SCHUTZ (U.K.) 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
None on the register
Cash
£17M
-23.3% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£46M
-4.3% lowest in 4 filed years
Employees
125
+1.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£11M
+7.8% vs 2023
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £82,731,000 | £91,553,000 | £69,925,000 | £73,441,000 | |
| Operating profit | £15,334,000 | £13,172,000 | £8,644,000 | £9,709,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £15,340,000 | £13,527,000 | £9,926,000 | £10,699,000 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £7,461,000 | £7,899,000 | |
| Cash | £26,558,000 | £31,095,000 | £22,133,000 | £16,972,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £49,489,000 | £61,778,000 | £51,539,000 | £50,795,000 | |
| Net assets | £47,997,000 | £58,932,000 | £48,393,000 | £46,292,000 | |
| Equity | £47,997,000 | £58,932,000 | £48,393,000 | £46,292,000 | |
| Average employees | 126 | 126 | 123 | 125 | |
| Wages | — | — | £4,627,000 | £5,109,000 |
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 18.5% | 14.4% | 12.4% | 13.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 10.7% | 10.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 31.0% | 21.3% | 16.8% | 19.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 5.41x | 3.75x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 388.36x |
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
- Rödl & Partner Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared by the Directors on a going concern basis, which assumes that the company will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future for at least 12 months from the approval of the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The directors have declared a dividend of £10 million for the year (2023: £18m).”
- “The planned increase in capital investment saw the purchase of a further blow moulder for IBC inner bottles and the refurbishment of the reconditioning plant was started.”
- “The company has entered into a liability limitation agreement with the company's auditor which was approved on 7th November 2024. The principal terms of the agreement are fair and reasonable.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OSGERBY, Glen Matthew | Secretary | 2025-06-16 | — | — |
| ENDERS, Veit | Director | 2009-12-11 | May 1972 | German |
| GÄRTNER, Philipp | Director | 2025-10-22 | Oct 1988 | German |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLLEY, Martin Gerard | Secretary | 1997-08-01 | 2025-06-16 |
| GRAHAM-CAMPBELL, John Malcolm | Secretary | — | 1994-07-31 |
| HUBBE, Jurgen | Secretary | 1994-07-31 | 1997-07-31 |
| DE RIJK, Dirk | Director | 1994-06-23 | 1998-12-23 |
| HEIBEL, Winfried | Director | — | 2008-06-30 |
| HUBBE, Jurgen | Director | — | 2009-08-31 |
| MEIER, Johann Christian, Dr | Director | 2008-08-29 | 2019-12-31 |
| SCHURINGA, Jan | Director | — | 2008-06-30 |
| SCHUTZ, Else | Director | — | 2009-08-31 |
| SCHUTZ, Udo Joachim | Director | — | 2009-12-11 |
| STRASSBURGER, Roland | Director | 2008-08-29 | 2025-10-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schutz Gmbh And Co Kgaa | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 113 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-18 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-06-18 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-12 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-01-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
+5%
£69,925,000 £73,441,000
-
Cash
-23.3%
£22,133,000 £16,972,000
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
-4.3%
£48,393,000 £46,292,000
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
+1.6%
123 125
-
Operating profit
+12.3%
£8,644,000 £9,709,000
-
Profit before tax
+7.8%
£9,926,000 £10,699,000
-
Wages
+10.4%
£4,627,000 £5,109,000
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