Ricardo UK Limited

Active02815682 Private limited company
Incorporated
6 May 1993 (33 years)
Industry
Manufacture of bearings, gears, gearing and driving elements (28150)
Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities (71122)
Directors
Jean Jacques Joseph Lorain-Broca
Francisco Jason Oms O’donnell
Owned by
Accounts type
Full
Region
South East
Address
Shoreham Technical Centre
Old Shoreham Road
Shoreham-By-Sea
BN43 5FG

Filing status

Accounts due
31 March 2027
Last accounts
30 June 2025
Conf. stmt due
6 October 2027
Last conf. stmt
22 September 2026

Charges

Total
3
Outstanding
0
Part satisfied
0
Satisfied
3

Officers 4 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Director · Appointed 22 June 2026
Also at Ricardo Limited, Ricardo Performance Products Limited · more companies
British
Born January 1979 (47)
Lorain-Broca, Jean Jacques Joseph
Director · Appointed 1 January 2024
French
Born September 1978 (48)
Oms O’donnell, Francisco Jason
Director · Appointed 1 January 2024
British
Born January 1974 (52)
Director · Appointed 25 November 2022
Also at Ricardo Consulting Engineers Limited
British
Born June 1971 (55)
Officer history (75 former)
22 June 2026
Appointed Pascoe, Alex as Director
15 June 2026
Resigned Mello, Teresa as Secretary
31 December 2025
Resigned Ritchie, Graham Alastair as Director
31 December 2025
Resigned Cottrell, Judith as Director
1 January 2024
Resigned Krull, Anton Paul as Director
1 January 2024
Appointed Lorain-Broca, Jean Jacques Joseph as Director
1 January 2024
Appointed Oms O’donnell, Francisco Jason as Director
1 January 2024
Resigned Guest, Richard Colin as Director
25 August 2023
Appointed Cottrell, Judith as Director
25 August 2023
Resigned Gibson, Ian Jeffrey as Director
21 July 2023
Appointed Guest, Richard Colin as Director
23 June 2023
Resigned Starkey, Martin James as Director
11 April 2023
Appointed Krull, Anton Paul as Director
3 March 2023
Resigned Amsden, Christopher Norman as Director
25 November 2022
Resigned Omso’donnell, Francisco (Jason) as Director
25 November 2022
Appointed Beasley, Matthew Gerard as Director
14 July 2022
Appointed Omso’donnell, Francisco (Jason) as Director
30 June 2022
Resigned Hawksworth, Therese Patricia, The Executors Of Ms as Director
1 October 2021
Appointed Ritchie, Graham Alastair as Director
30 September 2021
Resigned Shemmans, David John as Director
27 July 2021
Appointed Hawksworth, Therese Patricia, The Executors Of Ms as Director
27 July 2021
Resigned Dyke, Stephen John as Director
4 December 2020
Appointed Amsden, Christopher Norman as Director
4 December 2020
Resigned Mills, James Alan as Director
31 July 2020
Resigned Garrett, Mark William as Director
1 April 2020
Appointed Starkey, Martin James as Director
30 September 2019
Appointed Dyke, Stephen John as Director
9 August 2019
Resigned Barge, Mark Stephen as Director
4 July 2019
Appointed Mello, Teresa as Secretary
4 July 2019
Resigned Steer, Kerry Joanne Norwood as Secretary
28 June 2019
Resigned Doerr, Markus as Director
1 February 2019
Appointed Doerr, Markus as Director
31 January 2019
Resigned Barnes, Christopher Matthew as Director
31 July 2018
Resigned Fisher, Rory Cameron Mcculloch as Director
31 July 2018
Resigned Ryan, Patricia as Secretary
31 July 2018
Appointed Steer, Kerry Joanne Norwood as Secretary
31 July 2018
Appointed Barnes, Christopher Matthew as Director
15 August 2017
Appointed Ryan, Patricia as Secretary
14 August 2017
Resigned Henderson-Deeves, William John as Secretary
17 July 2017
Appointed Fisher, Rory Cameron Mcculloch as Director
14 July 2017
Resigned Smith, David Warren as Director
1 February 2017
Resigned Stoddart, Mark Alan as Director
1 February 2017
