Rabart Decorators Merchants Limited
Registered name: RABART DECORATORS MERCHANTS LIMITED
Rabart Decorators Merchants Limited made £269k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Rabart Decorators Merchants Limited reported £269k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 97 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in specialised stores” and is based in Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
- Age
- 43 yrs · since 1983
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.1m | £19m | £19.1m | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £10.6m | £13.1m | £13.4m | — | — |
| Gross profit | £5.5m | £5.9m | £5.7m | — | — |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £863k | £376k | — | — |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £811k | £328k | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £758k | £237k | −£247k | £269k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £758k | £237k | −£247k | £269k |
| Employees (average) | 105 | 112 | 87 | 87 | 97 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 6.9% | 4% | 1.2% | — | — |
| Gross margin | 34.1% | 30.9% | 29.8% | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | £153k | £170k | £220k | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £10.6k | £6.8k | £2.7k | −£2.8k | £2.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲18.1% | ▲0.4% | — | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼32.2% | ▼68.8% | ▼204.4% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.7% | ▼22.3% | 0% | ▲11.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £423k | £520k | £246k | £226k | £130k |
| Net assets | £4.3m | £4.7m | £4.7m | £4.2m | £4.3m |
| Fixed assets | £3.8m | £4.2m | £4.1m | £5.1m | £5m |
| Current assets | £4.9m | £5.6m | £5.2m | £4.5m | £5m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1.3m | £791k | £795k |
| Deferred income | £425k | £547k | £523k | £164k | £317k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.8k
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £4.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼42%
- Now £130k
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 97
- Deferred income
- ▲93%
- Now £317k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- S.g.bailey(Paints)limitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £269k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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