Ricardo Limited

Active00222915 Private limited company

What Ricardo say about themselves

“Ricardo is a global automotive engineering and manufacturing consultancy”

— from ricardo.co.uk
Incorporated
30 June 1927 (99 years)
Industry
Activities of head offices (70100)
Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities (71122)
Directors
Owned by
Accounts type
Group
Region
South East
Address
Shoreham Technical Centre
Shoreham By Sea
West Sussex
BN43 5FG

Filing status

Accounts due
31 March 2027
Last accounts
30 June 2025
Conf. stmt due
9 March 2027
Last conf. stmt
23 February 2026

Charges

Total
4
Outstanding
0
Part satisfied
0
Satisfied
4

Officers 4 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Director · Appointed 19 May 2026
Also at Ricardo Performance Products Limited, Ricardo Consulting Engineers Limited
British
Born January 1974 (52)
Director · Appointed 31 December 2025
Also at Ricardo Performance Products Limited, Ricardo UK Limited · more companies
British
Born January 1979 (47)
Director · Appointed 9 October 2025
Also at WSP Assurance Limited, Golder Associates (UK) Limited, Ricardo Asia Limited · more companies
British
Born May 1966 (60)
Director · Appointed 9 October 2025
Also at WSP Assurance Limited, Ricardo Asia Limited, Ricardo Investments Limited
British
Born December 1975 (50)
Officer history (49 former)
30 June 2026
Resigned Sagoo, Harpreet as Secretary
19 May 2026
Appointed Oms O'Donnell, Francisco Jason as Director
31 December 2025
Appointed Pascoe, Alex as Director
31 December 2025
Resigned Cottrell, Judith as Director
31 December 2025
Resigned Ritchie, Graham as Director
9 October 2025
Appointed Sewell, Karen Anne as Director
9 October 2025
Resigned Farazmand, Tim as Director
9 October 2025
Resigned Rees, Sian Lloyd as Director
9 October 2025
Resigned Borg, Caroline as Director
9 October 2025
Resigned King, Russell John as Director
9 October 2025
Resigned Clare, Mark Sydney as Director
9 October 2025
Appointed Barnard, Miles Lawrence as Director
31 January 2025
Resigned Persson, Eva Christina Malin as Director
15 November 2024
Appointed Farazmand, Tim as Director
14 November 2024
Resigned Spencer, William as Director
1 October 2024
Appointed Rees, Sian Lloyd as Director
31 July 2024
Resigned Boyer, Jack Byron as Director
1 July 2024
Appointed Borg, Caroline as Director
31 May 2024
Resigned Bowen, Laurie Anne as Director
13 September 2023
Resigned Gibson, Ian Jeffrey as Director
11 September 2023
Appointed Sagoo, Harpreet as Secretary
11 September 2023
Resigned Fieldfisher Secretaries Limited as Corporate Secretary
1 July 2023
Appointed Cottrell, Judith as Director
31 March 2023
Appointed Fieldfisher Secretaries Limited as Corporate Secretary
31 March 2023
Resigned Ryan, Patricia Mary as Secretary
17 November 2022
Resigned Morgan, Terence Keith, Sir as Director
1 November 2022
Appointed Clare, Mark Sydney as Director
1 October 2021
Appointed Ritchie, Graham as Director
30 September 2021
Resigned Shemmans, David John as Director
31 July 2020
Resigned Garrett, Mark William as Director
14 November 2019
5 September 2019
Appointed King, Russell John as Director
5 September 2019
Appointed Boyer, Jack Byron as Director
7 November 2017
Resigned Lee, Ian Macpherson as Director
24 April 2017
Appointed Spencer, William as Director
4 January 2016
Appointed Persson, Eva Christina Malin as Director
4 November 2015
Resigned Hall, David John as Director
1 July 2015
Appointed Bowen, Laurie Anne as Director
30 June 2015
Resigned Schoepf, Hans-Joachim, Professor as Director
29 October 2014
Resigned Harper, John Michael as Director
2 January 2014
Appointed Morgan, Terence Keith, Sir as Director
1 July 2013
Appointed Gibson, Ian Jeffrey as Director
30 June 2013
Resigned Jessup, William as Director
20 May 2013
Resigned Bell, Paula as Director
11 March 2013
Appointed Jessup, William as Director
1 December 2010
1 July 2010
Resigned Jessup, William as Director
4 January 2010
Appointed Jessup, William as Director
18 November 2009
Resigned Beresford, Marcus De La Poer as Director
15 July 2009
Resigned Parker, Stephen as Director
1 July 2009
Appointed Schoepf, Hans-Joachim, Professor as Director
13 January 2009
Resigned Bicknell, Geoffrey James as Director
18 November 2008
18 November 2008
Appointed Ryan, Patricia Mary as Secretary
18 November 2008
Resigned Oglethorpe, David Ralph Theodore as Secretary
1 August 2008
Appointed Lee, Ian Macpherson as Director
1 July 2008
Appointed Bicknell, Geoffrey James as Director
1 July 2008
Appointed Garrett, Mark William as Director
16 May 2007
Resigned Holt, Jeremy William as Director
5 January 2007
Resigned Goodburn, Andrew Robert as Director
9 October 2006
Appointed Bell, Paula as Director
21 February 2006
Appointed Hall, David John as Director
14 December 2005
Appointed Oglethorpe, David Ralph Theodore as Secretary
13 December 2005
Resigned Wightman, Munro as Secretary
4 November 2005
Resigned Westhead, Rodney James as Director
31 August 2005
Resigned Hickman, Clive, Dr as Director
31 March 2005
Resigned Ward, Peter Terry as Director
17 February 2005
Appointed Shemmans, David John as Director
6 September 2004
Resigned Andrews, Gerald Anthony as Director
31 December 2003
Resigned Davies, Charles Noel, Sir as Director
11 December 2003
Resigned Bates, Christopher Ralph as Director
1 October 2003
Appointed Beresford, Marcus De La Poer as Director
24 June 2003
Appointed Harper, John Michael as Director
1 January 2003
Appointed Hickman, Clive, Dr as Director
1 January 2003
Appointed Andrews, Gerald Anthony as Director
1 August 2002
Appointed Parker, Stephen as Director
1 January 2002
Resigned Needham, John Richard as Director
1 January 2001
Appointed Holt, Jeremy William as Director
1 January 2001
Appointed Bates, Christopher Ralph as Director
3 November 2000
Resigned Foreman, Cecil William as Director
1 July 2000
Appointed Percy, John Pitkeathly, Professor as Director
30 June 1999
Resigned Baker, John Barrie as Director
1 January 1999
Appointed Needham, John Richard as Director
31 July 1998
Resigned Foreman, Philip Frank, Sir as Director
1 May 1998
Appointed Ward, Peter Terry as Director
1 January 1998
Appointed Wightman, Munro as Secretary
31 December 1997
Resigned Severn, Ronald as Secretary
7 April 1997
Appointed Goodburn, Andrew Robert as Director
25 February 1997
Appointed Davies, Charles Noel, Sir as Director
11 December 1996
Resigned Westhead, Rodney James as Secretary
11 December 1996
Appointed Baker, John Barrie as Director
11 December 1996
Appointed Severn, Ronald as Secretary
13 November 1996
Resigned Ross, Christopher Graham as Director
3 November 1995
Resigned Metcalfe, Hugh, Dr as Director
8 December 1992
Appointed Westhead, Rodney James as Director
8 December 1992
Appointed Westhead, Rodney James as Secretary
8 December 1992
Resigned Jenkins, Sarah Elizabeth as Secretary

