R.SWAIN & SONS LIMITED
Active Company number 00371501
R.SWAIN & SONS LIMITED (company number 00371501) is a private limited company incorporated on 26 December 1941. Its status on the Companies House register is Active. Its registered office is in Rochester, ME2 2BD. Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is freight transport by road (49410). Its latest accounts we hold, for the period ending 27 December 2025, report net assets of £14.3m.
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Company details
- Company number
- 00371501
- Status
- Active
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 26 December 1941
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Registered office
- VULCAN HOUSE
MEDWAY FREIGHT CENTRE STROOD
ROCHESTER
KENT
ME2 2BD
Nature of business (SIC 2007)
Accounts and confirmation statement
- Accounting reference date
- 31 December
- Accounts category
- GROUP
- Accounts last made up to
- 27 December 2025
- Next accounts due
- 30 September 2027
- Confirmation statement last made up to
- 3 August 2026
- Next confirmation statement due
- 17 August 2027
Financial summary
| Period ending | 27 December 2025 | 28 December 2024 | 30 December 2023 | 31 December 2022 | 1 January 2022 | 2 January 2021 | 28 December 2019 | 31 December 2018 | 31 December 2017 | 31 December 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | −£1.5m | £172k | £1.9m | £1.1m | £2.8m |
| Profit after tax | £210k | £2,183 | −£1.4m | £485k | £829k | £1.0m | £692k | £1.2m | £603k | — |
| Total assets | £71.7m | £73.6m | £61.7m | £61.0m | £59.4m | £53.7m | £57.6m | £56.1m | £36.6m | £31.4m |
| Cash at bank | £185k | £474k | £599k | £816k | £3.7m | £896k | £1.4m | £2.6m | £1.2m | £2.3m |
| Current liabilities | £20.6m | £21.4m | £14.4m | £15.3m | £13.7m | £12.1m | £14.4m | £14.5m | £9.3m | £12.0m |
| Net current assets / (liabilities) | (£1.5m) | (£806k) | (£689k) | £81k | £3.1m | £523k | £989k | £981k | £3.9m | £3.0m |
| Total liabilities | £57.4m | £59.5m | £47.6m | — | — | — | £44.5m | £43.6m | £25.3m | £20.7m |
| Net assets | £14.3m | £14.1m | £14.1m | £15.5m | £15.0m | £14.2m | £13.2m | £12.5m | £11.3m | £10.7m |
| Employees | 455 | 513 | 483 | 449 | 461 | 494 | 577 | 601 | 548 | 522 |
—: no figure read from the filing.
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Control, officers and charges
- Persons with significant control
- 1 current (1 including ceased)
- Charges (mortgages)
- 32 registered, 11 outstanding, 21 satisfied
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