RS Group plc
Company-provided description, not an official-source fact. Certifications, capacities, years and market positions stated in it are the company's own claims until a record below confirms them.
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Formerly Electrocomponents, RS Group is a leading high-service distributor of industrial automation equipment and electronic parts.
- Type
- Not established by any record (our catalog import lists it as distributor; that is not evidence of the role)
- Role
- Role not established by any record
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Founded
- Not established: our records disagree. 1937 in the founding-year field of our catalogue record; 1960 in the state register (date of the current legal entity).
- Current legal entity registered
- 1960-01-22 (state register record of the current legal entity)
- Website
- rsgroup.com
- Categories
- Electrical & Power Equipment, Industrial Automation & Robotics, Consumer Electronics
What is established and what is not
No researcher review has been written for this company yet. 8 official records from 6 official sources are on file. 1 other entry is not an official record: our own technical checks and searches, open directory listings, our inferences or the company's own statements. Everything is listed below with its evidence type: each entry confirms only what it literally says; none of them is a review. Nothing here confirms manufacturing, ownership or trading status beyond what each record literally says.
Facts on file, each with its evidence type
- Website domain registered (record type: domain-registered) [our own observation, not an official record; status green] Shows how long this web address has been registered. That is the age of the domain, not of the company: a domain can change owners. checked 2026-08-23. Domain registry record
- Active legal entity ID (LEI) (record type: lei-active) [official record; status green] A global identifier used in finance; an active one is renewed yearly. checked 2026-09-07. GLEIF global LEI register (golden copy)
- Active in the UK registry (record type: ch-active) [official record; status green] The national company register still lists it as active. checked 2026-10-13. Companies House
- A director was appointed, on the official record (record type: officer-appointed) [official record; status green] Shows that a named person answers for the company on the public record. checked 2026-10-13. Companies House (officers)
- Directors named in the company register (record type: leadership-on-record) [official record; status green] Registry lists Director: Alexander David Baldock. The people leading the company are named in a public record. checked 2026-10-13. Companies House (officers)
- Annual accounts filed with the register (record type: annual-accounts-filed) [official record; status green] Annual accounts filed for 2026. Indicates the company still meets its reporting duties. checked 2026-10-13. Companies House (accounts)
- On the company register (record type: registered-since) [official record; status green] On the company register since 1960-01-22. Shows how long the company has been on the state register, which is hard to fake and easy to check. effective since 1960-01-22. Companies House free company data product (UK)
- Named directors on file (record type: directors-on-file) [official record; status green] 10 directors on file. The register names the people who run the company, so there is someone answerable if something goes wrong. checked 2026-10-13. Companies House
- Registry ID checks out with the state register (record type: registry-id-verified) [official record; status green] Helps confirm the company on this page is the same legal entity as in the register. checked 2026-09-10. GLEIF Global LEI record
Relationships
3 relationship(s) on file. Each line names the other party, the relationship as its source records it, and the source. A record of a relationship is not a finding about control beyond what it literally says.
Recorded in a source
- 9 more officer(s), not named in the record: Officer in the register. Companies House
- Alexander David Baldock: Officer in the register. Companies House (officers)
Candidates, not confirmed
- rsgroup.com: Website of this business. Source record
Import rules for these goods
- Electronics for the EU need CE marking incl. RoHS substance limits, and producers must register for WEEE take-back in each member state of sale. European Commission (CE)
- Electronics for the US market need FCC equipment authorization under 47 CFR Part 15, which covers unintentional radiators such as switch-mode power supplies, not only radio devices. US FCC (Part 15)
- Machinery sold in the EU needs CE marking with a declaration of conformity under the EU machinery rules. European Commission
Goods family established: Industrial Automation & Robotics (the company's own text), Consumer Electronics (the company's own text). The exact product, operation and trade route needed to determine a product-specific requirement are not established here. Product-specific import rules not established for the catalog category Electrical & Power Equipment: no record or company text names goods of this kind. A catalog category alone is our classification, not proof of what the company makes or sells.
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