R.M.CURTIS & CO.,LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-04 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+120.9% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£7M
+1.4% vs 2023
Employees
103
-4.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£156K
-46.9% lowest in 6 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £73,040,599 | £53,070,555 | £49,755,267 | £55,330,604 | £49,720,277 | £52,542,330 | |
| Operating profit | £647,694 | £462,897 | £297,681 | £185,382 | £424,545 | £99,936 | |
| Profit before tax | £585,901 | £420,166 | £288,696 | £179,077 | £293,991 | £156,002 | |
| Net profit | £475,204 | £1,724,213 | £279,296 | £605,165 | -£289,231 | £95,756 | |
| Cash | £313,399 | £156,165 | £1,037,550 | £482,575 | £553,628 | £1,223,086 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,722,776 | £6,446,989 | £6,766,175 | £7,331,450 | £7,042,219 | £7,137,975 | |
| Net assets | £4,722,776 | £6,446,989 | £6,726,285 | £7,331,450 | £7,042,219 | £7,137,975 | |
| Equity | £4,722,776 | £6,446,989 | £6,726,285 | £7,331,450 | £7,042,219 | £7,137,975 | |
| Average employees | 96 | 108 | 95 | 108 | 108 | 103 | |
| Wages | £2,917,998 | £2,876,456 | £2,732,176 | £3,489,434 | £3,623,392 | £4,240,290 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.9% | 0.2% | |
| Net margin | 0.7% | 3.2% | 0.6% | 1.1% | -0.6% | 0.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.7% | 7.2% | 4.4% | 2.5% | 6.0% | 1.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 82.5% | 69.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 1.20x | 1.41x | |
| Interest cover | 10.48x | 10.32x | 32.94x | 24.60x | 3.25x | — |
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
- Affinia (Stratford)
- 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
- “The company continues to experience the further challenges of inflationary cost and selling price pressure, alongside an uncertain overall economic outlook in the UK.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOUSECROFT, Stewart Ashley | Director | 2022-01-07 | Mar 1965 | British |
| PORTER, William Howard | Director | 1994-01-01 | Mar 1963 | British |
| PULL, Ingrid | Director | 2024-12-11 | May 1980 | British |
| TEMPEST, Lynne Mary | Director | 2024-12-11 | Oct 1972 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEARCE, Harold Michael | Secretary | — | 1996-12-31 |
| PORTER, Geoffrey Howard | Secretary | 1996-12-31 | 1999-10-01 |
| ROOKE, Andrew James | Secretary | 2015-09-10 | 2022-01-07 |
| SMITH, Keith Derek Alan | Secretary | 1999-10-01 | 2015-09-10 |
| EVELEIGH, Cecil Charles | Director | — | 1996-12-30 |
| FELIX, Peter John | Director | 2007-10-01 | 2025-12-09 |
| FOSTER, Barbara May | Director | — | 2009-01-01 |
| HARVEY, Geoffrey George | Director | — | 2000-12-31 |
| PEARCE, Harold Michael | Director | — | 1993-06-11 |
| PORTER, Geoffrey Howard | Director | — | 2009-08-01 |
| SETTERFIELD, Mark | Director | 2000-12-18 | 2024-12-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr William Howard Porter | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 127 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2023-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2022-12-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-02-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+5.7%
£49,720,277 £52,542,330
-
Cash
+120.9%
£553,628 £1,223,086
highest in 6 filed years
-
Net assets
+1.4%
£7,042,219 £7,137,975
-
Employees
-4.6%
108 103
-
Operating profit
-76.5%
£424,545 £99,936
lowest in 6 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-46.9%
£293,991 £156,002
lowest in 6 filed years
-
Wages
+17%
£3,623,392 £4,240,290
highest in 6 filed years
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers