ROBINSON YOUNG LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-05 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£138K
+982% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
-8.5% lowest in 4 filed years
Employees
76
+4.1% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£522K
-33.8% vs 2023
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £35,148,527 | — | £36,759,889 | £36,776,900 | |
| Operating profit | £1,354,009 | — | £874,735 | £605,578 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,315,229 | £319,156 | £789,329 | £522,298 | |
| Net profit | £1,063,841 | £258,743 | £610,954 | £390,122 | |
| Cash | £273,987 | £21,523 | £12,756 | £138,014 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,201,199 | £2,706,566 | £2,926,725 | £2,686,722 | |
| Net assets | £6,201,199 | £2,698,566 | £2,888,725 | £2,642,722 | |
| Equity | £6,201,199 | £2,698,566 | £2,888,725 | £2,642,722 | |
| Average employees | 71 | 73 | 73 | 76 | |
| Wages | £1,961,298 | £2,243,407 | £2,539,794 | £2,533,618 |
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.9% | — | 2.4% | 1.6% | |
| Net margin | 3.0% | — | 1.7% | 1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 21.8% | — | 29.9% | 22.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 77.7% | 75.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.24x | 1.30x | |
| Interest cover | 34.92x | — | 8.45x | 6.23x |
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
- Azets Audit Services Limited, trading as Ensors
- 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.”
Group structure
- ROBINSON YOUNG LIMITED · parent
- Powermed Plus Limited 35%
Significant events
- “We were again able to extend our portfolio adding two highly successful international businesses in the health supplement & personal care sector, SFI Health and Coswell. We began distributing Equazen on behalf of SFI Health... We are further distributing the personal care brand Bionsen, for Coswell.”
- “new customer listings were delivered for a long-standing men's personal care brand in our portfolio, Mancave, who are part of Aimtru.”
- “new operating partnership with Kinaxia Logistics, a leading logistics group operating within the UK transport, warehouse and fulfilment sector. This partnership helped us deliver historic record service levels during the second half of 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRIDGE, Jonathan David | Secretary | 2022-04-28 | — | — |
| BRIDGE, Jonathan David | Director | 2022-04-28 | Mar 1971 | British |
| ROBINSON, Michael Christopher Gyles | Director | 1994-01-01 | Apr 1959 | British |
| SPERLING, Kevin Andreas | Director | 2011-04-01 | Apr 1960 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELTON, Sheila Frances | Secretary | — | 2004-02-02 |
| JONES, Michael Ian | Secretary | 2009-03-31 | 2022-04-28 |
| MORRIS, Michael Leonard | Secretary | 2004-02-02 | 2009-03-31 |
| BROADBERRY, Benjamin | Director | 1994-01-01 | 2004-08-20 |
| CUPIT, Philip William | Director | 1995-10-02 | 2004-04-08 |
| ELTON, Sheila Frances | Director | — | 2008-03-19 |
| JONES, Michael Ian | Director | 2008-08-01 | 2022-04-28 |
| MORRIS, Michael Leonard | Director | 2004-02-02 | 2013-02-28 |
| PRITCHETT, Alan | Director | 1994-01-01 | 2011-03-31 |
| ROBINSON, David Michael | Director | — | 1996-12-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robinson Young Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 135 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-28 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-04-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
0%
£36,759,889 £36,776,900
-
Cash
+982%
£12,756 £138,014
-
Net assets
-8.5%
£2,888,725 £2,642,722
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
+4.1%
73 76
highest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
-30.8%
£874,735 £605,578
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-33.8%
£789,329 £522,298
-
Wages
-0.2%
£2,539,794 £2,533,618
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