# Ricardo Investments Limited ## Details - **Company number:** [02251330](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02251330) - **Status:** Active - **Type:** Private Limited Company - **Incorporated:** 4 May 1988 - **Registered office:** WSP HOUSE, 70 CHANCERY LANE, LONDON, WC2A 1AF - **Nature of business:** [70100](/sic/70100) Activities of head offices - **Corporate group:** [WSP Group Limited](/group/8448) (17 companies) ## Previous names - Ricardo Investments Limited (until 31 Oct 1988) - Hackremco (No. 405) Limited (until 15 Aug 1988) - Ricardo Consulting Engineers Limited (until 4 Feb 2015) ## Officers | Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned | |---|---|---|---| | HOLMES, Peter Wilfred Bradshaw | director | - | 25 Sep 1992 | | BROOME, David | director | - | 25 Sep 1992 | | SNOW, Thomas George | secretary | - | 21 Oct 1992 | | BLUMBERG, Paul, Dr | director | - | 19 Jan 1994 | | SNOW, Thomas George | director | - | 9 Aug 1994 | | OGLETHORPE, David Ralph Theodore | secretary | - | 3 Jan 1995 | | OGLETHORPE, David Ralph Theodore | director | - | 3 Jan 1995 | | ROSS, Christopher Graham | director | - | 9 Jan 1997 | | JOHNSON, Oliver | director | 1 Mar 1996 | 6 May 1997 | | BAILEY, John Frank | director | - | 31 Aug 1997 | | GOODBURN, Andrew Robert | secretary | 3 Jan 1995 | 22 Sep 1997 | | GOODBURN, Andrew Robert | director | 3 Jan 1995 | 22 Sep 1997 | | SWALLOW, David | director | 6 May 1997 | 23 Apr 1998 | | STONE, Roger Derrick | director | 11 Jan 1993 | 31 Aug 1998 | | BAKER, John Barrie | director | 28 Jun 1994 | 31 Dec 1998 | | MONAGHAN, Michael Louis | director | - | 30 Jun 2000 | | DERRETT, David Hugh | director | 6 May 1997 | 30 Jun 2000 | | KEATES, William Barry | director | 4 Jan 1999 | 31 Dec 2000 | | BATES, Christopher Ralph | secretary | 22 Sep 1997 | 4 Sep 2001 | | NEEDHAM, John Richard | director | - | 1 Oct 2002 | | HOLT, Jeremy William | director | 23 Apr 1998 | 1 Oct 2002 | | ANDREWS, Gerald Anthony | director | 21 Jan 1998 | 1 Oct 2002 | | HICKMAN, Clive, Dr | director | 1 Sep 1997 | 1 Oct 2002 | | BEST, Christopher Howard | director | 1 Jan 1999 | 14 Oct 2002 | | BAKER, Andrew Robert, Doctor | director | 1 Jul 2000 | 18 Jul 2003 | | OVERINGTON, Martin Thomas | director | - | 26 Sep 2003 | | BATES, Christopher Ralph | director | 22 Sep 1997 | 19 Dec 2003 | | NEWTON, Donald | director | 1 Jul 2001 | 13 Feb 2004 | | JACKSON, Neville Stuart, Professor | director | 1 Oct 2002 | 15 Jul 2004 | | SHEMMANS, David John | director | 1 Jul 2001 | 15 Jul 2004 | | GREENSLADE, Malcolm | director | 1 Dec 2000 | 15 Jul 2004 | | PENNY, Ian John | director | 1 Jul 2000 | 15 Jul 2004 | | JOHNS, Richard James Robert | director | 15 Jul 1998 | 15 Jul 2004 | | WESTHEAD, Rodney James | director | 30 Jan 1997 | 4 Nov 2005 | | GOODBURN, Andrew Robert | director | 24 Oct 1997 | 5 Jan 2007 | | MORLING, Neil Andrew | secretary | 4 Sep 2001 | 5 Mar 2007 | | MORLING, Neil Andrew | director | 4 Sep 2001 | 2 Nov 2007 | | OGLETHORPE, David Ralph Theodore | secretary | 5 Mar 2007 | 12 Nov 2009 | | OGELTHORPE, David Ralph Theodore | director | 12 Nov 2009 | 22 Apr 2010 | | JESSUP, William | director | 1 Feb 2010 | 1 Jul 2010 | | BELL, Paula | director | 12 Nov 2009 | 28 Mar 2013 | | STEER, Kerry Joanne Norwood | secretary | 12 Nov 2009 | 2 May 2014 | | GARRETT, Mark William | director | 1 Feb 2010 | 31 Jul 2020 | | SHEMMANS, David John | director | 1 Jan 2007 | 30 Sep 2021 | | RYAN, Patricia Mary | director | 10 Jun 2014 | 31 Mar 2023 | | GIBSON, Ian Jeffrey | director | 10 Jun 2014 | 13 Sep 2023 | | COTTRELL, Judith | director | 18 Oct 2023 | 31 Dec 2025 | | RITCHIE, Graham | director | 1 Oct 2021 | 31 Dec 2025 | | PASCOE, Alex | director | 31 Dec 2025 | 9 Jul 2026 | | BARNARD, Miles Lawrence | director | 31 Dec 2025 | | | SEWELL, Karen Anne | director | 31 Dec 2025 | | ## Control | Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased | |---|---|---|---| | Ricardo Plc | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 6 Apr 2016 | 31 Jul 2026 | | Wsp Group Limited | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 31 Jul 2026 | | ## Owned by Ricardo Investments Limited → [WSP Group Limited](/company/02136404) ## Controls - [Power Planning Associates Limited](/company/03419816) (03419816) - [Ricardo Asia Limited](/company/03143661) (03143661) - [Ricardo Innovations Limited](/company/08977105) (08977105) - [Ricardo Rail Limited](/company/03226319) (03226319) - [Ricardo Software Limited](/company/07527490) (07527490) - [Ricardo Strategic Consulting Limited](/company/03696451) (03696451) - [Ricardo Technology Limited](/company/02924157) (02924157) - [Ricardo Transmissions Limited](/company/01498115) (01498115) - [Ricardo-Aea Limited](/company/08229264) (08229264) - [WSP Assurance Limited](/company/09481761) (09481761) ## Directors' other companies - [BARNARD, Miles Lawrence](/person/5686061) - director at [WSP Assurance Limited](/company/09481761) - [BARNARD, Miles Lawrence](/person/5686061) - director at [Ricardo-Aea Limited](/company/08229264) - [BARNARD, Miles Lawrence](/person/5686061) - director at [Ricardo Rail Limited](/company/03226319) - [SEWELL, Karen Anne](/person/5686060) - director at [WSP Assurance Limited](/company/09481761) ## Companies at the same address - [Battle Of The Construction Industry Bands Limited](/company/07416637) (07416637) - [Cascade Consulting (Environment & Planning) Limited](/company/04176068) (04176068) - [LB Asia Limited](/company/09367186) (09367186) - [LB UK Holding I Limited](/company/09367195) (09367195) - [LB UK Holding Ii Limited](/company/09367201) (09367201) - [Louis Berger (UK) Limited](/company/03675716) (03675716) - [Mouchel Limited](/company/01686040) (01686040) - [Parsons Brinckerhoff Ltd](/company/02554514) (02554514) - [PB Ltd](/company/00656314) (00656314) - [Power Planning Associates Limited](/company/03419816) (03419816)