ROWAN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Company number 02477215 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Rowan International demonstrates encouraging top-line growth and sector resilience as a discount FMCG distributor, with meaningful progress in rehabilitating its balance sheet from negative equity. However, the company carries extreme leverage (liabilities nearly equal assets), perilously low cash reserves (£195k on £57.5m turnover), and uncertain profit-to-cash conversion. The recent Transmed acquisition provides potential parent company support but introduces refinancing risk. Credit facilities should be conditional on financial covenants, parent guarantees, and enhanced monitoring of cash and working capital metrics.
Shareholders' funds
£520,000
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
What it does
The company is a market leading distributor of FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) residual stocks to the UK and European discount markets and the company has built a reputation based on trust and speed of service to a wide range of suppliers and customers.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1990-03-05
- Employees
- 53 (2025 accounts · was 55 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Endeavour House Endeavour Drive, Festival Leisure Park, Basildon, Essex, England, SS14 3WF
- Postcode
- SS14 3WF
- Capital
- 520,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Medium
- Charges
- 3 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 30 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-03-05
- Next due by
- 2027-03-19
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46900 Non-specialised wholesale trade
Officers 6 current · 13 resigned
Group structure 2 subsidiaries
Controlled by ROWAN INTERNATIONAL TOPCO LIMITED — since 2017-12-04
Controlled by LLOYDS INVESTMENTS GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2021 (period to 2021-04-30).
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contact details
- Website
- rowaninternational.uk
- Phone
- 01268592000
Rowan International buy and sell residual stocks from all major FMCG brands across Europe and the UK.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| SLATEREALM LIMITED | 2002-07-03 |
| SLATEREALM PROPERTIES LIMITED | 1992-07-06 |
Previous registered addresses 9
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| ENDEAVOUR DRIVE, FESTIVAL LEISURE PARK, BASILDON, ESSEX, SS14 3WF | 2017-12-06 |
| 72 NEW CAVENDISH STREET, LONDON, W1G 8AU | 2007-03-13 |
| C/O THE PARIS PARTNERSHIP, RUSSELL HOUSE 140 HIGH STREET, EDGWARE, MIDDLESEX HA8 7LW | 2005-11-17 |
| PREMIER HOUSE, 112 STATION ROAD, EDGWARE, MIDDLESEX HA8 7BJ | 2001-10-26 |
| GKP HOUSE, SPRING VILLA PARK, EDGWARE, MIDDLESEX HA8 7XT | 2001-05-16 |
| GKP HOUSE, SPRING VILLA PARK, EDGWARE, MIDDLESEX HA8 7XT | 1999-06-07 |
| BRITANNIA HOUSE, ROBERTS MEWS, ORPINGTON, KENT BR6 OJP | 1999-05-05 |
| 4 CANDOVER STREET, LONDON, W1P 7PR | 1992-09-30 |
| CLASSIC HOUSE, 174-180 OLD STREET, LONDON, EC1V 9BP | 1990-06-18 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 153 similar companies in SS
The largest employer among its local peers (53 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1990.
Competitors Basildon
This company ranks 24 among non-specialised wholesale trade in Basildon.
The class of 1990
39%
of the 263 companies in this sector incorporated in 1990 are still active today; 58% 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
- 2014-11-10
- Where
- Essex
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EX912293 | Essex | Leasehold | 2014-11-10 | — |
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