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Company No. 03221393 · Incorporated 8 Jul 1996

Red Rose Drylining Limited

Registered name: RED ROSE DRYLINING LIMITED

Part of RR Trading (Lower Darwen) Limited group

Red Rose Drylining Limited made £19.9m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025. read from filing text

Red Rose Drylining Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £19.9m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £1.7m profit and 28 employees. The company is classified under “plastering” and is based in Lower Darwen; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Status
Active
Location
Lower Darwen, North West
Age
30 yrs · since 1996
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: “The company is”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Jul 2025

Key figures

Capital-lightOperating leverage
Revenue
£19.9m
Growth ▲9.4%
Profit
£1.7m
Growth ▲39.1%
Profit margin
8.8%
Gross 23.7%
Employees
28
Change ▲7.7%
Profit / employee
£62.5k
Revenue/employee £712k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Jul 202231 Jul 202331 Jul 202431 Jul 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£14.7m£17.8m£18.2m£19.9m
Cost of sales£11.5m£13.8m£14.3m£15.2m
Gross profit£3.2m£4.1m£3.9m£4.7m
Operating profit£1.9m£1.8m£1.7m£2.4m
Profit before tax£1.9m£1.8m£1.7m£2.4m
Profit after tax£1.5m£1.4m£1.3m£1.7m
Profit (best available)£1.5m£1.4m£1.3m£1.7m
Staff costs£983k£1.1m£1.3m£1.3m
Employees (average)22222628
Ratios
Profit margin9.9%7.8%6.9%8.8%
Gross margin21.8%22.8%21.3%23.7%
Revenue per employee£670k£810k£701k£712k
Profit per employee£66.4k£63.5k£48.4k£62.5k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲20.9%▲2.3%▲9.4%
Profit growth—▼4.3%▼10%▲39.1%
Headcount growth—0%▲18.2%▲7.7%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£1.6m£2.1m£2.3m£4m
Net assets£2.6m£2.8m£4.1m£4.3m
Fixed assets£14.4k£24.2k£39.6k£60.9k
Current assets£5.4m£5.4m£7.4m£9.1m
Debtors£2.6m£2.2m£3.2m£3m
Deferred income£440k£542k£538k£453k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
8.8%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
23.7%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£712k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£62.5k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
0.3%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
2.3%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
15%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲6%
Now £4.3m
Cash at bank
▲75%
Now £4m
Headcount
▲8%
Now 28
Deferred income
▼16%
Now £453k
Fixed assets
▲54%
Now £60.9k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. RR Trading (Lower Darwen) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Red Rose Drylining Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (1)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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