RAVEN ROOFING AND BUILDING SUPPLIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-19 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-37.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
-20% vs 2024
Employees
46
+4.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£617K
-847% lowest in 6 filed years
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-05-31 | 2020-05-31 | 2021-05-31 | 2022-05-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £19,796,262 | £19,667,047 | — | — | £18,873,756 | £18,637,625 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£164,318 | £724,815 | — | — | -£61,278 | -£627,394 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£206,933 | £700,392 | £889,398 | £461,305 | -£65,154 | -£616,986 | |
| Net profit | — | -£176,292 | £558,738 | — | £369,288 | -£34,909 | -£474,695 | |
| Cash | — | £136,942 | £524,850 | £1,903,283 | £2,230,271 | £2,078,091 | £1,307,450 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £767,154 | £1,320,241 | £2,041,033 | £2,407,032 | £2,371,619 | £1,896,924 | |
| Net assets | — | £760,475 | £1,319,213 | £2,037,240 | £2,406,528 | £2,371,619 | £1,896,924 | |
| Equity | £935,767 | £760,475 | £1,319,213 | £2,037,240 | £2,406,528 | £2,371,619 | £1,896,924 | |
| Average employees | — | 60 | 48 | 44 | 43 | 44 | 46 | |
| Wages | — | £2,435,309 | £1,409,885 | £1,565,878 | £1,517,757 | £1,540,422 | £1,726,412 |
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 | 2019-05-31 | 2020-05-31 | 2021-05-31 | 2022-05-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -0.8% | 3.7% | — | — | -0.3% | -3.4% | |
| Net margin | — | -0.9% | 2.8% | — | — | -0.2% | -2.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -21.4% | 54.9% | — | — | -2.6% | -33.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | 62.2% | 66.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.59x | 1.49x | |
| Interest cover | — | -3.81x | 29.52x | — | — | -3.78x | -36.36x |
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
- WSM Advisors Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a undertaken an assessment of the adequacy of the resources available to the company. 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
- “In the year we further invested (£70k) in a trading and ERP system and continued staff training to ensure effective use of the new software.”
- “The company has been affected by the increase in interest rates during the year.”
- “The company is continuing to identify new products to add to the product mix and is committed to increasing margins.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APPLEBEE, Mark William | Director | 1992-11-23 | Mar 1966 | British |
| HUMM, Mandy | Director | 2018-11-01 | May 1978 | British |
| MORRIS, Andrew Nicholas | Director | 1992-11-23 | Aug 1961 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| APPLEBEE, Mark William | Secretary | — | 2021-09-28 |
| WSM SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2021-09-27 | 2024-11-13 |
| MORRIS, Alfred William | Director | — | 2005-05-23 |
| TANSLEY, Adrian John | Director | 2010-11-30 | 2020-08-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Kevin Spencer | Director | 2020-01-02 | 2022-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambrian London Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-07-16 | Active |
| Mr Mark William Applebee | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-09-05 | Ceased 2020-07-16 |
| Mr Andrew Nicholas Morris | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-09-05 | Ceased 2020-07-16 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 118 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-10-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-10-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-10-05 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-10-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-10-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-28 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-06-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
-
Turnover
-1.3%
£18,873,756 £18,637,625
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Cash
-37.1%
£2,078,091 £1,307,450
-
Net assets
-20%
£2,371,619 £1,896,924
-
Employees
+4.5%
44 46
-
Operating profit
-923.8%
-£61,278 -£627,394
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-847%
-£65,154 -£616,986
lowest in 6 filed years
-
Wages
+12.1%
£1,540,422 £1,726,412
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