ROBINSONS GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-26 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£882K
-71% vs 2023
Net assets
£572K
-29% vs 2023
Employees
7
+16.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£218K
-168.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ROBINSONS GROUP LIMITED 1993-06-23 → present
- ROBINSONS PETROLEUM DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED 1962-08-31 → 1993-06-23
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £534,033 | £1,080,690 | |
| Operating profit | £153,195 | -£51,846 | |
| Profit before tax | £317,520 | -£217,832 | |
| Net profit | £310,520 | -£233,624 | |
| Cash | £3,046,509 | £882,286 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £838,321 | £603,997 | |
| Net assets | £805,321 | £571,697 | |
| Equity | £805,321 | £571,697 | |
| Average employees | 6 | 7 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 28.7% | -4.8% | |
| Net margin | 58.1% | -21.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.3% | -8.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 83.5% | 88.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.95x | 0.80x | |
| Interest cover | 0.75x | -0.21x |
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
- Brown Butler
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- ROBINSONS GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Northern Energy Oil Limited 76%
Significant events
- “On 7 March 2025, the company disposed of its entire holding of 76% of the issued share capital in its trading subsidiary, Northern Energy Oil Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BREWIN, Gareth | Secretary | 2025-11-05 | — | — |
| ILLINGWORTH, David Stephen | Director | — | Aug 1955 | British |
| ILLINGWORTH, Howard Seth | Director | — | Dec 1958 | British |
| ILLINGWORTH, Stuart John | Director | 2018-04-25 | Jul 1988 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAILEY, John | Secretary | 1998-03-23 | 1999-03-22 |
| ILLINGWORTH, Howard Seth | Secretary | — | 1992-05-21 |
| MILNOR, Lisa Rachael | Secretary | 1999-03-22 | 2000-07-31 |
| SALISBURY, Christopher | Secretary | 2000-08-01 | 2025-11-05 |
| STANFORD, Thomas Martin | Secretary | 1992-05-21 | 1998-04-01 |
| BAILEY, John | Director | 1998-03-23 | 1999-03-22 |
| ILLINGWORTH, Mark Richard | Director | — | 2001-05-01 |
| MILNOR, Lisa Rachael | Director | 1999-03-22 | 2000-07-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Howard Seth Illingworth | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-04-12 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 129 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-11-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-11-02 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-09 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-11-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-12-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-11-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-11-02 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-10-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-04-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-16 | 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
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
+102.4%
£534,033 £1,080,690
-
Cash
-71%
£3,046,509 £882,286
-
Net assets
-29%
£805,321 £571,697
-
Employees
+16.7%
6 7
-
Operating profit
-133.8%
£153,195 -£51,846
-
Profit before tax
-168.6%
£317,520 -£217,832
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers