{"name":"RIBBLE PACKAGING LIMITED","company_number":"00521820","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1953-07-16","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"Greengate Street, Oldham, Lancashire, OL4 1DF","postcode":"OL4 1DF","sic_codes":[{"code":17211,"description":"Manufacture of corrugated paper and paperboard, sacks and bags"}],"principal_activity":"The principal activity of the company continued to be the design and manufacture of corrugated packaging.","previous_names":[{"name":"F & D PACKAGING LIMITED","changed_on":"1976-12-31"}],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Full","year_end":"31 December","last_made_up_to":"2025-12-31","next_due":"2027-09-30"},"employees":{"count":129,"accounts_date":"2025-12-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-12-31","profit_loss":2280097,"net_assets":17264489,"cash":240162,"average_employees":129},{"financial_date":"2024-12-31","profit_loss":2745294,"net_assets":15408245,"cash":212536,"average_employees":129}],"officers":{"current":5,"resigned":16,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":25,"outstanding":9},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"Ribble Packaging demonstrates robust financial health, leveraging a strengthened balance sheet and strategic capital investments to successfully navigate a stagnant UK corrugated packaging market. While experiencing slight EBITDA margin compression from 14.9% to 13.7%, the company's proactive pivot towards \"right-size\" packaging solutions positions it favorably against incoming Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) legislation, capturing market share from larger competitors. Their index-linked pricing models and targeted energy efficiency investments effectively mitigate sector-wide input cost volatility, securing a highly competitive niche in the mid-market packaging space.","website":null,"links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/ribble-packaging","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/ribble-packaging/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/ribble-packaging/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00521820","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/ribble-packaging/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/ribble-packaging/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/ribble-packaging/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/ribble-packaging/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/ribble-packaging"}