HECKLER & KOCH (UK) LIMITED
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Cash
£4m
-15.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£8.8m
+26.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
35
+34.6% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.5m
-36.3% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £21,824,000 | £26,940,000 | £19,801,000 | -26.5% | |
| Operating profit | £1,385,000 | £3,870,000 | £2,467,000 | -36.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,446,000 | £3,923,000 | £2,499,000 | -36.3% | |
| Net profit | £1,103,000 | £2,931,000 | £1,868,000 | -36.3% | |
| Cash | £2,987,000 | £4,743,000 | £3,997,000 | -15.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,281,000 | £7,341,000 | £9,253,000 | +26% | |
| Net assets | £4,049,000 | £6,980,000 | £8,848,000 | +26.8% | |
| Equity | £4,049,000 | £6,980,000 | £8,848,000 | +26.8% | |
| Average employees | 19 | 26 | 35 | +34.6% | |
| Wages | £900,000 | £1,029,000 | £1,370,000 | +33.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £110,000 | £120,000 | £106,000 | -11.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £16,000 | £17,000 | £19,000 | +11.8% |
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 | 6.3% | 14.4% | 12.5% | |
| Net margin | 5.1% | 10.9% | 9.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 32.4% | 52.7% | 26.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 35.0% | 30.6% | 16.3% | |
| Current ratio | 3.07x | 3.02x | 6.39x |
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 — the current trading name was adopted 2025-04-03
- HECKLER & KOCH (UK) LIMITED 2025-04-03 → present
- NSAF LIMITED 2001-12-06 → 2025-04-03
- URBANCOVER LIMITED 2001-10-31 → 2001-12-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Page Kirk LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the company's forecasts and projections, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its consolidated financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Since the balance sheet date, Heckler & Koch (UK) Limited have purchased two subsidiaries constituting a new business combination. See note 23 in the "notes to the financial statements" section for more details.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEISSINGER, Marco | Director | 2019-12-03 | Apr 1977 | German |
| MCDONALD, Paul | Director | 2019-12-03 | Dec 1963 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOODGE, Linda Susan | Secretary | 2001-11-23 | 2002-01-09 |
| HALSEY, Keith Desmond | Secretary | 2002-12-06 | 2013-12-02 |
| PARKES, David Stanley | Secretary | 2002-01-09 | 2002-12-06 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2001-10-31 | 2001-11-23 |
| HOLDING, Ann-Louise | Director | 2001-11-23 | 2002-01-09 |
| HOPKINS, Mark William | Director | 2013-12-02 | 2022-12-31 |
| MILLS, Shaun Michael | Director | 2002-01-09 | 2002-09-27 |
| PARKES, David Stanley | Director | 2002-08-30 | 2002-12-06 |
| PARKES, David Stanley | Director | 2001-11-23 | 2002-01-09 |
| RICHARDSON, Clive Robert | Director | 2002-01-09 | 2002-12-06 |
| THORNTON, Michael Thomas | Director | 2002-01-09 | 2017-03-24 |
| WEBER, Matthias, Doctor | Director | 2017-03-24 | 2018-09-17 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2001-10-31 | 2001-11-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Nicolas Walewski | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2025-11-12 | Active |
| Mr Philippe Jean-Marie Michel De Lavenere Lussan | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2024-12-31 | Ceased 2025-11-12 |
| Mr Gerard Philippe Emile Claude Lussan | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2020-07-15 | Ceased 2024-08-13 |
| Dr Jens Bodo Koch-Kusenberg | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-05-01 | Ceased 2024-03-14 |
| Mr Wolfgang Hesse | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-07-17 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 107 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-04-03 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-19 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-08 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-08 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-04-03 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-04-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-24 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-10-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-14 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-03-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.