NIKKEN KOSAKUSHO EUROPE LIMITED
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Cash
£1.3m
-66.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£9.4m
-9% vs 2024
Employees
71
-2.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£1.7m
-272.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,389,883 | £14,711,685 | £12,125,069 | -17.6% | |
| Operating profit | £1,101,095 | £955,884 | -£1,627,469 | -270.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,395,860 | £1,002,916 | -£1,726,653 | -272.2% | |
| Net profit | £1,171,435 | £986,399 | -£1,187,898 | -220.4% | |
| Cash | £2,678,058 | £3,908,294 | £1,308,706 | -66.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,577,512 | £15,243,568 | £14,034,427 | -7.9% | |
| Net assets | £9,377,831 | £10,366,148 | £9,428,437 | -9% | |
| Equity | £9,377,831 | £10,366,148 | £9,428,437 | -9% | |
| Average employees | 73 | 73 | 71 | -2.7% | |
| Wages | £3,809,459 | £3,879,317 | £3,847,121 | -0.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,139,606 | £1,055,443 | £936,811 | -11.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £136,546 | £200,586 | £231,176 | +15.3% | |
| Highest paid director | £429,882 | £376,860 | £349,189 | -7.3% |
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 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.3% | 6.5% | -13.4% | |
| Net margin | 6.7% | 6.7% | -9.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.4% | 6.3% | -11.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 48.9% | 50.3% | 53.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.58x | 2.30x | 1.76x | |
| Interest cover | 14.81x | 4.71x | -6.41x |
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
- NIKKEN KOSAKUSHO EUROPE LIMITED 2007-04-30 → present
- NIKKEN KOSAKUSHO UK LIMITED 1988-11-02 → 2007-04-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared forecasts and cash flow projections which demonstrate that the Group and Company are expected to meet their liabilities as they fall due for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- NIKKEN KOSAKUSHO EUROPE LIMITED · parent
- Nikken AG 100%
- Nikken Deutschland Gmbh 100%
- Nikken Scandinavia AB 100%
- Procomo-Nikken SAS 100%
- Nikken Italia S.r.l 99%
Significant events
- “On 19 November 2025 the group acquired 99 percent of the issued capital of Nikken Italia S.r.l.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALLISON, Paul Robert | Secretary | 2016-06-01 | — | — |
| BOWKETT, Angela Helen | Director | 2005-01-01 | Dec 1963 | British |
| BOWKETT, Anthony David | Director | — | Dec 1963 | British |
| ECKERSALL, Stephen | Director | 2016-06-01 | Apr 1970 | British |
| MOORE, Terry | Director | 2020-06-25 | Apr 1958 | British |
| NAGAHAMA, Akiharu | Director | 2014-12-08 | Oct 1958 | Japanese |
| RAY, Nathan, Dr | Director | 2020-02-19 | Sep 1990 | British |
| WILLIAMSON, Gary | Director | 2013-05-03 | May 1965 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOWKETT, Anthony David | Secretary | — | 2016-06-01 |
| HUGHEY, Carl Vincent | Director | 2007-05-18 | 2025-12-31 |
| MATSUMOTO, Mazakazu | Director | — | 2014-12-08 |
| PALING, Russell Robert | Director | 2001-08-01 | 2009-04-30 |
| SAKUTA, Ginya | Director | — | 2006-09-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikken Kosakusho Works Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 150 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-07-04 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-07 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2022-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.