RIBBLE INVESTMENTS LIMITED
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Cash
£240K
+13% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£13M
+17% 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.
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £4,375,831 | £3,770,188 | £3,362,265 | -10.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,061,510 | £3,665,720 | £3,264,146 | -11% | |
| Net profit | £2,896,095 | £2,745,295 | £2,280,097 | -16.9% | |
| Cash | £43,737 | £212,536 | £240,162 | +13% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,249,477 | £13,324,110 | £14,898,017 | +11.8% | |
| Net assets | £8,201,306 | £10,946,601 | £12,802,845 | +17% | |
| Equity | £8,201,306 | £10,946,601 | £12,802,845 | +17% | |
| Average employees | 121 | 129 | 129 | 0% | |
| Wages | £5,126,615 | £5,852,614 | £6,249,663 | +6.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £792,431 | £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 | 38.9% | 28.3% | 22.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 52.8% | 44.2% | 35.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.49x | 1.60x | 1.98x | |
| 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 INVESTMENTS LIMITED 2004-06-04 → present
- CITA LTD 2003-03-14 → 2004-06-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Royce Peeling Green Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group and parent company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- RIBBLE INVESTMENTS LIMITED · parent
- Ribble Holdings Limited 100%
- Ribble Packaging Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The installation of our new Corrugator take off line has improved both productivity and quality as well as increasing our site capacity. Further investment is in place to improve energy efficiency and we will start to enjoy the full benefits of this when it completes in May 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KERNAGHAN, Michael Gerard | Secretary | 2004-06-04 | — | British |
| KERNAGHAN, Michael Gerard | Director | 2008-08-01 | Mar 1966 | British |
| PEETERS, Erik | Director | 2023-09-27 | Sep 1969 | Belgian |
| RECTOR, Stephen | Director | 2004-06-04 | Dec 1965 | English |
| ZENNER, Denis Jean | Director | 2023-09-27 | Apr 1976 | Belgian |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELLOR, Nicholas Ogilvie | Secretary | 2003-03-14 | 2004-07-09 |
| HAYNES, Derek | Director | 2004-07-28 | 2010-03-01 |
| ISAACS, Stephen Edwin Phineas | Director | 2018-09-04 | 2025-11-25 |
| LYNCH, Gerard Paul | Director | 2023-10-10 | 2025-11-25 |
| SOUTER, Graham | Director | 2016-01-06 | 2025-11-25 |
| STALLARD, James | Director | 2003-03-14 | 2004-07-09 |
| WILLIAMS, William Gavin | Director | 2004-06-04 | 2013-01-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vpk Uk Holding Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2023-09-27 | Active |
| Lee Rector | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-09-09 | Ceased 2025-11-25 |
| Mr Stephen Rector | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-11-25 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 112 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-10-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-10-06 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-12 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-12-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-11 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-05 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-13 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-13 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-07 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2023-10-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-10-06 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.