RB (CHINA TRADING) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-05 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£0
-100% vs 2023
Net assets
£69M
+20.8% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£29M
+12.5% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £194,168,433 | £248,571,163 | |
| Operating profit | £24,611,906 | £27,827,854 | |
| Profit before tax | £26,019,115 | £29,272,747 | |
| Net profit | £26,019,115 | £28,393,446 | |
| Cash | £9,612 | £0 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £57,009,394 | £68,851,010 | |
| Equity | £57,009,394 | £68,851,010 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 12.7% | 11.2% | |
| Net margin | 13.4% | 11.4% | |
| Current ratio | 3.10x | 3.68x | |
| Interest cover | 715.32x | — |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on this assessment updated to 30 September 2025, the Directors considered it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the Company Financial Statements.”
Significant events
- “On 25 May 2023, Reckitt Benckiser Group plc announced that it has entered into an agreement pursuant to which it will proceed to acquire the non-controlling shareholding in RB (China Trading) Limited held by the minority shareholder. This will occur in multiple stages, which may take place through to 31 December 2038. Up to the date of directors report, no such transactions have taken place with the non-controlling shareholder.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAWES, Nikita Kaushik | Secretary | 2026-03-05 | — | — |
| DUHAN, Pankaj | Director | 2024-07-10 | Feb 1977 | Indian |
| MANSELL, James Douglas Colin | Director | 2025-10-08 | Feb 1984 | British |
| MORAES MACHADO, Renata | Director | 2024-07-10 | Mar 1975 | Brazilian |
| YOUMING, Lu | Director | 2016-03-02 | Dec 1971 | Hong Konger |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HODGES, James Edward | Secretary | 2020-06-08 | 2025-02-08 |
| KENWARD, Sally | Secretary | 2025-02-08 | 2026-03-05 |
| LOGAN, Christine Anne-Marie | Secretary | 2015-12-22 | 2020-06-08 |
| CLEMENTS, Patrick Norris, Dr | Director | 2015-12-22 | 2016-02-25 |
| DAVIES, Candida Jane | Director | 2015-12-22 | 2017-12-13 |
| DIXON, John Charles | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2023-09-11 |
| GREENSMITH, Richard Mark | Director | 2016-02-26 | 2016-11-01 |
| HENNAH, Adrian Nevil | Director | 2015-12-22 | 2020-04-09 |
| LIM, Charlene Mingrong | Director | 2023-05-15 | 2024-07-04 |
| MARTEL, Timothy John | Director | 2020-06-08 | 2024-02-14 |
| PICKSTONE, Stephen Christopher Andrew | Director | 2024-07-10 | 2025-10-08 |
| SEHGAL, Aditya | Director | 2020-04-09 | 2021-10-29 |
| TIMMIS, Jonathan | Director | 2018-03-16 | 2020-06-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reckitt Benckiser Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 56 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-12 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-12 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-12-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
+28%
£194,168,433 £248,571,163
-
Cash
-100%
£9,612 £0
-
Net assets
+20.8%
£57,009,394 £68,851,010
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+13.1%
£24,611,906 £27,827,854
-
Profit before tax
+12.5%
£26,019,115 £29,272,747
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