RH COMMERCIAL VEHICLES LTD

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-05-23 (this month)

Last made up 2025-05-09

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

-£2M

-107,950% vs 2023

Net assets

£5M

-8% vs 2023

Employees

171

+8.2% vs 2023

Profit before tax

-£205K

-128.9% vs 2023

Net assets

3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

RH COMMERCIAL VEHICLES LTD·Consumer Discretionary median · n=5592

Accounts

3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2023-01-01	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	—	£57,483,000	£55,785,000
Operating profit	—	£1,317,000	£970,000
Profit before tax	—	£710,000	-£205,000
Net profit	—	£615,000	-£431,000
Cash	—	£2,000	-£2,157,000
Total assets less current liabilities	—	£6,589,000	£6,203,000
Net assets	—	£5,379,000	£4,948,000
Equity	£4,764,000	£5,379,000	£4,948,000
Average employees	—	158	171
Wages	—	£6,394,000	£7,232,000

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	2023-01-01	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	—	2.3%	1.7%
Net margin	—	1.1%	-0.8%
Return on capital employed	—	20.0%	15.6%
Current ratio	—	1.09x	0.98x
Interest cover	—	2.17x	0.83x

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: Page Kirk LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The Directors' have assessed going concern from the perspective of The RH Group and associated companies, shared resource, and linked funding. ... 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.”

Group structure

RH COMMERCIAL VEHICLES LTD · parent
1. RH Rentals Ltd 100% · England

Significant events

“The RH Group concluded the purchase of the Coventry distributorship from Renault Trucks Commercials Ltd. This completed on the 31st of October 2024 and brings the number of operational sites to seven, making the RH Group one of the leading Renault Truck distributors in the UK, with a substantive area of operation across the East and into the West Midlands.”
“A charge with Barclays Bank PLC created on 31 March 2016 contains a fixed and floating charge and negative pledge over all the property or undertaking of the company.”
“A charge with Lombard North Central PLC created on 5 November 2015 contains a fixed charge and negative pledge over sub-hire agreements.”
“A charge with Barclays Mercantile Business Finance Limited created on 6 November 2014 contains a fixed charge and negative pledge over all items let to the company under a principal agreement.”
“A charge with Barclays Bank PLC created on 2 December 2013 contains a fixed and floating charge over all the property or undertaking of the company.”

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

People

5 active · 16 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
BAXTER, Neville Alfred	Director	2012-02-06	Apr 1939	British
BAXTER, Nigel Andrew	Director	2012-02-06	Mar 1963	British
BAXTER, Peter James	Director	2012-02-06	Mar 1973	British
DAYKIN, James	Director	2025-01-16	Dec 1988	British
PEARSON, Paul Alec	Director	2012-02-06	Nov 1972	British

Show 16 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
CRANE, Roger Leonard Arthur	Secretary	—	2004-06-30
LAYTON, Robert	Secretary	2011-04-01	2012-02-06
RAFFERTY, Steven	Secretary	2004-07-01	2011-04-01
ANDERSON, Brian Henry	Director	—	2001-12-26
BAXTER, Andrew Neville	Director	2005-08-02	2011-04-01
BAXTER, Ian John Robert	Director	1996-04-23	2011-04-01
BAXTER, Neville Alfred	Director	—	2005-08-02
BAXTER, Nigel Andrew	Director	2009-03-24	2011-04-01
CRANE, Roger Leonard Arthur	Director	—	2004-06-30
CRANSTONE, Lionel Rex	Director	—	1997-12-09
HEDDERWICK, James	Director	2011-10-01	2012-02-06
HELD, Thierry Patrick	Director	2011-04-01	2012-02-03
JEAYS, Benjamin Edwin	Director	2020-01-02	2020-11-13
PICK, Robert Bryan	Director	2015-09-07	2020-04-30
RAFFERTY, Steven	Director	2002-12-04	2011-04-01
SCHARWATH, Tim	Director	2011-04-01	2011-10-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mr Nigel Andrew Baxter	Individual	significant-influence-or-control-as-firm	2017-01-01	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 146 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-09-30	CERTNM	change-of-name	Certificate change of name company	PDF
2025-07-02	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-05-12	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-01-16	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-12-10	ANNOTATION	miscellaneous	Legacy
2024-12-10	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-06-12	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-10-10	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-07-20	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2023-06-03	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2023-02-02	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2022-10-07	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-05-27	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-11-03	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2021-06-02	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-11-18	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2020-10-27	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2020-05-11	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-05-01	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2020-03-12	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 3
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

-3%

£57,483,000 £55,785,000
Cash

-107,950%

£2,000 -£2,157,000
Net assets

-8%

£5,379,000 £4,948,000
Employees

+8.2%

158 171
Operating profit

-26.3%

£1,317,000 £970,000
Profit before tax

-128.9%

£710,000 -£205,000
Wages

+13.1%

£6,394,000 £7,232,000

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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