ARVATO SCM UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-02 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£209
-98.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
-0.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
500
+8.7% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2M
+163.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £55,361,542 | — | £67,369,114 | £85,037,656 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£3,128,625 | — | £185,976 | £4,936,829 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£4,489,950 | — | -£2,391,001 | £1,523,998 | |
| Net profit | — | -£2,876,536 | — | -£1,344,660 | -£15,645 | |
| Cash | — | £200 | — | £12,328 | £209 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £21,867,252 | — | £27,407,482 | £25,710,320 | |
| Net assets | — | £4,010,933 | — | £2,666,273 | £2,650,628 | |
| Equity | £1,387,469 | £4,010,933 | £4,010,933 | £2,666,273 | £2,650,628 | |
| Average employees | — | 435 | — | 460 | 500 | |
| Wages | — | £13,338,578 | — | £14,876,686 | £17,225,173 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £171,522 | £378,519 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+26.2%
£67,369,114 £85,037,656
highest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
-98.3%
£12,328 £209
-
Net assets
-0.6%
£2,666,273 £2,650,628
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+8.7%
460 500
highest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
+2,554.6%
£185,976 £4,936,829
highest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
+163.7%
-£2,391,001 £1,523,998
highest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
+15.8%
£14,876,686 £17,225,173
highest in 3 filed years
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 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -5.7% | — | 0.3% | 5.8% | |
| Net margin | — | -5.2% | — | -2.0% | -0.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -14.3% | — | 0.7% | 19.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.44x | 0.40x | |
| Interest cover | — | -2.30x | — | 0.07x | 1.45x |
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
- ARVATO SCM UK LIMITED 2018-09-17 → present
- STOK UK LIMITED 2008-03-11 → 2018-09-17
- CFL UK LTD 2004-09-10 → 2008-03-11
- CORPORATE FREIGHT LOGISTICS UK LIMITED 2004-01-19 → 2004-09-10
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “In May of 2024 the company purchased selected assets (Land and Buildings) of a site in Corby for a purchase consideration of £15m.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN, Jodie | Secretary | 2024-05-29 | — | — |
| MAYER, Axel | Director | 2025-02-10 | Nov 1978 | German |
| SCHMITZ, Dennis | Director | 2025-02-01 | Oct 1988 | German |
| SPENCER, Gary Stephen | Director | 2024-02-05 | Oct 1978 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRANTON, Lianne | Secretary | 2014-05-16 | 2019-02-08 |
| KILLNER, Trevor John | Secretary | 2006-05-01 | 2007-10-26 |
| MARTIN, Shirley Anne | Secretary | 2004-01-19 | 2006-03-31 |
| WATERFALL, Karen | Secretary | 2019-02-14 | 2024-05-29 |
| WATERFALL, Karen | Secretary | 2007-12-17 | 2014-05-16 |
| @UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-01-19 | 2004-01-19 |
| BARTH, Andreas | Director | 2022-06-08 | 2024-02-05 |
| BLAKELEY, Allan James | Director | 2016-12-31 | 2017-05-31 |
| CORBETT, Patrick | Director | 2019-01-02 | 2021-10-31 |
| GLAESER, Stefan | Director | 2014-05-16 | 2015-05-11 |
| KLEIN, Monique Benedicte | Director | 2022-06-08 | 2023-01-17 |
| MARTIN, Shirley Anne | Director | 2004-01-20 | 2006-03-31 |
| MONTGOMERY, Ian | Director | 2019-01-02 | 2022-06-08 |
| ROYLE, David Charles | Director | 2008-03-01 | 2014-05-16 |
| SMITH, Adele Marie | Director | 2018-08-20 | 2022-06-30 |
| UTHMANN, Tobias | Director | 2021-07-21 | 2025-02-28 |
| VERHOEVEN, Sebastian | Director | 2018-08-20 | 2022-06-08 |
| WILKINSON, Paul David | Director | 2017-05-31 | 2018-12-31 |
| WILKINSON, Paul David | Director | 2004-01-19 | 2016-12-31 |
| WINKELMANN, Thorsten | Director | 2014-05-16 | 2018-08-20 |
| @UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD | Corporate Nominee Director | 2004-01-19 | 2004-01-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bertelsmann Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 122 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-29 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-05-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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.