VAN OORD OFFSHORE WIND UK LTD.
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Cash
£2k
0% vs 2024
Net assets
£23m
+1,367.2% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
99
+16.5% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£28m
+478.5% highest in 5 filed years
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Our short-form breakdown of VAN OORD OFFSHORE WIND UK LTD.'s latest filing
Van Oord Offshore Wind UK turned an £8.6m loss into a £28.5m profit this year. Here is exactly how they did it. 🏗️💨
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
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,972,000 | £16,021,000 | £245,182,000 | £233,230,000 | £267,777,000 | +14.8% | |
| Operating profit | -£1,810,000 | -£14,475,000 | £4,955,000 | -£8,577,000 | £28,504,000 | +432.3% | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,872,000 | -£14,580,000 | £6,723,000 | -£7,526,000 | £28,485,000 | +478.5% | |
| Net profit | -£3,475,000 | -£10,744,000 | £5,130,000 | -£5,631,000 | £21,329,000 | +478.8% | |
| Cash | £395,000 | £1,515,000 | £4,000 | £2,000 | £2,000 | 0% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£18,013,000 | £57,062,000 | £16,954,000 | £13,603,000 | £37,517,000 | +175.8% | |
| Net assets | -£19,710,000 | -£30,454,000 | £7,191,000 | £1,560,000 | £22,889,000 | +1,367.2% | |
| Equity | -£19,710,000 | -£30,454,000 | £7,191,000 | £1,560,000 | £22,889,000 | +1,367.2% | |
| Average employees | 66 | 62 | 83 | 85 | 99 | +16.5% | |
| Wages | £5,219,000 | £4,696,000 | £6,044,000 | £6,561,000 | £7,694,000 | +17.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £44,000 | £333,000 | £158,000 | -52.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £0 | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £301,000 | — | — |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -36.4% | -90.4% | 2.0% | -3.7% | 10.6% | |
| Net margin | -69.9% | -67.1% | 2.1% | -2.4% | 8.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -25.4% | 29.2% | -63.1% | 76.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 172.5% | 130.2% | 97.1% | 99.7% | 78.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.07x | 1.03x | 1.51x | |
| Interest cover | -29.19x | — | 3.52x | -0.90x | 7.78x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which assumes that the Company will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and meet its liabilities as they fall due.”
Significant events
- “In late 2025, the Company was awarded T&I contracts to deliver the array cable scope at the Vanguard East and West Windfarms off the Norfolk coast. Turnover associated with these contracts is €584M, with delivery scheduled for 2027 and 2028.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WIDDOWSON, David Christopher Clive | Secretary | 2022-06-20 | — | — |
| KWAKERNAAK, Jeroen Michiel | Director | 2024-10-01 | Jul 1968 | Dutch |
| VAN LOVEREN, Roy | Director | 2023-11-09 | Mar 1969 | Dutch |
| WIDDOWSON, David Christopher Clive | Director | 2024-08-15 | Jun 1965 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRASER, Ruth Eva | Secretary | 2018-12-28 | 2022-06-20 |
| DE LANGE, Theodoor Jan | Director | 2017-10-10 | 2018-12-28 |
| KUIS, Arnoud Frederik | Director | 2017-10-10 | 2024-08-15 |
| KWAKERNAAK, Jeroen Michiel | Director | 2018-12-28 | 2024-08-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Van Oord Offshore Wind B.V. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2022-09-22 | Ceased 2026-09-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 40 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-09-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-09 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-11-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-12-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-10-26 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2022-10-26 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-26 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.