Ripley Builders Limited
Registered name: RIPLEY BUILDERS LIMITED
Ripley Builders Limited made £17.4k revenue and a £25.1k loss in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Ripley Builders Limited’s revenue fell 85% to £17.4k in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with a loss of £25.1k and 1 employee. The company is classified under “construction of domestic buildings” and is based in Chatham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chatham, South East
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £88.7k | £136k | £113k | £17.4k |
| Cost of sales | £110k | £90.6k | £76.4k | £40k |
| Gross profit | −£21.5k | £45.2k | £36.7k | −£22.7k |
| Operating profit | −£24.6k | £41.1k | £34.3k | −£25.1k |
| Profit before tax | −£24.6k | £41.1k | £34.3k | −£25.1k |
| Profit after tax | −£24.6k | £37.4k | £27.8k | −£25.1k |
| Profit (best available) | −£24.6k | £37.4k | £27.8k | −£25.1k |
| Staff costs | £9.3k | £0 | — | — |
| Employees (average) | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −27.8% | 27.5% | 24.6% | −144.5% |
| Gross margin | −24.3% | 33.3% | 32.5% | −130.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £136k | £113k | £17.4k |
| Profit per employee | — | £37.4k | £27.8k | −£25.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲53.2% | ▼16.7% | ▼84.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼25.8% | ▼190.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2k | £9k | £12.6k | £1.2k |
| Net assets | −£28k | −£14.8k | £4.1k | −£21k |
| Fixed assets | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Current assets | £1.4k | £9k | £12.6k | £1.2k |
| Debtors | £174 | £0 | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −144.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −130.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £17.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£25.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▼615%
- Now −£21k
- Cash at bank
- ▼91%
- Now £1.2k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £0
Sources
Latest figures from AbridgedAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit −£25.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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