Rapid International Limited
Registered name: RAPID INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Part of Rapid International (Holdings) Limited groupRapid International Limited made £11.4m revenue and £710k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
Rapid International Limited’s revenue fell 33% to £11.4m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £710k profit and 62 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of machinery for mining” and is based in Co Armagh; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Co Armagh, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 47 yrs · since 1979
- 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 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.1m | £10.9m | £17m | £11.4m |
| Cost of sales | £8.7m | £7.4m | £12.5m | £7.8m |
| Gross profit | £4.4m | £3.6m | £4.5m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | £2.2m | £702k | £1.6m | £812k |
| Profit before tax | £2.2m | £687k | £1.6m | £842k |
| Profit after tax | £2.1m | £623k | £1.3m | £710k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.1m | £623k | £1.3m | £710k |
| Employees (average) | 60 | 62 | 62 | 62 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 16.2% | 5.7% | 7.5% | 6.2% |
| Gross margin | 33.5% | 32.8% | 26.3% | 32.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £219k | £177k | £274k | £184k |
| Profit per employee | £35.5k | £10k | £20.4k | £11.5k |
| Cash conversion | −99.2% | −67.6% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼16.7% | ▲54.9% | ▼32.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼70.7% | ▲103.2% | ▼43.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.3% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.3m | £1.5m | £1.7m | £3.1m |
| Net assets | £6.7m | £6.3m | £6.6m | £6.9m |
| Fixed assets | £872k | £795k | £707k | £581k |
| Current assets | £13.5m | £14.6m | £11.6m | £16.1m |
| Debtors | £2.5m | £2.4m | £2.3m | £2.9m |
| Deferred income | £5.1m | £6.7m | £3.7m | £7.4m |
| Cash from operations | −£2.2m | −£475k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £184k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 64.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 25.5%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £6.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲86%
- Now £3.1m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 62
- Deferred income
- ▲99%
- Now £7.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▼18%
- Now £581k
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
- Rapid International (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Rapid International 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 Aug 2025 (profit £710k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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