ZF AUTOMOTIVE UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-27 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
-£13K
+96% vs 2023
Net assets
£444M
+21.6% vs 2023
Employees
1,569
-9.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£23M
-30.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- ZF AUTOMOTIVE UK LIMITED 2020-02-27 → present
- TRW LIMITED 2000-06-05 → 2020-02-27
- LUCAS LIMITED 1996-04-01 → 2000-06-05
- LUCAS TRADING LIMITED 1966-03-04 → 1996-04-01
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 | £720,644,000 | £573,457,000 | |
| Operating profit | £27,498,000 | £14,064,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £32,968,000 | £22,826,000 | |
| Net profit | £24,814,000 | £16,257,000 | |
| Cash | -£326,000 | -£13,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £374,816,000 | £451,221,000 | |
| Net assets | £365,139,000 | £443,828,000 | |
| Equity | £365,139,000 | £443,828,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,735 | 1,569 | |
| Wages | £78,517,000 | £75,116,000 |
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 | 3.8% | 2.5% | |
| Net margin | 3.4% | 2.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.3% | 3.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 32.6% | 19.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.24x | 2.98x | |
| Interest cover | 53.29x | 18.05x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Management has concluded that there are no material uncertainties that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “In the first half of 2025, ZF successfully issued a bond with a total volume of €1.25 billion and renegotiated covenants, providing additional headroom and financing flexibility for strategic repositioning.”
- “R&D operations and administration moved to a new purpose-built 'green' building; lighting upgraded to LED with sensors; PCs upgraded to energy-efficient laptops; increased availability and use of IT-based Team Meeting application; reduced travel costs.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 46 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BATTERBEE, Stephen Mark | Director | 2015-01-01 | Mar 1967 | British |
| BIRK, Arjan Singh | Director | 2022-04-04 | Sep 1967 | British |
| MORRIS, Jacob Zachary | Director | 2026-01-01 | May 1978 | British |
Show 46 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURNETT, Davina Lesley | Secretary | 1999-09-27 | 2000-01-14 |
| DE FEO, Caterina | Secretary | 2000-02-01 | 2000-12-15 |
| GREGG, Rhona | Secretary | 2001-01-30 | 2004-05-13 |
| HALL, Melanie Jane | Secretary | 2004-11-10 | 2008-10-31 |
| INMAN, Carol Susan | Secretary | 1997-12-01 | 1998-05-15 |
| LAMBOURNE, Alan Robert | Secretary | 2004-05-13 | 2004-11-10 |
| NEOGY, Abhijit Robi | Secretary | 1999-09-27 | 2008-03-31 |
| NORRIS, Guy Mervyn | Secretary | — | 1996-11-22 |
| PEGG, Jane | Secretary | 2008-10-31 | 2019-10-02 |
| WILLIS, Andrew John | Secretary | 1996-11-22 | 1997-11-30 |
| WINDRIDGE, Susan Doreen | Secretary | 1998-05-15 | 1999-09-27 |
| ALMOND, Paul Martin | Director | 1999-09-27 | 2012-12-31 |
| ANDERSON, Bruce Kirkpatrick | Director | 1998-03-02 | 1998-08-07 |
| BASSETT, Anthony | Director | 2010-08-09 | 2014-12-31 |
| BRAITHWAITE, Julia Anne | Director | 2018-05-22 | 2021-10-30 |
| CHAPMAN, Frederick John | Director | 1996-12-23 | 1998-01-31 |
| CHITTKA, Fritz | Director | 2008-03-31 | 2019-12-31 |
| DALE, Robert Alan | Director | — | 1993-10-29 |
| DEGEN, Michael Gunther | Director | 2010-01-12 | 2014-11-07 |
| ELMS, Barry Albert | Director | 2007-12-07 | 2010-08-09 |
| FULTON, Robert Andrew | Director | 2000-03-31 | 2002-10-02 |
| FURBER, Martin Christopher | Director | 2010-08-09 | 2017-08-31 |
| GILL, Anthony Keith, Sir | Director | — | 1994-11-17 |
| GOLDSTON, David Barry | Director | 1999-07-26 | 1999-09-27 |
| GRANT, John Albert Martin | Director | 1993-04-01 | 1996-12-20 |
| GWOZDZ, Maciej Dominik | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2016-09-30 |
| JANKOWSKI, Mark William | Director | 2015-09-30 | 2018-03-31 |
| KELLY, Russell Phelps | Director | 1998-08-06 | 1999-07-31 |
| KINDELAN, Hilary Annemarie | Director | 2007-12-19 | 2010-08-09 |
| LAKIE, Peter Ross | Director | 2021-11-23 | 2022-10-14 |
| LECHNER, Reinhard | Director | 1999-09-27 | 2015-06-30 |
| MASON, Bryan George | Director | 1996-09-09 | 1996-09-30 |
| MASON, Bryan George | Director | — | 1996-09-06 |
| MCQUEEN, Alastair Malcolm | Director | 2017-09-04 | 2022-04-14 |
| NEOGY, Abhijit Robi | Director | 2000-01-13 | 2008-03-31 |
| PANASER, Bal | Director | 2022-10-26 | 2025-12-31 |
| PLUMLEY, Graham Thomas | Director | 2003-01-06 | 2009-12-31 |
| RAPIN, Peter Richard | Director | 2007-12-19 | 2015-09-30 |
| READ, Michael John | Director | 1999-09-27 | 2001-04-04 |
| SHATTOCK, Daniel Edward | Director | 2015-05-14 | 2020-12-31 |
| SIMPSON, George, Lord | Director | 1996-01-29 | 1996-09-06 |
| THORPE, Peter Frederick | Director | 1997-04-07 | 2000-03-31 |
| TURNER, Frank | Director | 1993-04-01 | 1995-10-31 |
| VARGO, Ronald Paul | Director | 1999-07-26 | 1999-09-27 |
| VOAK, Timothy John | Director | 1996-12-23 | 1999-12-24 |
| WAY, Michael John | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2019-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZF International UK Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 294 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-30 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-22 | DISS16(SOAS) | dissolution | Dissolved compulsory strike off suspended | |
| 2023-03-22 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2023-03-07 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2023-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
-20.4%
£720,644,000 £573,457,000
-
Cash
+96%
-£326,000 -£13,000
-
Net assets
+21.6%
£365,139,000 £443,828,000
-
Employees
-9.6%
1,735 1,569
-
Operating profit
-48.9%
£27,498,000 £14,064,000
-
Profit before tax
-30.8%
£32,968,000 £22,826,000
-
Wages
-4.3%
£78,517,000 £75,116,000
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