Rapid Electrical Distributors Limited
Registered name: RAPID ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED
Part of Qubic Trustees Ltd groupRapid Electrical Distributors Limited made £17.3m revenue and £344k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Rapid Electrical Distributors Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £17.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £344k profit and 28 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts” and is based in Colnbrook Slough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Colnbrook Slough, South East
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.7m | £19.1m | £15m | £17.3m |
| Cost of sales | £12.3m | £16.2m | £11.9m | £14.2m |
| Gross profit | £2.4m | £2.9m | £3.1m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | £310k | £591k | £771k | £680k |
| Profit before tax | £176k | £329k | £530k | £484k |
| Profit after tax | £104k | £239k | £377k | £344k |
| Profit (best available) | £104k | £239k | £377k | £344k |
| Staff costs | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 23 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.7% | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% |
| Gross margin | 16.6% | 15.3% | 20.9% | 17.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £639k | £735k | £557k | £618k |
| Profit per employee | £4.5k | £9.2k | £13.9k | £12.3k |
| Cash conversion | −200.3% | −141.5% | −103% | −171.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲30.1% | ▼21.3% | ▲15% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲129.7% | ▲57.3% | ▼8.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13% | ▲3.9% | ▲3.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £609k | £383k | £359k | £737k |
| Net assets | £719k | £751k | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Fixed assets | £714k | £730k | £1.9m | £1.9m |
| Current assets | £6.3m | £6.5m | £5m | £6.6m |
| Debtors | £3.9m | £4.1m | £2.8m | £4m |
| Cash from operations | −£620k | −£837k | −£795k | −£1.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £618k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −171.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 23.3%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £1.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲106%
- Now £737k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 28
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £1.9m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Qubic Trustees Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Qubic Associate Group Limited75–100%
- Qubic Trustees Ltd75–100%
- Rapid Electrical Distributors Holdings Limited75–100%
- Rapid Electrical Distributors Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Rapid Electrical Distributors (Watford) 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 £344k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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