RST Frome Services Limited
Registered name: RST FROME SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Apg Special Projects NO.1 Limited groupRST Frome Services Limited made £10.9m revenue and a £3.9m loss in the year to 30 Sep 2024.
RST Frome Services Limited’s revenue fell 31% to £10.9m in the year to 30 Sep 2024, with a loss of £3.9m and 0 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.9m | £15.8m | £10.9m |
| Cost of sales | £9.4m | £13.7m | £14.5m |
| Gross profit | £1.5m | £2.1m | −£3.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £1.8m | −£3.9m |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £1.8m | −£3.9m |
| Profit after tax | £1m | £1.8m | −£3.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £1m | £1.8m | −£3.9m |
| Employees (average) | — | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 9.5% | 11.6% | −35.6% |
| Gross margin | 13.4% | 13.3% | −33.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲45.7% | ▼31.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲77.8% | ▼310.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £8.5k | £28.2k | £16.2k |
| Net assets | £769k | £2.5m | −£1.4m |
| Current assets | £16.2m | £16.7m | £11.4m |
| Debtors | £150k | £113k | £61.4k |
| Deferred income | £3.6m | £3.3m | £3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −35.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −33.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- 27.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- 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
- ▼158%
- Now −£1.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼43%
- Now £16.2k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▼9%
- Now £3m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- Apg Special Projects NO.1 Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- RST Frome Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (13)
- Angelrealm LimitedFigures not disclosed
- First Oak Exeter LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Gatcombe Farm (Wrington) Developments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Long Lane Studios Developments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Manor Court Residential Developments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Pentire Point LimitedFigures not disclosed
- RST Bermondsey LimitedFigures not disclosed
- RST Cardiff Developments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- RST Och Truro Developments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- RST Poole LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wedmore Village LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Zinc Apartments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Zinc Freehold Newquay 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 30 Sep 2024 (profit −£3.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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