RIVENDELL EUROPE LIMITED
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Cash
£412k
-36.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£3.8m
+7.8% vs 2024
Employees
111
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£678k
+20.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,995,000 | £10,189,000 | +13.3% | |
| Operating profit | £577,000 | £692,000 | +19.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £564,000 | £678,000 | +20.2% | |
| Net profit | £530,000 | £276,000 | -47.9% | |
| Cash | £653,000 | £412,000 | -36.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,307,000 | £5,126,000 | +19% | |
| Net assets | £3,539,000 | £3,815,000 | +7.8% | |
| Equity | £3,539,000 | £3,815,000 | +7.8% | |
| Average employees | 111 | 111 | 0% | |
| Wages | £4,148,000 | £4,240,000 | +2.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £156,000 | £209,000 | +34% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £14,000 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £156,000 | £147,000 | -5.8% |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.4% | 6.8% | |
| Net margin | 5.9% | 2.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.4% | 13.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 17.8% | 25.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.13x | 2.57x | |
| Interest cover | 16.97x | 13.06x |
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
- RIVENDELL EUROPE LIMITED 1997-06-27 → present
- PINCO 932 LIMITED 1997-05-22 → 1997-06-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having secured a solid first 3 months in 2026 with turnover further strengthening compared with Q1 2025 by 12.7% which was driven by new business wins and plate sales to sister companies, the Directors have assessed key ongoing factors such as liquidity, revenue and profitability as well as considering appropriate sensitivities on these measures.”
Significant events
- “On the 2 March 2026, Coveris Group completed the sale of the Company and others within the BU Paper to Kingswood Capital Management L.P.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROWNRIGG, Mark David | Director | 2025-01-31 | Mar 1973 | British |
| JOY, Andrew Ian | Director | 2019-03-04 | Dec 1967 | British |
| ORMROD, Joanne | Director | 2022-07-14 | Apr 1967 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOVETT, Nigel Jeremy Cloudesley | Secretary | 1997-07-02 | 2002-10-15 |
| MCAULAY, James Andrew | Secretary | 2002-10-15 | 2016-03-04 |
| PINSENT MASONS SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-05-22 | 1997-07-02 |
| BOSTOCK, Karl Robert | Director | 2016-03-04 | 2017-03-31 |
| COLLINS, Brian John | Director | 2017-07-03 | 2019-02-08 |
| FERRIS, Ivan James | Director | 1997-07-31 | 2013-07-26 |
| GOVETT, Nigel Jeremy Cloudesley | Director | 1997-07-02 | 2002-11-21 |
| KAYE, Darren Andrew | Director | 1997-07-31 | 1999-01-06 |
| LAPPING, Mark Edward | Director | 2016-03-04 | 2017-05-31 |
| MCAULAY, James Andrew | Director | 1997-07-02 | 2016-03-04 |
| MCAULAY, Jim | Director | 2019-02-20 | 2025-01-31 |
| PALLAS, Jonathan | Director | 2017-03-31 | 2022-07-14 |
| PATTERSON, Dennis | Director | 2019-04-25 | 2022-12-31 |
| REHWINKEL, Gary Edward | Director | 2017-05-31 | 2019-06-17 |
| SPOWART, Alistair Duncan | Director | 2003-05-23 | 2016-03-04 |
| VICKERY, Ian | Director | 2022-07-14 | 2026-03-02 |
| PINSENT MASONS DIRECTOR LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-05-22 | 1997-07-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paranova Print And Packaging Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 139 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-12-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-22 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-04-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-05 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2025-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-10 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-12-10 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-12-10 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-12-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.