ZUKEN UK LIMITED
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Cash
£1.1m
+4.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£2.2m
+174% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
13
-7.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£300k
+44.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,583,000 | £4,314,000 | £4,390,000 | +1.8% | |
| Operating profit | £122,000 | £198,000 | £289,000 | +46% | |
| Profit before tax | £128,000 | £207,000 | £300,000 | +44.9% | |
| Net profit | -£15,000 | £340,000 | £1,378,000 | +305.3% | |
| Cash | £672,000 | £1,080,000 | £1,129,000 | +4.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £452,000 | £792,000 | £2,170,000 | +174% | |
| Net assets | £452,000 | £792,000 | £2,170,000 | +174% | |
| Equity | £452,000 | £792,000 | £2,170,000 | +174% | |
| Average employees | 16 | 14 | 13 | -7.1% | |
| Wages | £1,007,000 | £891,000 | £854,000 | -4.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £7,000 | £7,000 | £9,000 | +28.6% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.7% | 4.6% | 6.6% | |
| Net margin | -0.3% | 7.9% | 31.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 27.0% | 25.0% | 13.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 86.8% | 74.7% | 56.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.07x | 1.26x | 1.74x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- ZUKEN UK LIMITED 2000-01-13 → present
- ZUKEN-REDAC UK LIMITED 1994-07-29 → 2000-01-13
- RACAL-REDAC UK LIMITED 1984-01-20 → 1994-07-29
- RACAL-REDAC MARKETING LIMITED 1980-02-05 → 1984-01-20
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SANDHAM, Mark Terance | Secretary | 1995-09-29 | — | British |
| AKIMOTO, Sho | Director | 2022-10-07 | Jul 1973 | Japanese |
| NIXDORF, Olaf Kai-Benjamin Anatole, Dr | Director | 2016-09-12 | May 1977 | German |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ONO, Eiji | Secretary | 1994-06-24 | 1995-09-29 |
| WHITTAKER, David | Secretary | — | 1994-06-24 |
| DAVIES, Roy Martin | Director | 1995-03-20 | 1995-03-23 |
| ELSBURY, David Clark | Director | 1994-03-07 | 1994-06-24 |
| FOULGER, Julian St John | Director | 1994-06-24 | 1997-04-01 |
| GRUEL, Gilles | Director | 1994-06-24 | 1996-02-23 |
| KATSUBE, Jinya | Director | 1999-11-15 | 2009-10-19 |
| KATSUBE, Jinya | Director | 1994-06-24 | 1996-01-24 |
| LIPSKI, Gerhard | Director | 2003-01-20 | 2016-09-12 |
| MAKI, Kashiwa | Director | 2002-07-01 | 2003-01-20 |
| MONTGOMERY, Herbert Robert | Director | 1996-04-01 | 1998-04-01 |
| POND, Trevor | Director | — | 1993-01-31 |
| RICHARDSON, Martin Roger | Director | — | 1994-03-07 |
| ROLNICK, Brian Jacobs | Director | 2009-10-19 | 2011-09-01 |
| SAKATA, Yusuke | Director | 1997-04-01 | 2002-07-01 |
| SHELDON, Christopher Charles | Director | — | 1993-07-30 |
| VANSTONE, Gary Francis | Director | — | 1994-06-24 |
| WATANABE, Keiichi | Director | 1996-01-24 | 1999-11-15 |
| YUKAWA, Shinji | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2022-10-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Sho Akimoto | Individual | Significant influence | 2022-10-07 | Active |
| Mr Shinji Yukawa | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-10-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 181 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-19 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-02-21 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.