ZUKEN LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-05 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-22
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
-13.9% vs 2024
Net assets
-£8M
-8.1% vs 2024
Employees
38
-20.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£401K
+28.9% 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.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £7,899,000 | £7,134,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£615,000 | -£455,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£564,000 | -£401,000 | |
| Net profit | -£820,000 | -£563,000 | |
| Cash | £2,502,000 | £2,153,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£6,948,000 | -£7,511,000 | |
| Net assets | -£6,948,000 | -£7,511,000 | |
| Equity | -£6,948,000 | -£7,511,000 | |
| Average employees | 48 | 38 | |
| Wages | £2,694,000 | £2,251,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -7.8% | -6.4% | |
| Net margin | -10.4% | -7.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.9% | 6.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.35x | 0.34x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Notwithstanding net liabilities of £7,511,000 (2025) and a loss of £563,000 (2025), financial statements prepared on a going concern basis. Parent company Zuken Inc. will provide additional funds as needed and does not intend to seek repayment of amounts currently due, which at 31 March 2025 amounted to £8,751,000.”
Significant events
- “Zuken Limited announced the 1st release of Al for Place and Route in early 2024 with functionalenhancements released in 2025 and further enhancements in 2026. The release of this product is an important step in the future direction of Zuken Limited and will be an important addition to Zuken's product portfolio.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SANDHAM, Mark Terance | Secretary | 1995-09-29 | — | British |
| AKIMOTO, Sho | Director | 2022-10-07 | Jul 1973 | Japanese |
| TAKAGI, Ryosuke | Director | 2026-04-01 | Apr 1974 | Japanese |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ONO, Eiji | Secretary | 1994-06-24 | 1995-09-29 |
| WHITTAKER, David | Secretary | — | 1994-06-24 |
| DAVIES, Roy Martin | Director | — | 1997-04-01 |
| ELSBURY, David Clark | Director | 1994-03-07 | 1994-06-24 |
| FOULGER, Julian St John | Director | 1994-06-24 | 1997-04-01 |
| KARIYA, Kazuhiro | Director | 2003-01-20 | 2026-04-01 |
| KATSUBE, Jinya | Director | 1999-11-15 | 2024-05-01 |
| KATSUBE, Jinya | Director | 1994-06-24 | 1996-01-24 |
| KITAMURA, Minoru | Director | 2007-04-01 | 2009-10-19 |
| KNOWLES, Anthony Gilbert | Director | 1998-07-15 | 2003-03-31 |
| MAKI, Kashiwa | Director | 2002-07-01 | 2003-01-20 |
| MARIA, David Robert De | Director | — | 1995-01-13 |
| MONTGOMERY, Herbert Robert | Director | 1997-04-01 | 1998-04-01 |
| RICHARDSON, Martin Roger | Director | — | 1994-03-07 |
| ROLNICK, Brian Jacobs | Director | 2009-10-19 | 2011-09-01 |
| SAKATA, Yusuke | Director | 1997-04-01 | 2002-07-01 |
| VANSTONE, Gary Francis | Director | — | 1994-06-24 |
| WATANABE, Keiichi | Director | 1996-01-24 | 1999-11-15 |
| YUKAWA, Shinji | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2022-10-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Ryosuke Takagi | Individual | Significant influence | 2026-04-01 | Active |
| Mr Kazuhiro Kariya | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-04-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 197 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-02-21 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-9.7%
£7,899,000 £7,134,000
-
Cash
-13.9%
£2,502,000 £2,153,000
-
Net assets
-8.1%
-£6,948,000 -£7,511,000
-
Employees
-20.8%
48 38
-
Operating profit
+26%
-£615,000 -£455,000
-
Profit before tax
+28.9%
-£564,000 -£401,000
-
Wages
-16.4%
£2,694,000 £2,251,000
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