RIDGEWAY GROUP LIMITED
Operating from Staffordshire, this family-owned group is engaged in the commercial raising of poultry.
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Cash
£2.6M
-21.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£8.2M
-37.2% lowest in 5 filed years
Employees
6
-25% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£493K
+169.2% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £11,669,253 | £3,411,565 | £4,106,332 | +20.4% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £495,373 | -£625,597 | £593,637 | +194.9% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £382,784 | -£712,987 | £493,439 | +169.2% | |
| Net profit | £0 | £0 | £0 | £935,163 | -£712,987 | £493,439 | +169.2% | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £2,531,503 | £3,300,231 | £2,579,941 | -21.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £15,654,547 | £13,817,006 | £9,372,087 | -32.2% | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £13,687,727 | £12,974,740 | £8,153,607 | -37.2% | |
| Equity | — | £11,041,161 | £11,041,161 | £13,687,727 | £12,974,740 | £8,153,607 | -37.2% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 8 | 6 | -25% | |
| Wages | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,164,251 | £1,164,251 | £390,551 | -66.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £226,612 | £249,105 | £37,966 | -84.8% |
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 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 4.2% | -18.3% | 14.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 8.0% | -20.9% | 12.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 3.2% | -4.5% | 6.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 22.4% | 18.0% | — | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 5.01x | 4.91x | 2.00x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 4.40x | -7.16x | 5.92x |
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
- Saffery LLP
- 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 continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- RIDGEWAY GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Ridgeway Foods Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year, the company was part of a wider structural reorganisation. As a result of this reorganisation, non-cash assets of £5,314,572 were paid via a dividend. The director does not recommend payment of a further dividend.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CORBETT, James Richard | Director | 2024-11-21 | Jul 1978 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CORBETT, Pamela Jane | Director | 2015-05-15 | 2024-11-21 |
| CORBETT, Richard Gerard | Director | 2015-05-15 | 2024-11-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr James Corbett | Individual | Significant influence | 2025-09-10 | Active |
| Richard Gerard Corbett | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-11-21 |
| Mrs Pamela Jane Corbett | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-11-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 41 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-11-20 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-11-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-17 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-10 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-13 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-12-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-20 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.