KUEHNE + NAGEL (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-12 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£36K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£73M
+16.3% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£20M
-64.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- KUEHNE + NAGEL (UK) LIMITED 2004-06-09 → present
- KUEHNE & NAGEL (U.K.) LIMITED 1980-12-31 → 2004-06-09
- AMEC LIMITED 1979-11-26 → 1980-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£211,512 | -£130,028 | |
| Profit before tax | £56,414,702 | £19,782,420 | |
| Net profit | £57,123,786 | £20,537,448 | |
| Cash | — | £35,541 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £134,646,325 | £131,805,652 | |
| Net assets | £62,350,902 | £72,513,003 | |
| Equity | £62,350,902 | £72,513,003 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -0.2% | -0.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.29x | 0.06x | |
| Interest cover | -0.07x | -0.04x |
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
- Rödl & Partner Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company undertakes no third party trading and is therefore dependent upon the future cash flows of its main trading subsidiary, Kuehne + Nagel Limited, to provide the necessary funding to enable it to meet its liabilities as they fall due. Accordingly, the directors have carried out a detailed review of the cash flow forecasts”
Group structure
- KUEHNE + NAGEL (UK) LIMITED · parent
- Kuehne + Nagel Limited 100%
- Morgan Cargo Ltd. 71%
- Kuehne + Nagel (UK) Jordan Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “In October 2024, the company acquired an additional 20% of the ordinary share capital of UK-based Morgan Cargo Ltd, for a consideration of €3,519,000. In addition, further share capital of €45,000 was subscribed for in Kuehne + Nagel (UK) Jordan Ltd.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'BRIEN, Daniel Richard | Secretary | 2019-07-01 | — | — |
| ARZETHAUSER, Martin | Director | 2008-01-15 | Apr 1965 | Swiss |
| DA SILVA, Fabio Luiz | Director | 2025-03-05 | Nov 1980 | Brazilian |
| LAFLIN, Matthew | Director | 2025-10-01 | Sep 1972 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRIGGS, Douglas Campbell | Secretary | 1999-07-16 | 2007-07-27 |
| GETTY, Graham Robert Aberdein | Secretary | 1993-02-19 | 1999-07-16 |
| HULL, Derek George | Secretary | — | 1993-03-29 |
| LAYTON, Robert | Secretary | 2007-07-27 | 2016-05-31 |
| STOKES, Tristan Richard Michael | Secretary | 2016-10-10 | 2019-07-01 |
| BENNETT, Marcus | Director | 2017-12-04 | 2018-11-17 |
| BEST, Allison Michelle | Director | 2019-01-02 | 2025-01-17 |
| BLANKA, Markus | Director | 2006-05-18 | 2009-01-22 |
| BRIGGS, Douglas Campbell | Director | 1999-07-16 | 2006-05-18 |
| COX, Brian | Director | 2016-04-01 | 2024-05-07 |
| FLOSS-KUHNE, Alfred | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| HELD, Thierry Patrick | Director | 2009-01-22 | 2017-01-01 |
| HERMS, Klaus Hermann | Director | 1999-07-10 | 2006-05-18 |
| HULL, Derek George | Director | — | 1993-03-29 |
| KAISER, Ewald | Director | 1998-11-01 | 2001-10-16 |
| KOSTAN, Hans Peter | Director | — | 1999-07-16 |
| KUHNE, Klaus Michel | Director | — | 1998-11-01 |
| LITTLEJOHNS, Thomas Philip | Director | — | 1993-03-29 |
| LYNGDAM, Jan | Director | 1997-01-01 | 1997-08-15 |
| MANG, Bruno | Director | 2013-11-01 | 2016-05-01 |
| MILES, James Robert | Director | 2025-01-22 | 2025-03-05 |
| QUINN, Pamela | Director | 2024-05-07 | 2025-10-01 |
| SALZMANN, Bruno Richard | Director | — | 1998-11-01 |
| SEDRANI, Christophe Nadia Alexander | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2019-01-02 |
| TRINKLER, Bernard Urs | Director | — | 1993-03-29 |
| ULBER, Hans Peter Gerd | Director | 2001-10-16 | 2008-01-15 |
| VAN KESTEREN, Gerard | Director | — | 2006-05-18 |
| WHITTEN, Robin Edward | Director | — | 1993-03-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kuehne + Nagel International Ag | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 201 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-11 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-17 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-05-17 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-03-30 | 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
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+16.3%
£62,350,902 £72,513,003
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+38.5%
-£211,512 -£130,028
-
Profit before tax
-64.9%
£56,414,702 £19,782,420
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