RHS Special Events Limited
Registered name: RHS SPECIAL EVENTS LIMITED
Part of The Royal Horticultural Society groupRHS Special Events Limited made £5.6m revenue and £3.1m profit in the year to 31 Jan 2026.
RHS Special Events Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £5.6m in the year to 31 Jan 2026, with £3.1m profit. The company is classified under “activities of other membership organizations”; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1995
- 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 | 31 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 | 31 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.6m | £4.4m | £4.7m | £5.1m | £5.6m |
| Cost of sales | £1.3m | £1.1m | −£1.3m | −£1.3m | −£1.5m |
| Gross profit | £3.3m | £3.2m | £3.4m | £3.7m | £4.1m |
| Operating profit | £3.1m | £3.1m | £3.2m | £3.5m | £3.9m |
| Profit before tax | £3.1m | £3.1m | £3.5m | £3.8m | £4.2m |
| Profit after tax | £2.6m | £2.5m | £2.6m | £2.9m | £3.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.6m | £2.5m | £2.6m | £2.9m | £3.1m |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 4 | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 56.4% | 57.7% | 55.8% | 56.9% | 56.4% |
| Gross margin | 71.5% | 74% | 72.8% | 73.4% | 73.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.5m | £1.1m | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £857k | £633k | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.9% | ▲7.3% | ▲7.8% | ▲10.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼1.6% | ▲3.6% | ▲10% | ▲9.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲33.3% | — | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £1m | £1.2m | — | — | — |
| Net assets | −£11k | −£11k | — | — | — |
| Current assets | £4.9m | £4.5m | — | — | — |
| Debtors | £340k | £21k | — | — | — |
| Deferred income | £4.3m | £4.5m | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 56.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 73.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- 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
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
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- Now —
- Cash at bank
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- Now —
- Headcount
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- Deferred income
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- Fixed assets
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Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Royal Horticultural Societyultimate parent75–100%
- RHS Special Events Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- R.H.S. Enterprises 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 31 Jan 2026 (profit £3.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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