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Company description
RICARDO UK LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 6 May 1993; registered for 33 years; registered office reported in SHOREHAM-BY-SEA, WEST SUSSEX. Its primary declared activity is 28150 · Manufacture of bearings, gears, gearing and driving elements, with 1 additional SIC activity reported.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 2 PSC records, 11 procurement records, 1 waste registration. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- RICARDO UK LIMITED
- Company number
- 02815682
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 3 total · 0 outstanding · 3 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
30 June 2025Next accounts due
31 March 2027Last statement made up to
22 September 2025Next statement due
6 October 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- -4.3%
- Mean bonus gap
- 65.2%
- Women receiving bonus
- 25.0%
- Men receiving bonus
- 31.0%
- Women in top quartile
- 12.0%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 11.0%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 10.0%
- Women in lower quartile
- 23.0%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 250 to 49912.3% median hourly gap
- 500 to 9995.8% median hourly gap
- 500 to 9990.4% median hourly gap
- 500 to 9999.4% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99911.6% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499913.3% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499912.9% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499912.3% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 January 2026 – 30 June 2026
- Filed
- 30 July 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 30 days
- Longest standard term
- Not supplied
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 1 July 2025
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £9,648,697
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £3,264,586
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £566,202
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £7,049,642
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 24.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 5.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 60 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
Automotive & Industrial
Within 60 days due net, although different payment terms are in place with certain suppliers. - Dispute resolution process
Disputes over deliverables on a supplier contract are managed by our procurement team. Issues with the content and format of purchase invoices are managed by our finance team.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 27.0 average days to pay46.0% outside terms
- 24.0 average days to pay59.0% outside terms
- 26.0 average days to pay71.0% outside terms
- 23.0 average days to pay70.0% outside terms
- 36.0 average days to pay31.0% outside terms
- 36.0 average days to pay33.0% outside terms
- 36.0 average days to pay38.0% outside terms
- 37.0 average days to pay47.0% outside terms
- 40.0 average days to pay37.0% outside terms
- 42.0 average days to pay36.0% outside terms
- 35.0 average days to pay40.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
05 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
RICARDO UK LIMITED
LEI 213800SRFQ9OUBNL3F27 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- H0PO
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 6 May 1993
- Initial LEI registration
- 4 February 2014
- LEI last updated
- 4 February 2026
- Next renewal
- 4 February 2027
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Legal address
- SHOREHAM TECHNICAL CENTRE, OLD SHOREHAM ROAD, SHOREHAM-BY-SEA, GB-WSX, BN43 5FG, GB
- Headquarters address
- SHOREHAM TECHNICAL CENTRE, OLD SHOREHAM ROAD, SHOREHAM-BY-SEA, GB-WSX, BN43 5FG, GB
GLEIF Level 2 relationships
IS DIRECTLY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI 213800SRFQ9OUBNL3F27 to LEI 213800ZNYAY35F4XB814
- Related legal entity
- RICARDO LIMITED →
- Initial registration
- 4 February 2014
- Last updated
- 4 February 2026
- Next renewal
- 4 February 2027
- Validation sources
- FULLY_CORROBORATED
- Validation documents
- ACCOUNTS_FILING
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z; End: 2023-06-30T00:00:00Z; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Start: 2014-02-04T00:00:00Z; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD
- Qualifiers
- Dimension: ACCOUNTING_STANDARD; Category: IFRS
- Validation reference
- https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02815682/filing-history/MzQwMzI5NzUzMmFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
IS ULTIMATELY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI 213800SRFQ9OUBNL3F27 to LEI 213800ZNYAY35F4XB814
- Related legal entity
- RICARDO LIMITED →
- Initial registration
- 4 February 2014
- Last updated
- 4 February 2026
- Next renewal
- 4 February 2027
- Validation sources
- FULLY_CORROBORATED
- Validation documents
- ACCOUNTS_FILING
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z; End: 2023-06-30T00:00:00Z; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Start: 2014-02-04T00:00:00Z; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD
- Qualifiers
- Dimension: ACCOUNTING_STANDARD; Category: IFRS
- Validation reference
- https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02815682/filing-history/MzQwMzI5NzUzMmFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
LEI data provides global legal identity and source-reported relationships, not a credit or regulatory approval. BritDB links Level 1 identities only through GLEIF’s Companies House registration-authority identifier and exact company number; Level 2 parent and fund relationships and reporting exceptions are reproduced as supplied by GLEIF.
