RIG 2 LIMITED
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Executive summary
RIG 2 LIMITED is a financially resurgent commercial photography business that has leveraged its 2023 rebrand into a period of exceptional growth, with net assets rising 108% over two years to £596k and cash reserves reaching £423k—providing significant strategic optionality for service line expansion, technology investment, and geographic reach beyond Manchester. The company's primary strategic imperatives are to diversify its revenue base beyond project-based photography work, deploy its cash reserves into growth-driving investments rather than excessive dividend distributions, and proactively address talent retention and technological disruption risks that could erode its competitive position in the evolving creative services market.
Shareholders' funds
£392,146
Balance sheet as at 2025-10-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1981-02-25
- Employees
- 27 (2025 accounts · was 23 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Rig2 2a Midland Street, Manchester, England, M12 6LB
- Postcode
- M12 6LB
- Capital
- 203,670 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-10-31
- Next due by
- 2027-07-31
- Financial year end
- 31 October
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-01
- Next due by
- 2027-08-15
Nature of business (SIC)
- 74209 Photographic activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 3 current · 12 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by RIG2 MANCHESTER LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Contact details
- Website
- refineryphotography.co.uk
- Phone
- 01612735511
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| REFINERY PHOTOGRAPHY LIMITED | 2023-06-12 |
| LOCATION GROUP LIMITED | 2004-04-15 |
| LOCATION CREATIVE SERVICES LIMITED | 1994-01-10 |
| TULSEBUILD LIMITED | 1993-06-14 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| PITTBROOK HOUSE, 10 PITTBROOK STREET, MANCHESTER, GREATER MANCHESTER, M12 6JX | 2009-01-08 |
| GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 08/01/2009 FROM, PITTBROOK HOUSE, 10 PITTBROOK STREET, MANCHESTER, GREATER MANCHESTER, M12 6JX | 2009-01-08 |
| 100 BRIERLEY STREET, BURY | 2004-02-28 |
| 109/123 STAND LANE, RADCLIFFE, MANCHESTER, M26 9JR | 1992-01-02 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 71 similar companies in M
2nd largest employer among its local peers (27 staff).
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1981.
No.4 of the largest photographic activities not elsewhere classified companies in Manchester →
Competitors Manchester
-
1. JM10 LIMITED
This company ranks 4 among photographic activities not elsewhere classified in Manchester.
The class of 1981
65%
of the 14,489 companies incorporated in 1981 are still active today; 29% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Leasehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2023-04-25
- Where
- Greater Manchester (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAN420222 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2023-04-25 | — |
| MAN414704 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2023-01-18 | — |
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