RIBBLE PACKAGING LIMITED
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Cash
£240K
+13% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£17M
+12% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
129
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3.3M
-11% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £32,031,695 | £32,509,394 | £34,198,137 | +5.2% | |
| Operating profit | £4,375,832 | £3,770,187 | £3,362,265 | -10.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,061,511 | £3,665,719 | £3,264,146 | -11% | |
| Net profit | £2,896,096 | £2,745,294 | £2,280,097 | -16.9% | |
| Cash | £43,737 | £212,536 | £240,162 | +13% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,711,122 | £17,785,754 | £19,359,661 | +8.8% | |
| Net assets | £12,662,951 | £15,408,245 | £17,264,489 | +12% | |
| Equity | £12,662,951 | £15,408,245 | £17,264,489 | +12% | |
| Average employees | 118 | 129 | 129 | 0% | |
| Wages | £5,126,615 | £5,852,614 | £6,249,663 | +6.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £667,899 | £704,060 | £653,911 | -7.1% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 13.7% | 11.6% | 9.8% | |
| Net margin | 9.0% | 8.4% | 6.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 27.9% | 21.2% | 17.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.22x | 2.30x | 2.88x | |
| Interest cover | 13.92x | 33.16x | 34.27x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- RIBBLE PACKAGING LIMITED 1976-12-31 → present
- F & D PACKAGING LIMITED 1953-07-16 → 1976-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Royce Peeling Green Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KERNAGHAN, Michael Gerard | Secretary | 2004-07-28 | — | British |
| KERNAGHAN, Michael Gerard | Director | 2005-02-07 | Mar 1966 | British |
| PEETERS, Erik | Director | 2023-09-27 | Sep 1969 | Belgian |
| RECTOR, Stephen | Director | 1995-07-24 | Dec 1965 | English |
| ZENNER, Denis Jean | Director | 2023-09-27 | Apr 1976 | Belgian |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| RECTOR, Francis Roy | Secretary | — | 1996-10-05 |
| RECTOR, Stephen | Secretary | 1996-10-05 | 2005-02-07 |
| RECTOR, Stephen | Secretary | 1995-05-09 | 1995-08-30 |
| BIRCH, Roland Thomas | Director | — | 1995-05-05 |
| DOWDALL, John Martin | Director | — | 1994-06-29 |
| HAYNES, Derek | Director | 1995-07-24 | 2004-07-28 |
| HORROCKS, Brian Frederick | Director | 2002-05-24 | 2003-05-01 |
| ISAACS, Stephen Edwin Phineas | Director | 2018-09-04 | 2025-11-25 |
| LYNCH, Gerard Paul | Director | 2023-10-10 | 2025-11-25 |
| MACMILLAN, John | Director | 1993-07-13 | 1994-06-30 |
| O`HARA, Michael Austin | Director | 1995-07-24 | 2004-07-28 |
| RECTOR, Francis Roy | Director | — | 1995-11-07 |
| SIXSMITH, Roger | Director | 1993-07-13 | 1994-06-29 |
| SOUTER, Graham | Director | 2016-01-06 | 2025-11-25 |
| WILLIAMS, William Gavin | Director | 2004-07-28 | 2013-01-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Stephen Rector | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Ribble Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 191 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-20 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 3
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.