R.D. JOHNS LIMITED

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Shareholders' funds

£1,013,005

Balance sheet as at 2018-12-31

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What it does

The principal activity of the company is that of catering butchers and distributors of frozen foods.

The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.

Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
1986-04-07
Employees
103 (2018 accounts · was 85 in 2017)
Registered office
Ugbrooke Business Park, Kingsteignton, Newton Abbot, Devon, England, TQ12 3GP
Postcode
TQ12 3GP
Capital
26 GBP
Accounts category
Full
Charges
1 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-12-31
Next due by
2027-09-30
Financial year end
31 December

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-06-02
Next due by
2027-06-16
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 46310 Wholesale of fruit and vegetables
  • 46320 Wholesale of meat and meat products
  • 46330 Wholesale of dairy products, eggs and edible oils and fats
  • 46380 Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs

Officers 8 current · 3 resigned

Appointed 2026-01-22
Appointed 2026-01-09
Appointed 2026-01-06
Appointed 2026-01-03
Appointed 2026-01-03

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Group structure 4 subsidiaries

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Gender pay gap

2.39%

Women's median hourly pay above men's, 2025/26 · in the top quarter for parity

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Contact details

Website
rdjohns.com
Phone
01626368800

R D Johns Limited - 50 years of experience as a family-run business, we are a leading food wholesaler in the South West of England.

Previous company names

NameDate changed
WILLOWREN LIMITED1986-07-18

Previous registered addresses 5

AddressChanged on
29 MILBER INDUSTRIAL ESTATE NEWTON ABBOT, DEVON, TQ12 4SG, UNITED KINGDOM2015-06-16
MOORGATE HOUSE, KING STREET, NEWTON ABBOT, DEVON, TQ12 2LG2015-06-15
29 MILBER INDUSTRIAL ESTATE NEWTON ABBOT, DEVON, TQ12 4SG, UNITED KINGDOM2015-06-15
BARCLAYS BANK CHAMBERS, UNION STREET, NEWTON ABBOT, DEVON TQ12 2JY1991-02-28
TEMPLE HOUSE, 20 HOLYWELL ROW, LONDON, EC2A 4JB1986-05-13

Among its peers

Top 10%

by shareholders' funds, of 316 similar companies in TQ — measured against the wider sector

3rd largest employer among its local peers (103 staff).

Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1986.

The class of 1986

51%

of the 18,365 companies incorporated in 1986 are still active today; 42% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

Property in England & Wales 11 titles

Freehold
8
Leasehold
3
Most recent registration
2026-02-06
Price paid, where recorded
£3,465,000
Where
Devon (8), Hampshire (2), Bath And North East Somerset (1)
Title numberCounty Tenure RegisteredPrice paid
DN352822 Devon Freehold 2026-02-06 £675,000
HP352918 Hampshire Leasehold 2024-11-14 £1,800,000
HP619950 Hampshire Leasehold 2024-11-14
DN709737 Devon Freehold 2024-09-17 £360,000
DN747561 Devon Freehold 2022-04-12
ST361989 Bath And North East Somerset Leasehold 2020-11-06
DN424738 Devon Freehold 2019-10-10 £350,000
DN69380 Devon Freehold 2019-10-10 £200,000
DN84300 Devon Freehold 2014-03-04 £80,000
DN280257 Devon Freehold 2011-08-30
DN90345 Devon Freehold 2011-08-30

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