SCHWING STETTER (UK) LTD
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Cash
£942k
-15.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£6.4m
-5.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
22
-4.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£454k
-311.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,646,000 | £16,996,000 | £14,980,000 | -11.9% | |
| Operating profit | £302,000 | £227,000 | -£439,000 | -293.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £292,000 | £215,000 | -£454,000 | -311.2% | |
| Net profit | £218,000 | £143,000 | -£341,000 | -338.5% | |
| Cash | £466,000 | £1,116,000 | £942,000 | -15.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,627,000 | £6,838,000 | £6,388,000 | -6.6% | |
| Net assets | £6,574,000 | £6,717,000 | £6,376,000 | -5.1% | |
| Equity | £6,574,000 | £6,717,000 | £6,376,000 | -5.1% | |
| Average employees | 25 | 23 | 22 | -4.3% | |
| Wages | £1,545,000 | £1,472,000 | £1,416,000 | -3.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £283,000 | £281,000 | £285,000 | +1.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £77,000 | £115,000 | £64,000 | -44.3% | |
| Highest paid director | £204,000 | £227,000 | £201,000 | -11.5% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.8% | 1.3% | -2.9% | |
| Net margin | 1.3% | 0.8% | -2.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.6% | 3.3% | -6.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 33.7% | 33.3% | 33.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.90x | 2.87x | 2.73x | |
| Interest cover | 30.20x | 18.92x | -29.27x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- SCHWING STETTER (UK) LTD 2007-07-12 → present
- BURLINGTON ENGINEERS LIMITED 1946-06-03 → 2007-07-12
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Curo Professional Services Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors consider that this should enable the company to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future by meeting its liabilities as they fall due for payment. The directors therefore believe that it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- SCHWING STETTER (UK) LTD · parent
- Schwing Limited 100%
- Burlington Engineers Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COUPE, Neil Anthony | Secretary | 2007-02-01 | — | British |
| BYRNE, John Hugh | Director | 2007-06-01 | Jan 1963 | British |
| COUPE, Neil Anthony | Director | 2007-06-01 | Oct 1967 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KLUGER, Heather Louise | Secretary | 1993-03-31 | 2006-05-10 |
| KLUGER, John William | Secretary | 2006-05-10 | 2007-01-31 |
| KLUGER, John William | Secretary | — | 1993-03-31 |
| BARTHOLOMAEI, Juergen | Director | — | 1993-03-31 |
| BODDENBERG, Hubert | Director | 1993-06-01 | 1993-12-16 |
| GORLICH, Hans Joachim Willi Hilmar | Director | 2006-05-10 | 2008-03-31 |
| KAPPELMANN, Klaus Heinrich Wilhelm | Director | 2006-05-10 | 2021-04-29 |
| KLUGER, Heather Louise | Director | 1993-06-01 | 2006-05-10 |
| KLUGER, Jiri Herman | Director | — | 1992-12-18 |
| KLUGER, John William | Director | — | 2007-01-31 |
| LANGHAMMER, Thomas | Director | 2021-04-29 | 2021-07-16 |
| RIES, Christoph | Director | 2021-07-16 | 2026-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schwing Gmbh | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-03 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 138 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-06-08 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-09 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2021-12-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-30 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2021-08-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-07-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.