KARCHER (U.K.) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-25 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£509K
-1.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£27M
-6.7% vs 2023
Employees
308
+4.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
-30.5% vs 2023
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 | £146,116,000 | £164,182,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,674,000 | £2,502,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,687,000 | £2,562,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,523,000 | £1,607,000 | |
| Cash | £519,000 | £509,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £32,384,000 | £32,701,000 | |
| Net assets | £28,519,000 | £26,606,000 | |
| Equity | £28,519,000 | £26,606,000 | |
| Average employees | 296 | 308 | |
| Wages | £14,204,000 | £15,114,000 |
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 | 2.5% | 1.5% | |
| Net margin | 1.7% | 1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.3% | 7.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 45.1% | 43.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.05x | 2.27x | |
| Interest cover | 35.33x | 14.38x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As such, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that would be necessary if the UK group or parent company is unable to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- KARCHER (U.K.) LIMITED · parent
- Kärcher Hire Limited 100%
- Atlantis International Limited 100%
- Cleanpark Limited 100%
- Clean Sweep Hire Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Group decided to move to a new third party logistics supplier in the year to iForce Limited (part of the Culina Group).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VENNER, Mark Richard | Secretary | 2007-06-01 | — | British |
| JENNER, Hartmut Otto | Director | 2001-07-01 | Sep 1965 | German |
| MAY, Christian | Director | 2016-01-01 | Dec 1972 | German |
| PATZKE, Stefan | Director | 2020-12-01 | Jun 1976 | German |
| PROSSER, Gareth Huw | Director | 2026-05-11 | Dec 1978 | Welsh |
| VAN INGELGEM, Marc | Director | 2026-03-18 | Mar 1960 | Belgian |
| VENNER, Mark Richard | Director | 2007-06-01 | Apr 1969 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEST, David Albert | Secretary | — | 2007-05-31 |
| ASCH, Markus Jakob | Director | 2008-10-31 | 2020-12-01 |
| DEIBLER, Roland Paul | Director | — | 2001-06-30 |
| ELSNER, Thomas Heinrich | Director | 2013-12-02 | 2016-09-27 |
| GRAJER, Dieter Hermann | Director | 2008-10-31 | 2016-01-01 |
| JONES, Graham John | Director | — | 2004-12-31 |
| KAMM, Roland | Director | — | 2001-06-30 |
| KARCHER, Johannes | Director | — | 2001-06-30 |
| KEEPING, Simon Charles | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| KONHAUSNER, Herbert | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2002-06-07 |
| METZ, Georg Friedrich | Director | 2001-07-01 | 2008-10-31 |
| NORTON, Lee Michael | Director | 2005-06-01 | 2006-03-29 |
| SILVESTER, Wendy Louise | Director | 2003-12-22 | 2007-03-16 |
| WEST, David Albert | Director | — | 2007-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kärcher Beteiligungs-Gmbh | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 152 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-12-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
+12.4%
£146,116,000 £164,182,000
-
Cash
-1.9%
£519,000 £509,000
-
Net assets
-6.7%
£28,519,000 £26,606,000
-
Employees
+4.1%
296 308
-
Operating profit
-31.9%
£3,674,000 £2,502,000
-
Profit before tax
-30.5%
£3,687,000 £2,562,000
-
Wages
+6.4%
£14,204,000 £15,114,000
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