RICHARD ALAN ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-14 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£750K
-1% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
+40.1% vs 2023
Employees
145
+5.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+23.5% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £19,399,159 | £23,090,935 | |
| Operating profit | £1,575,087 | £1,884,048 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,250,366 | £1,544,172 | |
| Net profit | £948,918 | £1,145,800 | |
| Cash | £757,125 | £749,895 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,112,979 | £6,045,721 | |
| Net assets | £2,856,672 | £4,002,472 | |
| Equity | £2,856,672 | £4,002,472 | |
| Average employees | 137 | 145 | |
| Wages | £6,455,549 | £7,775,053 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.1% | 8.2% | |
| Net margin | 4.9% | 5.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 30.8% | 31.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.43x | 1.53x | |
| Interest cover | 4.83x | 5.43x |
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
- B M Howarth Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 year ended 31 December 2024 has been a good year for the business having fully recovered from the aftermath of COVID. The order book has remained strong throughout the year. Our dedication and drive to slowing Global Warming continues as a consortium member of the HiRECORD Carbon Capture project (5.3m Euro grant) and the partnership we are developing with a major player in Hydrogen - Carbon separation and collection.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HANCOCK, Benjamin David | Director | 2018-03-29 | Jan 1991 | British |
| JOHNSON, Robert Paul | Director | — | Jun 1957 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEAKES, Stuart | Secretary | 2008-04-21 | 2023-03-31 |
| JENNINGS, Edward | Secretary | 2006-10-09 | 2008-04-21 |
| JOHNSON, Robert Paul | Secretary | — | 2005-09-30 |
| RAMSDEN, Andrew Nicholas | Secretary | 2005-09-30 | 2006-10-09 |
| BRAGAN, Stuart | Director | — | 2005-09-30 |
| JOHNSON, Christopher Richard | Director | — | 2002-04-30 |
| JOHNSON, Tracey Jayne | Director | 2008-04-29 | 2025-09-11 |
| WOOLLIN, Andrew | Director | 2013-03-08 | 2014-10-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Paul Johnson | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-06-29 |
| Mrs Tracey Jayne Johnson | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-06-29 |
| Richard Alan Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 155 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-31 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-05-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-05-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-04-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+19%
£19,399,159 £23,090,935
-
Cash
-1%
£757,125 £749,895
-
Net assets
+40.1%
£2,856,672 £4,002,472
-
Employees
+5.8%
137 145
-
Operating profit
+19.6%
£1,575,087 £1,884,048
-
Profit before tax
+23.5%
£1,250,366 £1,544,172
-
Wages
+20.4%
£6,455,549 £7,775,053
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