CARLOW LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6M
+116.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
+142.4% vs 2023
Employees
72
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£4M
+96.1% vs 2023
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 | £26,749,501 | £29,444,952 | |
| Operating profit | £2,097,313 | £3,952,355 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,977,026 | £3,876,814 | |
| Net profit | £1,495,293 | £2,988,323 | |
| Cash | £2,857,109 | £6,181,624 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,647,482 | £5,374,491 | |
| Net assets | £2,167,482 | £5,254,491 | |
| Equity | £2,167,482 | £5,254,491 | |
| Average employees | 72 | 72 | |
| Wages | £3,566,711 | £3,944,454 |
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 | 7.8% | 13.4% | |
| Net margin | 5.6% | 10.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 79.2% | 73.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.32x | 1.89x | |
| Interest cover | 16.73x | 48.92x |
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
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's 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 Group's or the parent 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
- CARLOW LTD · parent
- RDP Limited 100%
- RDP Creative Inc* 100%
- RDP Far East Limited* 100%
- RDP Asia HK Limited* 100%
- RDP Asia (Shenzen) Limited* 100%
Significant events
- “Post year end, the director approved a final dividend of £1m, in respect of the year ended 31 December 2024 payable from RDP UK Limited to Carlow Limited. This dividend was declared after the reporting date and therefore has not been recognised as income in these financial statements in accordance with Section 32 of FRS 102. Other than the above, there have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MATHER, Wendy Paula | Director | 2022-03-18 | Sep 1979 | Irish |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATHER, Stuart Michael | Secretary | 2022-03-18 | 2022-06-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Wendy Paula Mather | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-03-18 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 12 of 12 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-05 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-03 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-03-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-03-18 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+10.1%
£26,749,501 £29,444,952
-
Cash
+116.4%
£2,857,109 £6,181,624
-
Net assets
+142.4%
£2,167,482 £5,254,491
-
Employees
0%
72 72
-
Operating profit
+88.4%
£2,097,313 £3,952,355
-
Profit before tax
+96.1%
£1,977,026 £3,876,814
-
Wages
+10.6%
£3,566,711 £3,944,454
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