KUKA SYSTEMS UK LIMITED
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Cash
£1.4m
+65% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
-£14m
+1.2% vs 2024
Employees
79
-7.1% lowest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£176k
+103.1% highest in 5 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,186,806 | £15,155,179 | £11,630,569 | £6,957,307 | £13,636,000 | +96% | |
| Operating profit | -£2,003,493 | -£1,964,830 | -£3,203,729 | -£4,722,625 | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,210,187 | -£2,205,265 | -£3,901,531 | -£5,743,268 | £176,000 | +103.1% | |
| Net profit | -£2,210,187 | -£2,136,713 | -£3,901,531 | -£5,064,667 | £176,179 | +103.5% | |
| Cash | £375,112 | £582,888 | £1,047,255 | £821,881 | £1,356,130 | +65% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £177,428 | -£2,101,973 | -£9,056,078 | -£14,154,610 | -£14,147,556 | 0% | |
| Net assets | -£458,998 | -£2,595,711 | -£9,301,548 | -£14,366,215 | -£14,190,036 | +1.2% | |
| Equity | -£458,998 | -£2,595,711 | — | — | — | — | |
| Average employees | 112 | 123 | 91 | 85 | 79 | -7.1% | |
| Wages | £4,951,266 | £4,929,860 | £5,223,407 | £5,530,781 | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £163,670 | — | — |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -12.4% | -13.0% | -27.5% | -67.9% | — | |
| Net margin | -13.7% | -14.1% | -33.5% | -72.8% | 1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1129.2% | — | — | — | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 103.0% | 120.8% | 226.2% | 304.4% | 290.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.27x | 0.27x | |
| Interest cover | -9.72x | -8.17x | -4.58x | -4.63x | — |
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 2 times since incorporation
- KUKA SYSTEMS UK LIMITED 2014-08-05 → present
- THOMPSON FRICTION WELDING LIMITED 2004-09-13 → 2014-08-05
- SMITHAMDALE INVESTMENTS LIMITED 1974-01-03 → 2004-09-13
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- DJH Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “KUKA Systems UK returned to profitability in 2025, thanks to a major restructuring effort completed in 2024 by the new leadership team.”
- “The financial support provided by our parent company has remained in place throughout 2025 and continues to be a key enabler of our recovery and investment strategy.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OWEN, Neal Paul | Director | 2024-06-17 | Jul 1971 | British |
| RUSSELL, Michael Jonathan | Director | 2024-06-17 | Aug 1974 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARTWELL, Donald Gordon | Secretary | — | 1994-02-28 |
| HUGHES, Gary Justin | Secretary | 2019-09-17 | 2024-07-24 |
| MARTIN, Jeremy Claude | Secretary | 1996-01-01 | 2012-03-31 |
| SHILTON, Alan Michael | Secretary | 1994-03-01 | 1995-12-31 |
| AMBROS, Paul Martin | Director | 2010-08-01 | 2013-03-27 |
| BUSCH, Werner Georg | Director | — | 2002-04-19 |
| CHANNING, Ian James | Director | 2019-09-17 | 2023-06-02 |
| DRAKE, Lawrence Arnold | Director | 2010-08-15 | 2013-03-27 |
| EDGE, Nicholas Travers | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2016-03-31 |
| FISCHER, Jorg, Doctor | Director | 1996-12-05 | 2000-01-01 |
| GLEISSNER, Franz | Director | 2015-12-21 | 2018-03-13 |
| HAGEN, Andre | Director | 2013-03-27 | 2015-12-17 |
| KLINGEMANN, Frank | Director | 2013-03-27 | 2015-12-17 |
| LEIN, Gerhard | Director | 1996-12-05 | 2000-09-30 |
| LOVEGROVE, Peter Roy | Director | 1999-06-25 | 2017-10-26 |
| MACDONALD, Alan Donald | Director | 1996-12-05 | 2010-08-13 |
| MAIER, Nicola | Director | 2015-12-21 | 2018-03-13 |
| MARTINEZ, Ignacio | Director | 2020-10-16 | 2024-06-17 |
| MOSCARDO CUQUERELLA, Gustavo | Director | 2018-02-26 | 2019-09-17 |
| MOSER, Sabine | Director | 2018-02-26 | 2020-06-09 |
| NOWILL, Jeffrey Andrew | Director | 2018-02-26 | 2024-07-24 |
| SCHMID, Markus Maximilian | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2017-02-06 |
| SCHWUNG, Siegfried, Dr | Director | 2011-05-27 | 2015-12-17 |
| SHILTON, Alan Michael | Director | 1996-12-05 | 2011-09-30 |
| SOEHN, Stefan, Dr | Director | 2001-02-22 | 2009-11-17 |
| WILSON, Michael | Director | 2019-09-17 | 2020-05-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Xiangjian He | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2017-01-06 | Active |
| Kuka Ag | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 183 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-07-26 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-07-26 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2025-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-26 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-07-26 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-07-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.