RTS Limited
Registered name: RTS LIMITED
Part of SWL Limited groupRTS Limited made £32.9m revenue and £1m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
RTS Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £32.9m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £1m profit. The company is classified under “silviculture and other forestry activities” and is based in Crieff; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Crieff, Scotland
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1984
- 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: “RTS Forestry Limited, which is incorporated in Great Britain and registered in Scotland, controls 100% of the issued share capital of the company and is regarded as the ultimate parent undertaking. Gr”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.7m | £24.3m | £30m | £32.9m |
| Cost of sales | £20.1m | £21.7m | £27.5m | −£27m |
| Gross profit | £1.6m | £2.6m | £2.5m | £5.8m |
| Operating profit | £801k | £1.4m | £885k | £1.6m |
| Profit before tax | £799k | £1.4m | £704k | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | £720k | £1m | £530k | £1m |
| Profit (best available) | £720k | £1m | £530k | £1m |
| Staff costs | £1.6m | £1.9m | £2.2m | — |
| Employees (average) | 43 | 45 | 51 | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.3% | 4.3% | 1.8% | 3.1% |
| Gross margin | 7.6% | 10.8% | 8.3% | 17.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £505k | £539k | £587k | — |
| Profit per employee | £16.7k | £23.3k | £10.4k | — |
| Cash conversion | −102.9% | −102.4% | −32.7% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.7% | ▲23.4% | ▲9.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲45.3% | ▼49.4% | ▲95.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.7% | ▲13.3% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £108k | £352k | £665 | — |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £2.5m | £2.8m | — |
| Fixed assets | £1.8m | £2m | £1.9m | — |
| Current assets | £6.5m | £6.8m | £7.2m | — |
| Debtors | £4.7m | £4.8m | £5.5m | — |
| Deferred income | £87.7k | £83.6k | £79.5k | — |
| Cash from operations | −£824k | −£1.4m | −£289k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- SWL Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- RTS Forestry Limited75–100%
- RTS Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Earnside LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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