R G CARTER SOUTHERN LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-03 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7M
+0.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£1M
-30.8% vs 2023
Employees
63
-8.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£944K
-257.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- R G CARTER SOUTHERN LIMITED 2015-04-21 → present
- R G CARTER IPSWICH LIMITED 2007-01-11 → 2015-04-21
- BLACKBURNS (HARLESTON) LIMITED 2003-07-01 → 2007-01-11
- LEGISLATOR 1637 LIMITED 2003-05-18 → 2003-07-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £37,988,000 | £35,832,000 | |
| Operating profit | £461,000 | -£1,199,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £601,000 | -£944,000 | |
| Net profit | £450,000 | -£649,000 | |
| Cash | £7,193,000 | £7,251,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,558,000 | £2,401,000 | |
| Net assets | £2,104,000 | £1,455,000 | |
| Equity | £2,104,000 | £1,455,000 | |
| Average employees | 69 | 63 | |
| Wages | £3,270,000 | £3,078,000 |
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 | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.2% | -3.3% | |
| Net margin | 1.2% | -1.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.0% | -49.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.29x | 1.22x |
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
- RSM UK Audit 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. 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
- R G CARTER SOUTHERN LIMITED · parent
- RG Carter Colchester Limited 100%
- RG Carter Ipswich Limited 100%
- Blackburns (Harleston) Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALFLATT, Robert John | Secretary | 2018-06-07 | — | — |
| FORD, John Richard | Director | 2026-03-18 | Jan 1966 | British |
| SCOTT, Simon Andrew | Director | 2006-12-22 | Jan 1967 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALFLATT, Robert John | Secretary | 2013-12-31 | 2018-06-06 |
| DANIELS, Gerald William Victor | Secretary | 2003-07-02 | 2013-12-31 |
| GIBBINS, Jonathan Martin | Secretary | 2018-06-06 | 2018-06-07 |
| POOLEY, Maureen | Nominee Secretary | 2003-05-18 | 2003-07-02 |
| FARROW, Alan Desmond | Director | 2011-02-16 | 2017-05-31 |
| FELTHAM, Emma Rachel | Nominee Director | 2003-05-18 | 2003-07-02 |
| HARRINGTON, Robert Arthur | Director | 2010-11-01 | 2012-08-31 |
| HUMPHREY, Saul David | Director | 2012-01-03 | 2016-12-08 |
| HUMPHREY, Saul David | Director | 2006-12-22 | 2010-11-01 |
| IRONS, John Marcus | Director | 2015-09-30 | 2022-12-31 |
| JAY, Phillip Andrew | Director | 2011-02-16 | 2016-06-24 |
| KEYS, Grant John | Director | 2018-06-06 | 2020-05-14 |
| NEALE, Brian Henry | Director | 2003-07-02 | 2006-12-22 |
| POOLEY, Maureen | Nominee Director | 2003-05-18 | 2003-07-02 |
| WILSON, James Duncan | Director | 2011-02-16 | 2026-03-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R.G. Carter Construction Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 94 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-13 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-05-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
-5.7%
£37,988,000 £35,832,000
-
Cash
+0.8%
£7,193,000 £7,251,000
-
Net assets
-30.8%
£2,104,000 £1,455,000
-
Employees
-8.7%
69 63
-
Operating profit
-360.1%
£461,000 -£1,199,000
-
Profit before tax
-257.1%
£601,000 -£944,000
-
Wages
-5.9%
£3,270,000 £3,078,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers