RAWLINGS & SON(BRISTOL)LIMITED
Company number 00330872 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Rawlings & Son is at an inflection point: an 87-year-old wholesale distributor with a legitimately diversified offering and exposure to growing market segments, but one that has consumed its liquidity through acquisition-led expansion and now faces the harder work of integration. The return to EBITDA-positive trading in H1 2025-26 (£232k) is encouraging, but the near-zero cash position and £8.8M liability burden leave no margin for error. The strategic priority must be cash generation and balance sheet repair before any further growth ambitions are pursued.
Shareholders' funds
£4,818,238
Balance sheet as at 2025-05-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of wholesale of packaging supplies.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1937-08-20
- Employees
- 85 (2025 accounts · was 82 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Unit 3 Crown Road, Warmley, Bristol, England, BS30 8JJ
- Postcode
- BS30 8JJ
- Capital
- 30,905 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-05-31
- Next due by
- 2027-02-28
- Financial year end
- 31 May
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-03-31
- Next due by
- 2027-04-14
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46900 Non-specialised wholesale trade
- 70100 Activities of head offices
Officers 4 current · 10 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| CECIL ROAD, KINGSWOOD, BRISTOL, BS15 8NA | 2016-07-13 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 148 similar companies in BS
3rd largest employer among its local peers (85 staff).
2nd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1937.
No.6 of the largest non-specialised wholesale trade companies in Bristol →
Competitors Bristol
This company ranks 6 among non-specialised wholesale trade in Bristol.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2024-11-26
- Where
- West Yorkshire
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YY200195 | West Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2024-11-26 | — |
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