Appointed Mills, James Alan as Director
10 March 2016
Resigned Kershaw, Ian Edward as Director
10 March 2016
Resigned Gutwald, Thomas James as Director
10 March 2016
Appointed Smith, David Warren as Director
10 March 2016
Appointed Stoddart, Mark Alan as Director
30 March 2015
31 July 2014
Resigned Fernihough, Ashley Harold as Director
1 July 2014
Appointed Kershaw, Ian Edward as Director
1 July 2014
Resigned Sapsford, Stephen Michael as Director
1 July 2014
Resigned Hargreaves, Timothy Mark as Director
1 July 2014
Appointed Gutwald, Thomas James as Director
1 July 2014
Resigned March, Jason as Director
1 July 2014
Resigned Hore, Philip as Director
1 July 2014
Resigned Thomas, Neil as Director
1 July 2014
Appointed Henderson-Deeves, William John as Secretary
31 March 2014
Resigned Bodkin, Amanda Maria as Director
28 February 2014
Resigned Bodkin, Amanda Maria as Secretary
16 December 2013
Resigned Sheppard, David as Director
1 July 2013
Appointed Gibson, Ian Jeffrey as Director
28 March 2013
Resigned Bell, Paula as Director
1 September 2012
Appointed Hore, Philip as Director
20 July 2012
Resigned Yates, Timothy John as Director
1 June 2012
Appointed Sapsford, Stephen Michael as Director
2 April 2012
Resigned Clarke, Stephen John as Director
1 November 2011
Appointed March, Jason as Director
1 November 2011
Appointed Yates, Timothy John as Director
16 September 2011
Resigned Bottomley, Andrew Peter as Director
16 September 2011
Appointed Thomas, Neil as Director
18 July 2011
Appointed Clarke, Stephen John as Director
4 July 2011
Appointed Sheppard, David as Director
30 June 2011
Resigned Wotton, Clive Robert Nicholas as Director
1 March 2011
Resigned Jessup, William as Director
1 March 2011
Appointed Fausset, Martin Clifford St John as Director
20 July 2010
Resigned Sykes, Lee as Director
20 July 2010
Appointed Fernihough, Ashley Harold as Director
20 July 2010
Appointed Jessup, William as Director
20 July 2010
Appointed Hargreaves, Timothy Mark as Director
20 July 2010
Resigned Mcnamara, Paul Martin as Director
20 July 2010
Resigned Penny, Ian John as Director
20 July 2010
Appointed Bodkin, Amanda Maria as Director
20 July 2010
Appointed Wotton, Clive Robert Nicholas as Director
20 July 2010
12 February 2010
Appointed Bottomley, Andrew Peter as Director
3 November 2009
Appointed Bell, Paula as Director
3 November 2009
3 November 2009
Resigned Murphy, Sarah Louise Urquhart as Director
3 November 2009
Resigned Meyer Murguia, Raul, Dr as Director
30 October 2009
Resigned Beeson, Richard as Secretary
30 October 2009
Resigned Beeson, Richard as Director
30 October 2009
Appointed Bodkin, Amanda Maria as Secretary
28 August 2009
Resigned Allsopp, Robert William as Director
23 July 2009
Resigned Parker, Stephen as Director
20 March 2009
Appointed Beeson, Richard as Director
30 May 2008
Resigned Pickett, David Malcolm as Director
8 February 2008
Appointed Murphy, Sarah Louise Urquhart as Director
2 November 2007
Resigned Morling, Neil Andrew as Director
28 September 2007
Resigned Greenslade, Malcolm as Director
2 July 2007
Resigned Irvine, Donald Mcleod as Director
5 March 2007
Appointed Beeson, Richard as Secretary
5 March 2007
Resigned Morling, Neil Andrew as Secretary
5 January 2007
Resigned Goodburn, Andrew Robert as Director
13 March 2006
Appointed Irvine, Donald Mcleod as Director
13 March 2006
Appointed Garrett, Mark William as Director
13 March 2006
Resigned Clarke, Stephen John as Director
13 March 2006
Resigned Atkin, Paul Christopher as Director
13 March 2006
Appointed Meyer Murguia, Raul, Dr as Director
13 March 2006
Appointed Pickett, David Malcolm as Director
4 November 2005
Resigned Westhead, Rodney James as Director
