R.W.PHILLIPS LIMITED
Company number 00735753 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
R.W. Phillips Limited presents a fundamentally sound balance sheet with substantial net assets (£3.75M), minimal leverage, and healthy liquidity ratios that indicate low solvency and liquidity risk. However, declining P&L reserves, a 40% cash drawdown over four years, and rising stock levels suggest underlying operational pressures that warrant closer examination. The absence of a filed profit and loss account limits visibility into profitability drivers, and related party transactions within this family-controlled business require further disclosure to fully assess financial stewardship.
Shareholders' funds
£3,751,224
Balance sheet as at 2025-10-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1962-09-18
- Employees
- 17 (2025 accounts · was 18 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 57a The Broadway, Leigh On Sea, Essex, SS9 1PE
- Postcode
- SS9 1PE
- Capital
- 5,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-10-31
- Next due by
- 2027-07-31
- Financial year end
- 31 October
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-21
- Next due by
- 2027-09-04
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47789 Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians)
Officers 3 current · 5 resigned
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 86 similar companies in SS
3rd largest employer among its local peers (17 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1962.
Competitors Basildon
This company ranks 1 among other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians) in Basildon.
Property in England & Wales 4 titles
- Freehold
- 4
- Most recent registration
- 2011-08-04
- Price paid, where recorded
- £353,000
- Where
- Essex (3), Southend-On-Sea (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EX154623 | Southend-On-Sea | Freehold | 2011-08-04 | £220,000 |
| EX531097 | Essex | Freehold | 2001-11-23 | £80,000 |
| EX437540 | Essex | Freehold | 2001-10-29 | — |
| EX584742 | Essex | Freehold | 1999-06-22 | £53,000 |
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