RESEARCH FISHING CO. LIMITED
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Cash
£4.6M
+5.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£27M
+8.1% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£6.4M
-15.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £18,259,207 | £15,698,871 | -14% | |
| Operating profit | £7,738,954 | £6,424,947 | -17% | |
| Profit before tax | £7,573,967 | £6,425,581 | -15.2% | |
| Net profit | £5,673,162 | £4,814,374 | -15.1% | |
| Cash | £4,406,901 | £4,633,582 | +5.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £28,890,333 | £29,106,412 | +0.7% | |
| Net assets | £24,690,480 | £26,680,402 | +8.1% | |
| Equity | £24,690,480 | £26,680,402 | +8.1% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,408,307 | £1,231,099 | -12.6% |
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 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 42.4% | 40.9% | |
| Net margin | 31.1% | 30.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 26.8% | 22.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.96x | 5.26x | |
| Interest cover | 26.25x | 50.97x |
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
- RESEARCH FISHING CO. LIMITED 1987-05-11 → present
- KYHALL LIMITED 1987-03-02 → 1987-05-11
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- A.J.B. Scholes Ltd, Chartered Accountant
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“It is the opinion of the directors that the company is a going concern. Accordingly, the financial statements do not include any adjustments that would result from the going concern basis not being appropriate.”
Significant events
- “In 2021 the company agreed to a share buyback of 11,543 shares for £8,000,000 over four tranches and this was completed last year.”
- “In 2024 the company had agreed an interest rate collar on the loan facility, with the rates as follows: Interest rate cap 3.5% on loan, Interest rate floor 1% on loan”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCOLLAY, John Magnus | Secretary | 2025-06-01 | — | — |
| SANDISON, Henry Anderson | Director | — | Oct 1949 | British |
| SANDISON, James Irvine | Director | — | May 1947 | British |
| WILLIAMSON, Arthur Stewart | Director | — | Sep 1939 | British |
| WILLIAMSON, Gary | Director | — | Sep 1959 | British |
| WILLIAMSON, Michael Andrew | Director | 2017-02-03 | Oct 1966 | British |
| WILLIAMSON, Richard | Director | — | May 1971 | British |
| WISHART, John Alexander | Director | 1989-12-01 | Sep 1966 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HENDERSON, Hazel Jane | Secretary | 1995-01-24 | 2025-05-30 |
| ROBERTSON, Linda | Secretary | — | 1994-10-28 |
| POLSON, Alexander John | Director | — | 2020-07-08 |
| POTTINGER, Robert | Director | — | 1990-05-07 |
| WILLIAMSON, Robert George | Director | — | 1990-05-07 |
| WILLIAMSON, William Andrew | Director | — | 2016-12-09 |
| WISHART, John Alexander | Director | — | 1989-12-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 160 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-11 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-06-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-07 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2023-08-07 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2023-01-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-08-24 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2022-08-23 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2022-03-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-01-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-08-31 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares |
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.