SUMITOMO CORPORATION EUROPE LIMITED
Operating as the European headquarters for the Japanese conglomerate Sumitomo Corporation, this private limited company acts as an integrated trading and investment provider across sectors including steel, chemicals, automotive, and infrastructure.
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Cash
£4m
USD 5,286,000
-44.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£245m
USD 324,097,000
+0.4% vs 2025
Employees
319
+0.6% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£29m
USD 37,756,000
-94.5% vs 2025
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
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 | £710,545,000 | £615,419,275 | £594,660,870 | -3.4% | |
| Operating profit | £30,106,000 | £41,240,436 | £49,521,361 | +20.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £26,869,000 | £521,891,182 | £28,548,960 | -94.5% | |
| Net profit | £27,022,000 | £511,640,776 | £20,801,512 | -95.9% | |
| Cash | £14,337,000 | £7,246,310 | £3,996,975 | -44.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £450,918,000 | £285,763,969 | £282,654,064 | -1.1% | |
| Net assets | £442,875,000 | £244,010,356 | £245,063,894 | +0.4% | |
| Equity | £442,875,000 | £244,010,356 | £245,063,894 | +0.4% | |
| Average employees | 307 | 317 | 319 | +0.6% | |
| Wages | £22,502,000 | £18,817,528 | £21,867,675 | +16.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,529,000 | £1,770,616 | £1,947,070 | +10% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £58,000 | £47,917 | £52,930 | +10.5% | |
| Highest paid director | £1,111,000 | £984,620 | £1,085,822 | +10.3% |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.756 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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 | 4.2% | 6.7% | 8.3% | |
| Net margin | 3.8% | 83.1% | 3.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.7% | 14.4% | 17.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 64.9% | 81.5% | 76.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.16x | 1.33x | 1.34x | |
| Interest cover | 0.97x | 2.11x | 1.99x |
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
- SUMITOMO CORPORATION EUROPE LIMITED 2004-03-29 → present
- SUMITOMO CORPORATION EUROPE PLC 1998-12-31 → 2004-03-29
- SUMITOMO CORPORATION (UK) PLC 1985-02-11 → 1998-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the directors are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- SUMITOMO CORPORATION EUROPE LIMITED · parent
- Central Tubular Investment Company LLC 99%
- SC Tubular Solutions Sakhalin LLC 99%
- Oscar Agro Limited 51%
- Spektr-Agro Limited 51%
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the balance sheet date, a decision was taken to transfer two business groups of the Mineral Resources division of the Company to another group company, Sumitomo Corporation Global Commodities Ltd. ("SCGC"), which contributed gross profit of $11.7 million for the year ended 31 March 2026.”
- “After the reporting date, a supplier declared a force majeure event following an external incident at an aluminium production site, resulting in disruption to operations. This has created a potential exposure on a related hedge position of up to $3 million.”
- “In addition, a shipment of approximately 1,812MT of inventory was seized in Iran on 22 April 2026. This incident gives rise to a potential exposure under the related supplier arrangement, with the maximum contractual value estimated at approximately $6.6 million.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HERSEE, Oliver Henry | Secretary | 2016-05-23 | — | — |
| HORCA, Emil Jaojoco | Director | 2026-05-01 | Jul 1976 | Filipino |
| KOIKE, Hiroyuki | Director | 2023-04-01 | Sep 1964 | Japanese |
| KOMURO, Takuya | Director | 2025-04-01 | Apr 1970 | Japanese |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIRANO, Tadashi | Secretary | 1994-11-11 | 1997-10-01 |
| HOLMAN, Graham David | Secretary | 2005-05-23 | 2016-05-23 |
| KOIKE, Taizo | Secretary | — | 1993-03-26 |
| MUTO, Motoyoshi | Secretary | 1994-04-05 | 1994-11-11 |
| SASO, Takao | Secretary | 1993-03-26 | 1994-04-05 |
| SATO, Takeshi | Secretary | 2009-04-28 | 2009-06-23 |
| TAKEUCHI, Yoshio | Secretary | 1998-12-01 | 2005-05-23 |
| WADA, Koji | Secretary | 1997-10-01 | 1998-12-01 |
| ASAKA, Tomoharu | Director | 2001-05-01 | 2004-06-11 |
| HAGA, Bin | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2018-04-01 |
| HIRANO, Tadashi | Director | 1994-11-11 | 1997-10-01 |
| HOLMAN, Graham David | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2026-03-31 |
| INOUE, Akihiro | Director | — | 1994-08-03 |
| ISHIDA, Shinichi | Director | 2005-05-23 | 2006-04-07 |
| IZUTA, Takahiro | Director | 2011-05-12 | 2013-04-23 |
| KOIKE, Taizo | Director | — | 1993-03-26 |
| MORI, Shuichi | Director | 2005-04-25 | 2008-05-08 |
| MUTO, Motoyoshi | Director | 1994-04-05 | 1994-11-11 |
| NAGANO, Masahisa | Director | 1997-05-14 | 2001-03-28 |
| NAKAMURA, Iehisa | Director | 2022-04-01 | 2023-04-01 |
| NAKAMURA, Masaru | Director | 2010-05-19 | 2013-04-12 |
| NISHIUMI, Iwao | Director | — | 1994-04-05 |
| OTSUBO, Kiyoshi | Director | 1999-01-01 | 2000-05-10 |
| OZAKI, Tsutomu | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2021-04-01 |
| SASAKI, Shinichi | Director | 2008-05-08 | 2010-05-19 |
| SASO, Takao | Director | 1993-03-26 | 1997-05-14 |
| SATAKE, Akira | Director | 2004-06-11 | 2009-04-28 |
| SATO, Kimihiko | Director | 2016-04-01 | 2019-04-01 |
| SATO, Takeshi | Director | 2009-04-28 | 2011-05-12 |
| SHIBATA, Takaaki | Director | 2000-05-10 | 2005-04-25 |
| SUNOBE, Kiyoshi | Director | 2013-04-12 | 2016-04-01 |
| TAKEUCHI, Yoshio | Director | 1998-12-01 | 2005-05-23 |
| TAMEFUSA, Koji | Director | 2013-04-23 | 2016-04-01 |
| TAMURA, Tatsuro | Director | 2021-04-01 | 2025-04-01 |
| WADA, Koji | Director | 1997-10-01 | 1998-12-01 |
| YAMANA, Takashi | Director | 2018-04-01 | 2022-04-01 |
| YANAGISAWA, Hiromi | Director | 1994-08-03 | 1999-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sumitomo Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-01-30 | Active |
| Sumitomo Corporation Europe Holding Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-01-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 252 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-30 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.