R.SWAIN & SONS LIMITED

Active
Company number 00371501Private limited companyIncorporated 1941

Key figures

£14,314,576+1.5%
Net assets 2025
+0.3%
Average annual growth 2020/21–2025
05 m10 m15 m20 m2020/212022202320242025

R.SWAIN & SONS LIMITED does not disclose its turnover in its latest accounts; the profit for the year is as stated in the accounts.

Ratios

2025

Sector comparison

SIC 49410

Where the company stands among the 56,545 active companies whose first SIC code is 49410 (Freight transport by road).

Net assets£14,314,576
Higher than 99% · median £3,868
Total assets£71,722,355
Higher than 99% · median £20,069
Cash£185,431
Higher than 84% · median £9,527
Employees455
Higher than 99% · median 1
Company age84.9 years
Older than 99% · median 4.2 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. TURNERS (SOHAM) HOLDINGS LIMITED£638.4m
  2. GXO LOGISTICS UK LIMITED£470.7m
  3. EVRI LIMITED£292.7m
  4. FEDEX EXPRESS UK TRANSPORTATION LIMITED£285.5m
  5. BULKHAUL LIMITED£276.5m
  6. H.W. COATES LIMITED£248.7m
  7. DPDGROUP UK LTD£214m
  8. MARITIME GROUP LIMITED£185.6m
  9. GIST LIMITED£171.4m
  10. DAVIES TURNER HOLDINGS PLC£132.9m

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 56,545. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: R.SWAIN & SONS LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

R.SWAIN & SONS LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 00371501. It was incorporated on 26 Dec 1941. Its status is active. The registered office is in Rochester (ME2). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is freight transport by road (49410).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 27 Dec 2025); the company files group accounts. Profit for the year was £210,049. Net assets were £14,314,576, up 1.5% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £185,431. The company had an average of 455 employees. Figures are available for 5 financial years (2020/21–2025).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 56,545 active companies whose first SIC code is 49410: By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £3,868). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £20,069). By cash it ranks higher than 84% of them (median £9,527). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 1). It is older than 99% of them (median age 4.2 years).

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly iron and steel articles, machinery, electrical equipment. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly paints, dyes and inks, soaps and waxes, plastics. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 1.6% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 3 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

The company has 4 current directors. One person with significant control is registered. 11 of 32 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 17 Aug 2027.

Filed accounts2020/21–2025
2020/212022202320242025
Profit for the year1,007,496485,231-1,371,1362,183210,049
Cash at bank and in hand896,360816,156598,938473,550185,431
Total assets53,677,20660,991,35161,665,15473,571,31271,722,355
Total liabilities—————
Net assets / total equity14,159,07115,473,48014,102,34414,104,52714,314,576
Average number of employees494449483513455
Average pay (per year)37,495————

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.

Statutory reporting

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 1.6% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 1.9% higher
Median bonus pay
women 74.5% lower
Employer size
250 to 499 employees
Lower pay quarter13.3% womenLower middle3.1% womenUpper middle5.1% womenUpper pay quarter44.9% women
Earlier years (7)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 8% lower
women 5% lower
2023/24
women 9% lower
women 7% lower
2022/23
women 16.6% lower
women 11.8% lower
2021/22
women 12.1% lower
women 11.5% lower
2020/21
women 16.8% lower
women 23.2% lower
2018/19
women 14.6% lower
women 16.3% lower
2017/18
women 21.7% lower
women 19.3% lower

A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service

Modern slavery statements3
2024
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
2023
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 2 of the last 12 months on record, most recently May 2026. Main goods: iron and steel articles, machinery, electrical equipment and vehicles.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 2 of the last 12 months on record, most recently March 2026. Main goods: paints, dyes and inks, soaps and waxes and plastics.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

36 events
  1. James Henry WYATT resignedDirector
  2. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: net assets £14.3m, 455 employees
  3. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: net assets £14.1m, 513 employees
  4. Financial year 2023 endedAccounts: net assets £14.1m, 483 employees
  5. Financial year 2022 endedAccounts: net assets £15.5m, 449 employees
  6. Financial year 2020/21 endedAccounts: net assets £14.2m, 494 employees
  7. Matthew Ian SWEET resignedDirector
  8. Shaun BAKER resignedDirector
Earlier events (28)
  1. James Henry WYATT appointedDirector
  2. Stuart James RIGBY appointedDirector
  3. Ian Stuart CHAPMAN resignedDirector
  4. Matthew DEER appointedDirector
  5. Paul KAVANAGH resignedDirector
  6. Andrew William SWAIN resignedDirector
  7. Andrew William SWAIN resignedSecretary
  8. Mr Robert John Swain registered as a person with significant control
  9. Ian Stuart CHAPMAN appointedDirector
  10. Matthew Ian SWEET appointedDirector
  11. Paul Martin BURRIDGE resignedDirector
  12. Colin Barry DYKE resignedDirector
  13. Paul KAVANAGH appointedDirector
  14. Andrew William SWAIN appointedDirector
  15. Robert John SWAIN resignedSecretary
  16. Andrew William SWAIN appointedSecretary
  17. George William SWAIN resignedDirector
  18. Graham LORD resignedDirector
  19. Nicholas William SWAIN resignedDirector
  20. Mark Christopher LAY resignedDirector
  21. Nicholas William SWAIN appointedDirector
  22. Matthew George SWAIN appointedDirector
  23. Shaun BAKER appointedDirector
  24. Colin Barry DYKE appointedDirector
  25. John Frederick Longford TAYLOR resignedDirector
  26. Paul Martin BURRIDGE appointedDirector
  27. Mark Christopher LAY appointedDirector
  28. 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.