RICHARDSON MILLING (UK) LIMITED
Company number 01789282 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Richardson Milling (UK) Limited presents a LOW risk profile, supported by a strong financial improvement trajectory (net assets growing from £6M to £25.8M over eight years), meaningful cash generation (£6.6M), stable revenue of approximately £50.5M, and the institutional backing of its Canadian parent Richardson International. The primary areas requiring monitoring are commodity price volatility inherent to the grain milling sector, operational dependency on the parent entity, and confirmation that the positive financial trajectory has been sustained through the 2022-2023 period of significant inflationary pressure. Regulatory compliance is exemplary with no filing deficiencies or director disqualifications noted.
Shareholders' funds
£25,815,210
Balance sheet as at 2021-12-31
What it does
the manufacture of cereals.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1984-02-06
- Employees
- 155 (2021 accounts · was 150 in 2020)
- Registered office
- Mile Road, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42 9TB
- Postcode
- MK42 9TB
- Capital
- 16 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 3 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-05-01
- Next due by
- 2027-05-15
Nature of business (SIC)
- 10611 Grain milling
Officers 10 current · 24 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by RICHARDSON UK HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2026-01-01
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZB049121 (Tier 2), registered since 2021.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| EUROPEAN OAT MILLERS LIMITED | 2017-06-19 |
| CEREAL MILLERS (EUROPE) LIMITED | 1989-08-31 |
| W. JORDAN (MILLERS) LIMITED | 1989-04-25 |
| RAPKENT LIMITED | 1984-06-26 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| HOLME MILLS, BIGGLESWADE IN THE COUNTY OF, BEDFORD, SG18 9JY | 2005-01-27 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 131 similar companies in MK — measured against the wider sector
The largest employer among its local peers (155 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1984.
The class of 1984
51%
of the 14,117 companies incorporated in 1984 are still active today; 41% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 8 titles
- Freehold
- 5
- Leasehold
- 3
- Most recent registration
- 2022-06-01
- Price paid, where recorded
- £8,210,000
- Where
- Bedford (8)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BD126410 | Bedford | Leasehold | 2022-06-01 | — |
| BD187293 | Bedford | Leasehold | 2022-02-14 | £90,000 |
| BD104432 | Bedford | Freehold | 2017-07-07 | — |
| BD105146 | Bedford | Freehold | 2017-07-07 | £3,680,000 |
| BD110151 | Bedford | Freehold | 2017-07-07 | — |
| BD276978 | Bedford | Freehold | 2017-07-07 | £4,440,000 |
| BD98767 | Bedford | Freehold | 2017-07-07 | — |
| BD74810 | Bedford | Leasehold | 2009-12-16 | — |
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