R & W Scott Ltd
Registered name: R & W SCOTT LTD
Part of R & W Scott Eot Limited groupR & W Scott Ltd made £17.4m revenue and £387k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
R & W Scott Ltd’s revenue fell 5% to £17.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £387k profit and 91 employees. The company is classified under “other processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables” and is based in Newcastle Upon Tyne; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newcastle Upon Tyne, North 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. From the filing: “R&W Scott Ltd is ultimately controlled by R & W Scott Eot Ltd. The Eot holds 100% of the shares in Scotts Holdco Ltd, which in turn owns 100% of the shares in R&W Scott Ltd. The Eot has the authority ”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.1m | £18.2m | £17.4m |
| Cost of sales | £12.5m | £12.6m | £12.4m |
| Gross profit | £4.6m | £5.6m | £4.9m |
| Operating profit | £977k | £1.6m | £480k |
| Profit before tax | £749k | £1.4m | £163k |
| Profit after tax | £877k | £1.1m | £387k |
| Profit (best available) | £877k | £1.1m | £387k |
| Staff costs | £2m | £2.2m | £3.9m |
| Employees (average) | 90 | 93 | 91 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.1% | 6% | 2.2% |
| Gross margin | 26.8% | 30.7% | 28.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £190k | £196k | £191k |
| Profit per employee | £9.7k | £11.8k | £4.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.6% | ▼4.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲24.7% | ▼64.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.3% | ▼2.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £53.9k | £18.2k | £2.7k |
| Net assets | £7.6m | £9.3m | £6.1m |
| Fixed assets | £3m | £3.7m | £3.5m |
| Current assets | £9.2m | £9.1m | £9.1m |
| Debtors | £2.3m | £2.3m | £2.1m |
| Deferred income | — | £90.3k | £170k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £191k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 20.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.2%
- 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
- ▼34%
- Now £6.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼85%
- Now £2.7k
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 91
- Deferred income
- ▲88%
- Now £170k
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £3.5m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- R & W Scott Eot Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Scotts Holdco Ltd75–100%
- R & W Scott Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £387k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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