ANTHONY ROWCLIFFE AND SON LIMITED
Company number 02213734 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Anthony Rowcliffe and Son Limited is in a fragile financial state, having lost 85% of its equity over four years (£1.99M to £290k) due to sustained trading losses. The business remains critically leveraged with a debt-to-equity ratio of 15.4x and minimal cash reserves of just £65k. However, there are encouraging signs of stabilisation: losses narrowed dramatically from £872k to £167k in 2025, revenue grew 3%, and parent company Ambrosi (UK) Limited provides essential financial backing that underpins the going concern assumption. The path to recovery requires continued margin improvement, potential capital injection from the parent, and rigorous cash management to rebuild the depleted equity base.
Shareholders' funds
£290,438
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of importers and wholesalers of cheeses and other products.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1988-01-26
- Employees
- 50 (2025 accounts · was 57 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Grosvenor House, London Road, Redhill, England, RH1 1LQ
- Postcode
- RH1 1LQ
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-06-20
- Next due by
- 2027-07-04
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46390 Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco
Officers 3 current · 18 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by AMBROSI (UK) LIMITED — since 2019-01-23
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DELI TO YOUR DOOR LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| TYRELL HOUSE,, 9,LOMBARD TRADING ESTATE,, ANCHOR & HOPE LANE, CHARLTON,, LONDON,SE7 7SN. | 1999-07-16 |
| 183A FIELD END ROAD, EASTCOTE, PINNER, MIDDLESEX HA5 1QR | 1989-12-18 |
Among its peers
Among the biggest employers
of 577 similar companies in RH — measured against the wider sector, with 50 staff. Among the oldest 25% of its local peers.
Competitors Crawley
This company ranks 3 among non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco in Crawley.
The class of 1988
50%
of the 20,916 companies incorporated in 1988 are still active today; 43% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2019-10-16
- Where
- Kent
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TT103664 | Kent | Leasehold | 2019-10-16 | — |
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