Royde & Tucker Limited
Registered name: ROYDE & TUCKER LIMITED
Part of Moulton Goodies Limited groupRoyde & Tucker Limited made £5.6m revenue and a £273k loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Royde & Tucker Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £5.6m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £273k and 50 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of locks and hinges” and is based in Hertfordshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hertfordshire, East of England
- Age
- 72 yrs · since 1954
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.9m | £6m | £6m | £5.6m |
| Cost of sales | £4.2m | £3.4m | £3.5m | £3.4m |
| Gross profit | £3.7m | £2.6m | £2.5m | £2.3m |
| Operating profit | £377k | −£418k | −£552k | −£309k |
| Profit before tax | £384k | −£415k | −£552k | −£309k |
| Profit after tax | £398k | −£456k | −£535k | −£273k |
| Profit (best available) | £398k | −£456k | −£535k | −£273k |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £2.3m | £2.3m | £2.2m |
| Employees (average) | 61 | 59 | 52 | 50 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.1% | −7.6% | −8.9% | −4.9% |
| Gross margin | 47% | 42.9% | 41.9% | 40.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £129k | £102k | £115k | £113k |
| Profit per employee | £6.5k | −£7.7k | −£10.3k | −£5.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼0.6% | ▼6% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼11.9% | ▼3.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £667k | £469k | £262k |
| Net assets | £4.6m | £4.2m | £3.7m | £1m |
| Fixed assets | £643k | £660k | £584k | £435k |
| Current assets | £4.9m | £4.6m | £4.5m | £2.1m |
| Debtors | £2.7m | £824k | £740k | £732k |
| Deferred income | £166k | £233k | £360k | £228k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −4.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 40.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £113k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£5.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13%
- 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
- ▼73%
- Now £1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼44%
- Now £262k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 50
- Deferred income
- ▼37%
- Now £228k
- Fixed assets
- ▼26%
- Now £435k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Moulton Goodies Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Open and Shut Holdings Limited75–100%
- Royde & Tucker Holdings Limited75–100%
- Royde & Tucker Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Portman Pocket Doors LimitedFigures not disclosed
- R T Properties LimitedRev. — · Profit £663k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit −£273k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026
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