Richmond Design & Marketing Limited
Registered name: RICHMOND DESIGN & MARKETING LIMITED
Part of Aurrigo International PLC groupRichmond Design & Marketing Limited made £7.7m revenue and a £2.2m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Richmond Design & Marketing Limited’s revenue grew 31% to £7.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £2.2m and 80 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles” and is based in Coventry; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Coventry, West Midlands
- Age
- 33 yrs · since 1993
- 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. From the filing: “DG Automotive Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.3m | £5.9m | £7.7m |
| Cost of sales | £3.5m | £4.8m | £4.8m |
| Gross profit | £1.8m | £1.1m | £2.9m |
| Operating profit | −£1.1m | −£3.5m | −£2.2m |
| Profit before tax | −£1.1m | −£3.6m | −£2.2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.1m | −£3.6m | −£2.2m |
| Staff costs | £2.1m | £2.6m | £2.6m |
| Employees (average) | 57 | 66 | 80 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −21.3% | −60.3% | −29% |
| Gross margin | 34.3% | 18.5% | 37.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £93k | £89.3k | £96.7k |
| Profit per employee | −£19.8k | −£53.8k | −£28.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.2% | ▲31.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲15.8% | ▲21.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £283k | £464k | £385k |
| Net assets | £1.9m | −£1.2m | −£3.2m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £1m | £887k |
| Deferred income | £3.7m | £3.5m | £3.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −29%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £96.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£28.1k
- 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
- 45.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.5%
- 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 −£3.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼17%
- Now £385k
- Headcount
- ▲21%
- Now 80
- Deferred income
- ▲1%
- Now £3.5m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- Aurrigo International PLCultimate parent75–100%
- D G Automotive Limited75–100%
- Richmond Design & Marketing Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- RDM Automotive LimitedFigures not disclosed
- RDM Telematics 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 2024 (profit −£2.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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