CARL KAMMERLING INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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Cash
£7.9m
-6.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£19m
+5.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
95
-3.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.6m
+8.1% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £22,449,157 | £21,594,789 | £20,964,728 | -2.9% | |
| Operating profit | £3,017,324 | £2,238,734 | £2,350,310 | +5% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,065,946 | £2,432,203 | £2,628,790 | +8.1% | |
| Net profit | £2,346,624 | £1,787,817 | £2,007,106 | +12.3% | |
| Cash | £9,333,958 | £8,403,443 | £7,882,854 | -6.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £18,581,289 | £18,771,853 | £18,761,244 | -0.1% | |
| Net assets | £16,761,693 | £17,982,131 | £18,971,240 | +5.5% | |
| Equity | £16,761,693 | £17,982,131 | £18,971,240 | +5.5% | |
| Average employees | 94 | 98 | 95 | -3.1% | |
| Wages | £4,673,983 | £4,755,761 | £4,475,610 | -5.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £705,657 | £729,526 | £647,337 | -11.3% |
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 | 13.4% | 10.4% | 11.2% | |
| Net margin | 10.5% | 8.3% | 9.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.2% | 11.9% | 12.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 19.8% | 15.4% | |
| Current ratio | 6.16x | 5.94x | 5.78x | |
| Interest cover | 32.15x | 55.97x | — |
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
- CARL KAMMERLING INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2003-04-07 → present
- CEKA WORKS LIMITED 1963-06-14 → 2003-04-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- JS. Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have forecast that the group and company will continue to trade profitably for a period of more than 12 months following the date of approving the financial statements. On this basis the directors concluded that adopting the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- CARL KAMMERLING INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · parent
- Nerrad Limited 100%
- König Werkzeugfabrik GmbH 100%
Significant events
- “A contribution of £1,830,000 (2024: £1,000,000) was made, to insure all previously uninsured members of the scheme, which has been treated as a change in investment strategy. The insured asset is matched to the obligation.”
- “In June 2025 the Department for Work and Pensions ("DWP") confirmed that the Government will introduce legislation to give affected pension schemes the ability to retrospectively obtain written actuarial confirmation that historic benefit changes met the necessary standards. The ruling could have implications for the Company.”
- “During the year, the Company acquired a 40% interest in GCK Werkzeugfabrik GmbH, which has been accounted for as a joint venture in accordance with FRS 102.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HALPIN, Helen Diana | Secretary | 1997-07-01 | — | British |
| BRITTON, Jeffrey George | Director | 2021-01-01 | Oct 1968 | British |
| HALPIN, Helen Diana | Director | 2002-01-02 | Sep 1958 | British |
| MEYERRATKEN, Thomas Wilhelm | Director | 2002-01-02 | Mar 1962 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUGHES, Thomas Ellis | Secretary | — | 1994-03-17 |
| REYNOLDS, William Gareth | Secretary | 1994-04-05 | 1997-06-30 |
| FREEMAN, Robert | Director | 2003-04-07 | 2008-08-31 |
| HEIM, Bernd | Director | 2003-04-07 | 2025-10-31 |
| KAMMERLING, Arnold Helmut Carl | Director | — | 2020-12-31 |
| MEYERRATKEN, Marion Ingeborg | Director | — | 2005-05-07 |
| SKINNER, Christine Maria | Director | 2002-01-02 | 2022-08-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Arnold Helmut Carl Kammerling | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 125 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-14 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-02-09 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.