Ritmeester Cigars UK Limited
ActiveLiveRitmeester Cigars UK Limited is an active private limited company incorporated on 08 Nov 2006 (19 years ago), with its registered office in Richmond, South East. The company operates in Manufacturing.
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A live business, still light on evidence
A registered office is on file; phone and web are checked on Pro.
Companies House · ONS · Nomis · General opportunity model · 100% of the model measurable
Financials
From Ritmeester Cigars UK Limited's filed accounts at Companies House, period ending 2025-12-31. Change vs the prior year (to 2024-12-31). As-filed figures — a signal, not an audited verdict. Dashes are not tagged in the accounts.
A long-standing manufacturing business in South East, in a market growing 1.8% a year and growing faster here than nationally. Every signal in the model was measurable for this company.
CompetitionRead this one the other way round: a high number means a crowded market, where differentiation matters more than timing.
Answers: Is this a live, reachable business in a market worth being in?
A balanced read. Pick the lens that matches what you sell and every number on this page re-weights.
Accounts are next due 30 Sept 2027; the last set was made up to 31 Dec 2025.
What this means for you: Filings are up to date, which makes this an easier first conversation.
What we checked · General opportunity weighting
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Commonly offered to a company like this
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Answers: is this market big, growing and survivable — and is the region ahead or behind?
Sector size & momentum
This sector is growing roughly in line with the national average in South East.
Companies House · every incorporation with a SIC code in this sector (259 codes) · a company listing codes in more than one group can be counted twice (~2%)
How long companies last here
Of every 100 companies started in this sector, roughly 42 are still trading five years later. This company is past that point.
The market around it
Where the sector is heading
- 1South East is a very high-density market for manufacturing, with about 43,874 companies in the same industry.
- 2Formation is broadly in line with the national average (+2.1%).
- 3Around 2,336 new companies registered in this industry locally over the last year.
- 4Sector survival sits at 42% over five years — the benchmark for businesses in this classification.
Answers: how crowded is this market, and where does this company sit against its peers?
Score distribution
A quick score from register status and company age only, because that is all the peer list carries. To compare like with like, this company is placed on the same quick score (100) — not the full 63/100 at the top of the page. Treat it as a position, not a ranking.
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Answers: what is formally on the public register — and what has not been filed yet?
Timeline
- Director appointedAppoint person director company with name date22 Sept 2026
- Confirmation statementConfirmation statement with updates26 Aug 2026
- Accounts filedFull accounts14 May 2026
- Confirmation statementConfirmation statement with no updates02 Sept 2025
- Accounts filedFull accounts19 May 2025
- Officer resignedTermination director company with name termination date07 May 2025
- Officer resignedTermination director company with name termination date20 Nov 2024
- Confirmation statementConfirmation statement with no updates30 Aug 2024
- Accounts filedFull accounts28 May 2024
- Confirmation statementConfirmation statement with no updates30 Aug 2023
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Company details
- Company
- Ritmeester Cigars UK Limited
- Number
- 05992529
- Registered office
- Units B & C Sandal House, 3 Wakefield Road, Richmond, TW10 6SD
- Incorporated
- 08 Nov 2006
- Type
- Private limited company
- Nature of business
- 12000 — SIC division 12
- Status
- Active
- Region
- South East · England
- Accounts
- Next due 30 Sept 2027
- Confirmation statement
- Next due 29 Aug 2027
Connected companies
Other companies run by the same directors are checked on paid plans — each appointment is a separate register lookup.
Who runs and owns it
- Created
- 24 May 2012
- Registered
- 26 May 2012
- Persons entitled
- Hsbc Bank PLC
- Created
- 01 Jul 2011
- Registered
- 12 Jul 2011
- Persons entitled
- Luff Developments Limited
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