RIPPLEGLEN LIMITED

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

BHP LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“On this basis, the directors are satisfied that the group will be able to meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

1. RIPPLEGLEN LIMITED · parent
   1. Supernews Stores Limited 100% · England
   2. Eastcliffe News Shops Limited 100% · England

Significant events

• “During the year the group reinvested profits to refurbish existing sites, further invest in its food to go offer, which has helped to establish a sustainable business model for the long term.”
• “With the help of Costcutter stores, the group will rebrand the existing sites to the Costcutter brand and in various transport locations embrace the format of Costcutter on the go sites.”
• “During the year the group successfully managed to dispose of several loss-making stores that had become commercially unviable due to the result of cost increases imposed by government and the declining tobacco market.”
• “Despite anticipated cost increases and sales decline due the ban on disposal vapes coming into force in June 2025, the directors expect the growth from the rebranding and refurbishment of stores to allow the group to continue to deliver a profit at an EBITDA level for the upcoming year.”
• “The increase in net current liabilities due to the maturity of a loan falling within 12 months which has now been subsequently refinanced in the financial year ending 26 March 2026.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -2.6%

  £9,592,000 → £9,342,000

• Cash

  -26%

  £984,000 → £728,000

• Net assets

  -2.5%

  £1,503,000 → £1,465,000

• Employees

  0%

  73 → 73

• Operating profit

  -86.3%

  £124,000 → £17,000

  first positive since 2021

• Profit before tax

  -87.8%

  £123,000 → £15,000

  first positive since 2023

• Wages

  +5.3%

  £1,094,000 → £1,152,000

  highest in 5 filed years

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers