OXBOW UK LIMITED
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Cash
£500k
+20.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£14m
+78.3% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
17
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£8m
+26.2% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £23,523,900 | £32,259,925 | £42,714,788 | £37,297,437 | £30,361,178 | -18.6% | |
| Operating profit | £5,739,806 | £6,596,943 | £5,374,585 | £7,590,149 | £8,876,130 | +16.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,315,593 | £4,844,520 | £3,525,121 | £6,357,658 | £8,024,737 | +26.2% | |
| Net profit | £3,491,960 | £3,933,065 | £2,689,119 | £4,752,298 | £5,979,573 | +25.8% | |
| Cash | £243,753 | £31,464 | £1,712,200 | £415,074 | £499,540 | +20.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £4,067,219 | £8,190,028 | £14,021,749 | +71.2% | |
| Net assets | — | — | £2,879,981 | £7,632,279 | £13,611,852 | +78.3% | |
| Equity | £3,698,497 | £4,131,562 | £2,879,981 | £7,632,279 | £13,611,852 | +78.3% | |
| Average employees | 16 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 0% | |
| Wages | £1,224,951 | £1,495,624 | £1,314,481 | £1,213,613 | £1,139,098 | -6.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £211,927 | £290,795 | £252,086 | £294,527 | £218,444 | -25.8% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £12,833 | £15,614 | £16,687 | +6.9% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £239,253 | £241,072 | £218,444 | -9.4% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 24.4% | 20.4% | 12.6% | 20.4% | 29.2% | |
| Net margin | 14.8% | 12.2% | 6.3% | 12.7% | 19.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 132.1% | 92.7% | 63.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 91.7% | 79.5% | 61.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.73x | 0.88x | 1.05x | |
| Interest cover | 4.03x | 3.21x | 2.89x | 5.79x | 8.10x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- OXBOW UK LIMITED 2023-09-22 → present
- OXBOW COAL LIMITED 2008-01-02 → 2023-09-22
- SSM COAL LIMITED 1980-12-31 → 2008-01-02
- SHIPPING AND COAL COMPANY,LIMITED 1913-09-25 → 1980-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Group structure
- OXBOW UK LIMITED · parent
- Eldon Colliery Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The company has a significant intercompany loan agreement with another group entity which is accounted for within amounts due to group undertakings... following the year end the terms of the loan agreement have been amended to extend this maturity date to 1st May 2029.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROBSON, David John | Secretary | 2024-11-07 | — | — |
| BRUNING, Patrick Sjoerd | Director | 2008-07-01 | Jul 1966 | Dutch |
| KLEIN, Benjamin Laurence | Director | 2024-10-31 | Mar 1972 | American |
| ROBINSON, Mark Andrew | Director | 2024-10-01 | Jun 1975 | British |
| WEINSTEIN, Adam | Director | 2024-09-01 | Jul 1963 | American |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOODWIN, Matthew Evelyn | Secretary | 2013-10-01 | 2024-08-31 |
| ORREY, David Brian | Secretary | — | 2013-10-01 |
| CALLAHAN, Richard Paul | Director | 2008-01-02 | 2013-04-02 |
| CLARK, David William | Director | 2016-02-02 | 2024-08-31 |
| COOK, John Christopher | Director | — | 1995-04-01 |
| CUSICK, Michael John | Director | 2009-10-08 | 2024-09-30 |
| GRIFFITHS, Brian | Director | — | 2008-07-01 |
| MANLEY, Martin John Deverell | Director | 1995-04-01 | 2008-07-01 |
| MCAULIFFE, Michael Francis | Director | 2013-04-03 | 2016-02-02 |
| PARMELEE, William Douglas | Director | 2013-04-03 | 2024-10-31 |
| SHIPLEY, Zachary Kane | Director | 2008-07-02 | 2013-04-02 |
| VAN DEN BOSCH, Joannes Franciscus Coleta | Director | 2008-07-01 | 2009-10-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr William Ingraham Koch | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-10-31 | Active |
| Oxbow Energy Solutions Bv | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-10-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 172 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-09-22 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-08 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-11-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-26 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-22 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2023-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-01-16 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2022-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.