RSW International Limited
Registered name: RSW INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Part of RSW (Imports) Limited groupRSW International Limited made £16.6m revenue and £814k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
RSW International Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £16.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £814k profit and 52 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Blackburn; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Blackburn, North West
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1997
- 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. From the filing: “The immediate parent company is RSW (Imports) Limited.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16m | £16.3m | £15.6m | £16.6m |
| Cost of sales | £10.5m | £10.7m | £10.4m | £10.4m |
| Gross profit | £5.5m | £5.6m | £5.2m | £6.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £996k | £635k | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £1m | £860k | £587k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £818k | £658k | £435k | £814k |
| Profit (best available) | £818k | £658k | £435k | £814k |
| Staff costs | £2.2m | £2.4m | £2.4m | £2.6m |
| Employees (average) | 54 | 52 | 50 | 52 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.1% | 4% | 2.8% | 4.9% |
| Gross margin | 34.4% | 34.3% | 33.5% | 37.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £297k | £313k | £312k | £318k |
| Profit per employee | £15.2k | £12.7k | £8.7k | £15.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.5% | ▼4.3% | ▲6.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼19.5% | ▼34% | ▲87.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.7% | ▼3.9% | ▲4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £237k | £870k | £1.6m | £2.2m |
| Net assets | £5.1m | £5.3m | £5.7m | £6.5m |
| Fixed assets | £97.4k | £225k | £216k | £256k |
| Current assets | £8.3m | £7.3m | £8.3m | £8.4m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £2m | £2.2m | £2m |
| Deferred income | £198k | £136k | £167k | £159k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £318k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.8%
- 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
- ▲13%
- Now £6.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲34%
- Now £2.2m
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 52
- Deferred income
- ▼5%
- Now £159k
- Fixed assets
- ▲19%
- Now £256k
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
- RSW (Imports) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- RSW 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 Dec 2025 (profit £814k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.