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Cash

£3.3M

+15.5% vs 2024

Net assets

£18M

+1.9% vs 2024

Employees

133

-2.2% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£2.3M

+59.4% vs 2024

Accounts

2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30

Metric Trend 2024-09-302025-09-30 Δ vs prior
Turnover £68,264,008£69,520,698 +1.8%
Operating profit £1,520,303£2,353,746 +54.8%
Profit before tax £1,427,704£2,275,299 +59.4%
Net profit £1,067,214£1,687,224 +58.1%
Cash £2,885,914£3,333,630 +15.5%
Total assets less current liabilities £18,155,975£18,261,594 +0.6%
Net assets £17,207,515£17,529,044 +1.9%
Equity £17,207,515£17,529,044 +1.9%
Average employees 136133 -2.2%
Wages £5,520,052£5,647,858 +2.3%
Directors' remuneration £138,650£139,404 +0.5%

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show . About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2024-09-302025-09-30
Operating margin 2.2%3.4%
Net margin 1.6%2.4%
Return on capital employed 8.4%12.9%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 43.1%44.7%
Current ratio 1.99x1.92x
Interest cover 10.28x18.85x

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

  1. RICKERBY HOLDINGS LIMITED 2004-01-05 → present
  2. RICKERBY LIMITED 1918-02-21 → 2004-01-05

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Consolidated group
Auditor
Dodd & Co Audit Limited
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The directors are not aware of any current or possible future events that would significantly impact the future operations or financial stability of the group.”

Group structure

  1. RICKERBY HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
    1. Rickerby Limited 88.38% · UK · agricultural machinery sales and service
    2. Rickerby Fuels Limited 100% · UK · non-trading

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

5 active · 10 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
PLATTON, Neil Secretary 2004-11-15 British
CONLEY, Kenneth Michael Director 2026-04-01 Dec 1961 British
PLATTON, Neil Director 2011-12-29 Jun 1969 British
RICKERBY, George Joseph Director 2026-05-07 Sep 1987 British
RICKERBY, William Maxwell Director 2011-12-29 Nov 1979 British
Show 10 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
CRUICKSHANK, James William Alexander Secretary 1995-09-18 2004-11-15
HEYES, Derek Allan Secretary 1995-09-18
CRUICKSHANK, James William Alexander Director 1999-01-01 2004-03-31
HEYES, Derek Allan Director 1995-09-18
RICKERBY, Arthur Douglas Director 2018-01-22
RICKERBY, Douglas Anthony Patrickson Director 2006-08-02 2006-12-08
RICKERBY, Douglas Anthony Patrickson Director 2000-12-31
RICKERBY, John Forster Allan Director 2004-04-01 2008-04-17
RICKERBY, John Forster Allan Director 2004-02-29
RICKERBY, Patrick Rutherford David Director 2026-04-01

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Dr Elizabeth Jane Rickerby Individual Shares 25–50% 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 154 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-05-07 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-04-26 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2026-04-07 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-04-07 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-06-11 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-03-07 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-06-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-02-15 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2023-06-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2023-02-15 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2022-06-16 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-03-15 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2021-09-10 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2021-06-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-04-15 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2020-06-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-02-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2019-06-11 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2019-02-22 SH02 capital Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital
2019-01-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
4

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
2

last 12 months

Officers resigned
1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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