Ribble Investments Limited
Registered name: RIBBLE INVESTMENTS LIMITED
Ribble Investments Limited made £1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Ribble Investments Limited reported £1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 7 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of corrugated paper and paperboard, sacks and bags” and is based in Lancashire; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lancashire, North West
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £20.7m | £22.2m |
| Profit before tax | £3.7m | £3.3m |
| Profit after tax | £0 | £1m |
| Profit (best available) | £0 | £1m |
| Staff costs | £0 | £0 |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 7 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £0 | £143k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £213k | £240k |
| Net assets | £10.9m | £12.8m |
| Fixed assets | £9.6m | £10m |
| Current assets | £10.1m | £9.8m |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 |
| Cash from operations | −£5.2m | −£3.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 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
- £143k
- 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
- ▲17%
- Now £12.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲13%
- Now £240k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 7
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- ▲5%
- Now £10m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Ribble Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
- VPK UK Holding Ltd 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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