KRAUSE AUTOMATION LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-06 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-23
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£4M
-1.1% vs 2024
Employees
36
+2.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£44K
-115.5% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £12,500,483 | £12,803,385 | |
| Operating profit | £396,897 | £24,294 | |
| Profit before tax | £285,172 | -£44,253 | |
| Net profit | £179,478 | -£44,253 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,182,131 | £3,958,808 | |
| Net assets | £3,856,979 | £3,812,726 | |
| Equity | £3,856,979 | £3,812,726 | |
| Average employees | 35 | 36 | |
| Wages | £2,292,610 | £2,278,020 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £110,899 | £120,796 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
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Turnover
+2.4%
£12,500,483 £12,803,385
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-1.1%
£3,856,979 £3,812,726
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Employees
+2.9%
35 36
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Operating profit
-93.9%
£396,897 £24,294
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Profit before tax
-115.5%
£285,172 -£44,253
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Wages
-0.6%
£2,292,610 £2,278,020
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.2% | 0.2% | |
| Net margin | 1.4% | -0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.5% | 0.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 58.6% | 61.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.71x | 1.61x | |
| Interest cover | 3.42x | 0.29x |
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 4 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2026-04-07
- KRAUSE AUTOMATION LTD 2026-04-07 → present
- THYSSENKRUPP SYSTEM ENGINEERING LIMITED 2009-05-27 → 2026-04-07
- NOTHELFER UK LIMITED 2000-12-20 → 2009-05-27
- THYSSEN FINE STEELS LIMITED 1996-09-27 → 2000-12-20
- THYSSEN SPECIAL WAREHOUSING LIMITED 1977-01-18 → 1996-09-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Sumer Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on these assessments and having regard to the resources available to the entity, the directors have concluded that there is no material uncertainty and that they can continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 25 November 2025, thyssenkrupp AG announced it had signed an agreement to sell its Automation Engineering business unit to Agile Robots SE. thyssenkrupp System Engineering Limited is part of the Automation Engineering business unit. The sale was completed on 31 March 2026. The new parent company is Krause Automation SE, a subsidiary of Agile Robots SE. The company will be changing its name to Krause Automation ltd soon after the signing of these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BECKER, Viktoria | Secretary | 2025-08-01 | — | — |
| MUELLER, Alexander Ulrich | Director | 2026-02-06 | Jul 1981 | German |
| NIEBERDING, Rolf-Guenther, Dr. | Director | 2025-04-01 | Sep 1969 | German |
| UNDERWOOD, Kenneth Robert | Director | 2019-08-01 | Jan 1973 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARTRAM, Arthur George | Secretary | — | 1991-05-03 |
| DAGGATT, Joseph | Secretary | 1992-10-01 | 1997-04-14 |
| EVERETT, James Albert | Secretary | 1997-04-14 | 2000-12-13 |
| PETERSON, Paul | Secretary | 2000-12-13 | 2001-03-02 |
| PHILLIPS, David Michael | Secretary | 2001-03-02 | 2025-08-01 |
| STORK, Robert Michael | Secretary | 1991-05-03 | 1992-10-01 |
| ANDERS, Uta | Director | 2011-03-08 | 2019-12-31 |
| BECKER, Bernd | Director | 2006-11-28 | 2016-06-30 |
| GEESON, Neil | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2009-04-22 |
| GLIHRING, Andreas | Director | 2006-06-01 | 2006-10-18 |
| GOERGEN, Josef | Director | 2005-03-18 | 2016-07-31 |
| GRABOWSKI, Alexander | Director | 2023-03-13 | 2026-02-06 |
| GUYON, Jean-Luc Paul | Director | 2016-07-31 | 2017-06-28 |
| HARPER, Garry | Director | 2009-07-02 | 2019-07-31 |
| HARTMANN, Matthias, Dr. | Director | 2020-12-31 | 2023-04-11 |
| HENSEL, Claus | Director | 2006-11-01 | 2011-03-08 |
| HIBINGER, Thomas Klaus | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2020-04-30 |
| HOCHER, Ulrich Max | Director | 2005-03-18 | 2007-12-31 |
| JAMES-MOORE, Frank Rufus Cholmondeley | Director | 1997-04-01 | 2000-12-13 |
| KIRK, Edward James | Director | 2000-10-19 | 2000-12-13 |
| LINNIG, Klaus Bernd | Director | 2002-07-17 | 2005-05-31 |
| MCCLENNON, Philip Richard | Director | 2002-06-01 | 2012-07-09 |
| MCLELLAN, Stephen | Director | 1997-03-31 | 2000-09-13 |
| MENNEKING, Michael | Director | 2021-02-28 | 2024-09-09 |
| NUESSLE, Falk | Director | 2020-04-30 | 2020-12-31 |
| PETERSON, Paul | Director | 2000-12-13 | 2004-01-31 |
| RICHARDSON, John David, Director | Director | — | 1997-03-31 |
| SCHLEGEL, Susanne | Director | 2000-12-13 | 2006-08-31 |
| STEINKRUEGER, Ingo | Director | 2016-06-30 | 2021-02-28 |
| STREET, William John | Director | 2000-10-19 | 2000-12-13 |
| ZELLER, Peter | Director | 2000-12-13 | 2005-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Zhaopeng Chen | Individual | Significant influence | 2026-03-31 | Active |
| Thyssenkrupp Uk Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-03-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 185 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-07 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-23 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-13 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2026-04-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-07 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2026-03-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-03-23 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-09 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2026-02-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-10 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-09-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-06 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 15
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.