RASCAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Get an alert when RASCAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-11 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£853K
-26.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
-1.6% vs 2023
Employees
53
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£401K
-37.7% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,538,860 | £5,896,845 | |
| Operating profit | £643,175 | £394,720 | |
| Profit before tax | £643,344 | £400,531 | |
| Net profit | £460,826 | £302,282 | |
| Cash | £1,165,469 | £853,488 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,698,528 | £3,640,810 | |
| Net assets | £3,698,528 | £3,640,810 | |
| Equity | £3,698,528 | £3,640,810 | |
| Average employees | 53 | 53 | |
| Wages | £2,714,078 | £2,916,388 |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.6% | 6.7% | |
| Net margin | 8.3% | 5.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.4% | 10.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.58x | 1.59x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Mercer & Hole LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are confident that the level of business expected for the group over the next financial year, combined with the current level of net cash resources means that the group does not expect to require further funding in order to continue its activities for the foreseeable future. There are no areas of material uncertainty that may have any impact on the group's business and the directors are therefore confident that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements of the group on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- RASCAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED · parent
- Open-Projects Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In 2024 Rascal successfully rolled out its 'Books' solution to a national retailer, adding a 4th category to its existing portfolio of News & Magazines, Lottery Scratch Cards and Home Entertainment.”
- “The group has continued to invest in its systems over the last 12 months and the key developments in 2024 have been the Books solution and moving all its infrastructure from its secure data centre into Azure.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEMBLE, Peter John | Secretary | 2004-07-28 | — | British |
| BUNTING, Jonathan Michael | Director | 2008-03-19 | Feb 1972 | British |
| COTES, William Marcus | Director | 2020-12-10 | Apr 1965 | British |
| GAGE, Simon | Director | 2019-02-13 | Jul 1968 | British |
| KEMBLE, Michael John | Director | 2004-07-28 | Oct 1947 | British |
| KEMBLE, Peter John | Director | 2006-05-31 | Jun 1970 | British |
| SOUTHON, Charlotte | Director | 2008-03-19 | Jul 1980 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATKINS, David Michael | Director | 2006-05-31 | 2008-03-19 |
| ATKINS, John Michael | Director | 2004-07-28 | 2008-03-19 |
| COTES, William Marcus | Director | 2014-01-28 | 2015-01-02 |
| MCKENNA, Dominic Paul | Director | 2008-03-19 | 2009-03-30 |
| RYAN, Louise | Director | 2018-03-14 | 2019-02-13 |
| RYAN, Louise | Director | 2008-03-19 | 2015-10-08 |
| TODD, David Steven | Director | 2015-04-14 | 2018-03-14 |
| WEBB, Richard John | Director | 2009-03-30 | 2014-01-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smiths News Trading Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 96 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-08 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-01-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-08-23 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-08-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-12-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
+6.5%
£5,538,860 £5,896,845
-
Cash
-26.8%
£1,165,469 £853,488
-
Net assets
-1.6%
£3,698,528 £3,640,810
-
Employees
0%
53 53
-
Operating profit
-38.6%
£643,175 £394,720
-
Profit before tax
-37.7%
£643,344 £400,531
-
Wages
+7.5%
£2,714,078 £2,916,388
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