Red Rose Drylining Limited
Registered name: RED ROSE DRYLINING LIMITED
Part of RR Trading (Lower Darwen) Limited groupRed 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”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full 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) | 22 | 22 | 26 | 28 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 9.9% | 7.8% | 6.9% | 8.8% |
| Gross margin | 21.8% | 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 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
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.
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.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- RR Trading (Lower Darwen) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Red Rose Drylining Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Atfnw LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Similar profitable businesses
- Optimum Drywall Systems LimitedBristol · Plastering
- Revenue
- £18m
- Profit
- £690k
- Staff
- 50
- KJW Drylining LimitedMilton Keynes · Plastering
- Revenue
- £23.4m
- Profit
- £524k
- Staff
- 33
- David Andrews (Construction) LimitedClerkenwell · Plastering
- Revenue
- £15.8m
- Profit
- £1.4m
- Staff
- 77
- E & H Drylining & Plastering LimitedMelksham · Plastering
- Revenue
- £14.7m
- Profit
- £10.7k
- Staff
- 24
- D M & C Ash LimitedHeathfield · Plastering
- Revenue
- £14.3m
- Profit
- £592k
- Staff
- 40
- Premier Plastering (UK) LimitedLeicestershire · Plastering
- Revenue
- £13.2m
- Profit
- £339k
- Staff
- 31
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.
Contains public sector information from Companies House licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Companies House, © Crown copyright. View the licence.