ZF CV DISTRIBUTION UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-24 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-46.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£18M
+69.6% vs 2023
Employees
29
-9.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£146K
-113.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- ZF CV DISTRIBUTION UK LIMITED 2022-11-18 → present
- WABCO AUTOMOTIVE U.K. LIMITED 1991-04-01 → 2022-11-18
- WABCO AUTOMOTIVE CLAYTON DEWANDRE AFTERMARKET LTD. 1990-01-19 → 1991-04-01
- CLAYTON DEWANDRE COMPANY,LIMITED 1961-12-06 → 1990-01-19
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 | £55,232,000 | £46,905,000 | |
| Operating profit | £722,000 | £53,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,049,000 | -£146,000 | |
| Net profit | £975,000 | £1,091,000 | |
| Cash | £2,566,000 | £1,376,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,905,000 | £5,794,000 | |
| Net assets | £10,386,000 | £17,618,000 | |
| Equity | £10,386,000 | £17,618,000 | |
| Average employees | 32 | 29 | |
| Wages | £1,683,000 | £1,620,000 |
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 | 1.3% | 0.1% | |
| Net margin | 1.8% | 2.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.2% | 0.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 1.3% | -73.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.28x | 2.32x | |
| Interest cover | 120.33x | 0.12x |
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 Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company will be able to continue in operational existence for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements, aided by financial support from its ultimate parent company, ZF Friedrichshafen AG. However, the impact of the Virgin Media case on pension liabilities remains uncertain, but the auditors did not identify this as a material uncertainty related to going concern.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SYKES, Andrew | Secretary | 2022-08-30 | — | — |
| GRIFFITHS, Heather | Director | 2025-10-08 | Apr 1972 | British |
| SYKES, Andrew Mark | Director | 2022-08-30 | May 1974 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLQUHOUN, Derek Ian | Secretary | 2006-03-10 | 2022-08-30 |
| FREW, William Hunter | Secretary | — | 1997-07-08 |
| HOLMES, Julian Patrick | Secretary | 1997-07-08 | 2006-03-10 |
| ANDERMARK, Michael | Director | 2023-03-06 | 2023-09-30 |
| BROUGHTON, Michael Charles Robert | Director | 1997-11-20 | 2000-10-31 |
| COLQUHOUN, Derek Ian | Director | 2022-08-30 | 2022-08-31 |
| COLQUHOUN, Derek Ian | Director | 2006-03-10 | 2022-08-30 |
| DE BONDT, Steven | Director | 2024-10-22 | 2025-10-08 |
| FREW, William Hunter | Director | — | 1997-11-20 |
| HOLMES, Julian Patrick | Director | 1997-11-20 | 2006-03-10 |
| NUTTER, George Eric | Director | — | 2000-10-31 |
| RICKELL, David Timothy | Director | 2006-03-10 | 2019-06-28 |
| SCHOLEY, Peter Harley | Director | 2000-10-30 | 2003-06-30 |
| WARWICK, Michael John | Director | 2003-06-30 | 2009-02-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stadt Friedrichshafen, Zeppelin-Stiftung | Legal person | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-05-29 | Active |
| Wabco Europe Holdings Bv | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-05-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 142 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-11-18 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-10-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-21 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-05-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-21 | PSC03 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-18 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2022-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-15.1%
£55,232,000 £46,905,000
-
Cash
-46.4%
£2,566,000 £1,376,000
-
Net assets
+69.6%
£10,386,000 £17,618,000
-
Employees
-9.4%
32 29
-
Operating profit
-92.7%
£722,000 £53,000
-
Profit before tax
-113.9%
£1,049,000 -£146,000
-
Wages
-3.7%
£1,683,000 £1,620,000
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