WURTH UK LIMITED
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Cash
£220K
+223.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£7.6M
-9.3% vs 2023
Employees
446
-3.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£836K
-20.8% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £63,578,000 | £59,806,000 | -5.9% | |
| Operating profit | £233,000 | -£162,000 | -169.5% | |
| Profit before tax | -£692,000 | -£836,000 | -20.8% | |
| Net profit | -£642,000 | -£774,000 | -20.6% | |
| Cash | £68,000 | £220,000 | +223.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,770,000 | £14,078,000 | -10.7% | |
| Net assets | £8,344,000 | £7,570,000 | -9.3% | |
| Equity | £8,344,000 | £7,570,000 | -9.3% | |
| Average employees | 461 | 446 | -3.3% | |
| Wages | £15,000,000 | £15,127,000 | +0.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £505,000 | £610,000 | +20.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.4% | -0.3% | |
| Net margin | -1.0% | -1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.5% | -1.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 74.4% | 75.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.04x | 1.02x | |
| Interest cover | 0.25x | -0.24x |
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
- WURTH UK LIMITED 1980-12-31 → present
- WURTH SCREW AND FASTENER LIMITED 1973-07-26 → 1980-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company's Directors have assessed the Company's financial position and have prepared cashflow forecasts which, even when stress tested involving downside scenarios, demonstrate that this credit facility provides sufficient headroom to enable the Company to continue as a going concern for the period to 31 December 2026.”
Significant events
- “Following the approval of the central managing board of the ultimate parent Company, on 25 March 2025, the Company received and allocated £5,400,000 of additional share capital from Wurth Holding UK Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAGNALL, Andrew Richard | Secretary | 2006-05-02 | — | British |
| DAGNALL, Andrew Richard | Director | 2014-10-01 | Nov 1963 | British |
| EDRIS, Omar Medhat | Director | 2025-01-01 | Mar 1983 | British |
| JONES, Ivor Laurence Morgan | Director | 2018-09-05 | Feb 1974 | British |
| PLAZZA, Felix | Director | 2023-01-01 | Mar 1971 | British,Italian |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CSERJEN, Richard Leslie | Secretary | 1998-03-19 | 2005-12-31 |
| FORSTMANN, Jens | Secretary | 1993-01-11 | 1997-06-09 |
| KANE, Stephen | Secretary | 1997-06-09 | 1998-03-19 |
| LASTDRAGER, Hendrik Jan | Secretary | — | 1993-06-25 |
| DRAPER, Stephen | Director | — | 1993-01-11 |
| FORSTMANN, Jens | Director | 1997-01-01 | 2004-09-30 |
| HERBERT, John William Leonard | Director | — | 1993-01-11 |
| LASTDRAGER, Hendrik Jan | Director | — | 1993-05-26 |
| MOSS, Wayne Anthony | Director | 2008-07-07 | 2013-12-23 |
| MURPHY, Jason | Director | 2015-06-01 | 2022-12-31 |
| OFTEDAL, Svein | Director | 2011-12-22 | 2016-12-20 |
| RAU, Werner | Director | — | 2011-12-22 |
| SLADE, Terence William | Director | 1997-01-01 | 1999-12-03 |
| SZYMCZAK, Vincent | Director | 2023-01-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| THOMPSON, Gary, Mr. | Director | 2009-08-03 | 2009-10-16 |
| THOMPSON, Gary, Mr. | Director | 2008-02-01 | 2008-07-07 |
| TRAFFORD, Andrew Leslie | Director | 2001-01-31 | 2008-10-01 |
| WURTH, Reinhold | Director | — | 2012-02-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wurth Holding Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors (as firm), Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 154 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-26 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-01-04 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.