DISTRELEC LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-14 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£368K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£6M
Equity attributable
Employees
61
Average over period
Profit before tax
£588K
Period ending 2025-03-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £1,153,667 | £431,387 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,275,342 | £588,472 | |
| Net profit | £1,286,573 | £281,186 | |
| Cash | £1,109,180 | £367,732 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,088,263 | £6,371,660 | |
| Net assets | £6,080,377 | £6,361,563 | |
| Equity | £6,080,377 | £6,361,563 | |
| Average employees | 105 | 61 | |
| Wages | £7,110,265 | £3,132,193 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 18.9% | 6.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 21.8% | 12.2% | |
| Current ratio | 4.47x | 8.22x | |
| Interest cover | 1293.35x | 24.78x |
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
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the assessment and output of a detailed rolling-18-month-forecast, the Directors believe that this is appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the Company's accounts.”
Significant events
- “Distrelec B.V. and all of its wholly owned subsidiaries, which includes Distrelec Limited was acquired by RS Group plc in July 2023. Over the last financial year RS Group plc has been integrating the business areas and its activities into its operations. The Distrelec entities will have been fully incorporated into RS Group plc no later than by the end of March 2027.”
- “On 9 April 2025 Boreo has signed an agreement to acquire the sales activities of Elfa Distrelec in Finland, Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania from RS Group plc. Boreo acquires the sale businesses via its subsidiaries and, upon completion, will create a new YE RS business by combining the acquired Elfa Distrelec activities with its existing RS activities currently operated within Yleiselektroniikka, YE International AS, YE International SIA and UAB YE International.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARTIN, Emily | Secretary | 2023-08-24 | — | — |
| PATEL, Rajesh | Director | 2020-05-01 | Dec 1970 | British |
| POINTON, Elaine Jane | Director | 2025-08-05 | Aug 1975 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AQVIST, Christina Aline Margareta Eriksdotter | Director | 2017-03-30 | 2018-06-04 |
| CHADWICK, Gavin John | Director | 2017-07-18 | 2019-06-28 |
| HARRISON, Neil Andrew | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2020-03-16 |
| HARRISON, Neil Andrew | Director | 2017-03-30 | 2017-06-13 |
| HERD, Steven James | Director | 2017-06-13 | 2020-04-30 |
| HOTEN, Emma Louise | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2021-04-15 |
| RAHMEDE, Stephan Peter | Director | 2020-05-01 | 2020-05-01 |
| RIVENELL, Anthony Frederick | Director | 2018-06-04 | 2019-02-01 |
| SACCA, Elizabeth | Director | 2021-04-15 | 2025-08-05 |
| SCHERZ, Walter | Director | 2017-03-30 | 2017-06-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rs Group International Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2023-06-30 | Active |
| Distrelec B.V. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2021-10-07 | Active |
| Aurelius Investment Nl 1 Bv | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2017-11-16 | Ceased 2021-10-07 |
| Distrelec Group Ag | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2017-03-30 | Ceased 2017-11-16 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 51 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-29 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2023-08-29 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-07-20 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-04-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-10-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-10-11 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-04-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-03-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31