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KARL SCHMIDT UK LIMITED
Cash
£695K
-21.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£1M
-25.7% vs 2023
Employees
8
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£152K
-1,025.7% vs 2023
Profile
- Company number
- 01716529
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1983-04-20
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 49410
Net assets
10-year trend · vs UK Logistics & Mobility median
Accounts
10-year trend · latest 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,501,055 | — | £3,667,458 | — | £2,756,095 | — | £2,640,206 | — | £2,714,611 | £3,039,658 | |
| Operating profit | -£103,102 | — | £161,206 | — | -£14,743 | — | £73,393 | — | £16,382 | -£151,650 | |
| Profit before tax | -£109,083 | — | £155,834 | — | -£21,306 | — | £73,393 | — | £16,382 | -£151,650 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Cash | £669,417 | — | £1,005,526 | — | £810,401 | — | £842,954 | — | £881,240 | £694,705 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,287,337 | — | £1,443,171 | — | £1,421,865 | — | £1,495,258 | — | £1,511,640 | £1,144,962 | |
| Net assets | £1,259,609 | — | £1,419,024 | — | £1,399,424 | — | £1,454,148 | — | £1,470,360 | £1,092,444 | |
| Equity | £1,259,609 | — | £1,419,024 | — | £1,399,424 | — | £1,454,148 | — | £1,470,360 | £1,092,444 | |
| Average employees | 8 | — | 8 | — | 8 | — | 8 | — | 8 | 8 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in iXBRL accounts. — indicates the figure was not present in the extracted filing (either not filed under that concept or absent from the period). About these numbers
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Kreston Reeves Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The Directors have made the decision to close the company. Consequently, the company will eventually cease to trade within 12 months of the approval of these financial statements. For this reason, the annual financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than that of a going concern as the company may not be in operational existence 12 months following the approval of the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “In 2025, the Directors have made the decision to close the company. Consequently, the company will eventually cease to trade within 12 months of the approval of these financial statements.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
3 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PICKUP, Andrew David | Director | 2016-06-29 | May 1962 | British |
| SCHMIDT, Horst | Director | — | Feb 1943 | German |
| SCHMIDT, Thomas | Director | 2001-01-01 | Mar 1970 | German |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WISNIEWSKI, Herbert | Secretary | — | 2016-09-07 |
| TUERLINCKX, Jan Eniel Johanna | Director | — | 2001-01-01 |
| WISNIEWSKI, Herbert | Director | — | 2016-09-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Thomas Jochen Schmidt | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 102 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-25 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2026-03-24 | AD01 | address | change registered office address company with date old address new address |
| 2025-11-20 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-10-02 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2024-10-02 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2024-09-25 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2022-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-10-14 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2022-08-16 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2021-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2021-09-07 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2020-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2020-08-07 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2019-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2019-09-26 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type small |
| 2018-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
Credit score
Altman Z″ (private-firm) · reference 2024-12-31
9.74
SAFE
Altman Z″
- Working capital / Total assets 0.671 × 6.56 = +4.40
- Retained earnings / Total assets 0.000 × 3.26 = +0.00
- EBIT / Total assets -0.119 × 6.72 = -0.80
- Book equity / Total liabilities 5.845 × 1.05 = +6.14
Bands: > 2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · < 1.1 distress. Z″ is a public-formula baseline, not a substitute for adverse-data signals (CCJs, charges, gazette notices) — those land in a later pass.
Activity Score
Filings velocity, capital events, officer churn, accounts trajectory