Ridgeway Plant Co Limited
Registered name: RIDGEWAY PLANT CO LIMITED
Ridgeway Plant Co Limited made £18.9m revenue and £797k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Ridgeway Plant Co Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £18.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £797k profit and 53 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of fuels, ores, metals and industrial chemicals”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Northern Ireland
- Age
- 56 yrs · since 1970
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.4m | £18.3m | £18.4m | £18.9m |
| Cost of sales | £10.6m | £12.6m | £12.8m | £12.6m |
| Gross profit | £4.8m | £5.7m | £5.6m | £6.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £936k | £647k | £1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £921k | £667k | £1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £747k | £552k | £797k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £747k | £552k | £797k |
| Staff costs | £2.1m | £3.3m | £3.6m | £3.8m |
| Employees (average) | 46 | 48 | 52 | 53 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.5% | 4.1% | 3% | 4.2% |
| Gross margin | 31.5% | 31.3% | 30.4% | 33% |
| Revenue per employee | £335k | £382k | £354k | £356k |
| Profit per employee | £28.4k | £15.6k | £10.6k | £15k |
| Cash conversion | −10.8% | 268.9% | 139.5% | 14.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲19% | ▲0.5% | ▲2.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼42.8% | ▼26.1% | ▲44.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.3% | ▲8.3% | ▲1.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £3.2m | £3.9m | £3.9m |
| Net assets | £5.8m | £6.6m | £7.1m | £7.9m |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £8.4m | £9.6m | £9.8m | £11.7m |
| Debtors | £2.8m | £3.1m | £2.7m | £3.2m |
| Deferred income | £366k | £1.6m | £1.8m | £1.7m |
| Cash from operations | −£179k | £2.5m | £903k | £145k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £356k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 14.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 9.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.8%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲11%
- Now £7.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼0%
- Now £3.9m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 53
- Deferred income
- ▼3%
- Now £1.7m
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £1.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £797k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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