R S Response Ltd
Registered name: R S RESPONSE LTD
Part of RS Response Trustees Limited groupR S Response Ltd made £23.2m revenue and a £527k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
R S Response Ltd’s revenue fell 16% to £23.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £527k and 97 employees. The company is classified under “electrical installation” and is based in Milton Keynes; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Milton Keynes, South East
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- 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 immediate parent 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 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 | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £27.8m | £24.8m | £27.7m | £23.2m |
| Cost of sales | £20.7m | £17.6m | £21.3m | £17.6m |
| Gross profit | £7.1m | £7.2m | £6.4m | £5.6m |
| Operating profit | −£223k | £319k | £186k | −£524k |
| Profit before tax | −£223k | £309k | £185k | −£525k |
| Profit after tax | −£236k | £246k | £194k | −£527k |
| Profit (best available) | −£236k | £246k | £194k | −£527k |
| Staff costs | £7.2m | £6.7m | £6.3m | £5.9m |
| Employees (average) | 129 | 113 | 100 | 97 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −0.9% | 1% | 0.7% | −2.3% |
| Gross margin | 25.6% | 28.9% | 23.2% | 24.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £216k | £219k | £277k | £239k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.8k | £2.2k | £1.9k | −£5.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼11% | ▲11.9% | ▼16.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼21% | ▼371.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼12.4% | ▼11.5% | ▼3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £808k | £862k | £313k | £612k |
| Net assets | £4.1m | £3.6m | £3.2m | £2m |
| Fixed assets | £215k | £179k | £167k | £173k |
| Current assets | £8.6m | £6.4m | £9.7m | £6.3m |
| Debtors | £6.2m | £4.4m | £7.6m | £4.8m |
| Deferred income | £560k | £331k | £432k | £141k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £239k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£5.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.7%
- 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
- ▼38%
- Now £2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲95%
- Now £612k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 97
- Deferred income
- ▼67%
- Now £141k
- Fixed assets
- ▲4%
- Now £173k
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
- RS Response Trustees Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Birt Holdings Ltd75–100%
- R S Response Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- R S R Interiors 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 −£527k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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