06 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- RICARDO UK LIMITED
- Group submission
- Yes
- Parent organisation
- RICARDO LIMITED
- Statement period
- 1 July 2024 – 30 June 2025
- Approved
- 25 October 2025
- Sectors
- Automotive, machinery and heavy electrical equipment Other
Organisation structure
Covered in the statement
Policies
Covered in the statement
Risk assessment
Covered in the statement
Due diligence
Covered in the statement
Training
Covered in the statement
Goals and KPIs
Not reported as covered
Full statement information supplied to the registry
- Reported turnover band
- £100 million to £500 million
- Years producing statements
- More than 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 7 January 2026
Policies described
Freedom of workers to terminate employment Freedom of movement Freedom of association Prohibits any threat of violence, harassment and intimidation Prohibits the use of worker-paid recruitment fees Prohibits compulsory overtime Prohibits child labour Prohibits discrimination Prohibits confiscation of workers' original identification documents Provides access to remedy, compensation and justice for victims of modern slavery
Training described
Procurement staff
Worker engagement and working conditions
Your suppliers
Grievance mechanisms
Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app
Demonstrated progress
As a consultancy, providing services on the environment and engineering to clients, we employ and work with highly educated, skilled people, therefore a low risk environment in the work that we do. Our manufacturing sites in Shoreham, Leamington UK are owned by us and all staff directly employed by us, so very low risk with a small supply chain in specialist product components. We do not work with low skilled workers. Our US site directly employees skilled people, and currently not manufacturing
A registry entry records what the organisation declared in its statement. It is not an independent audit. Group statements can cover several companies; BritDB preserves each exact source-supplied company-number link and excludes approver names and email addresses.
07 Environmental regulation
Environment Agency records
SHOREHAM TECHNICAL CENTRE
SO/EPRCB3793VU/002 · BN43 5FG
- Permit or record holder
- RICARDO UK LIMITED
- Record date
- 29 October 2015
- Local authority
- Adur
- Regulated site or public record address
- SHOREHAM TECHNICAL CENTRE, OLD SHOREHAM ROAD, SHOREHAM-BY-SEA, WEST SUSSEX, BN43 5FG
- Activity
- Civil engineering · Trade - Cooling Waters
- Grid reference
- TQ2032306002
- Easting
- 520323.000
- Northing
- 106002.000
- All populated source fields
- Permit Number: SO/EPRCB3793VU/002; Permit Holder Name: RICARDO UK LIMITED; Site Name: SHOREHAM TECHNICAL CENTRE; Site Type: Civil engineering; Effluent Type: Trade - Cooling Waters; Site Address: SHOREHAM TECHNICAL CENTRE, OLD SHOREHAM ROAD, SHOREHAM-BY-SEA, WEST SUSSEX, BN43 5FG; Site Postcode: BN43 5FG; Site Grid Reference: TQ2032306002; Easting: 520323; Northing: 106002; Local Authority: Adur; Start Date: 2015-10-29
SHOREHAM TECHNICAL CENTRE
SO/EPRCB3793VU/001 · BN43 5FG
- Permit or record holder
- RICARDO UK LIMITED
- Record date
- 2 October 2015
- Local authority
- Adur
- Regulated site or public record address
- SHOREHAM TECHNICAL CENTRE, OLD SHOREHAM ROAD, SHOREHAM-BY-SEA, WEST SUSSEX, BN43 5FG
- Activity
- Civil engineering · Trade - Cooling Waters
- Grid reference
- TQ2032306002
- Easting
- 520323.000
- Northing
- 106002.000
- Revoked date
- 28 October 2015
- All populated source fields
- Permit Number: SO/EPRCB3793VU/001; Permit Holder Name: RICARDO UK LIMITED; Site Name: SHOREHAM TECHNICAL CENTRE; Site Type: Civil engineering; Effluent Type: Trade - Cooling Waters; Site Address: SHOREHAM TECHNICAL CENTRE, OLD SHOREHAM ROAD, SHOREHAM-BY-SEA, WEST SUSSEX, BN43 5FG; Site Postcode: BN43 5FG; Site Grid Reference: TQ2032306002; Easting: 520323; Northing: 106002; Local Authority: Adur; Start Date: 2015-10-02; Revocation Date: 2015-10-28
These are candidate company associations. The public-register downloads do not supply Companies House numbers. BritDB requires one unique exact holder-name and postcode match; the regulated site may differ from the registered office, so verify the record at source.
08 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
*FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES ONLY* Protected and Modified Civilian Profile Vehicles (PaMCPV) Procurement Framework Agreement Contract Award Notice
DEFENCE EQUIPMENT & SUPPORT · ocds-b5fd17-e8d3512b-3fed-40cc-88fa-bbd2e53f706e
- Supplier named in award
- RICARDO UK LIMITED
- Award value
- £1
- Contract period
- 1 October 2025 – 30 September 2030
- Published
- 6 November 2025
- Procedure
- Restricted procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 34111000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-e8d3512b-3fed-40cc-88fa-bbd2e53f706e-2025-11-06T16:57:02Z
PS23341 - The UK Electric motors capability - ITQ
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-7017645d-f1c2-4e96-ac8a-9f3ef4a34b47
- Supplier named in award
- Ricardo UK Limited
- Award value
- £69,892
- Contract period
- 2 September 2024 – 20 December 2024
- Published
- 14 August 2024
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 73000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-7017645d-f1c2-4e96-ac8a-9f3ef4a34b47-2024-08-14T08:48:43+01:00
Contract Award to Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Co. Ltd
Brunel University London · ocds-b5fd17-3f076c4c-17c7-4cb2-bb73-1ef3d6b2e8a8
- Supplier named in award
- Ricardo UK Ltd
- Award value
- £233,831.96
- Contract period
- 15 June 2023 – 31 May 2025
- Published
- 27 June 2023
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 34310000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-3f076c4c-17c7-4cb2-bb73-1ef3d6b2e8a8-2023-06-27T11:28:01+01:00
Armoured personnel protected carriers
The Metropolitan Police Federation · ocds-b5fd17-d323c3ca-1779-4f2c-89f0-6e0b08d3e10e
- Supplier named in award
- RICARDO UK LIMITED
- Award value
- £1
- Contract period
- 15 December 2022 – 14 December 2028
- Published
- 11 January 2023
- Procedure
- Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
- Main CPV
- 35412200
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-d323c3ca-1779-4f2c-89f0-6e0b08d3e10e-2023-01-11T10:35:36Z
UK SBS - PS21151 - Biomass Resource Availability Calculator Model Update
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-0d9a8d1b-a09d-4988-8ef0-c219674f64fe
- Supplier named in award
- Ricardo Energy & Environment
- Award value
- £222,842
- Contract period
- 11 February 2022 – 31 May 2024
- Published
- 25 March 2024
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 73000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-0d9a8d1b-a09d-4988-8ef0-c219674f64fe-2024-03-25T15:09:19Z
Scheme Administration for the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund Wave 1 competition
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-c774ba24-398d-4fc0-86c4-04617651430c
- Supplier named in award
- RICARDO UK LIMITED
- Award value
- £2,493,011.40
- Contract period
- 9 August 2021 – 31 March 2023
- Published
- 30 March 2023
- Procedure
- Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
- Main CPV
- 73000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-c774ba24-398d-4fc0-86c4-04617651430c-2023-03-30T09:28:23+01:00
Gasket 1C
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE · ocds-b5fd17-be9f918c-15e1-4941-99cb-886f4f82ad14
- Supplier named in award
- RICARDO UK LIMITED
- Award value
- £6,399,381
- Contract period
- 18 March 2020 – 25 June 2021
- Published
- 23 April 2020
- Procedure
- Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
- Main CPV
- 34000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-be9f918c-15e1-4941-99cb-886f4f82ad14-2020-04-23T12:59:26+01:00
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
09 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Ricardo Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- England
- Legal authority
- Companies Act 2006
- Legal form
- Private Limited Company
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 00222915
- Notified
- 31 July 2026
Ricardo Investments Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Country registered
- England
- Legal authority
- Companies Act 2006
- Legal form
- Private Limited Company
- Place registered
- England And Wales
- Registration number
- 02251330
- Notified
- 10 October 2016
- Ceased
- 31 July 2026
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10 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
11 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
12 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
13 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
GMCA1786 Chemdata Licence
Greater Manchester Combined Authority · updated 10 April 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Vehicle Emissions Tester
Department for Transport · updated 18 March 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Appraisal of Carbon Negative Challenge Fund Capital Applications
York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority · updated 16 July 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Armoured personnel protected carriers
The Metropolitan Police Service · updated 11 January 2023
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
14 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
15 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
16 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
4 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
1 exact company-number registration.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
17 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
18 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Candidate permit and enforcement associations based on a unique exact holder-name and postcode match.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.