Ripe Now Limited
Registered name: RIPE NOW LIMITED
Part of Goldcup Fresh Holdings Limited groupRipe Now Limited made £15.9m revenue and £685k profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025.
Ripe Now Limited’s revenue was £15.9m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £685k profit and 171 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of fruit and vegetables” and is based in Thame; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Thame, South East
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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 | 14 Feb 2024 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £22.6m | £22.4m | £12.4m | £15.9m |
| Cost of sales | £19.2m | £20.7m | £9.1m | £12.7m |
| Gross profit | £3.3m | £1.7m | £3.4m | £3.2m |
| Operating profit | £447k | −£975k | −£264k | £936k |
| Profit before tax | £483k | −£431k | −£292k | £923k |
| Profit after tax | £353k | −£508k | −£407k | £685k |
| Profit (best available) | £353k | −£508k | −£407k | £685k |
| Staff costs | £4.3m | £5.3m | £3.9m | £5.8m |
| Employees (average) | 173 | 182 | 166 | 171 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.6% | −2.3% | −3.3% | 4.3% |
| Gross margin | 14.7% | 7.7% | 27% | 19.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £130k | £123k | £74.9k | £92.7k |
| Profit per employee | £2k | −£2.8k | −£2.5k | £4k |
| Cash conversion | −192.3% | — | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £164k | £880 | £1.1m | £774k |
| Net assets | £2.1m | £1.1m | £657k | £1.3m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.5m | £957k | £938k |
| Current assets | £4.8m | £4.8m | £3.7m | £3.5m |
| Debtors | £1.9m | £2.4m | £1.8m | £2.1m |
| Deferred income | £135k | £781k | £191k | £305k |
| Cash from operations | −£859k | −£1.2m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £92.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.3%
- 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 £1.3m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £774k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 171
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £305k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £938k
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
- Goldcup Fresh Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ripe Now Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Pacific Produce LimitedRev. £92.2m · Profit £2.6m
- Ripe Now Property LtdFigures 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 Nov 2025 (profit £685k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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