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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

1 item

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

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

  1. RIBBLE PACKAGING LIMITED 1976-12-31 → present
  2. F & D PACKAGING LIMITED 1953-07-16 → 1976-12-31

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
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 118129
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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 13.7%11.6%
Net margin 9.0%8.4%
Return on capital employed 27.9%21.2%
Current ratio 2.22x2.30x
Interest cover 13.92x33.16x

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

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 PDF
2025-12-05 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-12-05 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-10-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-06-10 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-10-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
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 PDF
2023-10-26 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-09-29 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-09-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2023-09-28 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
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 PDF
2023-06-20 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2023-05-24 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full
2022-09-27 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-09-22 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-10-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-08-23 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
5

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
3

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

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

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