KARL SCHMIDT UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-14 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-30
Watchouts
Cash
£695K
-21.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£1M
-25.7% lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
8
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£152K
-1,025.7% lowest in 6 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
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.
Net assets
10-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
10-year trend · latest reflected 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £16,212 | -£162,888 | |
| 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 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -2.9% | — | 4.4% | — | -0.5% | — | 2.8% | — | 0.6% | -5.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.6% | -5.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -8.0% | — | 11.2% | — | -1.0% | — | 4.9% | — | 1.1% | -13.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9.19x | 7.39x | |
| Interest cover | -17.24x | — | 30.01x | — | -2.25x | — | — | — | — | — |
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 §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 and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
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Turnover
+12%
£2,714,611 £3,039,658
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Cash
-21.2%
£881,240 £694,705
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Net assets
-25.7%
£1,470,360 £1,092,444
lowest in 6 filed years
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Employees
0%
8 8
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Operating profit
-1,025.7%
£16,382 -£151,650
lowest in 6 filed years
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Profit before tax
-1,025.7%
£16,382 -£151,650
lowest in 6 filed years
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers