KUBOTA (U.K.) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-23 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+27.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£78M
-6.4% vs 2023
Employees
117
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
-83.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- KUBOTA (U.K.) LIMITED 1985-07-01 → present
- KUBOTA TRACTORS (U.K.) LIMITED 1978-12-31 → 1985-07-01
- KUBOTA LIMITED 1977-12-31 → 1978-12-31
- DIKAPPA (NUMBER 93) LIMITED 1977-02-21 → 1977-12-31
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 | £323,437,832 | £256,200,917 | |
| Operating profit | £19,154,829 | £2,011,870 | |
| Profit before tax | £21,002,209 | £3,489,315 | |
| Net profit | £16,041,912 | £2,592,635 | |
| Cash | £1,433,272 | £1,830,631 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £94,100,721 | £91,283,122 | |
| Net assets | £83,476,486 | £78,093,121 | |
| Equity | £83,476,486 | £78,093,121 | |
| Average employees | 117 | 117 | |
| Wages | £4,769,349 | £5,173,964 |
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 | 5.9% | 0.8% | |
| Net margin | 5.0% | 1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.4% | 2.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 50.4% | 44.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.23x | 2.79x | |
| Interest cover | 191.22x | 19.73x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a minimum of 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “KUK introduced a volunteering policy in 2024 to provide employees with paid time off to undertake volunteering activities.”
- “KUK has placed greater emphasis on mental health as part of Health & Safety training, with an increase in the number of Mental Health First Aiders in the business.”
- “During the year, Inventory levels decreased from £54,778,792 in 2023 to £41,719,740 in 2024.”
- “Net Assets are down to £78,093,121 for the year from £83,476,486 in 2023, mainly due to a dividend payment of £7,976,000 during the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 47 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FORSYTH, Simon | Secretary | 2024-05-03 | — | — |
| HART, David James | Director | 2018-07-09 | Aug 1965 | British |
| TODA, Shin | Director | 2021-04-09 | Feb 1973 | Japanese |
Show 47 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATSUI, Issei | Secretary | 2010-01-11 | 2012-04-01 |
| SAITO, Ken | Secretary | 1994-06-09 | 1999-09-16 |
| SAKAI, Yukio | Secretary | 2008-03-12 | 2010-01-11 |
| TANAKA, Hirohiko | Secretary | 2012-04-01 | 2017-05-04 |
| TOYOKI, Kyota | Secretary | 2017-05-04 | 2024-05-03 |
| TSUJIYAMA, Ryo | Secretary | 1999-09-16 | 2003-09-15 |
| WAKABAYASHI, Hiroshi | Secretary | — | 1994-06-09 |
| YAMADA, Shin Ichi | Secretary | 2003-09-15 | 2008-02-29 |
| ARIMORI, Takashi | Director | 2007-03-30 | 2008-06-01 |
| ASAHARA, Takao | Director | 2002-04-01 | 2003-04-01 |
| FUJITA, Yoshiyuki | Director | 2002-04-01 | 2007-03-30 |
| FUKUTOMI, Hisashi | Director | 1995-06-20 | 1996-05-31 |
| HIRATA, Takeshi | Director | 2006-04-01 | 2008-05-31 |
| HURTLEY, Brian | Director | — | 1996-06-30 |
| ISHII, Nobuyuki | Director | 2017-01-27 | 2018-02-22 |
| ISHII, Yoshinari | Director | 2014-07-11 | 2016-03-28 |
| KANEDA, Satoshi | Director | — | 1993-05-30 |
| KOGA, Hisamichi | Director | 2010-04-26 | 2011-06-20 |
| KUSAKA, Hideaki | Director | 1999-06-15 | 2009-07-24 |
| MAJIMA, Shahei | Director | — | 1993-06-30 |
| MIYAKE, Masakazu | Director | 1994-06-09 | 2000-06-19 |
| MIYAWAKI, Hirofumi | Director | 2011-06-20 | 2014-07-11 |
| MIYAZAKI, Hisashi | Director | 1998-09-01 | 2000-04-28 |
| MORIOKA, Koichi | Director | 1993-07-01 | 1995-06-20 |
| NAGASAWA, Masahiro | Director | 2000-06-19 | 2002-05-07 |
| NISHIOKA, Shigenori | Director | 1996-05-31 | 1999-06-15 |
| OMOTE, Tadahisa | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2011-01-04 |
| ORBAN, Rene Gustave | Director | 1996-03-01 | 2002-11-21 |
| OTA, Michihiko | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2005-04-01 |
| ROBERTS, David Pierce | Director | 2013-04-02 | 2018-02-05 |
| SAITO, Ken | Director | 1994-06-09 | 1999-09-16 |
| SAITO, Takaaki | Director | 1997-05-02 | 1998-09-01 |
| SHIMOKAWA, Kazunari | Director | 2018-02-05 | 2018-07-09 |
| SUZUKI, Tsutomu | Director | 2011-01-04 | 2013-04-02 |
| TABATA, Yoshihiko | Director | — | 1994-06-09 |
| TAIDA, Hideya | Director | 1993-07-01 | 1996-05-31 |
| TAKAHATA, Chiaki | Director | 1996-05-31 | 1997-05-02 |
| TAKIGAWA, Hideo | Director | 2012-04-01 | 2013-06-26 |
| TANEBE, Akio | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2006-04-01 |
| TODOROKI, Tomikazu | Director | 2000-04-28 | 2002-05-07 |
| TSUJIYAMA, Ryo | Director | 1999-09-16 | 2003-09-15 |
| UEDA, Takehiro | Director | 2018-02-23 | 2021-04-09 |
| WAKABAYASHI, Hiroshi | Director | — | 1994-06-09 |
| WATANABE, Dai | Director | 2008-06-01 | 2012-04-01 |
| WOODWARD, John Lewis | Director | — | 2001-02-16 |
| YAMADA, Shin Ichi | Director | 2003-09-15 | 2008-02-29 |
| YOSHIDA, Haruyuki | Director | 2013-06-26 | 2017-01-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kubota Holdings Europe B.V. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2017-10-10 | Active |
| Mr David Pierce Roberts | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-10-10 |
| Kubota Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-10-10 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 210 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-21 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2025-12-21 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-12-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-21 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2025-12-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-05-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-09 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2022-08-09 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2022-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-04-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
-20.8%
£323,437,832 £256,200,917
-
Cash
+27.7%
£1,433,272 £1,830,631
-
Net assets
-6.4%
£83,476,486 £78,093,121
-
Employees
0%
117 117
-
Operating profit
-89.5%
£19,154,829 £2,011,870
-
Profit before tax
-83.4%
£21,002,209 £3,489,315
-
Wages
+8.5%
£4,769,349 £5,173,964
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