How much does Rope & Sling Specialists Limited make?

Rope & Sling Specialists Limited reported revenue of £12m and a loss of £67.6k in the year to 31 Dec 2025, according to its accounts filed at Companies House.

How many employees does Rope & Sling Specialists Limited have?

Rope & Sling Specialists Limited reported an average of 86 employees in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Is Rope & Sling Specialists Limited profitable?

No — Rope & Sling Specialists Limited reported a loss of £67.6k in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Company No. 04084819 · Incorporated 5 Oct 2000

Rope & Sling Specialists Limited

Registered name: ROPE & SLING SPECIALISTS LIMITED

Part of Prolift Holding Bv group

Rope & Sling Specialists Limited made £12m revenue and a £67.6k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text

Rope & Sling Specialists Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £12m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £67.6k and 86 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of lifting and handling equipment” and is based in Swansea; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection C · ManufacturingSIC 28220Manufacture of lifting and handling equipment

Status: Active
Location: Swansea, Wales
Age: 26 yrs · since 2000
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's ultimate parent company is”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Revenue

£12m

Growth ▼1.4%

Profit

−£67.6k

Growth ▼188.4%

Profit margin

−0.6%

Gross 44.2%

Employees

Change ▼1.1%

Profit / employee

−£787

Revenue/employee £139k

Profitable streak

0yrs

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 to	31 Jul 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)	£9.3m	£16.6m	£12.2m	£12m
Cost of sales	£5.8m	£10.4m	£6.9m	£6.7m
Gross profit	£3.5m	£6.2m	£5.3m	£5.3m
Operating profit	£437k	£994k	£422k	−£152k
Profit before tax	£387k	£924k	£334k	−£281k
Profit after tax	£270k	£787k	£76.5k	−£67.6k
Profit (best available)	£270k	£787k	£76.5k	−£67.6k
Staff costs	£2.5m	£4.3m	£3.4m	£3.7m
Employees (average)	85	84	87	86
Ratios
Profit margin	2.9%	4.8%	0.6%	−0.6%
Gross margin	37.8%	37.5%	43.3%	44.2%
Revenue per employee	£109k	£197k	£140k	£139k
Profit per employee	£3.2k	£9.4k	£880	−£787
Cash conversion	−31.7%	—	—	—
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth	—	—	—	▼1.4%
Profit growth	—	—	—	▼188.4%
Headcount growth	—	—	—	▼1.1%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank	£1.8m	£1.6m	£1.2m	£284k
Net assets	£2.4m	£3.1m	£3.2m	£3.1m
Fixed assets	£1.6m	£2.3m	£3.2m	£3.1m
Current assets	£5.7m	£5.9m	£6.4m	£5.3m
Debtors	£2.5m	£2.1m	£2.5m	£2.1m
Deferred income	£201k	£218k	£121k	£67.5k
Cash from operations	−£139k	—	—	—
Source	FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024	FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024	FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025	FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026

Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin: −0.6%; Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin: 44.2%; Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee: £139k; Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee: −£787; Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion: —; Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue: 25.6%; 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: 17.1%; 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: ▼2%; Now £3.1m
Cash at bank: ▼76%; Now £284k
Headcount: ▼1%; Now 86
Deferred income: ▼44%; Now £67.5k
Fixed assets: ▼3%; Now £3.1m

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

Prolift Holding Bv (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent50–75%
Rope & Sling Specialists Limitedthis company

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

Minority corporate shareholders

RSS Engineering Group UK Ltd 25–50%

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

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£67.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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