{"name":"RED CAT DISTRIBUTION LIMITED","company_number":"05191701","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"2004-07-28","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"Unit 1a Stone Lane Industrial Estate, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 1HB","postcode":"BH21 1HB","sic_codes":[{"code":46510,"description":"Wholesale of computers, computer peripheral equipment and software"}],"principal_activity":null,"previous_names":[],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Total Exemption Full","year_end":"31 December","last_made_up_to":"2025-12-31","next_due":"2027-09-30"},"employees":{"count":5,"accounts_date":"2025-12-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-12-31","net_assets":220217,"cash":43250,"average_employees":5},{"financial_date":"2024-12-31","net_assets":242975,"cash":35608,"average_employees":5},{"financial_date":"2023-12-31","net_assets":213918,"cash":25099},{"financial_date":"2022-12-31","net_assets":205046,"cash":29845},{"financial_date":"2021-12-31","net_assets":208449,"cash":12714}],"officers":{"current":3,"resigned":5,"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":1,"outstanding":1},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"Red Cat Distribution operates as a niche IT distributor in a sector dominated by substantially larger players, but has carved a sustainable position through consistent profitability and prudent financial management. The company's decade-long track record of equity growth, regular dividend payments, and conservative leverage demonstrates a well-run SME distributor, though the contraction in balance sheet metrics between 2023 and 2024 suggests the business is recalibrating from pandemic-inflated trading levels. The key strategic question is whether Red Cat's service-intensive regional model can sustain margins as the IT distribution sector continues to consolidate and vendors push toward direct-to-market channels.","website":"https://www.red-cat.co.uk/","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/red-cat-distribution","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/red-cat-distribution/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/red-cat-distribution/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05191701","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/red-cat-distribution/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/red-cat-distribution/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/red-cat-distribution/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/red-cat-distribution/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/red-cat-distribution"}