INTERNATIONAL RIDING COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-03 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+25.2% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£3M
+135.3% first positive since 2024
Employees
61
+5.2% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£438K
+157.3% vs 2024
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £12,259,275 | £13,444,210 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £61,248 | £785,677 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£764,227 | £437,560 | |
| Net profit | — | — | -£755,212 | £1,315,879 | |
| Cash | £125,989 | £108,430 | £2,137,167 | £2,675,738 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,064,260 | £8,668,123 | £3,247,521 | £6,107,015 | |
| Net assets | £3,792,718 | £2,863,580 | -£7,792,467 | £2,753,659 | |
| Equity | £3,792,718 | £2,863,580 | -£7,792,467 | £2,753,659 | |
| Average employees | 2 | 0 | 58 | 61 | |
| Wages | — | — | £2,224,747 | £2,444,360 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £212,658 | £205,780 |
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
-
Turnover
+9.7%
£12,259,275 £13,444,210
-
Cash
+25.2%
£2,137,167 £2,675,738
highest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
+135.3%
-£7,792,467 £2,753,659
first positive since 2024
-
Employees
+5.2%
58 61
highest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
+1,182.8%
£61,248 £785,677
-
Profit before tax
+157.3%
-£764,227 £437,560
-
Wages
+9.9%
£2,224,747 £2,444,360
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 | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 0.5% | 5.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -6.2% | 9.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 1.9% | 12.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 182.3% | 77.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.43x | 1.94x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 0.07x | 1.92x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they have adopted the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- INTERNATIONAL RIDING COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- Harry Hall International Limited 100%
- Stuncroft Limited 100%
- Equario Insurance (Guernsey) Limited 100%
- The Riding Sock Company Limited 100%
- Matchmakers International Limited 100%
- Masta Rug Company Limited 100%
- Harry Hall Limited 100%
- Caldene Limited 100%
- Cottage Craft Limited 100%
- Huufe Limited 100%
- Stuncroft Made To Measure Limited 100%
Significant events
- “At the year end date, Stuncroft Limited transferred its Made To Measure trade to a new wholly-owned subsidiary, Stuncroft Made To Measure Limited. The accounting treatment applied was acquisition accounting.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAKEFIELD, Leonora Mary Alexandra | Secretary | 2014-06-10 | — | — |
| HOARE, Oliver Charles St John | Director | 2013-09-10 | Jan 1963 | British |
| HOPPER, Elizabeth Ann | Director | 2020-11-19 | Sep 1967 | British |
| WAKEFIELD, Edward Cecil | Director | 2013-09-10 | Mar 1973 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOK, David Christopher | Secretary | 2014-01-10 | 2014-04-09 |
| SHARP, Stuart Michael | Secretary | 2014-04-09 | 2014-06-10 |
| KAPADIA, Ajay Babubhai | Director | 2013-12-24 | 2014-05-07 |
| KAPADIA, Ajay Babubhai | Director | 2013-12-23 | 2014-05-07 |
| ROBINSON, Nicholas Robert | Director | 2019-08-01 | 2022-07-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Martin Hughes | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2019-02-28 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 95 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-07-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-07-15 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-03 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-08-23 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-07-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-07-13 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-09-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-16 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2022-06-16 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-05-06 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 3
- 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.