Ownership 1 active

People and entities with significant control, from the Companies House PSC register

Corporate entity · Notified 10 October 2025
Owns 75–100% of shares
Holds 75–100% of voting rights
Right to appoint and remove directors
Private Limited Company
Reg. no. 02136404

Group structure 18 companies

Ownership group derived from the Companies House PSC register

WSP Group Limited
Ricardo Investments Limited Owns 75–100% of shares
Power Planning Associates Limited Owns 75–100% of shares
Ricardo Asia Limited Owns 75–100% of shares
Ricardo Innovations Limited Owns 75–100% of shares
Cascade Consulting (Environment & Planning) Limited Proposed for strike-offOwns 75–100% of shares
Ricardo Rail Limited Owns 75–100% of shares
Ricardo Software Limited Status not confirmedOwns 75–100% of shares
Ricardo Strategic Consulting Limited DissolvedOwns 75–100% of shares
Ricardo Technology Limited Status not confirmedOwns 75–100% of shares
Ricardo Transmissions Limited Status not confirmedOwns 75–100% of shares
Ricardo-Aea Limited Owns 75–100% of shares
WSP Assurance Limited Owns 75–100% of shares
Ricardo Emea Limited Owns 75–100% of shares
Ricardo Limited This company Owns 75–100% of shares
Ricardo Pension Scheme (Trustees) Limited Proposed for strike-offOwns 75–100% of shares
Ricardo UK Limited Owns 75–100% of shares
Ricardo Consulting Engineers Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Filings

Recent filings only. See the full history on Companies House

DateDescriptionMade Up ToPagesPDF
16 September 2026Satisfaction of a charge in full
2 July 2026Insolvency filing
2 July 2026Share capital filing
2 July 2026Statement of capital
2 July 2026Resolutions
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Ricardo Performance Products Limited
Ricardo UK Limited

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