Rothwell Plumbing Services Limited
Registered name: ROTHWELL PLUMBING SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Rothwell Plumbing Services Group Limited groupRothwell Plumbing Services Limited made £18.4m revenue and £812k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2024.
Rothwell Plumbing Services Limited’s revenue fell 9% to £18.4m in the year to 30 Jun 2024, with £812k profit and 4 employees. The company is classified under “plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation” and is based in Wigan; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wigan, North West
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.5m | £20.3m | £18.4m |
| Cost of sales | £11.8m | £17m | £14.8m |
| Gross profit | £2.7m | £3.3m | £3.5m |
| Operating profit | £176k | £503k | £793k |
| Profit before tax | £159k | £484k | £812k |
| Profit after tax | £159k | £484k | £812k |
| Profit (best available) | £159k | £484k | £812k |
| Staff costs | £3.7m | £3.4m | £3.6m |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.1% | 2.4% | 4.4% |
| Gross margin | 18.7% | 16.3% | 19.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £4.6m |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £203k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲39.7% | ▼9.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲204.4% | ▲67.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £178k | £598k | £1.9m |
| Net assets | £1.3m | £1.7m | £2m |
| Fixed assets | £44.8k | £93.5k | £78.9k |
| Current assets | £4m | £6.2m | £4.7m |
| Debtors | £1.3m | £2.1m | £1.2m |
| Deferred income | £329k | £928k | £133k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £4.6m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £203k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.4%
- 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
- ▲18%
- Now £2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲213%
- Now £1.9m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- ▼86%
- Now £133k
- Fixed assets
- ▼16%
- Now £78.9k
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
- Rothwell Plumbing Services Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Rothwell Plumbing Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- RPS Homeserve+ LtdRev. £3.4m · Profit £88k
- RPS Resources 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 30 Jun 2024 (profit £812k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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