Royscot Trust Public Limited Company
Registered name: ROYSCOT TRUST PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
Part of Natwest Group PLC groupRoyscot Trust Public Limited Company made £145m revenue and £10.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Royscot Trust Public Limited Company’s revenue was £145m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £10.1m profit. The company is classified under “financial intermediation not elsewhere classified” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 90 yrs · since 1936
- Type
- Public Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £88.1m | £144m | £145m |
| Cost of sales | −£10.9m | −£19.8m | −£9.5m |
| Operating profit | £33.7m | £65m | £73.3m |
| Profit before tax | £3.5m | £589k | £15.4m |
| Profit after tax | £1.9m | −£1.2m | £10.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.9m | −£1.2m | £10.1m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.1% | −0.8% | 7% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲63.6% | ▲0.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼163.4% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Natwest Group PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Natwest Holdings Limited75–100%
- National Westminster Bank Public Limited Company75–100%
- Lombard North Central Public Limited Company75–100%
- Royscot Trust Public Limited Companythis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (13)
- Caledonian Sleepers Rail Leasing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- JCB Finance LtdFigures not disclosed
- Lombard & Ulster LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lombard Business Leasing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lombard Discount LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lombard Finance LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lombard Leasing Contracts LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lombard Lessors LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lombard Maritime LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lombard North Central Leasing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lombard Property Facilities LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lombard Technology Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Royal Bank Leasing LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £10.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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