{"name":"CHARLES RANSFORD & SON LIMITED","company_number":"01185122","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1974-09-25","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"The Sawmill, Station Rd, Bishops Castle, Salop, SY9 5AQ","postcode":"SY9 5AQ","sic_codes":[{"code":16100,"description":"Sawmilling and planing of wood"}],"principal_activity":"The principal activity of the company is saw mill and timber manufacturer.","previous_names":[],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Full","year_end":"31 December","last_made_up_to":"2024-12-31","next_due":"2026-12-31"},"employees":{"count":56,"accounts_date":"2024-12-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2024-12-31","turnover":17536012,"profit_loss":2299514,"net_assets":36049286,"cash":12571931,"average_employees":56},{"financial_date":"2023-12-31","turnover":17020582,"profit_loss":1980150,"net_assets":33749772,"cash":10166141,"average_employees":56},{"financial_date":"2022-12-31","turnover":19203537,"net_assets":31769622,"cash":7497380},{"financial_date":"2021-12-31","turnover":20482242,"net_assets":29411404,"cash":5148190},{"financial_date":"2020-12-31","net_assets":24446917,"cash":6595137}],"officers":{"current":7,"resigned":7,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":4,"outstanding":4},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"Charles Ransford & Son is a well-established, family-owned regional sawmill with an exceptionally strong balance sheet – net assets of £36M against minimal liabilities of £2.4M – that places it in the upper quartile of financial resilience within the UK sawmilling sector. However, three consecutive years of declining turnover (from £20.5M to £17.5M) amid normalising timber prices and a subdued construction market raise legitimate questions about whether this asset-rich business is generating adequate returns on its capital base, or whether significant revalued property is distorting the true operational picture. The company's fortress balance sheet provides substantial strategic optionality, but converting that financial strength into sustainable revenue growth will be the defining challenge in an increasingly competitive and consolidating sector.","website":null,"links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/charles-ransford-son","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/charles-ransford-son/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/charles-ransford-son/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01185122","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/charles-ransford-son/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/charles-ransford-son/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/charles-ransford-son/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/charles-ransford-son/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/charles-ransford-son"}