RIBQUEST LIMITED

Company number 09574519 ·

Liquidation

Executive summary

RIBQUEST LIMITED represents a case study in the challenges facing sub-scale UK marine manufacturers. Operating at the smallest viable scale with just 5 employees, the company lacked the capital reserves and operational resilience required to navigate the severe sector headwinds of 2020-2022. The accumulation of £320,000 in long-term creditors against minimal asset cover ultimately rendered the business insolvent, with the dramatic deterioration from marginal solvency in 2021 to a £209,322 deficit in 2022 reflecting either catastrophic trading losses or the crystallisation of structural weaknesses that had been masked by creditor forbearance. The company's liquidation is consistent with broader sector consolidation pressures that have disproportionately affected undercapitalised niche players.

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Shareholders' funds

£209,322

Balance sheet as at 2022-05-31

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Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
2015-05-05
Dissolved
2026-08-14
Registered office
C/O Currie Young Limited, Riverside 2, No.3, Campbell Road, Stoke-On-Trent, ST4 4RJ
Postcode
ST4 4RJ
Capital
166 GBP
Accounts category
Micro

Accounts

Last made up to
2022-05-31
Financial year end
31 May

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2024-07-01
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 30120 Building of pleasure and sporting boats
  • 33150 Repair and maintenance of ships and boats

Officers 0 current · 10 resigned

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Contact details

Website
ribquest.co.uk
Phone
01548521129

Welcome to Ribquest, we are a UK Rigid Inflatable Boat manufacturer with an enviable reputation for quality and strength. Over the years we have delivered RIB's to the professional services, tenders for super yacht’s, dive clubs, safety patrols and all types of leisure market.

Previous registered addresses 5

AddressChanged on
UNITS 3A/C WRANGATON BUSINESS PARK, WRANGATON, SOUTH BRENT, DEVON, TQ7 1LL, ENGLAND2019-08-10
UNITS 1-3 BLS TORR TRADE PARK ESTATE, EAST ALLINGTON, TOTNES, DEVON, TQ9 7FA, ENGLAND2019-07-12
REGUS FOR HOFFMAN 4200 WATERSIDE SOLIHULL PARKWAY, BIRMINGHAM BUSINESS PARK, BIRMINGHAM, B37 7YN, ENGLAND2017-07-18
1 LINHEY CLOSE, KINGSBRIDGE, DEVON, TQ7 1LL2015-09-03
ANNA MILL BUSINESS AND DISTRIBUTION PARK WRANGATON, IVYBRIDGE, DEVON, TQ10 9HQ, UNITED KINGDOM2015-07-12

The class of 2015

25%

of the 613,764 companies incorporated in 2015 are still active today; 71% have since been dissolved.

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