ROWLINSON KNITWEAR LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-08-31 (in 3mo)

Last filed for 2024-11-30

Confirmation statement due

2026-09-18 (in 4mo)

Last made up 2025-09-04

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£3M

+22.5% vs 2023

Net assets

£11M

+13.4% highest in 5 filed years

Employees

+4.6% highest in 5 filed years

Profit before tax

£2M

+199% vs 2023

Net assets

9-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

ROWLINSON KNITWEAR LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=5592

Accounts

9-year trend · latest reflected 2024-11-30

Metric	2019-12-01	2020-11-30	2020-12-01	2021-11-30	2021-12-01	2022-11-30	2022-12-01	2023-11-30	2024-11-30
Turnover	—	£15,616,421	—	£17,345,446	—	£19,185,836	—	£20,042,113	£21,849,496
Operating profit	—	£1,269,920	—	£2,259,012	—	£3,951,054	—	£1,017,587	£2,335,942
Profit before tax	—	£1,124,460	—	£2,074,905	—	£3,767,360	—	£723,425	£2,162,958
Net profit	—	£917,013	—	£1,822,545	—	£3,244,945	—	£235,331	£1,629,785
Cash	£1,153,746	£4,381,188	—	£2,991,607	—	£196,501	£196,501	£2,726,688	£3,341,321
Total assets less current liabilities	—	£12,326,863	—	£11,081,921	—	£13,323,717	—	£12,746,186	£13,391,770
Net assets	—	£7,561,456	—	£7,133,974	—	£10,114,799	—	£10,085,994	£11,442,138
Equity	£7,278,457	£7,561,456	£7,561,456	£7,133,974	£7,133,974	£10,114,799	£10,114,799	£10,085,994	£11,442,138
Average employees	—	57	—	64	—	67	—	65	68
Wages	—	£2,238,526	—	£2,234,935	—	£2,385,066	—	£2,496,575	£2,840,132

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	2019-12-01	2020-11-30	2020-12-01	2021-11-30	2021-12-01	2022-11-30	2022-12-01	2023-11-30	2024-11-30
Operating margin	—	8.1%	—	13.0%	—	20.6%	—	5.1%	10.7%
Net margin	—	5.9%	—	10.5%	—	16.9%	—	1.2%	7.5%
Return on capital employed	—	10.3%	—	20.4%	—	29.7%	—	8.0%	17.4%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	40.8%	34.9%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.04x	3.28x
Interest cover	—	8.73x	—	12.27x	—	21.51x	—	3.29x	11.07x

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
Auditor: Forvis Mazars LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“Despite economic risks and legislation changes in schoolwear, the directors expect continued sales growth going forward based on strong relationships with customers, built on service and trust.”

Group structure

ROWLINSON KNITWEAR LIMITED · parent
1. Gooddies Limited · online school uniform retailer

Significant events

“In October 2024, Rowlinson Knitwear Limited purchased the assets and business of Gooddies Limited, an online school uniform retailer.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

8 active · 15 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
CHAN, Daniel Shenq-Niann	Director	2009-11-09	Jan 1973	British
CHARLTON-KILLEN, Christopher David	Director	2021-01-04	Oct 1982	British
CLARK, Matthew Alan	Director	2021-01-04	Jan 1972	British
EDGAR, Kenneth	Director	2006-12-22	Feb 1967	British
MOORE, Donald Campbell	Director	2001-04-01	Aug 1958	British
ROWLINSON, Christopher Sean	Director	2006-06-30	Apr 1978	British
RYAN, Nicola	Director	2018-09-01	Feb 1984	British
WARD, Neil	Director	2016-07-01	Nov 1981	British

Show 15 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
ROWLINSON, Christopher Sean	Secretary	2007-10-29	2011-02-03
ROWLINSON, Doris	Secretary	—	2002-03-18
ROWLINSON, Kevin Wilfred	Secretary	2002-03-18	2004-05-19
WALKER, Karen	Secretary	2004-05-19	2007-10-29
GAINFORD, Leanne Marie	Director	2018-09-01	2019-07-12
JUBB, Nigel John	Director	2004-02-19	2006-09-30
MCCONNELL, Andrew	Director	1997-01-02	2020-12-31
PAINTER, Linda	Director	2009-05-01	2010-03-31
ROWLINSON, Doris	Director	—	2014-03-22
ROWLINSON, Kevin Wilfred	Director	—	2010-10-24
ROWLINSON, Moira Sylvia	Director	—	2020-12-02
SHAW, Lindsey Samantha	Director	2007-05-01	2010-09-30
SMITH, Ian Paul	Director	2018-01-29	2021-06-03
VUKOMANOVIC, Hannah Elizabeth	Director	2022-11-08	2025-07-16
WALKER, Karen	Director	2005-06-29	2007-10-22

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mr Neil Ward	Individual	Significant influence	2019-12-01	Active
Mrs Moira Sylvia Rowlinson	Individual	Shares 25–50%	2016-04-06	Ceased 2020-12-02
Mr Donald Campbell Moore	Individual	Significant influence	2016-04-06	Ceased 2019-11-30
Rowlinson Knitwear Employee Ownership Trustees Ltd	Corporate entity	ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 223 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-03-10	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2025-09-25	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2025-07-17	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-05-06	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-10-17	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2024-07-25	RESOLUTIONS	resolution	Resolution
2024-07-25	MA	incorporation	Memorandum articles
2024-05-16	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-11-06	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2023-07-13	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-02-13	SH01	capital	Capital allotment shares
2022-11-08	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2022-11-08	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2022-11-08	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-11-08	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2022-11-08	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2022-07-08	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-03-22	PSC05	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF
2021-10-26	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2021-06-22	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 4
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 1

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-11-30 vs 2023-11-30

Turnover

+9%

£20,042,113 £21,849,496

highest in 5 filed years
Cash

+22.5%

£2,726,688 £3,341,321
Net assets

+13.4%

£10,085,994 £11,442,138

highest in 5 filed years
Employees

+4.6%

65 68

highest in 5 filed years
Operating profit

+129.6%

£1,017,587 £2,335,942
Profit before tax

+199%

£723,425 £2,162,958
Wages

+13.8%

£2,496,575 £2,840,132

highest in 5 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

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