Annual accounts
Micro Entity accounts
30/09/2027Filing deadline
Made up to 31/12/2025Due 30/09/2027
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/12/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/12/2025
RIBBLE RAIL LTD
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Ribble Rail Chain Caul Road, Ashton-On-Ribble, Preston PR2 2PD
- Classification (SIC)
- Freight rail transport (49.20 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Micro Entity
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
Pre-Score for UK companies is coming soon
- 20/06/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Ribble Steam Railway Limited as a person with significant control on 2026-06-10
- 28/10/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Secretary's details changed for Michael Bailey on 2025-10-28
- 28/10/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mr David William Watkins as a person with significant control on 2025-10-28
- 28/10/2025View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-10-11 with updates
Coming soon
What Pre-Score will tell you
- Whether the filed accounts are strengthening or weakening year on year.
- Whether this company files on time, and how often its record changes.
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Accounts and confirmation statement
The two filings Companies House requires every year, and where each one stands against its deadline today.
On schedule
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
25/10/2026Filing deadline
Last statement 11/10/2025Due 25/10/2026
- Next statement date
- 11/10/2026
- Last statement dated
- 11/10/2025
Financial performance
The latest figures RIBBLE RAIL LTD filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2024; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£29.27K2024
1.31K%vs 20232023: £2.07K
Total Assets
£78.76K2024
7.36%vs 20232023: £73.35K
Total Liabilities
£49.49K2024
-30.57%vs 20232023: £71.28K
Employees
32024
-1vs 20232023: 4
Of the 3 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 2 rose and 1 fell. Net assets moved furthest, up 1.31K% on 2023. See the full financial analysis for RIBBLE RAIL LTD.
The full financial record
Four ways through RIBBLE RAIL LTD's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · +43.4% a year (CAGR)Three-year trend, 2022–2024Every measure end to end across 2022, 2023 and 2024, with the compound rate behind each one.See what moved4 chartsCharts by indicator4 filed indicators plotted year by year, 2021–2024.Plot the figuresNothing estimatedRatios from the filed figures2 ratios computed from this company's own reported amounts, each shown against the year it was derived from.Check the ratios5 × 4 yearsEvery figure by yearAll 5 measures Okredo tracks across 4 reported years, exactly as filed.Open the table
Employees
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2024.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | -1 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 4 in 2021 to 3 in 2024. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
Credit report
It is a professional assessment of the company 's performance, revealing company's potential and risks, showing it's past experiences and revealing future prospects.
- Company potential
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- Past performance
- Future prospects
Officers
9Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 25/09/2001–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 01/04/2002–11/09/2018 | 1 | |
| Director | 11/09/2018–22/10/2024 | 1 | |
| Director | 25/09/2001–10/09/2005 | 4 | |
| Director | 04/03/2002–10/06/2026 | 1 | |
| Secretary | 29/04/2002–Present | 1 | |
| Secretary | 25/09/2001–31/03/2002 | 0 | |
| Director | 01/11/2011–Present | 1 | |
| Director | 25/09/2001–Present | 2 |
Persons with significant control
1Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 07/04/2016–Present | 1 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 16
- Since 06/12/2022
- Last 12 months
- 8
- +5 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 20/06/2026
- 3 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Officer changes (7)Latest 20/06/2026
- Confirmation statementLatest 28/10/2025
Filing timeline
- 20/06/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Ribble Steam Railway Limited as a person with significant control on 2026-06-10
- 28/10/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Secretary's details changed for Michael Bailey on 2025-10-28
- 28/10/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mr David William Watkins as a person with significant control on 2025-10-28
- 28/10/2025View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-10-11 with updates
- 28/10/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mr Matthew Burke on 2015-07-29
- 28/10/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Andrew Russell Walker on 2025-10-28
- 28/10/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Michael Bailey on 2025-10-28
- 28/10/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mr David William Watkins on 2025-10-28
- 19/09/2025View PDF (5 pages)
Micro company accounts made up to 2024-12-31
- 09/02/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Michael Rigg as a director on 2024-10-22
- 11/10/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-10-11 with no updates
- 25/09/2024View PDF (5 pages)
Micro company accounts made up to 2023-12-31
Showing 12 of 16 filings
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About RIBBLE RAIL LTD
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
RIBBLE RAIL LTD is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Ribble Rail Chain Caul Road, Ashton-On-Ribble, Preston PR2 2PD. Companies House classifies its business as Freight rail transport. It has been on the register for 25 years.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2024 accounts report net assets of £29.27K and 3 employees.
RIBBLE RAIL LTD: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records RIBBLE RAIL LTD under one registered business activity: Freight rail transport (49.20 - SIC 2007).
RIBBLE RAIL LTD is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 25/09/2001.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2024 and report net assets of £29.27K, total assets of £78.76K and total liabilities of £49.49K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 20/06/2026: Notification of Ribble Steam Railway Limited as a person with significant control on 2026-06-10, 3 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 30/09/2027 and the next confirmation statement is due by 25/10/2026.
Companies House lists 9 officers (4 currently in post) and 1 person with significant control.