RAFTERTON LIMITED
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Executive summary
Rafterton Limited is a micro-entity hybrid operating at the intersection of UK chemical wholesale (SIC 46750) and management consultancy (SIC 70229), with a balance sheet profile — 11.2% fixed-asset intensity, zero employees, and £433k of current assets — most consistent with a commission-based trading intermediary rather than a stock-holding distributor. Its financial position is notably conservative by sector standards (58.8% equity ratio, 2.79 current ratio, 15.9% gearing, 23.5% return on opening equity), but net assets have compounded at just 0.16% annually since FY2019 and the 91.6% net-asset collapse in FY2023 tracks the European chemical destocking cycle almost exactly, indicating concentrated exposure rather than diversified resilience. The company occupies a defensible but structurally vulnerable niche in the long tail of chemical distribution, facing disintermediation risk from digital marketplaces and scale disadvantage against PE-consolidated majors, with a 93.4% year-on-year rise in short-term creditors the principal item warranting further scrutiny.
Shareholders' funds
£427,630
Balance sheet as at 2026-03-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2002-05-23
- Employees
- 0 (2026 accounts)
- Registered office
- 25 Wilton Road, Victoria, London, England, SW1V 1LW
- Postcode
- SW1V 1LW
- Capital
- 3,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Micro
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-03-31
- Next due by
- 2027-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-05-14
- Next due by
- 2027-05-28
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46750 Wholesale of chemical products
- 70229 Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Officers 1 current · 6 resigned
Contact details
- Website
- rafterton.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 203 856 0417
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| OFFICE GOLD, BUILDING 3 CHISWICK PARK, 566 CHISWICK HIGH ROAD, LONDON, GREATER LONDON, W4 5YA | 2019-12-03 |
| 67 WESTOW STREET, LONDON, SE19 3RW | 2016-01-14 |
| 11 LINDEN GARDENS, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT TN2 5QU | 2005-12-15 |
| SOMERSET HOUSE, 40-49 PRICE STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B4 6LZ | 2002-05-29 |
Among its peers
The oldest
of 11 similar companies in SW, trading since 2002
Competitors London
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6. ANPERO LTD
This company ranks 5 among wholesale of chemical products in London.
The class of 2002
39%
of the 122,937 companies incorporated in 2002 are still active today; 58% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.