Ryder Architecture Limited
Registered name: RYDER ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
Part of Ryder 2025 Trustee Limited groupRyder Architecture Limited made £2.6m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Ryder Architecture Limited reported £2.6m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025, down 13% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 330 employees. The company is classified under “architectural activities” and is based in Newcastle Upon Tyne; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newcastle Upon Tyne, North East
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1984
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “On 1 May 2025, Ryder Architecture Limited become an Employee Ownership Trust.”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £18.4m | £19.1m | £19.8m | £24.1m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £2.4m | £999k |
| Profit after tax | £4.4m | £1.1m | £2.9m | £2.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.4m | £1.1m | £2.9m | £2.6m |
| Staff costs | £12.9m | £15.9m | £15.8m | £18.5m |
| Employees (average) | 266 | 308 | 312 | 330 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £16.4k | £3.6k | £9.4k | £7.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | ▼74.3% | ▲161.5% | ▼12.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲15.8% | ▲1.3% | ▲5.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £9.2m | £8.8m | £9m | £11m |
| Net assets | £9.3m | £10.1m | £12.6m | £14.9m |
| Fixed assets | £605k | £968k | £1.9m | £1.9m |
| Current assets | £18m | £17.6m | £20.7m | £23m |
| Debtors | £6m | £5.7m | £7.8m | £5.9m |
| Deferred income | £2.7m | £1.8m | £0 | £0 |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£2.5m | −£3.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲19%
- Now £14.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲23%
- Now £11m
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 330
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £1.9m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ryder 2025 Trustee Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ryder Architecture Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (5)
- Devereux Architecture LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Doone Silver Kerr LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Haskoll LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Bush Consultancy LimitedRev. — · Profit £119k
- Ward Robinson (Design) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £2.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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