RYDER ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-23 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-09
Watchouts
Cash
£12M
+17.4% highest in 7 filed years
Net assets
£16M
+19.4% vs 2024
Employees
330
+1.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£999K
-59% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2019-04-30 | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £31,589,982 | £36,012,998 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £2,353,831 | £900,486 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £2,433,340 | £998,860 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £3,239,111 | £2,796,209 | |
| Cash | £428,714 | £1,379,364 | £5,240,681 | £9,174,636 | £8,786,624 | £10,276,195 | £12,067,885 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £14,363,812 | £16,565,772 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £13,337,350 | £15,930,928 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | — | £9,675,554 | £13,337,350 | £15,930,928 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 325 | 330 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £13,438,696 | £15,405,039 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | £128,473 | £136,234 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
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Turnover
+14%
£31,589,982 £36,012,998
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Cash
+17.4%
£10,276,195 £12,067,885
highest in 7 filed years
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Net assets
+19.4%
£13,337,350 £15,930,928
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Employees
+1.5%
325 330
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Operating profit
-61.7%
£2,353,831 £900,486
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Profit before tax
-59%
£2,433,340 £998,860
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Wages
+14.6%
£13,438,696 £15,405,039
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2019-04-30 | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 7.5% | 2.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 10.3% | 7.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 16.4% | 5.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 2.39x | 2.79x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 46.15x | 7.72x |
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 5 times since incorporation
- RYDER ARCHITECTURE LIMITED 2007-06-04 → present
- RYDERHKS LIMITED 2003-06-16 → 2007-06-04
- RYDER (ARCHITECTURE,DESIGN & MANAGEMENT) LIMITED 2001-01-22 → 2003-06-16
- RYDER COMPANY (BUILDING DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT) LIMITED 1997-03-13 → 2001-01-22
- RYDER NICKLIN PARTNERSHIP LIMITED 1984-12-07 → 1997-03-13
- ASTROGUARD LIMITED 1984-10-05 → 1984-12-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- RYDER ARCHITECTURE LIMITED · parent
- Devereux Architecture Limited 100%
- Haskoll Limited 100%
- Ward Robinson (Design) Limited 100%
- Doorne Silver Kerr Limited 100%
- Okana Global Limited 100%
- The Bush Consultancy Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 1st May 2025 all shares in the company were sold to Ryder 2025 Trustee Limited acting as trustee of Ryder Architecture Employee Ownership Trust.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HURWORTH, Graeme Richard | Secretary | 2005-08-01 | — | British |
| HURWORTH, Graeme Richard | Director | 2020-05-01 | May 1969 | British |
| THOMPSON, Mark Richard | Director | 1995-07-15 | Oct 1965 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| NICKLIN, Frederick Edward | Secretary | — | 1994-02-21 |
| RICHES, Hedley Bruce | Secretary | 1994-02-21 | 2005-08-01 |
| BEALE, John Craig | Director | 2003-01-30 | 2004-04-23 |
| BIRD, Edward Bruce | Director | 1995-07-15 | 1999-03-01 |
| BUCHAN, Helen Sarah | Director | 1995-08-11 | 1996-10-03 |
| BUCHAN, Peter | Director | — | 2020-04-30 |
| HYETT, Paul David | Director | 2001-03-26 | 2005-07-28 |
| NICKLIN, Frederick Edward | Director | — | 1994-02-21 |
| RICHES, Hedley Bruce | Director | — | 2000-06-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryder 2025 Trustee Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-05-01 | Active |
| Mr Mark Richard Thompson | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-05-01 |
| Mr Peter Buchan | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-04-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 225 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-08-18 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-08-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-19 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-08-18 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-08-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-08-15 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-05-08 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-01-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-12-28 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2022-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.