RAYWARE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-19 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-9.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
-7.3% vs 2023
Employees
142
-8.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£157K
+92.6% vs 2023
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £26,496,677 | £26,507,158 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£2,115,389 | -£156,674 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£2,115,389 | -£156,674 | |
| Net profit | — | -£1,584,480 | -£347,791 | |
| Cash | — | £2,369,945 | £2,148,818 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £7,284,887 | £7,483,116 | |
| Net assets | — | £4,796,340 | £4,448,549 | |
| Equity | £6,380,820 | £4,796,340 | £4,448,549 | |
| Average employees | — | 155 | 142 | |
| Wages | — | £5,134,887 | £5,546,765 |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -8.0% | -0.6% | |
| Net margin | — | -6.0% | -1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -29.0% | -2.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 71.2% | 74.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.68x | 1.67x |
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
- Hazlewoods LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The group prepares detailed quarterly forward forecasts to assess likely future financial performance over the subsequent period to June 2026, assessing liquidity and trading profitability performance against key KPI's, including cash and banking covenants.”
Group structure
- RAYWARE LIMITED · parent
- Rayware Group LLC 100%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'BRIEN, Jamie Damian | Director | 2025-03-19 | Jan 1975 | British |
| O'NEILL, Mary Catherine | Director | 2021-07-28 | Dec 1972 | British |
| STOTT, Graham Peter | Director | 2021-10-04 | Nov 1970 | British |
| TRANTER, Joanne | Director | 2021-07-28 | Mar 1980 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DALE-JONES, Robert Glyn Leonard, Mr. | Secretary | 2004-12-16 | 2014-04-17 |
| ENDFIELD, Anthony Elton | Secretary | — | 2004-12-16 |
| MCDONOUGH, Christopher | Secretary | 2014-04-17 | 2016-09-07 |
| ENDFIELD, Anthony Elton | Director | — | 2021-07-28 |
| ENDFIELD, Raymond Hilton | Director | 2019-10-01 | 2021-07-28 |
| ENDFIELD, Raymond Hilton | Director | — | 2004-12-16 |
| ENDFIELD, Sydney | Director | — | 1995-06-15 |
| ENDFIELD, Sylvia Lena | Director | — | 1995-06-15 |
| WEBB, Shaun | Director | 2021-07-28 | 2021-10-31 |
| HILTON TRADE CORPORATION LTD | Corporate Director | 2004-11-30 | 2019-10-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamsard 3636 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-07-28 | Active |
| Raymond Hilton Endfield | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-07-05 | Ceased 2021-07-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 133 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-02-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-11-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-09-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-09-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-08-18 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-08-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-08-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
0%
£26,496,677 £26,507,158
-
Cash
-9.3%
£2,369,945 £2,148,818
-
Net assets
-7.3%
£4,796,340 £4,448,549
-
Employees
-8.4%
155 142
-
Operating profit
+92.6%
-£2,115,389 -£156,674
-
Profit before tax
+92.6%
-£2,115,389 -£156,674
-
Wages
+8%
£5,134,887 £5,546,765
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