RL CAPITAL LIMITED
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Executive summary
RL Capital is a niche, dual-track SME — a sub-scale independent motor factor cross-funding a capitalised tyre-tracking software platform — whose £5.7m balance sheet is 82% intangible and whose £667 cash balance sits far outside distribution-sector norms, leaving it dependent on roughly £0.5m of annual equity fundraising rather than trading cash flow. Reported profitability of £46,901 is flattered by the absence of any amortisation on £4.68m of capitalised development costs; on stated policy the blended business is likely loss-making, with tangible net worth of negative £1.1m. Strategically the integrated "parts plus proprietary technology" model is a credible differentiation against both consolidating factors and well-funded telematics incumbents, but the company remains a specialist challenger whose viability hinges on converting its IP into recurring fleet revenue before liquidity or investor appetite tightens.
Shareholders' funds
£6,016,763
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1998-07-22
- Employees
- 15 (2025 accounts · was 16 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Unit 5c Trident Business Park, Basil Hill Road, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 7HJ
- Postcode
- OX11 7HJ
- Capital
- 7 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
- 2026-10-18
- Next due by
- 2027-11-01
Nature of business (SIC)
- 45310 Wholesale trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories
- 62012 Business and domestic software development
Officers 5 current · 8 resigned
Group structure 3 subsidiaries
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IT5 HOLDINGS LTD Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
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Previous registered addresses 5
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| PARK 34 SOUTHMEAD IND ESTATE, DIDCOT, OXON, OX11 7WB | 2018-06-26 |
| GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 23/07/2008 FROM, 56 MILTON PARK, ABINGDON, OXFORDSHIRE, OX14 4RX | 2008-07-23 |
| 56 MILTON PARK, ABINGDON, OXFORDSHIRE, OX14 4RX | 2008-07-23 |
| 56 MILTON PARK, MILTON, ABINGDON, OXFORDSHIRE OX14 4RX | 2004-12-29 |
| MILTON PARK, MILTON, ABINGDON, OXFORDSHIRE OX14 4RX | 2004-12-29 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 31 similar companies in OX
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1998.
No.4 of the largest wholesale trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories companies in Oxford →
Competitors Oxford
This company ranks 4 among wholesale trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories in Oxford.
The class of 1998
42%
of the 55,900 companies incorporated in 1998 are still active today; 55% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2018-06-08
- Where
- Oxfordshire
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ON341350 | Oxfordshire | Leasehold | 2018-06-08 | — |
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