Rotary Watches Limited
Registered name: ROTARY WATCHES LIMITED
Part of Citychamp Watch & Jewellery Group Limited groupRotary Watches Limited made a £1.2m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024 (revenue not disclosed).
Rotary Watches Limited reported a loss of £1.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2024; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 37 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of watches and clocks” and is based in Rayleigh; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Rayleigh, East of England
- Age
- 25 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: “At 31 December 2024 the company's immediate parent company was The Dreyfuss Group Limited which is the parent of the UK based group of which the company is a member.”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | −£1.2m | −£1.2m | £18.3k | −£1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.2m | −£1.2m | £18.3k | −£1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 46 | 44 | 42 | 37 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | −£25.3k | −£26.4k | £435 | −£33.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼6892% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.3% | ▼4.5% | ▼11.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1m | £732k | £595k | £182k |
| Net assets | −£12.7m | −£13.9m | −£13.9m | −£15.1m |
| Fixed assets | £556k | £492k | £450k | £396k |
| Current assets | £15.3m | £15.4m | £13.9m | £11.9m |
| Debtors | £1.3m | £1.6m | £1m | £549k |
| Deferred income | £902k | £1.4m | £1.3m | £833k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£33.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now −£15.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼69%
- Now £182k
- Headcount
- ▼12%
- Now 37
- Deferred income
- ▼36%
- Now £833k
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £396k
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
- Citychamp Watch & Jewellery Group Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- The Dreyfuss Group Limited75–100%
- Rotary Watches Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Artemis Watch Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Dreyfuss & Co. LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Joseph & Thomas Windmills Ltd.Figures not disclosed
- Rotary Overseas LimitedRev. — · Profit −£71.6k
- Rotary Retail LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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