31 August 2005
Resigned Hickman, Clive, Dr as Director
10 December 2004
Resigned Johns, Richard James Robert as Director
6 September 2004
Resigned Andrews, Gerald Anthony as Director
13 February 2004
Resigned Newton, Donald as Director
1 January 2004
Appointed Mcnamara, Paul Martin as Director
19 December 2003
Resigned Bates, Christopher Ralph as Director
28 November 2003
Resigned Mcdougall, Neil Malcolm, Dr as Director
10 October 2003
Resigned Markwick, Paul Victor William as Director
26 September 2003
Resigned Overington, Martin Thomas as Director
27 July 2003
Appointed Allsopp, Robert William as Director
27 July 2003
Appointed Atkin, Paul Christopher as Director
27 July 2003
Appointed Mcdougall, Neil Malcolm, Dr as Director
27 July 2003
Appointed Markwick, Paul Victor William as Director
18 July 2003
Resigned Baker, Andrew Robert, Doctor as Director
8 May 2003
Appointed Parker, Stephen as Director
11 April 2003
Appointed Greenslade, Malcolm as Director
31 March 2003
Appointed Penny, Ian John as Director
28 March 2003
Appointed Shemmans, David John as Director
28 March 2003
Appointed Johns, Richard James Robert as Director
28 March 2003
28 March 2003
Appointed Overington, Martin Thomas as Director
28 March 2003
Appointed Baker, Andrew Robert, Doctor as Director
28 March 2003
Appointed Newton, Donald as Director
12 March 2003
Appointed Oglethorpe, David Ralph Theodore as Director
12 March 2003
Appointed Barge, Mark Stephen as Director
12 March 2003
Appointed Sykes, Lee as Director
12 March 2003
Appointed Clarke, Stephen John as Director
12 March 2003
Appointed Hickman, Clive, Dr as Director
12 March 2003
Appointed Andrews, Gerald Anthony as Director
3 March 2003
Appointed Morling, Neil Andrew as Secretary
3 March 2003
Appointed Morling, Neil Andrew as Director
3 March 2003
Resigned Wightman, Munro as Director
3 March 2003
Appointed Bates, Christopher Ralph as Director
3 March 2003
Resigned Wightman, Munro as Secretary
9 November 1998
Appointed Goodburn, Andrew Robert as Director
28 February 1995
Appointed Wightman, Munro as Director
21 May 1993
Appointed Westhead, Rodney James as Director
21 May 1993
Appointed Wightman, Munro as Secretary
21 May 1993
Resigned Swift Incorporations Limited as Corporate Nominee Secretary
21 May 1993
Resigned Instant Companies Limited as Corporate Nominee Director
21 May 1993
Resigned Swift Incorporations Limited as Corporate Nominee Director
6 May 1993
Appointed Swift Incorporations Limited as Corporate Nominee Secretary
6 May 1993
Appointed Instant Companies Limited as Corporate Nominee Director
6 May 1993
Appointed Swift Incorporations Limited as Corporate Nominee Director

Ownership 1 active

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

Corporate entity · Notified 31 July 2026
Owns 75–100% of shares
Holds 75–100% of voting rights
Right to appoint and remove directors
Private Limited Company
Reg. no. 00222915
Former controllers (1)
31 July 2026
Ceased Ricardo Investments Limited — Owns 75–100% of shares

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 Owns 75–100% of shares
Ricardo Pension Scheme (Trustees) Limited Proposed for strike-offOwns 75–100% of shares
Ricardo UK Limited This company Owns 75–100% of shares
Ricardo Consulting Engineers Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Filings 250

DateDescriptionMade Up ToPagesPDF
2 October 2026Confirmation statement with updates22 September 2026
3 August 2026Cessation of a person with significant control
3 August 2026Notification of a person with significant control
23 June 2026Appointment of a director
18 June 2026Termination of appointment of a secretary
Show all 250 filings

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