ZUHLKE ENGINEERING LTD.
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-21 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-07
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
-51.1% vs 2024
Net assets
-£693K
-113.7% vs 2024
Employees
143
-21.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£5M
+5.9% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £29,301,072 | £21,967,142 | |
| Operating profit | -£5,329,616 | -£5,171,199 | |
| Profit before tax | -£5,434,255 | -£5,115,476 | |
| Net profit | -£5,603,543 | -£5,759,522 | |
| Cash | £4,444,709 | £2,173,248 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,610,673 | £8,371,336 | |
| Net assets | £5,066,445 | -£693,077 | |
| Equity | £5,066,445 | -£693,077 | |
| Average employees | 183 | 143 | |
| Wages | £16,552,280 | £12,768,025 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £473,950 | £485,307 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
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Turnover
-25%
£29,301,072 £21,967,142
-
Cash
-51.1%
£4,444,709 £2,173,248
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Net assets
-113.7%
£5,066,445 -£693,077
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Employees
-21.9%
183 143
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Operating profit
+3%
-£5,329,616 -£5,171,199
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Profit before tax
+5.9%
-£5,434,255 -£5,115,476
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Wages
-22.9%
£16,552,280 £12,768,025
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -18.2% | -23.5% | |
| Net margin | -19.1% | -26.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -95.0% | -61.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.89x | 4.26x | |
| Interest cover | -31.05x | — |
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
- ZUHLKE ENGINEERING LTD. 2002-04-26 → present
- ZUHLKE ENGINEERING (UK) LIMITED 2001-02-27 → 2002-04-26
- ZUHLKE ENGINEERING LIMITED 2000-11-16 → 2001-02-27
- COVERPASS LIMITED 2000-11-07 → 2000-11-16
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- S&W Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have carefully reviewed the future prospects of the Company and its future cash flows, by preparing detailed profit and loss forecasts and cash flow projections. During the prior year, the parent company approved a debt contribution of ZUK, by converting the IC loan of £14m into equity by means of a capital contribution. Moreover, the parent has provided Zuhlke Engineering Limited with a letter of support committing it to assist the company in continuing to trade and meet its liabilities as they fall due. Additionally a long-term loan of £8.2m has been provided to Zuhlke Engineering Limited by the group. As such, and having due regard to the parent company's financial position, the directors are satisfied with the company's ability to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future being at least the next 12 months from signing of these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRUTZMANN, Tom | Secretary | 2023-07-01 | — | — |
| BISHOP, Angela Louise | Director | 2024-08-01 | Oct 1982 | Australian |
| EMMERICH, Wolfgang Josef, Dr | Director | 2000-11-09 | Oct 1965 | German,British |
| FERRANDINA, Fabrizio | Director | 2019-07-23 | Apr 1965 | Italian |
| FRECH, Philipp | Director | 2025-11-20 | Feb 1979 | Swiss |
| GRUTZMANN, Tom Philipp Klaus | Director | 2024-08-01 | Dec 1978 | German |
| MEMMEL, Thomas | Director | 2024-08-01 | Nov 1978 | Swiss |
| SUTTER, Philipp | Director | 2025-11-20 | Nov 1964 | Swiss |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JASVOIN, Elena | Secretary | 2021-12-08 | 2023-07-01 |
| PURR, Stephen Donald | Secretary | 2004-11-05 | 2021-09-04 |
| GRAVITAS COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2000-11-09 | 2004-11-04 |
| HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-11-07 | 2000-11-09 |
| BRAITHWAITE, Keith | Director | 2016-01-29 | 2018-06-15 |
| CIANCHI, Timothy John | Director | 2016-01-29 | 2019-08-27 |
| COWLING, Justin David | Director | 2016-01-29 | 2019-12-31 |
| DURVILLE, Nicolas | Director | 2024-08-01 | 2025-05-01 |
| ELLMER, Ernst | Director | 2024-08-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| FERRANDINA, Fabrizio | Director | 2001-04-26 | 2016-01-29 |
| HIRSCH, Michael Hubert | Director | 2012-06-01 | 2019-07-23 |
| MOELLER, Angeli Kishor | Director | 2025-01-02 | 2025-11-20 |
| RAPP, Daniel | Director | 2025-05-01 | 2025-11-20 |
| REIMER, Meik | Director | 2019-08-27 | 2021-03-19 |
| RUTISHAUSER, Martin, Dr | Director | 2000-11-09 | 2005-08-04 |
| WURSCH, Hans Peter | Director | 2005-06-30 | 2012-04-18 |
| HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-11-07 | 2000-11-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 116 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-03 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-04 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.