RIPMAX LIMITED
Company number 00467046 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Ripmax Limited presents a case study in how qualified audit opinions and going concern uncertainties serve as critical early warning signs of business failure. Despite 72 years of trading history and a tentative return to profitability in 2021, the company's significant asset deterioration, audit qualifications regarding group transactions, and material going concern uncertainty ultimately preceded its dissolution. The financial vital signs showed stabilisation rather than recovery, insufficient to overcome the underlying structural challenges in the wholesale radio control models market.
Shareholders' funds
£5,936,852
Balance sheet as at 2021-03-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1949-04-07
- Dissolved
- 2026-08-19
- Registered office
- Office D Beresford House, Town Quay, Southampton, SO14 2AQ
- Postcode
- SO14 2AQ
- Capital
- 50,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Small
- Charges
- 7 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2021-03-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2022-05-03
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46760 Wholesale of other intermediate products
Officers 4 current · 30 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by ULTIMATE MODEL CORPORATION LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
-
R/C SERVICE & SUPPORT LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Contact details
- Website
- ripmax.com
- Phone
- 02082827500
Ripmax is one of the largest wholesalers of radio control models & accessories in the UK.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| RIPMAX PLC | 2003-08-13 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 241 GREEN STREET, ENFIELD, MIDDLESEX, EN3 7SJ | 2019-09-18 |
| RIPMAX CORNER, GREEN STREET, ENFIELD, EN3 7SJ | 2006-05-30 |
| BANK CHAMBERS, 214 BISHOPSGATE, LONDON EC2 | 1989-07-12 |