RED CAT DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
Company number 05191701 · Monitor this company
Executive 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.
Shareholders' funds
£220,115
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2004-07-28
- Employees
- 5 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- Unit 1a Stone Lane Industrial Estate, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 1HB
- Postcode
- BH21 1HB
- Capital
- 102 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption 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
- 2026-01-07
- Next due by
- 2027-01-21
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46510 Wholesale of computers, computer peripheral equipment and software
Officers 3 current · 5 resigned
Contact details
- Website
- redcatdistribution.co.uk
- Phone
- 000000999, 000009999, 01202 841030
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| UNIT N1 WEST QUAY HOUSE, WEST QUAY ROAD, POOLE, DORSET, BH15 1HT | 2008-05-15 |
| 41 PALMERSTON ROAD, PARKSTONE, POOLE, BH14 9HQ | 2005-03-03 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 14 similar companies in BH
3rd oldest of its local peers, trading since 2004.
Competitors Bournemouth
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1. ELF LIMITED
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2. GTECHIT LTD
This company ranks 3 among wholesale of computers, computer peripheral equipment and software in Bournemouth.
The class of 2004
37%
of the 135,816 companies incorporated in 2004 are still active today; 60% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.