Rif Worldwide PLC
Registered name: RIF WORLDWIDE PLC
Part of Rif Group Holdings Ltd groupRif Worldwide PLC made £34.8m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Rif Worldwide PLC’s revenue grew 6% to £34.8m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £1.5m profit and 57 employees. The company is classified under “other transportation support activities” and is based in Maidenhead; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Maidenhead, South East
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- Type
- Public 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: “The company's ultimate parent undertaking and controlling party was RIF Group Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in the UK. RIF Group Holdings Limited is the smallest and largest group undertaki”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £72.2m | £40.8m | £32.9m | £34.8m |
| Cost of sales | £61.8m | £32.7m | £25.7m | £28.3m |
| Gross profit | £10.4m | £8.2m | £7.2m | £6.5m |
| Operating profit | £5.1m | £3.3m | £2.1m | £1.9m |
| Profit before tax | £5.7m | £3.4m | £2.3m | £2m |
| Profit after tax | £4.7m | £2.7m | £1.7m | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.7m | £2.7m | £1.7m | £1.5m |
| Staff costs | £3.9m | £3.6m | £3.1m | £2.9m |
| Employees (average) | 80 | 74 | 63 | 57 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.5% | 6.6% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Gross margin | 14.3% | 20% | 22% | 18.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £902k | £552k | £522k | £610k |
| Profit per employee | £58.2k | £36.2k | £27.3k | £26.2k |
| Cash conversion | −136.8% | −191.2% | 25% | −188.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼43.4% | ▼19.4% | ▲5.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼42.5% | ▼35.7% | ▼13.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7.5% | ▼14.9% | ▼9.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £11.5m | £3.7m | £2.7m | £5.2m |
| Net assets | £8.3m | £2.7m | £4.4m | £5.4m |
| Fixed assets | £170k | £103k | £64.7k | £84.9k |
| Current assets | £22.4m | £7.9m | £11.2m | £10.6m |
| Debtors | £8.7m | £3.6m | £6.4m | £4.5m |
| Deferred income | £37.6k | £21.2k | £17.9k | £14.6k |
| Cash from operations | −£7m | −£6.3m | £535k | −£3.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £610k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £26.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −188.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13%
- 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
- ▲23%
- Now £5.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲97%
- Now £5.2m
- Headcount
- ▼10%
- Now 57
- Deferred income
- ▼18%
- Now £14.6k
- Fixed assets
- ▲31%
- Now £84.9k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Rif Group Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Rif Worldwide PLCthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Rif Logistics 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 Sep 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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