SICK (UK) LTD.
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-29 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£10K
-86.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£10M
+51.1% vs 2023
Employees
94
-1.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
+16.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- SICK (UK) LTD. 2005-04-05 → present
- ERWIN SICK LIMITED 1997-04-03 → 2005-04-05
- ERWIN SICK OPTIC-ELECTRONIC LIMITED 1973-11-27 → 1997-04-03
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £58,449,000 | £61,481,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,690,000 | £4,365,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,015,000 | £4,693,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,072,000 | £3,520,000 | |
| Cash | £76,000 | £10,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,289,000 | £17,401,000 | |
| Net assets | £6,884,000 | £10,404,000 | |
| Equity | £6,884,000 | £10,404,000 | |
| Average employees | 95 | 94 | |
| Wages | £5,884,000 | £5,845,000 |
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 | 6.3% | 7.1% | |
| Net margin | 5.3% | 5.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 50.6% | 25.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 74.9% | 65.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.29x | 2.51x | |
| Interest cover | 205.00x | 150.52x |
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
“Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The process automation sector of the SICK AG group business has been merged with Endress & Hauser as at 10 December 2024 creating a new joint venture company outside of SICK (UK) Ltd.”
- “The disposal took place in December 2024, realising a one off post-tax gain of £6,180,000.”
- “A dividend of £6,000,000 was proposed on 11 February 2025 to be paid and recognised in 2025 in relation to 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REEVES, Alan John | Secretary | 1999-02-12 | — | British |
| AZZERRI, Massimo Maria | Director | 2022-10-15 | May 1970 | Italian |
| REEVES, Alan John | Director | 2002-10-21 | Dec 1964 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| RALPH, Wendy | Secretary | 1996-07-01 | 1998-11-30 |
| SIDNELL, John Ewart | Secretary | — | 1996-06-30 |
| TAYLOR, Michael | Secretary | 1998-11-30 | 1999-02-12 |
| AREND, Heinrich Christian | Director | — | 1992-06-30 |
| CERVERA, Josepmaria | Director | 2021-02-03 | 2022-05-01 |
| DEUTRICH, Anne Kathrin | Director | 2002-09-27 | 2003-09-01 |
| DEUTRICH, Anne Kathrin | Director | 1992-05-06 | 2002-03-01 |
| FISCHER, Dieter Peter | Director | 1994-03-31 | 1997-03-04 |
| FISCHER, Dieter Peter | Director | — | 1993-03-17 |
| GOEKSTORP, Mats | Director | 2013-05-01 | 2021-02-03 |
| HEHL, Frank Roger | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2018-06-06 |
| KAST, Rudolf | Director | 2002-07-01 | 2010-12-31 |
| MELDER, Claus | Director | 2003-09-01 | 2006-09-01 |
| PASCHMANN, Markus | Director | 2006-09-01 | 2013-04-30 |
| RDZANEK, Wlodzmierz Piotr | Director | 2022-05-01 | 2022-10-15 |
| REICHE, Hans Herman Volker | Director | — | 1992-02-04 |
| SCHMITZ, Walter Hugo Hans Peter | Director | 2002-03-01 | 2002-09-27 |
| SIDNELL, John Ewart | Director | — | 1996-06-30 |
| TAYLOR, Michael | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2002-10-21 |
| VATTER, Markus | Director | 2018-06-06 | 2021-02-03 |
| WANNER, Theodor, Dr | Director | 1992-02-04 | 1994-03-31 |
| WINDAU, Wolfgang | Director | 1997-03-04 | 2002-07-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastian Leopold Glaser | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-04-11 | Active |
| Sick Ag | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-04-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 141 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-03 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-05-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-02-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-02-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-12-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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
+5.2%
£58,449,000 £61,481,000
-
Cash
-86.8%
£76,000 £10,000
-
Net assets
+51.1%
£6,884,000 £10,404,000
-
Employees
-1.1%
95 94
-
Operating profit
+18.3%
£3,690,000 £4,365,000
-
Profit before tax
+16.9%
£4,015,000 £4,693,000
-
Wages
-0.7%
£5,884,000 £5,845,000
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