Rle International Product Development Ltd
Registered name: RLE INTERNATIONAL PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT LTD
Part of Rle Deutschland Gmbh groupRle International Product Development Ltd made £7.8m revenue and a £3.8m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Rle International Product Development Ltd’s revenue fell 42% to £7.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £3.8m and 56 employees. The company is classified under “other engineering activities” and is based in Warwick; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Voluntary Arrangement
- Location
- Warwick, West Midlands
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.1m | £13.5m | £7.8m |
| Cost of sales | £17.6m | £10.9m | £7.1m |
| Gross profit | £3.6m | £2.6m | £753k |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £379k | −£3.8m |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £362k | −£3.8m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £402k | −£3.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £402k | −£3.8m |
| Staff costs | £6.8m | £5.4m | £3.7m |
| Employees (average) | 103 | 85 | 56 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.9% | 3% | −49% |
| Gross margin | 16.8% | 19.2% | 9.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £205k | £159k | £140k |
| Profit per employee | £12.1k | £4.7k | −£68.5k |
| Cash conversion | −61.3% | 397.4% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼36% | ▼42.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼67.8% | ▼1054% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼17.5% | ▼34.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £68.3k | £601k | £322k |
| Net assets | £3.4m | £3.8m | −£38.5k |
| Fixed assets | £103k | £66k | £32.9k |
| Current assets | £9.4m | £5.2m | £1.3m |
| Debtors | £1.3m | £989k | £521k |
| Deferred income | £742k | £345k | £58.5k |
| Cash from operations | −£836k | £1.5m | −£243k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −49%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £140k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£68.5k
- 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
- 0.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.7%
- 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
- ▼101%
- Now −£38.5k
- Cash at bank
- ▼46%
- Now £322k
- Headcount
- ▼34%
- Now 56
- Deferred income
- ▼83%
- Now £58.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▼50%
- Now £32.9k
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
- Rle Deutschland Gmbh (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Rle Global Operations Limited75–100%
- Rle International Product Development Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Rle Futuremotiv 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 2024 (profit −£3.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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