MEIKO UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-03 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-30% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
+10.2% vs 2023
Employees
105
+7.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£614K
-46% vs 2023
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £21,425,125 | £24,054,598 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1,090,592 | £550,237 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1,137,336 | £613,865 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £856,777 | £443,121 | |
| Cash | — | — | £4,116,060 | £2,882,050 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £5,474,321 | £6,025,669 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £4,359,511 | £4,802,632 | |
| Equity | — | — | £4,359,511 | £4,802,632 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 98 | 105 | |
| Wages | — | — | £4,906,082 | £5,515,271 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £342,499 | £373,561 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+12.3%
£21,425,125 £24,054,598
-
Cash
-30%
£4,116,060 £2,882,050
-
Net assets
+10.2%
£4,359,511 £4,802,632
-
Employees
+7.1%
98 105
-
Operating profit
-49.5%
£1,090,592 £550,237
-
Profit before tax
-46%
£1,137,336 £613,865
-
Wages
+12.4%
£4,906,082 £5,515,271
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 5.1% | 2.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 4.0% | 1.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 19.9% | 9.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 68.9% | 60.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.45x | 1.71x |
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
- MEIKO UK LIMITED 1993-09-27 → present
- TYPEDAILY SERVICES LIMITED 1993-08-20 → 1993-09-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors consider it appropriate to prepare the accounts on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “2024 was another solid year of financial performance, we saw sales hit £24.1m.”
- “Margins dropped slightly due to our MEIKO UK 30 year price promotion, which saw great customer uptake”
- “Company turnover increased from £21.4m in 2023 to £24.1m in 2024 resulting in yet another record turnover year for the Company.”
- “Profit for the year before tax was £614k compared to £1.1m in 2023, slightly lower margins were seen due to the 30 year price promotion.”
- “Wage inflation and the cost of living crisis has continued and exerts upward pressure on all costs.”
- “MEIKO UK operates in diversified markets which helps to mitigate the risk associated with operating solely in a particular sector; along with the hospitality industry (including pubs/bars, restaurants, hotels, holiday camps, coffee shops, stadiums, cruise lines, airline caterers, et al) we trade with hospitals, care homes, schools, universities, workforce canteens, military and emergency services.”
- “Currency fluctuations are greatly minimised for MEIKO UK as we now have the majority of our materials invoicing in GBP.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAGHORN, Michael | Secretary | 2024-08-23 | — | — |
| ANDERSON, Paul Graham | Director | 2017-03-27 | Jan 1968 | British |
| VOHMANN, Peter Hendrik | Director | 2024-11-11 | Apr 1974 | German |
| WAGHORN, Michael | Director | 2022-10-18 | Mar 1972 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRITZ, Bernd | Secretary | 1994-12-29 | 1999-09-29 |
| HUND, Juergen | Secretary | 2014-10-01 | 2024-08-23 |
| KIPKA, Rolf Josef | Secretary | 1993-09-14 | 1994-12-29 |
| SACHS, Juergen | Secretary | 1999-09-29 | 2014-09-01 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-08-20 | 1993-09-14 |
| BARRY, Peter Gerard | Director | 2002-09-11 | 2022-10-18 |
| DOWNIE, William Mckinnon | Director | 1994-12-29 | 2017-03-24 |
| FRITZ, Bernd | Director | 1993-09-14 | 1999-09-29 |
| GOODMAN, Andrew Robert | Director | 2001-03-07 | 2002-09-30 |
| NIMMO, Peter Baxter | Director | 1999-11-01 | 2001-03-29 |
| SCHERINGER, Stefan, Dr | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2021-06-30 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-08-20 | 1993-09-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meiko Maschinenbau Gmbh & Co. Kg | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-12-31 | Active |
| Dr Stefan Scheringer | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2016-08-19 | Ceased 2023-12-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 119 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-23 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-09-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.