Ruroc Limited
Registered name: RUROC LIMITED
Part of Ruroc Global Holdings Limited groupRuroc Limited made £18.6m revenue and a £2.2m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Ruroc Limited’s revenue fell 35% to £18.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with a loss of £2.2m and 90 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of sports goods” and is based in Leeds; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- In Administration/Administrative Receiver
- Location
- Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2010
- 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 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.7m | £28.5m | £18.6m |
| Cost of sales | £17m | £22m | £14.1m |
| Gross profit | £2.6m | £6.5m | £4.6m |
| Operating profit | −£6.4m | −£2.9m | −£1.7m |
| Profit before tax | −£6.9m | −£3.7m | −£2.2m |
| Profit after tax | −£6.9m | −£3.7m | −£2.2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£6.9m | −£3.7m | −£2.2m |
| Staff costs | £3.7m | £4.9m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 162 | 122 | 90 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −35.1% | −12.8% | −12.1% |
| Gross margin | 13.4% | 22.8% | 24.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £122k | £234k | £207k |
| Profit per employee | −£42.6k | −£30k | −£25k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼34.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼26.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £908k | £450k | £980k |
| Net assets | −£14.2m | −£17.8m | −£20.1m |
| Fixed assets | £4.6m | £3.9m | £3.5m |
| Current assets | £6m | £9.1m | £8m |
| Debtors | £22.8k | £98.4k | £191k |
| Deferred income | £2.2m | £2.3m | £1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −12.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £207k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£25k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 18.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1%
- 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 −£20.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲118%
- Now £980k
- Headcount
- ▼26%
- Now 90
- Deferred income
- ▼56%
- Now £1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £3.5m
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
- Ruroc Global Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ruroc IP Holdings Limited75–100%
- Ruroc Limitedthis 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 Dec 2023 (profit −£2.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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