BISCHOF & KLEIN (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-13 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£109K
-56.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£9M
-0.8% vs 2023
Employees
98
-10.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£67K
+97.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BISCHOF & KLEIN (UK) LIMITED 1978-12-31 → present
- MIDDLEWISE LIMITED 1978-06-12 → 1978-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £22,888,000 | £23,045,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£2,062,000 | £195,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,391,000 | -£67,000 | |
| Net profit | -£1,844,000 | -£67,000 | |
| Cash | £252,000 | £109,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,812,000 | £10,104,000 | |
| Net assets | £8,580,000 | £8,513,000 | |
| Equity | £8,580,000 | £8,513,000 | |
| Average employees | 109 | 98 | |
| Wages | £3,399,000 | £3,449,000 |
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 | -9.0% | 0.8% | |
| Net margin | -8.1% | -0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -19.1% | 1.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.11x | 1.12x | |
| Interest cover | -6.27x | 0.74x |
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
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries and assessments, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future and for a period of at least 12 months from signing the financial statements. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The 2024 trading year saw an increase in trading activity with sales volume increasing across multiple product sectors versus the prior year.”
- “The operating profit for the year increased to £195,000 (2023: loss £2,062,000), with additional gross profit contribution from increased sales volumes combining positively alongside a normalised cost position on energy.”
- “The company invested £980,000 (2023: £480,000) into plant and machinery, assets under construction, freehold property and computer equipment in the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOON, Graeme Richard | Secretary | 2024-12-02 | — | — |
| EDELMANN, Erik | Director | 2023-10-10 | May 1977 | German |
| PAX, Karsten, Herr | Director | 2018-01-01 | May 1970 | German |
| PLUMB, Darren Alden | Director | 2006-04-12 | Jan 1970 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAWA, Sumeet | Secretary | 2023-12-18 | 2024-10-09 |
| ELLIS, Andrew Norman | Secretary | 1996-05-29 | 2000-06-29 |
| HENDLEY, Samantha Jay | Secretary | 2020-01-02 | 2023-10-11 |
| KINGSBURY, Michael Trevor | Secretary | — | 1996-04-05 |
| PARTINGTON, Christopher Noel | Secretary | 1996-04-05 | 1996-05-29 |
| PLUMB, Darren Alden | Secretary | 2001-09-10 | 2020-01-02 |
| TURNER, Kim Michelle | Secretary | 2000-06-29 | 2001-09-10 |
| ANDERSON, David | Director | 1998-06-01 | 2001-03-30 |
| BURNELL, Philip John | Director | 1994-02-08 | 2001-02-28 |
| BUSHELL, Christopher John | Director | — | 1992-06-16 |
| COUSINS, Richard John | Director | 1997-01-31 | 1998-06-01 |
| EICKHOLT, Gunter Wilhelm | Director | 2001-02-01 | 2020-12-31 |
| EICKHOLT, Gunter Wilhelm | Director | — | 1994-02-08 |
| HAUSMANN, Frich Gustan, Herr | Director | — | 1992-06-16 |
| KINGSBURY, Michael Trevor | Director | 1993-12-01 | 1996-04-05 |
| KONERMANN, Fritz, Herr | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| PARTINGTON, Christopher Noel | Director | — | 2001-03-30 |
| PFENNIG, Volker, Dr | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2018-01-01 |
| RICHARDSON, Alan | Director | — | 1997-01-31 |
| SCHERF, Hartmut Rudolf, Herr | Director | — | 2002-10-01 |
| SUNDERMANN, Gerd, Herr | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2019-03-31 |
| SUNDERMANN, Horst, Herr | Director | 2006-04-12 | 2014-12-31 |
| SUNDERMANN, Horst, Herr | Director | 1997-01-01 | 2000-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik Edelmann | Individual | Significant influence | 2023-10-10 | Active |
| Herr Karsten Pax | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-01-01 | Active |
| Mr Gunter Wilhelm Eickholt | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-12-31 |
| Mr Gerd Sundermann | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-03-31 |
| Dr Volker Pfennig | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-12-31 |
| Klein + Gunther Se & Co. Kg | Corporate entity | significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Darren Alden Plumb | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| B + K Holding Gmbh | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 160 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-17 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-03-24 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-21 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-10-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
+0.7%
£22,888,000 £23,045,000
-
Cash
-56.7%
£252,000 £109,000
-
Net assets
-0.8%
£8,580,000 £8,513,000
-
Employees
-10.1%
109 98
-
Operating profit
+109.5%
-£2,062,000 £195,000
-
Profit before tax
+97.2%
-£2,391,000 -£67,000
-
Wages
+1.5%
£3,399,000 £3,449,000
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