W.ROWLANDSON & COMPANY LIMITED

Active
Company number 00133121Private limited companyIncorporated 1913

Key figures

£40,171,000+6.9%
Net assets 2024/25
+5.1%
Average annual growth 2021/22–2024/25
020 m40 m60 m2021/222022/232023/242024/25

† W.ROWLANDSON & COMPANY LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

W.ROWLANDSON & COMPANY LIMITED does not disclose its turnover in its latest accounts; the profit for the year is as stated in the accounts.

Ratios

2024/25

Sector comparison

SIC 74990

Where the company stands among the 37,904 active companies whose first SIC code is 74990 (Non-trading company).

Net assets£40,171,000
Higher than 96% · median £2,801
Total assets£40,171,000
Higher than 95% · median £36,461
Cash£3,000
Lower than 59% · median £7,592
Company age112.9 years
Older than 99% · median 20.4 years
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Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 37,904. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: W.ROWLANDSON & COMPANY LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

W.ROWLANDSON & COMPANY LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 00133121. It was incorporated on 13 Dec 1913. Its status is active. The registered office is in London (W2). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is non-trading company (74990).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2024/25 (period ending 30 Apr 2025); the company files audit-exempt subsidiary. Profit for the year was £2,584,000. Net assets were £40,171,000, up 6.9% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £3,000. Figures are available for 4 financial years (2021/22–2024/25).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 37,904 active companies whose first SIC code is 74990: By net assets it ranks higher than 96% of them (median £2,801). By total assets it ranks higher than 95% of them (median £36,461). By cash it ranks lower than 59% of them (median £7,592). It is older than 99% of them (median age 20.4 years).

Who runs and controls the company?

The company has 3 current directors. One person with significant control is registered.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 31 Dec 2026. The next confirmation statement is due by 26 Jun 2027.

Filed accounts2021/22–2024/25
2021/222022/232023/24 †2024/25 †
Profit for the year-168,0001,337,0001,694,0002,584,000
Cash at bank and in hand3,000—3,0003,000
Total assets37,297,000——40,171,000
Total liabilities2,741,000—3,305,000—
Net assets / total equity34,556,00035,893,00037,587,00040,171,000
Average number of employees00——

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Principal activity

Accounts 2025

The principal activity of the Company is to act as a financing company for the DS Smith Group (‘the Group’). There has been no significant change in the Company’s principal activity in the year under review. The Directors are not aware, at the date of this report, of any likely significant changes in the Company’s activities in the forthcoming financial year. The results for the financial year show a profit before taxation of £1,337,000 (2022: loss before taxation of £168,000). No dividends were paid during the year (2022: £nil). The movement in profit before taxation is primarily due to the fluctuation of interest rates applied to amounts owed by group undertakings. The Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of DS Smith Plc and operates as part of the Group . On this basis the Company's Directors believe that there are no further performance indicators for the Company which might be necessary for an understanding of the development, performance or position of the business. No non-financial KPIs are applicable as the Company is a financing company within the Group which does not have any employees, customers or suppliers.

As described in the company's latest filed accounts.

History

47 events
  1. Louise Rachel MEADS appointedDirector
  2. James William LLOYD resignedSecretary
  3. Louise Rachel MEADS appointedSecretary
  4. Kafayat Bisola OLUYINKA resignedDirector
  5. Magda Joanna ORLEWICZ appointedDirector
  6. Erich SIMPKINS appointedDirector
  7. James William LLOYD appointedSecretary
  8. William Beverley HICKS resignedDirector
Earlier events (39)
  1. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: net assets £40.2m
  2. Zillah Wendy STONE resignedSecretary
  3. Zillah Wendy STONE resignedDirector
  4. Kafayat Bisola OLUYINKA appointedDirector
  5. Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: net assets £37.6m
  6. Financial year 2022/23 endedAccounts: net assets £35.9m, 0 employees
  7. Financial year 2021/22 endedAccounts: net assets £34.6m, 0 employees
  8. Anne STEELE resignedDirector
  9. Anne STEELE resignedSecretary
  10. Zillah Wendy STONE appointedSecretary
  11. Zillah Wendy STONE appointedDirector
  12. Ds Smith International Limited registered as a person with significant control
  13. Matthew Paul JOWETT resignedDirector
  14. William Beverley HICKS appointedDirector
  15. David John MATTHEWS resignedDirector
  16. Stephen William DRYDEN resignedDirector
  17. Anne STEELE appointedDirector
  18. Miles William ROBERTS resignedDirector
  19. David John MATTHEWS appointedDirector
  20. Carolyn Tracy CATTERMOLE resignedDirector
  21. Matthew Paul JOWETT appointedDirector
  22. Anthony David THORNE resignedDirector
  23. Miles William ROBERTS appointedDirector
  24. Gavin Mathew MORRIS resignedDirector
  25. Stephen William DRYDEN appointedDirector
  26. David Frank BUTTFIELD resignedDirector
  27. Gavin Mathew MORRIS appointedDirector
  28. John Peter WILLIAMS resignedDirector
  29. Carolyn Tracy CATTERMOLE resignedSecretary
  30. Anne STEELE appointedSecretary
  31. Carolyn Tracy CATTERMOLE appointedDirector
  32. Anthony David THORNE appointedDirector
  33. John Stuart RUSSELL resignedDirector
  34. Alan John RICHARDSON resignedSecretary
  35. Carolyn Tracy CATTERMOLE appointedSecretary
  36. John Stuart RUSSELL resignedSecretary
  37. Alan John RICHARDSON appointedSecretary
  38. David Frank BUTTFIELD appointedDirector
  39. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.