RIBBLE PACKAGING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-20 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-06
Watchouts
Cash
£213K
+385.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£15M
+21.7% vs 2023
Employees
129
+9.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£4M
-9.7% vs 2023
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- RIBBLE PACKAGING LIMITED 1976-12-31 → present
- F & D PACKAGING LIMITED 1953-07-16 → 1976-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £32,031,695 | £32,509,394 | |
| Operating profit | £4,375,832 | £3,770,187 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,061,511 | £3,665,719 | |
| Net profit | £2,896,096 | £2,745,294 | |
| Cash | £43,737 | £212,536 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,711,122 | £17,785,754 | |
| Net assets | £12,662,951 | £15,408,245 | |
| Equity | £12,662,951 | £15,408,245 | |
| Average employees | 118 | 129 | |
| Wages | £5,126,615 | £5,852,614 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 13.7% | 11.6% | |
| Net margin | 9.0% | 8.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 27.9% | 21.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.22x | 2.30x | |
| Interest cover | 13.92x | 33.16x |
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
- Royce Peeling Green Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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.”
Significant events
- “In a year of sector growth below 2% our sales volume growth of 8% shows that we are continuing to win new customers and keep current customers happy with our quality and service. The number of active customers has grown and new sectors are seeing the benefit of right sizing.”
- “Small paper price falls at the start and end of the year, were wiped out by an £85/tonne increase mid-year, the lag in passing on these movements to our customers adversely affected our result for the year.”
- “Our continual investment in our Corrugating line to improve productivity and quality and build further capacity for our business, gives us confidence to profitably grow in 2025.”
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 190 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2021-08-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+1.5%
£32,031,695 £32,509,394
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Cash
+385.9%
£43,737 £212,536
-
Net assets
+21.7%
£12,662,951 £15,408,245
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Employees
+9.3%
118 129
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Operating profit
-13.8%
£4,375,832 £3,770,187
-
Profit before tax
-9.7%
£4,061,511 £3,665,719
-
Wages
+14.2%
£5,126,615 £5,852,614
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers