Ridgemount Technologies Limited
Registered name: RIDGEMOUNT TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Part of Emtelle Holdings Limited groupRidgemount Technologies Limited made £5.9m revenue and £546k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Ridgemount Technologies Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £5.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £546k profit and 27 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of optical precision instruments” and is based in Bicester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bicester, South East
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £5.7m | £5.9m |
| Cost of sales | — | −£3.9m | −£4.1m |
| Gross profit | — | £1.8m | £1.7m |
| Operating profit | — | £797k | £744k |
| Profit before tax | — | £792k | £745k |
| Profit after tax | £494k | £869k | £546k |
| Profit (best available) | £494k | £869k | £546k |
| Employees (average) | 40 | 35 | 27 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 15.3% | 9.3% |
| Gross margin | — | 31.1% | 29.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £163k | £218k |
| Profit per employee | £12.4k | £24.8k | £20.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲3.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲75.8% | ▼37.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼12.5% | ▼22.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £617k | £898k | — |
| Net assets | £1.2m | £2m | — |
| Fixed assets | £211k | £317k | — |
| Current assets | £2.3m | £2.3m | — |
| Debtors | £905k | £630k | — |
| Source | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £218k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £20.2k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼23%
- Now 27
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Emtelle Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ridgemount Technologies Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Emtelle Eos Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Emtelle UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £546k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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