KNAPP U.K. LIMITED
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Cash
£10M
+99.9% vs 2025
Net assets
£7.4M
-2.2% vs 2025
Employees
308
+5.8% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£3.7M
-16.5% vs 2025
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £94,519,329 | £109,254,284 | +15.6% | |
| Operating profit | £4,358,755 | £3,653,339 | -16.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,475,294 | £3,737,703 | -16.5% | |
| Net profit | £3,154,144 | £2,831,360 | -10.2% | |
| Cash | £5,084,781 | £10,164,068 | +99.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,795,548 | £7,514,626 | -3.6% | |
| Net assets | £7,571,414 | £7,402,774 | -2.2% | |
| Equity | £7,571,414 | £7,402,774 | -2.2% | |
| Average employees | 291 | 308 | +5.8% | |
| Wages | £17,828,058 | £19,502,278 | +9.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £638,550 | £681,293 | +6.7% |
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 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.6% | 3.3% | |
| Net margin | 3.3% | 2.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 55.9% | 48.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 82.0% | 87.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.21x | 1.14x |
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
- KNAPP U.K. LIMITED 2001-07-24 → present
- LOGISTICS AND AUTOMATION LIMITED 1997-12-01 → 2001-07-24
- PEACO NO.67 LIMITED 1997-08-29 → 1997-12-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Seymour Taylor Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have assessed expected future cashflows, giving due consideration to all relevant factors affecting the company. The directors have considered the potential impact on the company as well as its capital resources and believe that the company has adequate resources in place to continue in operation for at least twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements. Consequently, the company continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 14 April 2026 the board of directors of Knapp UK Limited declared a dividend of £2,500,000 to its parent company Knapp AG.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SANDERSON, Tracey Margaret | Secretary | 2007-12-19 | — | British |
| BILLING, Nathan Spencer | Director | 2018-04-01 | Sep 1971 | British |
| DRISCOLL, Tyrone Anthony | Director | 2018-04-01 | Jan 1969 | British |
| ROLLASON, Craig Peter | Director | 2013-04-03 | Nov 1970 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAWKINS, Jennifer | Secretary | 2003-10-25 | 2007-12-19 |
| ROGERSON, Adrian Paul | Secretary | 2001-03-23 | 2003-10-24 |
| WONG, Kim Cheong | Secretary | 1998-01-08 | 2001-03-23 |
| PEACHEY & CO | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-08-29 | 1998-01-08 |
| BAUGH, Stephen Mark James | Director | 2007-10-01 | 2008-05-30 |
| COGGER, Michael Frederick | Director | 1998-01-08 | 2008-07-31 |
| FREUDELSPERGER, Karl | Director | 1998-01-08 | 2008-07-31 |
| GARNER, Neil Charles | Director | 2013-04-03 | 2015-06-12 |
| HOUGHTON, Philip | Director | 2018-04-01 | 2022-02-18 |
| JAMES, David Lloyd | Director | 2006-03-01 | 2018-03-31 |
| KRETSCHMER, Eberhard Paul | Director | 2013-04-03 | 2018-03-31 |
| WUENSCHER, Eduard | Director | 1998-01-08 | 2008-07-31 |
| ARUNLEX LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-08-29 | 1998-01-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 108 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-05-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-05-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-08-09 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2018-05-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.