GROZ-BECKERT U.K. LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-29 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-15
Watchouts
Cash
£110K
-47.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
+12.3% vs 2024
Employees
5
-16.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£258K
-48.5% 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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- GROZ-BECKERT U.K. LIMITED 1987-08-13 → present
- KILBOURN MARTIN LIMITED 1951-03-30 → 1987-08-13
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £778,659 | £557,714 | |
| Operating profit | £65,465 | £24,833 | |
| Profit before tax | £500,982 | £257,830 | |
| Net profit | £471,423 | £236,397 | |
| Cash | £210,110 | £109,848 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,000,806 | £1,215,181 | |
| Net assets | £1,410,010 | £1,583,407 | |
| Equity | £1,410,010 | £1,583,407 | |
| Average employees | 6 | 5 | |
| Wages | £287,264 | £258,493 |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.4% | 4.5% | |
| Net margin | 60.5% | 42.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.5% | 2.0% | |
| Current ratio | 15.37x | 33.28x | |
| Interest cover | 5035.77x | — |
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
- The Rowleys Partnership Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After due consideration of the current balance sheet and expected future trading performance, the directors have reached an assessment of the company's financial position and have concluded that there is a reasonable expectation that the company will be able to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- GROZ-BECKERT U.K. LIMITED · parent
- Groz-Beckert Taiwan Ltd 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUFF, Patrick John | Director | 2020-06-01 | Oct 1962 | British |
| SCHULZ, Dirk | Director | 2026-01-01 | Aug 1969 | German |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| STRINGER, Tony | Secretary | — | 2007-12-17 |
| HAMILTON HOUSE CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-12-17 | 2012-12-21 |
| BANNMULLER, Wolfgang, Dr | Director | — | 1994-07-01 |
| BARNES, Andrew Thomas | Director | — | 2006-04-30 |
| ELSON, John Geoffrey | Director | 2006-05-01 | 2016-12-19 |
| KAINE, Graham Anthony | Director | — | 1995-12-31 |
| LINDNER, Thomas, Dr | Director | — | 2018-12-31 |
| SCHOELLER, Eric Ernst | Director | 2008-04-04 | 2026-01-01 |
| STRINGER, Tony | Director | 1996-01-02 | 2007-12-17 |
| VINBRUEX, Karsten | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2020-06-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jan Erik Jetter | Individual | Significant influence | 2026-01-01 | Active |
| Ms Kathrin Pross | Individual | Significant influence | 2026-01-01 | Active |
| Mr Hans-Juergen Haug | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2020-06-16 | Ceased 2025-12-31 |
| Mr Markus Settegast | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2020-06-16 | Active |
| Mr Eric Ernst Schoeller | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2020-06-10 | Active |
| Gesellschaft Feinmechanischer Erzeugnisse Gmbh | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-06-10 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 131 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-27 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-22 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-06-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-06-24 | 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
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
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Turnover
-28.4%
£778,659 £557,714
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Cash
-47.7%
£210,110 £109,848
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Net assets
+12.3%
£1,410,010 £1,583,407
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Employees
-16.7%
6 5
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Operating profit
-62.1%
£65,465 £24,833
-
Profit before tax
-48.5%
£500,982 £257,830
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Wages
-10%
£287,264 £258,493
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