RALPH FINCO LIMITED
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Cash
£5.8M
+51.6% vs 2023
Net assets
-£6.6M
-80.9% lowest in 4 filed years
Employees
118
+3.5% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
-£2.3M
-10.3% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £32,309,318 | £38,328,447 | +18.6% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £297,671 | £582,467 | +95.7% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£2,066,096 | -£2,277,872 | -10.3% | |
| Net profit | -£1,046,883 | -£1,357,510 | -£3,002,812 | -£3,253,508 | -8.3% | |
| Cash | — | — | £3,808,132 | £5,772,947 | +51.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,223,951 | £12,196,601 | £28,970,135 | £26,141,751 | -9.8% | |
| Net assets | -£1,046,882 | -£2,404,392 | -£3,633,739 | -£6,574,244 | -80.9% | |
| Equity | -£1,046,882 | -£2,404,392 | -£3,633,739 | -£6,574,244 | -80.9% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 114 | 118 | +3.5% | |
| Wages | — | — | £3,396,565 | £4,576,131 | +34.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £215,257 | £273,324 | +27% |
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 0.9% | 1.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -9.3% | -8.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 1.0% | 2.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.87x | 0.88x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 0.09x | 0.17x |
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
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Group is currently in a net liability position but expects to meet banking covenants and has the financial support of group companies and shareholders. Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and adopt the going concern basis of accounting.”
Group structure
- RALPH FINCO LIMITED · parent
- Ralph Midco Limited 100%
- Ralph Bidco Limited 100%
- Aquaspersions Limited 100%
- Aquaspersions (M) SDN BHD 100%
- Aquaspersions North America Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUTCHINSON, Mathew James Edward | Director | 2021-02-24 | Jun 1972 | British |
| JOHNSON, David John | Director | 2025-01-02 | Jun 1968 | British |
| MARSHALL, David Edward | Director | 2024-09-09 | Mar 1987 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEWSHER, Alan | Director | 2023-06-22 | 2024-11-15 |
| HOWARTH, Gessica Isabella | Director | 2023-06-22 | 2024-02-06 |
| JONES, Deborah Theresa | Director | 2023-06-22 | 2023-08-29 |
| RICHARDSON, Adam Brolochan | Director | 2021-02-24 | 2023-06-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cbpe Capital X Gp Llp | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Shares 75–100% (as firm) | 2021-02-24 | Active |
| Cbpe Capital Llp | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% (as firm), Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-02-24 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 24 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-03-02 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-02 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.