The directors present the strategic report for the year ended 31 December 2025.
The Company faced another challenging year, as the Governments pledge to build 300,000 new homes per year in in England (1.5 million over the five-year parliament) was once again, despite tumbling interest rates, woefully short of their ambitious target, with only approximately 120,000 new starts in the 12 months to December 2025 (compared to 112,000 in 2024).
Sales turnover of £8,593,487 fell by 7% on 2024. Sales volumes remained steady in line with prior year. Gross Profit fell by 7.7% to £1,245,736 as a result of a depressed market, putting pressure on prices and margins.
Administration costs increased by £93,000, the result of one major bad debt of a similar amount.
The annual loss was (£947,602).
After two years of absorbing loses in the hope of a dramatic increases in new house building, as lauded by the Government, the Company were faced with no alternative but to re-evaluate and re-structure its production capacities in its three factories at Featherstone, Grantham, and Cinderford.
The directors took the decision in late 2025 for the sale and leaseback of the Featherstone factory for a gross sales price of £3,000,000, this was completed post year end on 20th February 2026.
With this completed, the Directors implemented the next step in the Company’s restructuring strategy to meet present and future demands by announcing in April the closure of its Cinderford plant to be effective from 15th May 2026.
This is expected to generate annual savings of an estimated £750,000 in wages, salaries, and overheads, and the site itself has been put up for sale on the property market and is expected to generate a further substantial inflow of cash over the coming 12 months.
These Decisions were not taken lightly but were necessary to ensure the long-term future of the business by raising a substantial amount of cash, from the sale and leaseback of Featherstone, transforming its working capital, cash and liquidity position, followed by the permanent closure of Cinderford, reducing substantially the Company's labour and overhead costs.
The Directors are confident the Company will now return to profitability and still has the production capacity in Featherstone and Grantham to manufacture 1,700,000 linear meters per year, the equivalent of 20,000 new houses per annum.
Principal risks and uncertainties
The principal risks and uncertainties to the business is the level of the BOE minimum lending rate and its impact and implication on mortgage costs, buyer confidence, and the cost of living.
Customers and suppliers alike are all saying the same thing, it’s the worst they’ve ever known in the industry for decades, and worse than any previous slowdowns or recessions.
Consumer and buyer confidence is at an all-time low, and house building needs help in the way of 100% mortgages for first time buyers, the abolition of stamp duty, and continued reductions in the BOE lending rate, and therefore mortgage rates.
The Government seem oblivious to the current state of house building in particular new house starts, not conversions from existing commercial and retail buildings to flats.
More and more companies allied to the construction industry are closing and going out of business by the day, and the Government may want to blame events in Iran, the Gulf and Middle East, which is not helping, but the crux of the problem lies in the Government's economic, taxation and industrial policies, where a reset is urgently needed.
On behalf of the board
In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.
Rackham Housefloors Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Mill Street East, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF12 9TA.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
The assets' residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are reviewed, and adjusted prospectively if appropriate, or if there is an indication of a significant change since the last reporting date.
Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount and are recognised in the Statement of comprehensive income.
Financial assets that are measured at cost and amortised cost are assessed at the end of each reporting period for objective evidence of impairment. If objective evidence of impairment is found, an impairment loss is recognised in the Statement of comprehensive income.
For financial assets measured at amortised cost, the impairment loss is measured as the difference between an asset's carrying amount and the present value of estimated cash flows discounted at the asset's original effective interest rate. If a financial asset has a variable interest rate, the discount rate for measuring any impairment loss is the current effective interest rate determined under the contract.
Financial assets and liabilities are offset and the net amount reported in the Statement of financial position when there is an enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
Where the terms and conditions of options are modified before they vest, the increase in the fair value of the options, measured immediately before and after the modification, is also charged to the Statement of comprehensive income over the remaining vesting period.
Debtors
Short term debtors are measured at transaction price, less any impairment. Loans receivable are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs, and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment.
Creditors
Short term creditors are measured at the transaction price. Other financial liabilities, including bank loans, are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs, and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
Dividends
Equity dividends are recognised when they become legally payable. Interim equity dividends are recognised when paid. Final equity dividends are recognised when approved by the shareholders at an annual general meeting.
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
Freehold land of £466,200 (2024: £466,200) is not depreciated.
The company has a 100% investment in Rackham Housefloors Manufacturing Limited, a dormant company which is registered in England and Wales. At 31 December 2025 the capital and reserves of Rackham Housefloors Manufacturing Limited were £1 (2024: £1).
Under the provision of section 405 (2) of the Companies Act 2006 the Company is exempt from preparing consolidated accounts and has not done so, therefore the accounts show information about the company as an individual entity and not about its group.
As the income statement has been omitted from the filing copy of the financial statements, the following information in relation to the audit report on the statutory financial statements is provided in accordance with s444(5B) of the Companies Act 2006.
The auditor's report is unqualified and includes the following:
At the reporting end date the company had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, as follows:
Included in the above total is £nil (2024: £nil) in relation to land & buildings and £834,154 (2024: £1,030,062) in relation to plant and machinery.
In the prior year, operating lease commitments of £1,030,062 were not fully disclosed. This disclosure has been restated to include the correct comparative commitments. This restated disclosure has no impact on the financial statements.
Post year end, a sale and leaseback transaction was completed on 20 February 2026 in respect of the property held at the Featherstone factory site. The property was sold for £3,000,000. As part of the transaction a 10 year lease was signed in respect of the Featherstone property at a cost of £235,000 per annum. After costs, the net receipt from the transaction was £2,779,198.