IFCO SYSTEMS UK LTD
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Cash
£4.5M
-45.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£34M
+4.8% vs 2024
Employees
33
+6.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.1M
-44.9% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £172,666,860 | £223,097,894 | +29.2% | |
| Operating profit | £6,874,696 | £6,954,860 | +1.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,780,349 | £2,084,728 | -44.9% | |
| Net profit | £2,537,992 | £1,552,150 | -38.8% | |
| Cash | £8,153,354 | £4,468,580 | -45.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £78,355,707 | £77,023,878 | -1.7% | |
| Net assets | £32,654,473 | £34,206,623 | +4.8% | |
| Equity | £32,654,473 | £34,206,623 | +4.8% | |
| Average employees | 31 | 33 | +6.5% | |
| Wages | £3,007,751 | £3,140,420 | +4.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £178,804 | £281,857 | +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 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.0% | 3.1% | |
| Net margin | 1.5% | 0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.8% | 9.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 75.9% | 78.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.98x | 0.81x | |
| Interest cover | 2.19x | 1.28x |
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
- IFCO SYSTEMS UK LTD 2001-01-03 → present
- IFCO INTERNATIONAL FOOD CONTAINER ORGANISATION UK LIMITED 1995-02-03 → 2001-01-03
- DELRUSE LIMITED 1994-12-01 → 1995-02-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Rouse Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have at the time of approving the financial statements, a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 8 December 2025, a co-controlling percentage of the shares in IFCO Group were sold to Stonepeak, a leading alternative investment firm specialising in infrastructure and real assets. As a result of this sale, the ultimate parent undertaking for IFCO Systems UK Ltd will change from Irel Bidco SARL to Node Holdco GmbH.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GANS-EDLER-HERR-ZU-PUTLITZ-VON-BARSEWISCH, Julian,, Dr. | Director | 2019-12-12 | Nov 1967 | German |
| POOLEY, Michael Bruce | Director | 2020-07-31 | Dec 1967 | British |
| TAYLOR, Christopher | Director | 2006-09-01 | Dec 1967 | British |
| TRIXL, Christoph | Director | 2025-02-06 | May 1976 | German |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BATESON, Anne Rosalind | Nominee Secretary | 1994-12-01 | 1994-12-21 |
| BRATERMAN, Nolan | Secretary | 1997-01-02 | 2000-06-27 |
| GROTEFELD, Harold William | Secretary | 1994-12-21 | 1996-12-29 |
| MARSHALL, Craig Philip | Secretary | 2000-06-27 | 2001-11-30 |
| AQUIS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2001-11-30 | 2008-04-01 |
| FLR NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-04-01 | 2025-02-06 |
| BENZ, Jurgen | Director | 1994-12-21 | 1999-12-31 |
| BRATERMAN, Nolan | Director | 1997-01-02 | 2000-06-27 |
| GEHRKE, Martin, Dipl-Kfm | Director | 1998-05-19 | 1999-11-04 |
| GROTEFELD, Harold William | Director | 1995-01-01 | 1996-12-29 |
| HIGHETT-SMITH, Paul Robert | Director | 1994-12-21 | 1996-12-29 |
| KENDLER, Margit, Mag. | Director | 2016-11-28 | 2019-09-13 |
| LAI, Poh Lim | Nominee Director | 1994-12-01 | 1994-12-21 |
| MARSHALL, Craig Philip | Director | 2000-06-27 | 2006-08-31 |
| MARSHALL, Michael Tate | Director | 2013-11-01 | 2016-11-28 |
| MEIERHOFER, Michael | Director | 2021-06-08 | 2024-03-28 |
| NIMTSCH, Michael Wolfgang, Dr | Director | 2012-01-20 | 2013-11-01 |
| ORGELDINGER, Wolfgang | Director | 2013-08-22 | 2020-07-31 |
| POHLER, Karl Heinrich | Director | 2012-01-20 | 2013-08-22 |
| SANDAHL, Gustaf | Director | 1999-12-01 | 2001-11-30 |
| SCHOENER, Max | Director | 1997-01-02 | 1997-12-19 |
| ZABOJI, Peter Balazs | Director | 1994-12-21 | 1996-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 152 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-05-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-07 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-03-07 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-02-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- 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.