RPM LONDON LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-22 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-17.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£5M
+6.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
122
+24.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£429K
-8.6% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- RPM LONDON LIMITED 2007-01-19 → present
- ROADSHOW PROMOTIONS AND MARKETING LIMITED 1993-01-08 → 2007-01-19
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,449,787 | £10,390,696 | £10,133,652 | |
| Operating profit | £211,658 | £447,257 | £384,444 | |
| Profit before tax | £212,647 | £469,164 | £428,763 | |
| Net profit | — | £338,625 | £304,006 | |
| Cash | £2,894,580 | £2,078,657 | £1,721,132 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,367,108 | £4,607,231 | £4,895,487 | |
| Net assets | £4,348,093 | £4,591,481 | £4,895,487 | |
| Equity | £4,348,093 | £4,591,481 | £4,895,487 | |
| Average employees | 86 | 98 | 122 | |
| Wages | £3,512,111 | £3,745,147 | £4,215,348 |
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 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.2% | 4.3% | 3.8% | |
| Net margin | — | 3.3% | 3.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.8% | 9.7% | 7.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | 2.68x | 2.70x | |
| Interest cover | 89.80x | 1944.60x | 449.64x |
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
- Hillier Hopkins LLP
- 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.”
Significant events
- “After the balance sheet date, the Company established an Employee Ownership Trust to hold shares on behalf of its employees. This transaction took place on 20 June 2025 and does not affect the results for the year ended 31 March 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURMAN, Robin Jonathan | Secretary | 2004-11-02 | — | British |
| BURMAN, Robin Jonathan | Director | 2001-10-25 | Oct 1961 | British |
| ROBERTSON, Dominic James | Director | 2008-01-14 | Jun 1973 | British |
| ROBERTSON, Hugh Sebastion | Director | 1997-01-01 | Sep 1967 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVISON, Robert | Secretary | 1993-01-08 | 1993-01-08 |
| HALL, Jonathan Michael | Secretary | 1993-01-08 | 1995-06-20 |
| KAULA, Nigel William | Secretary | 1995-06-20 | 1996-01-22 |
| ROBERTSON, Hugh Sebastion | Secretary | 1997-01-01 | 2006-03-03 |
| URQUHART, Ross Mcgregor | Secretary | 1996-01-23 | 1998-01-28 |
| BEATY-POWNALL, Michael Christopher | Nominee Director | 1993-01-08 | 1993-01-08 |
| BRINE, Gary Edward | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2010-03-03 |
| FARRANT, Lee Emile | Director | 1997-01-02 | 2018-02-02 |
| HALL, Jonathan Michael | Director | 1993-01-08 | 1999-07-30 |
| KAULA, Nigel William | Director | 1995-06-20 | 1996-01-22 |
| KEMP, Graham David | Director | 2007-08-28 | 2008-08-31 |
| MUIR, Christopher John | Director | 1997-01-01 | 1998-09-10 |
| ROBERTSON, Hugh Sebastian | Director | 1993-01-08 | 1993-10-29 |
| SCOULLER, Anthony James | Director | 2000-07-01 | 2005-08-31 |
| URQUHART, Ross Mcgregor | Director | 1993-01-08 | 2004-11-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rpm London Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-09-08 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 148 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2020-11-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2020-11-27 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2020-11-27 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2020-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2018-10-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-10-24 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2018-10-24 | 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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-2.5%
£10,390,696 £10,133,652
-
Cash
-17.2%
£2,078,657 £1,721,132
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+6.6%
£4,591,481 £4,895,487
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+24.5%
98 122
highest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
-14%
£447,257 £384,444
-
Profit before tax
-8.6%
£469,164 £428,763
-
Wages
+12.6%
£3,745,147 £4,215,348
highest in 3 filed years
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