CANON EUROPE LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£36m
+21.5% vs 2024
Employees
748
-2.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£8.9m
+4.5% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £123,853,000 | £129,276,000 | +4.4% | |
| Operating profit | £6,194,000 | £8,679,000 | +40.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £8,497,000 | £8,883,000 | +4.5% | |
| Net profit | £5,668,000 | £6,408,000 | +13.1% | |
| Cash | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £60,324,000 | £61,482,000 | +1.9% | |
| Net assets | £29,856,000 | £36,264,000 | +21.5% | |
| Equity | £29,856,000 | £36,264,000 | +21.5% | |
| Average employees | 769 | 748 | -2.7% | |
| Wages | £74,847,000 | £76,873,000 | +2.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,648,000 | £972,000 | -41% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £8,000 | £9,000 | +12.5% | |
| Highest paid director | £987,037 | £460,977 | -53.3% |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.0% | 6.7% | |
| Net margin | 4.6% | 5.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.3% | 14.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 72.0% | 64.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.44x | 1.69x | |
| Interest cover | 13.01x | 21.12x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on their assessment of the company's financial position, future performance, liquidity and risks, the directors have reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to adopt the going concern basis of preparation for the financial statements.”
Group structure
- CANON EUROPE LIMITED · parent
- Canon Portugal SA 0.01%
- Canon RU LLC 0.1%
- Canon Ukraine LLC 1%
- I.R.I.S. Group S.A. 0.01%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NARAHARA, Christophe | Secretary | 2025-09-26 | — | — |
| YANAGISHITA, Kazuhisa | Director | 2025-02-01 | Jan 1973 | Japanese |
| YOSHIDA, Shinichi | Director | 2025-03-01 | Dec 1960 | Japanese |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BATESON, David John | Secretary | 2007-05-01 | 2023-02-28 |
| SUGIYAMA, Katsumi | Secretary | 2023-03-01 | 2025-09-26 |
| SUZUKI, Michio | Secretary | 2000-10-20 | 2007-04-30 |
| THOMAS, Howard | Nominee Secretary | 2000-10-20 | 2000-10-20 |
| ACKERMANN, Charles Henri | Director | 2000-10-20 | 2003-07-01 |
| BAMBA, Ryoichi | Director | 2008-03-20 | 2012-04-02 |
| ELEY, Norman Edward | Director | 2003-07-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| FRANDSEN, Jeppe | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2019-12-31 |
| ISHIZUKA, Yuichi | Director | 2018-04-01 | 2025-03-01 |
| LAWS, Martin Frederick | Director | 2000-10-20 | 2002-01-25 |
| MOLGAARD JENSEN, Mogens | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2004-04-01 |
| NAEGELI, Markus Wilfried | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2018-09-28 |
| NAGASHIMA, Kazuhiko | Director | 2023-03-01 | 2025-02-01 |
| NAKAMASU, Takanobu | Director | 2016-08-03 | 2022-12-15 |
| SAITO, Takashi | Director | 2002-04-01 | 2004-04-01 |
| STANZANI, Alessandro | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2019-12-31 |
| TESTER, William Andrew Joseph | Nominee Director | 2000-10-20 | 2000-10-20 |
| TSURUOKA, Hajime | Director | 2000-10-20 | 2008-03-20 |
| VAN IPEREN, Rokus Lambertus | Director | 2012-04-02 | 2018-03-31 |
| VISEDO, Antonio Recio | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2015-07-01 |
| WAKIYA, Aitake | Director | 2018-04-01 | 2023-02-28 |
| ZENTI, Stefano | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2019-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canon Inc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 119 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-16 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-03-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.