RIPON SELECT FOODS LIMITED
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Cash
£1.6M
-51.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£18M
+9.8% vs 2024
Employees
106
-4.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.2M
+73.6% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £62,398,757 | £63,309,388 | +1.5% | |
| Operating profit | £1,005,195 | £2,016,854 | +100.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,291,324 | £2,242,041 | +73.6% | |
| Net profit | £929,819 | £1,646,540 | +77.1% | |
| Cash | £3,200,866 | £1,564,389 | -51.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £17,306,113 | £19,739,223 | +14.1% | |
| Net assets | £16,807,962 | £18,454,502 | +9.8% | |
| Equity | £16,807,962 | £18,454,502 | +9.8% | |
| Average employees | 111 | 106 | -4.5% | |
| Wages | £19,352,795 | £19,204,675 | -0.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £17,228,343 | £17,164,333 | -0.4% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.6% | 3.2% | |
| Net margin | 1.5% | 2.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.8% | 10.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 31.9% | 41.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.34x | 1.43x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Clive Owen LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making full enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate financial resources to continue in operational existence for the next 12 months and the foreseeable future thereafter. Accordingly, it is considered appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- RIPON SELECT FOODS LIMITED · parent
- T.H. Wood & Son Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WYATT, Christopher Mark | Secretary | 2025-01-01 | — | — |
| COLEMAN, Marcus | Director | 2022-10-20 | May 1969 | British |
| COOPER, Benjamin James | Director | 2024-04-08 | Sep 1988 | British |
| COOPER, Sarah Patricia | Director | — | May 1962 | British |
| WILCOCK, Laura Marie | Director | 2024-04-08 | Jan 1986 | British |
| WOOD, Thomas Liam | Director | 2024-04-08 | Dec 1992 | British |
| WOOD, Thomas Martin | Director | — | Jul 1964 | British |
| YOUNG, Brian | Director | 2016-01-19 | Mar 1952 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOPER, Sarah Patricia | Secretary | 1994-08-22 | 2005-05-06 |
| GORDON, Anton Joel | Secretary | 2005-05-06 | 2024-12-31 |
| WOOD, Kathleen | Secretary | — | 1994-08-22 |
| BAINES, David | Director | 1996-09-13 | 2016-03-16 |
| BROWN, Paul | Director | 1994-11-04 | 1995-03-03 |
| COOPER, James Mawer | Director | 1995-05-05 | 2023-02-28 |
| DEITH, Geoffrey Wilson | Director | 1994-11-04 | 1995-05-27 |
| WOOD, Kathleen | Director | — | 2005-11-10 |
| WOOD, Thomas Holmes | Director | — | 2019-04-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Sarah Patricia Cooper | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Thomas Martin Wood | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 141 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-01-08 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-01-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-07-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-04-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.