ROY LING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£81K
+31.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£1M
+4.5% vs 2023
Employees
5
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£70K
-6.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ROY LING LIMITED 1984-01-17 → present
- ROY LING (FPLF) CO. LIMITED 1974-04-19 → 1984-01-17
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £367,227 | £357,315 | |
| Operating profit | £96,460 | £89,752 | |
| Profit before tax | £74,552 | £69,611 | |
| Net profit | £57,540 | £52,591 | |
| Cash | £61,719 | £81,010 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,166,054 | £1,218,645 | |
| Net assets | £1,166,054 | £1,218,645 | |
| Equity | £1,166,054 | £1,218,645 | |
| Average employees | 5 | 5 | |
| Wages | £144,482 | £143,417 |
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 | 26.3% | 25.1% | |
| Net margin | 15.7% | 14.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.3% | 7.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 22.3% | 18.0% | |
| Current ratio | 4.01x | 4.97x | |
| Interest cover | 4.40x | 4.46x |
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
- Duncan & Toplis Audit Limited
- 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 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.”
Significant events
- “Further companies in the sector withdrew from lending in 2024. This should give opportunities to recruit new customers and agents.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LING, Barbara | Secretary | — | — | British |
| KEENE, Adrian Charles | Director | 1997-10-21 | Apr 1952 | British |
| KEENE, Duncan Paul | Director | 2008-07-17 | Mar 1982 | British |
| SCHWARZ, Geoffrey Charles | Director | 2008-07-17 | Oct 1978 | British |
| THOMAS, Andrew David | Director | 2008-07-17 | May 1969 | British |
| THOMAS, Jennifer Lillian | Director | 2019-10-02 | Mar 1971 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOWARD, Michael | Director | — | 1997-10-21 |
| LING, Roy | Director | — | 2022-12-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mutual Clothing & Supply Co Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 106 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-03 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-06-03 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2019-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
-
Turnover
-2.7%
£367,227 £357,315
-
Cash
+31.3%
£61,719 £81,010
-
Net assets
+4.5%
£1,166,054 £1,218,645
-
Employees
0%
5 5
-
Operating profit
-7%
£96,460 £89,752
-
Profit before tax
-6.6%
£74,552 £69,611
-
Wages
-0.7%
£144,482 £143,417
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