RIPLEY ENGINEERING LIMITED
Company number 08514678 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Ripley Engineering remains solvent with positive net assets of £415,638, but the 44% year-on-year decline in net worth and the doubling of intercompany borrowing signal a serious profitability crisis that demands immediate attention. The company's strong cash position (£161K) and debt-free balance sheet provide a buffer, but tight margins, a heavy debtor book, and a thinning current ratio mean the next 12 months will be decisive. Urgent action on gross margin recovery, debtor collection, and cost discipline is required to restore the company to financial health.
Shareholders' funds
£490,891
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2013-05-02
- Employees
- 54 (2025 accounts · was 51 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 36 Brunel Way, Fareham, England, PO15 5SA
- Postcode
- PO15 5SA
- Capital
- 400,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Small
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-01-27
- Next due by
- 2027-02-10
Nature of business (SIC)
- 25990 Manufacture of other fabricated metal products not elsewhere classified
- 28930 Manufacture of machinery for food, beverage and tobacco processing
Officers 2 current · 6 resigned
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZB062694 (Tier 2), registered since 2021.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- http://www.ripley-eng.co.uk/
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| RIPLEY ENGINEERING (UK) LIMITED | 2019-06-04 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 15 OXFORD STREET, SOUTHAMPTON, HAMPSHIRE, SO14 3DJ, UNITED KINGDOM | 2013-11-15 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 72 similar companies in PO
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (54 staff).
Trading since 2013.
Competitors Portsmouth
This company ranks 16 among manufacture of other fabricated metal products not elsewhere classified in Portsmouth.
The class of 2013
38%
of the 443 companies in this sector incorporated in 2013 are still active today; 57% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2018-11-22
- Where
- Hampshire
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP826142 | Hampshire | Leasehold | 2018-11-22 | — |
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