{"name":"RCD RETAIL LIMITED","company_number":"05050082","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"2004-02-19","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"Building 4 Cusrley Distribution Park Curslow Lane, Shenstone, Kidderminster, England, DY10 4DX","postcode":"DY10 4DX","sic_codes":[{"code":47910,"description":"Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet"}],"principal_activity":null,"previous_names":[{"name":"IRG EUROPE LIMITED","changed_on":"2014-12-11"},{"name":"UK SPORT IMPORTS LTD","changed_on":"2010-02-22"}],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Total Exemption Full","year_end":"31 March","last_made_up_to":"2025-03-31","next_due":"2026-12-31"},"employees":{"count":12,"accounts_date":"2025-03-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-03-31","net_assets":1441102,"cash":27559,"average_employees":12},{"financial_date":"2024-03-31","net_assets":1726409,"cash":43492,"average_employees":12},{"financial_date":"2023-03-31","net_assets":1929017,"cash":42652},{"financial_date":"2022-03-31","net_assets":2126116,"cash":71883},{"financial_date":"2021-03-31","net_assets":2264164,"cash":1858193}],"officers":{"current":2,"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":3,"outstanding":1},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"RCD Retail Limited is a long-established but small specialist e-commerce operator (likely in the recreational sports vertical) whose balance sheet has materially deteriorated since the 2021 Covid-driven peak, with equity declining ~36% and cash reserves all but exhausted to £27.6k. Against typical UK SME e-commerce benchmarks, the business is showing two notable red flags – exceptionally high inventory intensity (~74% of total assets) and a sudden spike in 'other creditors' to £391k – both indicating working capital stress rather than healthy trading. While the company remains technically solvent and benefits from low overheads and a focused ownership structure, its competitive position relative to larger category players is increasingly marginal, and the FY25 results imply a loss-making year that warrants close monitoring.","website":null,"links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/rcd-retail","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/rcd-retail/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/rcd-retail/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05050082","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/rcd-retail/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/rcd-retail/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/rcd-retail/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/rcd-retail/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/rcd-retail"}