R&A GROUP SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-06 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£211K
-24.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£8M
-13.5% vs 2023
Employees
241
+4.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£571K
-78.4% 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 | £36,428,000 | £34,516,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,547,000 | £571,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,641,000 | £571,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,940,000 | £683,000 | |
| Cash | £281,000 | £211,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,450,000 | £8,899,000 | |
| Net assets | £9,756,000 | £8,440,000 | |
| Equity | £9,756,000 | £8,440,000 | |
| Average employees | 231 | 241 | |
| Wages | £12,236,000 | £13,839,000 |
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 | 7.0% | 1.7% | |
| Net margin | 5.3% | 2.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 24.4% | 6.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.37x | 0.58x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors believe that preparing the financial statements on the going concern basis is appropriate due to the continued financial support of the ultimate parent company. The directors have received confirmation that R&A Trust Company (No.1) Limited ('the Group') will support the Company as necessary, and has the ability to do so, until the end of the period considered by the directors in their going concern assessment, being the period from the date of approval of the Annual Report and Financial Statements until 31 December 2026.”
Significant events
- “During the year, the Company acquired land in St Andrews and commenced building a new headquarters for the Group which will allow the majority of the Group's staff to operate from one location for the first time in many years. This will deliver considerable operational efficiencies and will allow the Group's existing buildings in St Andrews to be repurposed. The Company currently expects that the build programme for the headquarters will be completed by the middle of 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRINK, John Daniel | Secretary | 2023-05-02 | — | — |
| BONSALL, David Charles | Director | 2025-09-18 | Jul 1956 | British |
| HODSON, Alan Charles | Director | 2025-09-18 | Apr 1962 | British |
| PATERSON, David Scott | Director | 2022-09-23 | Mar 1964 | British |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOBELL, Mark Timothy | Secretary | 2003-09-18 | 2012-04-30 |
| MURRAY, John Fraser | Secretary | 2012-04-30 | 2023-05-02 |
| CHARLOTTE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2003-04-02 | 2003-09-18 |
| BECHMANN, Pierre Edouard | Director | 2003-09-18 | 2006-09-20 |
| BISSET, Alexander Melville | Director | 2020-10-09 | 2022-09-23 |
| CALDWELL, Gavin Rutledge | Director | 2009-09-23 | 2013-09-19 |
| DAVIDSON, Iain Gordon | Director | 2015-09-24 | 2019-09-19 |
| DONALD, Iain Alexander Thomas | Director | 2010-09-22 | 2014-09-18 |
| DONALDSON, Michael Neil | Director | 2014-09-18 | 2018-09-20 |
| DOWLING, Claire | Director | 2022-09-23 | 2023-09-21 |
| EDGINTON, Clive Leonard Ashcroft | Director | 2014-09-18 | 2015-09-24 |
| FARQUHARSON, Niall Archibald | Director | 2018-09-20 | 2021-09-23 |
| GOODWIN, John Macleod | Director | 2005-09-21 | 2006-09-20 |
| GORMLY, Allan Graham | Director | 2005-09-21 | 2007-09-19 |
| HANNA, Ronald George | Director | 2010-09-22 | 2013-09-19 |
| HARRISON, Charles Philip | Director | 2016-09-22 | 2020-09-24 |
| HATTRELL, Martin Edward Michael | Director | 2024-09-19 | 2025-09-18 |
| HATTRELL, Martin Edward Michael | Director | 2020-09-24 | 2022-09-23 |
| LOUDON, Alastair James Neil | Director | 2006-09-20 | 2010-09-22 |
| MARKS, Geoffrey Conway | Director | 2003-09-18 | 2005-09-21 |
| MCARTHUR, James Stuart | Director | 2018-09-20 | 2020-09-24 |
| MEIKLEJOHN, Iain Maury Campbell | Director | 2003-04-02 | 2003-09-18 |
| MONROE, Jeremy Robert | Director | 2023-09-21 | 2024-09-19 |
| MUCKART, Richard Davidson | Director | 2007-09-19 | 2009-09-23 |
| SCHOFIELD, Kenneth Douglas | Director | 2013-09-19 | 2014-09-18 |
| SKINNER, Colin James Marshall | Director | 2021-09-23 | 2025-09-18 |
| TURCAN, William James | Director | 2003-09-18 | 2005-09-21 |
| TURNER, Donald Ian | Director | 2013-09-19 | 2016-09-22 |
| UNSWORTH, Peter Michael George | Director | 2006-09-20 | 2010-09-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R&A Trust Company (No.1) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 128 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-05-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-13 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2023-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-05 | 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
-5.2%
£36,428,000 £34,516,000
-
Cash
-24.9%
£281,000 £211,000
-
Net assets
-13.5%
£9,756,000 £8,440,000
-
Employees
+4.3%
231 241
-
Operating profit
-77.6%
£2,547,000 £571,000
-
Profit before tax
-78.4%
£2,641,000 £571,000
-
Wages
+13.1%
£12,236,000 £13,839,000
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