ROE BROS. & CO LTD. — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-01-26 (in 8mo)

Last made up 2026-01-12

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£14M

-27.6% vs 2023

Net assets

£33M

+2.1% vs 2023

Employees

+1.4% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£946K

-64.4% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 2 times since incorporation

ROE BROS. & CO LTD. 1988-07-11 → present
REINFORCEMENTS (PETERBOROUGH) LIMITED 1985-01-31 → 1988-07-11
OUSE STEEL (1981) LIMITED 1981-06-01 → 1985-01-31

Net assets

6-year trend · vs Industrials median

ROE BROS. & CO LTD.·Industrials median · n=6236

Accounts

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

Metric	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	—	—	—	—	£38,608,519	£32,810,812
Operating profit	—	—	—	—	£2,383,776	£147,548
Profit before tax	—	—	—	—	£2,655,651	£945,521
Net profit	—	—	—	—	£1,978,080	£666,931
Cash	—	—	—	—	£19,194,182	£13,905,779
Total assets less current liabilities	—	—	—	—	£32,574,150	£33,762,549
Net assets	—	—	—	—	£31,851,703	£32,518,634
Equity	£15,558,259	£15,930,703	£22,306,116	£29,873,623	£31,851,703	£32,518,634
Average employees	—	—	—	—	74	75
Wages	—	—	—	—	£4,565,156	£4,141,381

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	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	—	—	—	—	6.2%	0.4%
Net margin	—	—	—	—	5.1%	2.0%
Return on capital employed	—	—	—	—	7.3%	0.4%
Interest cover	—	—	—	—	20.07x	1.53x

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.

People

6 active · 3 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
BAILEY, Thomas Gerard	Director	2020-01-06	Nov 1988	British
BELL, Richard Leslie	Director	2020-01-06	Dec 1964	British
ROBERTSON, Jean	Director	2014-09-08	Oct 1964	British
ROE, John Patrick William	Director	—	Mar 1958	British
TAYLOR, Clinton John	Director	2014-09-08	Dec 1961	British
TYLER, Oliver Charles	Director	2026-04-01	Dec 1982	British

Show 3 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
WHITHAM, Haydon Christopher	Secretary	1992-06-22	2014-06-06
SIMMONS, Daren Paul	Director	2020-01-06	2025-05-31
WHITHAM, Haydon Christopher	Director	1992-06-22	2014-06-06

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mr John Patrick William Roe	Individual	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2016-04-06	Active
Mr Richard John Clark	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%	2016-04-06	Active
Mr Paul Roe	Individual	Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%	2016-04-06	Active
Mr Frank William Randall Roe	Individual	Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 123 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-04-02	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2026-03-05	PSC04	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF
2026-01-15	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-09-18	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-06-04	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-01-14	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-09-24	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-01-12	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-06-13	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-01-17	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-07-08	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-01-13	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-07-22	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2021-01-12	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-10-14	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2020-01-14	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-01-07	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2020-01-07	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2020-01-07	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2019-10-01	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 5
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 1
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

Turnover

-15%

£38,608,519 £32,810,812
Cash

-27.6%

£19,194,182 £13,905,779
Net assets

+2.1%

£31,851,703 £32,518,634
Employees

+1.4%

74 75
Operating profit

-93.8%

£2,383,776 £147,548
Profit before tax

-64.4%

£2,655,651 £945,521
Wages

-9.3%

£4,565,156 £4,141,381

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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