TRUCK-LITE EUROPE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-29 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+54.6% vs 2023
Net assets
-£13M
+21.1% vs 2023
Employees
212
-30.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£1M
-162.3% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £46,033,000 | £28,466,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,520,000 | £357,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,637,000 | -£1,020,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,767,000 | £935,000 | |
| Cash | £1,269,000 | £1,962,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,574,000 | £43,320,000 | |
| Net assets | -£16,528,000 | -£13,040,000 | |
| Equity | -£16,528,000 | -£13,040,000 | |
| Average employees | 306 | 212 | |
| Wages | £9,929,000 | £7,324,000 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.5% | 1.3% | |
| Net margin | 3.8% | 3.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.0% | 0.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 178.5% | 126.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.77x | 3.01x | |
| Interest cover | 2.85x | 0.39x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company has a loss before tax of £1,020,000 and a net liability position of £13,040,000 for the reporting period ended 31 December 2024. The intermediate parent company, Truck-Lite Co. LLC has expressed their support in assisting the Company to meet its debt obligations for a period of 12 months from the signing of these financial statements. They have also offered a waiver until at least 31 December 2027 on an outstanding loan balance as at 31 December 2024 of £9,674,942. There are no material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt about the ability of the company to settle their liabilities as they fall due in a period of at least 12 months from the audit report date.”
Group structure
- TRUCK-LITE EUROPE LIMITED · parent
- Rubbolite Industries Limited 100%
- Flexible Lamps (Wuxi) CV. Parts Co. Limited 100%
- Lab-Craft Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 29 August 2024 the company acquired Lab-Craft Limited for consideration of £26,163,839. The business combination was made as part of a strategic move to drive the growth of the business. Control was obtained by virtue of acquiring 100% of the share capital.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, Karen Audrey | Secretary | 2019-12-16 | — | — |
| KUPCHELLA, Brian Michael | Director | 2007-07-16 | Apr 1967 | American |
| LUCCHI, Paul | Director | 2020-11-11 | Aug 1968 | British |
| WILLING, Robert | Director | 2023-06-26 | Apr 1968 | American |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CUNNING, Dennis Walter | Secretary | 2006-12-20 | 2009-02-01 |
| HALLIWELL, Philip Neville | Secretary | 2001-04-10 | 2006-12-21 |
| SAUNDERS, Zoe Suzanna | Secretary | 2018-12-06 | 2019-12-16 |
| SPEED, Mark James | Secretary | 2009-02-01 | 2018-12-06 |
| SWAINSBURY, Kenneth John Leslie | Secretary | — | 2001-04-10 |
| ARRIGO, Joseph | Director | — | 2003-10-09 |
| BAKER, Lynne Kathleen | Director | 2005-03-22 | 2009-07-24 |
| CHATER, David Alan | Director | 2007-07-16 | 2009-02-05 |
| CUNNING, Dennis Walter | Director | 2001-06-01 | 2009-02-01 |
| DICKSON, Charles | Director | 2003-10-01 | 2006-12-05 |
| FINK, Scott | Director | 2007-07-16 | 2014-12-01 |
| GROVES, Robert Leslie | Director | — | 2005-04-29 |
| HAMILTON, John Henry | Director | 2009-10-22 | 2011-09-30 |
| LEBENSFIELD, Harry | Director | — | 1994-06-26 |
| LLOYD, Adrian Joseph | Director | 2015-09-24 | 2019-06-28 |
| PFINGSTEN, Stephan | Director | 2010-03-10 | 2012-04-02 |
| PIETRINI, Andrew | Director | — | 2003-10-09 |
| RYLANCE, Aaron | Director | 2012-09-25 | 2017-10-20 |
| SHANAHAN, Germaine Rosalie | Director | 2007-07-16 | 2009-03-19 |
| SIBLEY, Neil Edward | Director | 2019-06-28 | 2020-06-24 |
| SPENCER, Melvin | Director | — | 1997-05-31 |
| SWAINSBURY, Kenneth John Leslie | Director | — | 2001-06-10 |
| TURNER, Duncan | Director | 2010-03-25 | 2012-04-27 |
| WALTON, Trevor | Director | — | 2002-04-05 |
| WALZ, Ludwig | Director | 2010-03-18 | 2013-01-01 |
| ZORICH, Bruce | Director | 2003-09-01 | 2006-12-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarience Technologies Llc | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2020-12-31 | Ceased 2022-06-15 |
| Truck-Lite Co Llc | Corporate entity | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-12-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 171 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-07-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-16 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2022-06-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-26 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-05-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-01-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-14 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2021-04-13 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory |
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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-38.2%
£46,033,000 £28,466,000
-
Cash
+54.6%
£1,269,000 £1,962,000
-
Net assets
+21.1%
-£16,528,000 -£13,040,000
-
Employees
-30.7%
306 212
-
Operating profit
-85.8%
£2,520,000 £357,000
-
Profit before tax
-162.3%
£1,637,000 -£1,020,000
-
Wages
-26.2%
£9,929,000 £7,324,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers