BERTSCHI U.K. LIMITED
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Cash
£4.3M
-16.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£13M
+36.2% vs 2023
Employees
139
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£4.8M
-6.2% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £22,031,962 | £21,962,065 | -0.3% | |
| Operating profit | £5,426,076 | £5,102,692 | -6% | |
| Profit before tax | £5,141,107 | £4,824,671 | -6.2% | |
| Net profit | £3,874,342 | £3,560,558 | -8.1% | |
| Cash | £5,111,335 | £4,268,465 | -16.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £19,784,607 | £19,507,070 | -1.4% | |
| Net assets | £9,838,337 | £13,398,895 | +36.2% | |
| Equity | £9,838,337 | £13,398,895 | +36.2% | |
| Average employees | 139 | 139 | 0% | |
| Wages | £5,653,475 | £5,738,615 | +1.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £89,095 | £37,820 | -57.6% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 24.6% | 23.2% | |
| Net margin | 17.6% | 16.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 27.4% | 26.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 55.6% | 38.7% | |
| Current ratio | 3.80x | 3.58x | |
| Interest cover | 17.25x | 16.16x |
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
- BERTSCHI U.K. LIMITED 1989-09-06 → present
- ASHDAWE LIMITED 1989-07-27 → 1989-09-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Davies Tracey
- 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
- “We have 8 new trucks and 4 new chassis on order for 2025, these will replace some of the older fleet, once again improving efficiencies and reducing running costs. We are also looking into the possibility of internal depot expansion to increase storage capacities for containers and are awaiting feedback on the feasibility of this.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BERNER, Brigitta | Secretary | 2001-06-25 | — | Swiss |
| BERNER, Brigitta | Director | 1998-12-31 | May 1956 | Swiss |
| BERTSCHI, Hans-Jorg | Director | — | Jul 1957 | Swiss |
| SMITHYMAN, Paul Henry Vincent | Director | 2024-08-16 | Apr 1965 | English |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERTSCHI, Hans-Jorg | Secretary | — | 2001-06-25 |
| BERTSCHI, Rolf | Director | — | 1998-12-31 |
| BROWN, Nicholas | Director | 2009-08-14 | 2024-08-19 |
| TROENDLE, Markus | Director | 2002-07-11 | 2003-03-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Hans-Jorg Bertschi | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-07-27 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 110 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-10-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2019-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2017-12-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
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.