Ricor Limited
Registered name: RICOR LIMITED
Part of Ricor Global Limited groupRicor Limited made £17.9m revenue and a £2.2m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Ricor Limited’s revenue fell 33% to £17.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £2.2m and 127 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Studley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Studley, West Midlands
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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: “Ricor Global Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £34.6m | £27.6m | £26.7m | £17.9m |
| Cost of sales | £37m | £32.2m | £26.3m | £18.7m |
| Gross profit | −£2.4m | −£4.6m | £391k | −£778k |
| Operating profit | −£4.3m | −£6.9m | −£1.3m | −£2.1m |
| Profit before tax | −£4.3m | −£6.9m | −£1.4m | −£2.2m |
| Profit after tax | −£4.3m | −£6.7m | −£1.4m | −£2.2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£4.3m | −£6.7m | −£1.4m | −£2.2m |
| Staff costs | £5.7m | £5.2m | £5.9m | £4.6m |
| Employees (average) | 198 | 163 | 224 | 127 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −12.4% | −24.3% | −5.4% | −12.2% |
| Gross margin | −6.8% | −16.7% | 1.5% | −4.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £175k | £170k | £119k | £141k |
| Profit per employee | −£21.7k | −£41.3k | −£6.4k | −£17.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼20.2% | ▼3.4% | ▼33% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼17.7% | ▲37.4% | ▼43.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £204k | £78.6k | £267k | £226k |
| Net assets | £15.4m | £8.7m | £7.3m | £5.1m |
| Fixed assets | £4.2m | £3.4m | £2.9m | £1.9m |
| Current assets | £34.1m | £28.4m | £30.6m | £22.9m |
| Debtors | £4.6m | £3.7m | £2.8m | £1.2m |
| Deferred income | £5.3m | £1.2m | £2.1m | £515k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −12.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −4.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £141k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£17.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.9%
- 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
- ▼30%
- Now £5.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼15%
- Now £226k
- Headcount
- ▼43%
- Now 127
- Deferred income
- ▼76%
- Now £515k
- Fixed assets
- ▼35%
- Now £1.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ricor Global Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ricor Group Limited75–100%
- Ricor International Limited75–100%
- Ricor Trade Holdings Limited75–100%
- Ricor Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£2.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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