KINTETSU WORLD EXPRESS (U.K.) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-12
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£7M
-18.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£7M
-4% vs 2024
Employees
115
-2.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£176K
-135% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-05-12.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £53,184,399 | £51,607,267 | |
| Operating profit | £238,685 | -£396,068 | |
| Profit before tax | £502,234 | -£176,001 | |
| Net profit | £370,475 | -£100,405 | |
| Cash | £8,847,746 | £7,235,223 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £7,132,346 | £6,846,704 | |
| Equity | £7,132,346 | £6,846,704 | |
| Average employees | 118 | 115 | |
| Wages | £5,595,925 | £5,206,471 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.4% | -0.8% | |
| Net margin | 0.7% | -0.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.74x | 1.79x | |
| Interest cover | 19890.42x | — |
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
- Mercer & Hole LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company has a reasonable expectation that it has adequate resources to continue trading for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements. The directors have based their assessment of going concern on the basis of their expectations of the future business plans and forecasts, its cashflow position and the company's ability to operate without any borrowings or any overdraft facilities and its financial obligations to meet its ongoing liabilities and support from Parent if required.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AKIYAMA, Taro | Director | 2026-01-23 | Feb 1976 | Japanese |
| COWMEADOW, Nigel Philip Clive | Director | 2026-04-01 | May 1961 | British |
| KITANI, Toru | Director | 2025-04-01 | Nov 1970 | Japanese |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AKIOKA, Hiroshi | Secretary | — | 1993-06-05 |
| NAKAI, Nobukazu | Secretary | 1993-06-05 | 2002-05-07 |
| OGAWA, Hiroyoshi | Secretary | 2003-06-30 | 2009-03-31 |
| WEPPELMANN, Thomas | Secretary | 2009-04-01 | 2011-05-25 |
| WONG, Hok Ee | Secretary | 2002-05-07 | 2003-06-30 |
| AIKAWA, Shinya | Director | 2005-04-19 | 2011-05-25 |
| AKIOKA, Hiroshi | Director | — | 1994-06-13 |
| ASADA, Shunji | Director | — | 1998-06-01 |
| AZUMA, Hiroshi | Director | 2022-05-27 | 2025-04-01 |
| FUDEYASU, Satoshi | Director | 2003-05-07 | 2007-05-23 |
| FUJITA, Norihiro | Director | 1995-05-27 | 2000-03-02 |
| FUJITA, Yasuhiro | Director | 2021-02-01 | 2026-01-23 |
| HATANO, Yasuhiko | Director | 2011-05-25 | 2017-09-06 |
| ISHIZAKI, Satoshi | Director | 2009-06-18 | 2016-06-21 |
| KASE, Toshiyuki | Director | 2011-05-25 | 2017-09-06 |
| KAWAKAMI, Shuji | Director | 2002-05-07 | 2005-04-19 |
| KUMOKAWA, Toshio | Director | — | 2006-06-27 |
| MOMOMOTO, Atsuhiru | Director | — | 1995-05-27 |
| MORIYASU, Yutaka | Director | 1994-06-13 | 1995-05-27 |
| NAKAI, Nobukazu | Director | 1993-06-05 | 2002-05-07 |
| NAKAJIMA, Toshiro | Director | 2007-05-23 | 2012-05-30 |
| NAKAMURA, Ryuji | Director | — | 1993-06-05 |
| OGAWA, Hiroyoshi | Director | 2003-05-07 | 2009-03-31 |
| OGAWA, Shin | Director | 2017-09-06 | 2022-05-27 |
| PRIDDEN, John | Director | 2008-05-28 | 2022-03-11 |
| SAITO, Makoto | Director | 2002-05-07 | 2003-05-07 |
| TORII, Nobutoshi | Director | 2016-06-21 | 2022-05-27 |
| TSUJI, Iwao | Director | 1995-05-27 | 1997-06-11 |
| TSUJIMOTO, Hirokazu | Director | 2006-06-30 | 2009-06-18 |
| UCHINO, Hironori | Director | 2017-09-06 | 2021-02-01 |
| WEPPELMANN, Thomas | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2011-05-25 |
| WEPPELMANN, Thomas | Director | 2003-06-30 | 2008-05-28 |
| WONG, Hok Ee | Director | 1994-06-13 | 2003-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kintetsu World Express, Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2022-08-11 | Ceased 2025-10-14 |
| Kintetsu Group Holdings Co Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2022-07-12 | Active |
| Mr Nobutoshi Torii | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-06-21 | Ceased 2022-08-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 174 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-14 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-11 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-08-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-07-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
-3%
£53,184,399 £51,607,267
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Cash
-18.2%
£8,847,746 £7,235,223
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Net assets
-4%
£7,132,346 £6,846,704
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Employees
-2.5%
118 115
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Operating profit
-265.9%
£238,685 -£396,068
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Profit before tax
-135%
£502,234 -£176,001
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Wages
-7%
£5,595,925 £5,206,471
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