RFS (RIPON) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-17 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£21K
+52.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£9M
-26% vs 2024
Employees
337
-0.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£4M
-65% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £184,673,930 | £171,633,090 | |
| Operating profit | -£498,762 | -£1,596,229 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,505,665 | -£4,133,581 | |
| Net profit | -£1,905,599 | -£3,303,090 | |
| Cash | £14,016 | £21,420 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,950,840 | £13,474,606 | |
| Net assets | £12,698,648 | £9,395,558 | |
| Equity | £12,698,648 | £9,395,558 | |
| Average employees | 338 | 337 | |
| Wages | £13,158,730 | £13,625,772 |
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 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.3% | -0.9% | |
| Net margin | -1.0% | -1.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | -2.9% | -11.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 86.4% | 84.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.10x | 1.07x | |
| Interest cover | -0.25x | -0.63x |
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
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The directors have prepared detailed cash flow forecasts covering a period of at least 15 months from the date of approval, which demonstrate sufficient headroom within the company's working capital facilities. These forecasts incorporate conservative assumptions and reflect the group's strong liquidity position, supported by significant levels of inventory.”
Significant events
- “No ordinary dividends were paid.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Geoffrey | Director | 2015-01-05 | Sep 1945 | British |
| GREGG, Richard Philip Edward | Director | 2023-03-09 | Dec 1968 | British |
| HYMAS, Stewart Alan | Director | 2015-01-05 | Sep 1970 | British |
| NORTHWAY, Christopher John | Director | 2026-01-20 | Sep 1985 | British |
| SIMPSON, Richard Henry | Director | 2023-03-09 | Mar 1965 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| RILEY, Nicholas David | Secretary | 2015-01-05 | 2018-11-26 |
| BROWN, Paul Martin | Director | 2015-01-05 | 2023-02-28 |
| RILEY, Nicholas David | Director | 2015-01-05 | 2018-11-26 |
| WIDDUP, Joseph Micah, Mr. | Director | 2019-05-01 | 2025-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ripon Farm Services Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 34 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
-
Turnover
-7.1%
£184,673,930 £171,633,090
-
Cash
+52.8%
£14,016 £21,420
-
Net assets
-26%
£12,698,648 £9,395,558
-
Employees
-0.3%
338 337
-
Operating profit
-220%
-£498,762 -£1,596,229
-
Profit before tax
-65%
-£2,505,665 -£4,133,581
-
Wages
+3.5%
£13,158,730 £13,625,772
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