RITCHIE BROS. UK LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-11-24 (in 6mo)

Last made up 2025-11-10

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£6M

+438.7% highest in 6 filed years

Net assets

£10M

+14.9% highest in 6 filed years

Employees

0% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£2M

+41.6% vs 2023

Net assets

9-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

RITCHIE BROS. UK LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=21268

Accounts

9-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2019-01-01	2019-12-31	2020-01-01	2020-12-31	2021-01-01	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	—	£14,496,425	—	£31,277,826	—	£25,073,977	£17,253,051	£35,549,026	£38,114,057
Operating profit	—	£680,264	—	£844,389	—	£1,073,101	£1,956,643	£2,319,886	£2,599,796
Profit before tax	—	£704,767	—	£1,345,451	—	£1,109,993	£1,867,094	£1,219,070	£1,726,253
Net profit	—	£564,606	—	£1,147,985	—	£923,357	£1,493,231	£957,010	£1,127,837
Cash	—	£1,425,729	—	£1,506,892	—	£3,451,481	£2,582,226	£1,201,422	£6,471,904
Total assets less current liabilities	—	£4,394,186	—	£5,602,868	—	£6,470,311	£7,963,335	£17,529,415	£18,860,541
Net assets	—	£4,378,923	—	£5,533,249	—	£6,458,195	£7,957,821	£8,923,901	£10,255,027
Equity	£3,807,694	£4,378,923	£4,378,923	£5,533,249	£5,533,249	£6,458,195	£7,957,821	£8,923,901	£10,255,027
Average employees	—	33	—	33	—	30	29	35	35
Wages	—	£1,735,242	—	£1,651,552	—	£1,490,741	£1,764,632	£2,274,982	£2,839,432
Directors' remuneration	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	£0	£0

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

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

Turnover

+7.2%

£35,549,026 £38,114,057

highest in 6 filed years
Cash

+438.7%

£1,201,422 £6,471,904

highest in 6 filed years
Net assets

+14.9%

£8,923,901 £10,255,027

highest in 6 filed years
Employees

0%

35 35
Operating profit

+12.1%

£2,319,886 £2,599,796

highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax

+41.6%

£1,219,070 £1,726,253
Wages

+24.8%

£2,274,982 £2,839,432

highest in 6 filed years

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	2019-01-01	2019-12-31	2020-01-01	2020-12-31	2021-01-01	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	—	4.7%	—	2.7%	—	4.3%	11.3%	6.5%	6.8%
Net margin	—	3.9%	—	3.7%	—	3.7%	8.7%	2.7%	3.0%
Return on capital employed	—	15.5%	—	15.1%	—	16.6%	24.6%	13.2%	13.8%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.15x	1.19x
Interest cover	—	27.29x	—	18.26x	—	38.68x	16.53x	2.10x	2.90x

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 2 times since incorporation

RITCHIE BROS. UK LIMITED 2018-02-12 → present
RITCHIE BROS. AUCTIONEERS (UK) LIMITED 1999-12-16 → 2018-02-12
LORBALL LIMITED 1999-11-10 → 1999-12-16

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis: FRS 102
Reporting scope: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: Ernst & Young, Chartered Accountants
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The directors have received confirmation of continued financial support for the foreseeable future from the parent company, Ritchie Bros. Holdings B.V., thus directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the period of 12 months from the date of the approval of these financial statements and continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”

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

People

3 active · 14 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
DUIJMELINGS, Gertrude Leonie Patricia Maria	Director	2025-01-01	Jul 1969	Dutch
VERMAAK, Ernst-Jan	Director	2013-04-21	May 1972	Dutch
WATT, Darren Jeffrey	Director	2013-04-21	Jan 1972	Canadian

Show 14 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
BATESON, Anne Rosalind	Nominee Secretary	1999-11-10	1999-12-17
BUTZELAAR, Brian Andrew	Secretary	2005-04-01	2016-01-15
VOSKUIL, Cornelis Karel	Secretary	1999-12-17	2004-07-31
BEARD, John Christopher Howard	Director	1999-12-17	2005-02-22
CONSIGLIERI MUNOZ, Jorge Luis	Director	2005-02-21	2016-01-15
DE PRINS, Kristin Frans Amanda Louisa	Director	2016-07-20	2017-08-15
DEN TUINDER, Simon	Director	2004-03-01	2004-06-30
LAI, Poh Lim	Nominee Director	1999-11-10	1999-12-17
NORD, Nils Robert	Director	2001-05-01	2002-03-31
NOYEN, Herman	Director	2017-08-15	2020-10-14
RIJK, Jeroen Laurentius Johannus	Director	2013-04-21	2022-07-01
TURGEON, Guylain	Director	2001-07-01	2013-04-21
WALL, Randall James	Director	1999-12-17	2001-07-01
WYANT, Sam	Director	2022-07-01	2024-12-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

No persons with significant control on record.

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 114 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-11-11	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-10-04	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-01-02	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-01-02	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-11-11	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-10-28	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-11-23	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-09-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-11-28	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-11-28	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2022-11-28	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2022-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-07-04	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2022-07-04	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-04-21	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-01-19	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2021-11-23	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-03-22	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2020-11-16	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-10-20	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

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