LUCOZADE RIBENA SUNTORY LIMITED
Operating as a subsidiary of Japanese group Suntory Beverage & Food Limited, the company manufactures and distributes popular UK soft drink brands including Lucozade and Ribena.
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Cash
£5.4m
-50.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£1.1bn
+4.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
659
-0.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£139m
+14.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £542,901,000 | £551,380,000 | £598,417,000 | +8.5% | |
| Operating profit | £107,416,000 | £122,172,000 | £135,892,000 | +11.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £109,189,000 | £121,570,000 | £138,918,000 | +14.3% | |
| Net profit | £86,703,000 | £95,036,000 | £112,560,000 | +18.4% | |
| Cash | £6,994,000 | £10,818,000 | £5,377,000 | -50.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,236,255,000 | £1,153,383,000 | £1,283,670,000 | +11.3% | |
| Net assets | £1,001,859,000 | £1,033,058,000 | £1,078,170,000 | +4.4% | |
| Equity | £1,001,859,000 | £1,033,058,000 | £1,078,170,000 | +4.4% | |
| Average employees | 686 | 661 | 659 | -0.3% | |
| Wages | £55,433,000 | £49,486,000 | £53,695,000 | +8.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,225,000 | £732,000 | £867,000 | +18.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £60,000 | £57,000 | £20,000 | -64.9% | |
| Highest paid director | £735,000 | £236,000 | £503,000 | +113.1% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 19.8% | 22.2% | 22.7% | |
| Net margin | 16.0% | 17.2% | 18.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.7% | 10.6% | 10.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 28.2% | 26.4% | 23.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.98x | 0.67x | 1.21x | |
| Interest cover | 19.16x | 16.61x | 27.45x |
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
- LUCOZADE RIBENA SUNTORY LIMITED 2013-10-15 → present
- MONKEYBAY LIMITED 2013-07-10 → 2013-10-15
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- LUCOZADE RIBENA SUNTORY LIMITED · parent
- Lucozade Ribena Suntory Exports Limited 100%
- Lucozade Ribena Suntory Ireland Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 14 October 2025, the Board approved a reduction of the Company's issued share capital by £67.492 million, from £481.158 million to £413.666 million by cancelling 67.492 million ordinary shares of £1.00 each.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 42 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OHLSON, Alexander Frederick Thain | Secretary | 2025-06-26 | — | — |
| DECROIX, Pierre Georges Marie Alexandre | Director | 2024-04-30 | Nov 1965 | French |
| FRIEL, Michael | Director | 2025-04-16 | Jul 1975 | Irish |
| ISHIHARA, Yoshito | Director | 2025-04-16 | Apr 1977 | Japanese |
| MERON, Vincent Guy | Director | 2022-04-19 | Dec 1965 | French |
| OHLSON, Alexander Frederick Thain | Director | 2025-04-21 | Oct 1986 | British |
| SEIBOLD, Elise Veronique Louise | Director | 2024-10-31 | Apr 1981 | French |
Show 42 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDREW, Jessica | Secretary | 2024-10-31 | 2025-06-26 |
| CHAPPELL, Ewa | Secretary | 2023-04-19 | 2024-10-31 |
| GUEST, Mary | Secretary | 2017-10-13 | 2023-04-19 |
| GUEST, Mary Elizabeth | Secretary | 2017-07-05 | 2017-07-05 |
| STOKER, Mollie | Secretary | 2014-06-24 | 2017-07-05 |
| TMF CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2013-07-10 | 2013-10-15 |
| BOUBEE DE GRAMONT, Stanislas Marie Alain | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2018-07-09 |
| BREW, Conor | Director | 2020-07-09 | 2022-07-12 |
| CHAPPELL, Ewa | Director | 2023-04-19 | 2024-10-31 |
| DELMAS, Bertrand Marie Alain | Director | 2015-03-19 | 2018-01-01 |
| FUJIKAWA, Sota | Director | 2022-04-19 | 2025-03-31 |
| GOMBERT, Louis-Francois | Director | 2019-05-20 | 2019-12-10 |
| GOMBERT, Louis-Francois Amand | Director | 2015-09-16 | 2018-04-23 |
| GUEST, Mary Elizabeth | Director | 2017-10-13 | 2023-04-19 |
| GUEST, Mary Elizabeth | Director | 2017-07-05 | 2017-07-05 |
| HARDING, Peter John | Director | 2014-01-23 | 2026-03-02 |
| INADA, Haruhisa | Director | 2016-04-12 | 2018-04-23 |
| LANDER, Daniel | Director | 2022-07-12 | 2025-03-14 |
| LEVY, Adrian Joseph Morris | Director | 2013-07-10 | 2013-10-15 |
| MCKEEVER, Toby Peter | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2026-02-01 |
| MCKEEVER, Toby Peter | Director | 2014-06-24 | 2017-10-13 |
| MUNDLAY, Chandrashekhar Arvind | Director | 2023-04-19 | 2024-04-30 |
| MUSSONS FREIXAS, Jaime Antonio | Director | 2015-03-19 | 2019-07-17 |
| O'TOOLE, Justine Victoria | Director | 2021-10-11 | 2022-10-11 |
| ONO, Makiko | Director | 2015-03-19 | 2015-09-16 |
| ONO, Makiko | Director | 2013-10-15 | 2014-04-01 |
| PUDGE, David John | Director | 2013-07-10 | 2013-10-15 |
| ROBERT, Carol | Director | 2018-10-05 | 2024-07-01 |
| SAITO, Kazuhiro | Director | 2022-04-19 | 2023-04-19 |
| SAITO, Kazuhiro | Director | 2019-05-20 | 2020-04-20 |
| SAITO, Kazuhiro | Director | 2015-03-19 | 2016-04-01 |
| SANNO, Takayuki | Director | 2018-04-23 | 2022-04-19 |
| SANNO, Takayuki | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2015-09-16 |
| SANTOKI, Tsutomu | Director | 2021-04-19 | 2022-04-19 |
| SHELDEN, Craig William | Director | 2015-03-19 | 2019-03-29 |
| STOKER, Mollie | Director | 2015-03-19 | 2017-07-05 |
| TANAKA, Tetsu | Director | 2015-09-16 | 2020-01-01 |
| THOMLINSON, Peter James | Director | 2017-10-13 | 2020-07-09 |
| TOKUDA, Masatsugu, Dr | Director | 2014-01-23 | 2015-02-01 |
| VARGAS MARTIN, Cesar Vicente | Director | 2020-07-09 | 2022-07-12 |
| VARGAS MARTIN, Cesar | Director | 2019-05-20 | 2020-04-20 |
| YAMAZAKI, Yuji | Director | 2018-04-23 | 2019-04-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suntory Beverage & Food Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 158 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-11-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-03-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-05 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-11-05 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-11-05 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-11-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-07-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-04-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-08 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-11-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.