LUBBERS (UK) LIMITED
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Cash
£548K
+180.8% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£3.4M
+21.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
91
-2.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.5M
-54.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £27,920,126 | £28,251,046 | £25,160,587 | -10.9% | |
| Operating profit | £4,066,458 | £3,622,561 | £1,780,904 | -50.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,970,762 | £3,391,852 | £1,543,766 | -54.5% | |
| Net profit | £2,968,884 | £2,505,331 | £1,100,981 | -56.1% | |
| Cash | £347,765 | £195,314 | £548,350 | +180.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,510,646 | £4,292,310 | £6,204,924 | +44.6% | |
| Net assets | £2,968,886 | £2,755,333 | £3,356,314 | +21.8% | |
| Equity | £2,968,886 | £2,755,333 | £3,356,314 | +21.8% | |
| Average employees | 95 | 93 | 91 | -2.2% | |
| Wages | £5,720,223 | £5,957,159 | £5,752,051 | -3.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £496,500 | £610,928 | £663,357 | +8.6% |
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 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 14.6% | 12.8% | 7.1% | |
| Net margin | 10.6% | 8.9% | 4.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 90.2% | 84.4% | 28.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 65.2% | 70.6% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.27x | 0.91x | 1.16x | |
| Interest cover | 27.59x | 15.70x | 7.51x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- LUBBERS (UK) LIMITED 2015-01-21 → present
- RTH-LUBBERS UK (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED 2002-11-25 → 2015-01-21
- RTH INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT LIMITED 1997-02-14 → 2002-11-25
- PROMISETASK LIMITED 1996-12-12 → 1997-02-14
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company continues to be profitable, and generate positive cashflows, and is considered to be in a strong position to improve performance during the going concern period. Based on their assessment, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company have adequate resources to operate within its facilities throughout the going concern period, and continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BREIJ, Gerard Johan Jozef | Director | 2026-01-01 | Jan 1970 | Dutch |
| GALL, John | Director | 2023-04-02 | Jan 1983 | English |
| LATHAM, Nicholas Falkner | Director | 2016-01-01 | Jan 1989 | British |
| YOUNGER, Jon-Paul | Director | 2023-02-01 | Jan 1977 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAILFORD, Ronald | Secretary | 1997-02-06 | 2007-11-30 |
| JL NOMINEES TWO LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-12-12 | 1997-02-06 |
| ENGELSMAN, Johannes Gerardus | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2021-03-31 |
| FERGUSON, Stuart Martin | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2020-12-31 |
| FERGUSON, Stuart Martin | Director | 2005-06-01 | 2014-01-01 |
| LUBBERS, Johannes Gerardus Bernardus | Director | 2001-12-13 | 2014-01-01 |
| MULDER, Dirk Hendrik | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2023-01-10 |
| PAASSEN, Rob Van | Director | 2023-02-01 | 2023-10-16 |
| TAILFORD, Anthony Ronald | Director | 1997-02-06 | 2025-12-31 |
| TAILFORD, Ronald | Director | 1997-02-06 | 2002-04-06 |
| JL NOMINEES ONE LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-12-12 | 1997-02-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lubbers Transport Group B.V. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 104 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- 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.