RIVERSIDE INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT LIMITED
Company number 01711968 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Riverside Industrial Equipment Limited has executed a remarkable financial transformation since 2017, growing net assets from £324,000 to £1.56M whilst systematically eliminating leverage—a trajectory that significantly outperforms typical SMEs in the industrial installation sector. The 2025 balance sheet contraction of approximately 13.6% likely reflects capital restructuring and potential dividend extraction by the controlling John family rather than operational distress, given the maintained cash position of £548,000 and minimal long-term debt. The company occupies a defensible niche as a well-capitalised, locally-rooted specialist in a sector where financial resilience and four decades of trading history provide meaningful competitive advantage over leveraged or newer entrants.
Shareholders' funds
£1,779,347
Balance sheet as at 2025-08-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1983-04-05
- Employees
- 43 (2025 accounts · was 46 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Trews Field Estate, Tondu Road, Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, CF31 4JA
- Postcode
- CF31 4JA
- Capital
- 101 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-08-31
- Next due by
- 2027-05-31
- Financial year end
- 31 August
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-25
- Next due by
- 2027-08-08
Nature of business (SIC)
- 33200 Installation of industrial machinery and equipment
Officers 4 current · 4 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
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SEBBEN PROPERTIES LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 3
£7,845,000 total awarded value where published.
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Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| BOOKGREET LIMITED | 1983-05-10 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| STATION CHAMBERS, 14 COURT ROAD, BRIDGEND, MID GLAM. CF31 1BC | 1996-05-30 |
| 12 COURT ROAD, BRIDGEND, MID GLAM, CF31 1BT | 1992-08-25 |
| 9 COURT ROAD, BRIDGEND | 1989-03-03 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 45 similar companies in CF
3rd largest employer among its local peers (43 staff).
3rd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1983.
No.2 of the largest installation of industrial machinery and equipment companies in Cardiff →
Competitors Cardiff
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1. TREMORFA LTD
This company ranks 2 among installation of industrial machinery and equipment in Cardiff.
The class of 1983
51%
of the 13,141 companies incorporated in 1983 are still active today; 40% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2011-02-08
- Where
- Bridgend
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WA123323 | Bridgend | Leasehold | 2011-02-08 | — |
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