a secure long term operating base for the business. This transaction resulted in an exceptional gain being reported in the prior period.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COUPLAND, Michael William | Director | 2024-09-18 | Jan 1986 | British |
| HENDRIE, Ian | Director | 2024-02-12 | Jun 1970 | British |
| ILSEN, Jay | Director | 2024-02-12 | May 1983 | British |
| MCLELLAN, Cameron | Director | 2025-01-02 | Apr 1970 | British |
| SABIN, Glen Brian | Director | 2023-12-13 | Jan 1958 | British |
| SMITH, Gregory Marcus | Director | 2025-05-27 | Mar 1989 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUTLER, David Thomas | Director | 2024-02-12 | 2024-09-18 |
| REID, Andrew Graham Scott | Director | 2024-02-12 | 2025-05-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chiltern Capital Nominees Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-12-13 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 35 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-11-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-27 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2026-04-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-23 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-06-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-14 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-11-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-14 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-11-14 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-11-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-18 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2024-10-18 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2024-10-18 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 4
- 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.