Ricardo

Activities of head offices · West Sussex

Ricardo

Ricardo Limited

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Back in profitActiveLatest figures: 2024Group consolidated99 years on the register

Private limited company registered in West Sussex, classed under “Activities of head offices” and 1 other activity.

Headline figures

FY to Jun 2024 · Group consolidated

Turnover

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Profit after tax

£800k

Net assets

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Cash

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Employees

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Retained reserves

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What the numbers say

3 findings from the figures, in plain English

Written by rules from the figures on this page. Not a forecast or a credit opinion.

History

Pro
£202220232024
Profit after tax£800k
Turnover
Net assets
Cash
Employees
Retained reserves

Every figure for all 3 years

“—” means we did not find the figure in a source; it is never filled with an estimate.

Balance sheet and ratios

From the filed balance sheets · £

Balance sheet202220232024
Current assets
of which cash
Creditors due within a year
Creditors due after a year
Net assets
Ratios
Profit marginProfit after tax as a share of turnover
Return on equityProfit after tax as a share of net assets
Current ratioCurrent assets for every £1 owed within a year
Cash ratioCash for every £1 owed within a year

5 balance-sheet lines and 4 ratios, every year

A ratio appears only for years where every line it needs was filed. Lines are as tagged in the accounts; nothing is added up or estimated.

Timeline

Checked 2026-10-19

  1. Charges
    Satisfaction of charge 002229150003 in full
  2. Shares
    Statement by Directors (and 2 more like it since 10 March 2016)
  3. Shares
    Statement of capital on 2 July 2026 · GBP 573,669.25
  4. Notice
    Solvency Statement dated 01/07/26
  5. Filing
    Resolutions (and 12 more like it since 5 January 2015)
  6. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Harpreet Sagoo as a secretary on 30 June 2026
  7. Directors
    Appointment of Mr Francisco Jason Oms O'donnell as a director on 19 May 2026
  8. Charges
    Satisfaction of charge 002229150005 in full
  9. Ownership
    Notification of Wsp Group Limited as a person with significant control on 10 October 2025
  10. Ownership
    Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement on 24 February 2026
  11. Directors
    Appointment of Mr Alex Pascoe as a director on 31 December 2025
  12. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Judith Cottrell as a director on 31 December 2025
  13. 25 earlier
    1. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Graham Ritchie as a director on 31 December 2025
    2. Accounts
      Group of companies' accounts made up to 30 June 2025
    3. Shares
      Statement of capital following an allotment of shares on 10 October 2025 · GBP 15,554,820 (and 4 more like it since 12 November 2015)
    4. Directors
      Appointment of Mrs Karen Anne Sewell as a director on 9 October 2025
    5. Name
      Certificate of re-registration from Public Limited Company to Private
    6. Name
      Re-registration from a public company to a private limited company
    7. Filing
      Re-registration of Memorandum and Articles
    8. Filing
      Court order (and 1 more like it since 11 August 2016)
    9. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Miles Lawrence Barnard as a director on 9 October 2025
    10. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Tim Farazmand as a director on 9 October 2025
    11. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Mark Sydney Clare as a director on 9 October 2025
    12. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Russell John King as a director on 9 October 2025
    13. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Caroline Borg as a director on 9 October 2025
    14. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Sian Lloyd Rees as a director on 9 October 2025
    15. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Eva Christina Malin Persson as a director on 31 January 2025
    16. Accounts
      Group of companies' accounts made up to 30 June 2024
    17. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Tim Farazmand as a director on 15 November 2024
    18. Directors
      Termination of appointment of William Spencer as a director on 14 November 2024
    19. Directors
      Appointment of Ms Sian Lloyd Rees as a director on 1 October 2024
    20. Directors
      Appointment of Ms Caroline Borg as a director on 1 July 2024
    21. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Jack Byron Boyer as a director on 31 July 2024
    22. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Laurie Anne Bowen as a director on 31 May 2024
    23. Charges
      Registration of charge 002229150005, created on 28 March 2024
    24. Accounts
      Group of companies' accounts made up to 30 June 2023
    25. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Ian Jeffrey Gibson as a director on 13 September 2023

From the Companies House filing history. Routine confirmation statements are left out, and a run of the same filing is shown once.

Questions people ask

›What does Ricardo do?

Private limited company registered in West Sussex, classed under “Activities of head offices” and 1 other activity. In its own words: “Ricardo is a global automotive engineering and manufacturing consultancy”

›How much turnover does Ricardo make?

Answered in the full report

›Is Ricardo profitable?

Yes: it made a profit after tax of £800k in the year to 30 June 2024, its latest filed accounts.

›Who runs and owns Ricardo?

Answered in the full report

›Where is Ricardo based?

Its registered office is Shoreham Technical Centre, Shoreham By Sea, West Sussex, BN43 5FG, in West Sussex.

›When was Ricardo founded?

Ricardo Limited was incorporated on 30 June 1927.

›Is Ricardo still trading?

The register lists Ricardo Limited as active.