Rankins Partners Limited
Registered name: RANKINS PARTNERS LIMITED
Rankins Partners Limited made £13.1m revenue and £719k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Rankins Partners Limited’s revenue fell 23% to £13.1m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £719k profit and 49 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Long Crendon; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Long Crendon, South East
- Age
- 82 yrs · since 1944
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £16.9m | £13.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | −£10.3m | −£7.8m |
| Gross profit | — | £6.7m | £5.3m |
| Operating profit | — | £2m | £951k |
| Profit before tax | — | £2.1m | £993k |
| Profit after tax | £2.4m | £1.3m | £719k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.4m | £1.3m | £719k |
| Employees (average) | 55 | 51 | 49 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 7.9% | 5.5% |
| Gross margin | — | 39.3% | 40.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £332k | £267k |
| Profit per employee | £43.5k | £26.3k | £14.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼22.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼43.9% | ▼46.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7.3% | ▼3.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £682k | £1.9m | — |
| Net assets | £9m | £10.2m | — |
| Fixed assets | £3.2m | £3.3m | — |
| Current assets | £8.8m | £8.2m | — |
| Debtors | £2.9m | £1.6m | — |
| Deferred income | £95.7k | £99.5k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 40.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £267k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▼4%
- Now 49
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Plasmotec LimitedRev. — · Profit £306k
- Rankin Brothers Estates LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £719k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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