RING AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED
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Cash
£5.7m
-9.8% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£18m
+1.9% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
123
-2.4% lowest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
-£83k
-102.3% lowest in 4 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £45,142,000 | £46,110,000 | £34,866,000 | £32,911,000 | -5.6% | |
| Operating profit | £1,117,000 | £1,628,000 | £3,607,000 | -£162,000 | -104.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £946,000 | £1,349,000 | £3,633,000 | -£83,000 | -102.3% | |
| Net profit | £895,000 | £1,147,000 | £2,664,000 | £323,000 | -87.9% | |
| Cash | £5,768,000 | £9,246,000 | £6,360,000 | £5,735,000 | -9.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,027,000 | £16,651,000 | £19,480,000 | £19,159,000 | -1.6% | |
| Net assets | £15,005,000 | £14,727,000 | £17,391,000 | £17,714,000 | +1.9% | |
| Equity | £15,005,000 | £14,727,000 | £17,391,000 | £17,714,000 | +1.9% | |
| Average employees | 150 | 143 | 126 | 123 | -2.4% | |
| Wages | £5,306,000 | £5,741,000 | £5,324,000 | £6,166,000 | +15.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £286,000 | £390,000 | £352,000 | £425,000 | +20.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £29,000 | £29,000 | £3,000 | -89.7% | |
| Highest paid director | — | £201,000 | £215,770 | £196,585 | -8.9% |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.5% | 3.5% | 10.3% | -0.5% | |
| Net margin | 2.0% | 2.5% | 7.6% | 1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.4% | 9.8% | 18.5% | -0.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 45.6% | 54.8% | 34.1% | 24.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | 2.00x | 3.76x | 5.21x | |
| Interest cover | 6.53x | 4.44x | 22.27x | -1.03x |
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
- RING AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED 2005-04-20 → present
- EVER 2535 LIMITED 2004-12-06 → 2005-04-20
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Therefore, the Directors are satisfied they have a reasonable basis upon which to conclude that it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOTHE, Inga Helen | Director | 2026-05-01 | Oct 1981 | German |
| DAVY, Nicholas John Scott | Director | 2025-08-22 | Oct 1971 | British |
| PAGE, Scott Andrew | Director | 2023-07-03 | Apr 1981 | British |
| VAN STAA, Frits | Director | 2023-11-13 | Jun 1971 | Dutch |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WELHAM, Anthony Frederick | Secretary | 2005-01-24 | 2011-11-04 |
| EVERSECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-12-06 | 2005-01-24 |
| BAUMANN, Robert | Director | 2019-05-01 | 2019-07-22 |
| BOUCHER, Joseph | Director | 2016-12-22 | 2019-05-01 |
| FISCHER, Andrew Olaf | Director | 2015-06-16 | 2019-05-01 |
| FISHER, Ian | Director | 2015-06-16 | 2019-05-01 |
| GRATTON, Andrew David | Director | 2020-04-08 | 2025-08-21 |
| HALL, John Maddison | Director | 2005-01-24 | 2015-06-16 |
| HAWKINS, Kirstin Nicola | Director | 2012-07-03 | 2016-05-06 |
| KARBACHER, Marion | Director | 2019-05-01 | 2020-01-31 |
| LOTHHOLZ, Richard | Director | 2020-01-31 | 2023-05-01 |
| LOTHHOLZ, Richard | Director | 2019-05-01 | 2019-11-22 |
| POLLITT, Ian Anthony | Director | 2011-11-04 | 2012-06-29 |
| PREIS, Birgit Kerscher, Frau | Director | 2019-07-22 | 2022-03-01 |
| PRELL, Christian | Director | 2023-11-13 | 2026-04-30 |
| PRICE, William Anthony | Director | 2006-04-20 | 2011-11-04 |
| RICHARDSON, Jonathan Charles | Director | 2015-06-16 | 2019-05-01 |
| SCHWABE, Hans-Joachim | Director | 2019-05-01 | 2023-07-03 |
| SKALSKI, Jerzy Franciszek | Director | 2006-04-20 | 2020-04-08 |
| SPENCER, Theresa Erica | Director | 2016-04-07 | 2023-09-10 |
| WARE, Gareth Richard | Director | 2017-10-23 | 2019-06-25 |
| WELHAM, Anthony Frederick | Director | 2005-01-24 | 2011-11-04 |
| EVERDIRECTOR LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2004-12-06 | 2005-01-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ams-Osram Ag | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-07-20 | Active |
| Osram Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-12-20 | Ceased 2026-07-20 |
| Rgi Light (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-12-20 | Ceased 2021-12-20 |
| Rgi Light Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-12-20 |
| Rgi Light Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 168 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-07-27 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-07-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-04 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-08-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-07-27 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2026-07-27 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-07-27 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2026-07-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-05-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-08 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.