R.SWAIN & SONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-28
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-17 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£637K
-71.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£11M
-3.2% vs 2023
Employees
513
+6.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£376K
+82.8% vs 2023
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-28
| Metric | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-28 | 2021-01-02 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £68,600,624 | £77,283,469 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | -£488,061 | £1,588,015 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | -£2,181,569 | -£375,902 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | -£1,724,828 | -£366,266 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £2,233,570 | £636,602 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £34,050,426 | £38,731,006 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £11,355,471 | £10,989,205 | |
| Equity | £12,459,504 | £13,151,575 | £14,159,071 | £14,988,249 | £15,473,480 | £11,355,471 | £10,989,205 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 483 | 513 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £19,609,892 | £20,578,970 |
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 | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-28 | 2021-01-02 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | -0.7% | 2.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | -2.5% | -0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | -1.4% | 4.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.01x | 0.97x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | -0.29x | 0.81x |
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
- Beak Kemmenoe
- 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
- R.SWAIN & SONS LIMITED · parent
- Proctors Transport Limited 100%
- Flatbed Network Limited 100%
- Reservoir Holdings Limited 100%
- Swain Lifting Solutions Limited 100%
- Swain Container Solutions Limited 100%
- W. Coy & Son Limited 100%
- Swain Logistics Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “The capital commitments represent vehicles ordered but not delivered by the reporting date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEER, Matthew | Director | 2018-01-02 | Dec 1975 | British |
| RIGBY, Stuart James | Director | 2018-06-19 | Jul 1963 | British |
| SWAIN, Matthew George | Director | 2010-06-17 | Oct 1976 | British |
| SWAIN, Robert John | Director | — | Feb 1947 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWAIN, Andrew William | Secretary | 2014-08-15 | 2016-10-21 |
| SWAIN, Robert John | Secretary | — | 2014-08-15 |
| BAKER, Shaun | Director | 2007-12-20 | 2018-08-23 |
| BURRIDGE, Paul Martin | Director | 2001-12-12 | 2015-04-30 |
| CHAPMAN, Ian Stuart | Director | 2015-11-10 | 2018-03-29 |
| DYKE, Colin Barry | Director | 2007-12-20 | 2015-04-17 |
| KAVANAGH, Paul | Director | 2015-01-05 | 2017-10-31 |
| LAY, Mark Christopher | Director | 2000-04-25 | 2010-11-30 |
| LORD, Graham | Director | — | 2012-07-11 |
| SWAIN, Andrew William | Director | 2014-12-18 | 2016-10-21 |
| SWAIN, George William | Director | — | 2012-12-28 |
| SWAIN, Nicholas William | Director | 2010-10-21 | 2012-03-19 |
| SWEET, Matthew Ian | Director | 2015-11-10 | 2020-01-31 |
| TAYLOR, John Frederick Longford | Director | — | 2002-09-30 |
| WYATT, James Henry | Director | 2018-07-24 | 2026-02-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Robert John Swain | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 199 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-03-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-01-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-01-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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 2024-12-28 vs 2023-12-30
-
Turnover
+12.7%
£68,600,624 £77,283,469
-
Cash
-71.5%
£2,233,570 £636,602
-
Net assets
-3.2%
£11,355,471 £10,989,205
-
Employees
+6.2%
483 513
-
Operating profit
+425.4%
-£488,061 £1,588,015
-
Profit before tax
+82.8%
-£2,181,569 -£375,902
-
Wages
+4.9%
£19,609,892 £20,578,970
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