DAIFUKU AIRPORT UK LTD.
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-03 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+4.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£16M
+8.1% vs 2023
Employees
125
+2.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£1M
-99% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 7 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-12-03
- DAIFUKU AIRPORT UK LTD. 2025-12-03 → present
- DAIFUKU LOGAN LTD 2014-01-09 → 2025-12-03
- LOGAN TELEFLEX (UK) LIMITED 2006-04-04 → 2014-01-09
- FABRICOM AIRPORT SYSTEMS (UK) LIMITED 2003-06-19 → 2006-04-04
- LOGAN FABRICOM LIMITED 2001-01-03 → 2003-06-19
- FABRICOM SYSTEMS LIMITED 1999-12-30 → 2001-01-03
- LOGAN FABRICOM LIMITED 1995-12-29 → 1999-12-30
- QUICKTOUR LIMITED 1995-10-20 → 1995-12-29
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 | £30,180,000 | £23,544,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,067,000 | -£1,130,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£593,000 | -£1,180,000 | |
| Net profit | -£1,111,000 | -£1,537,000 | |
| Cash | £3,927,000 | £4,112,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,211,000 | £15,922,000 | |
| Net assets | £14,616,000 | £15,794,000 | |
| Equity | £14,616,000 | £15,794,000 | |
| Average employees | 122 | 125 | |
| Wages | £6,095,000 | £6,651,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -3.5% | -4.8% | |
| Net margin | -3.7% | -6.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -7.0% | -7.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 42.7% | 46.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.86x | 1.49x | |
| Interest cover | -12.41x | -18.52x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have concluded that it is appropriate to prepare the Company's financial statements on the going concern basis, which assumes that the Company will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “The start of 2024 saw DLL enter the year with a low backlog of ongoing contracts from prior years - this has contributed to the low revenue for the year of 2024.”
- “DLL finished 2024 strong with a strong order intake in late 2024. This has meant a strong backlog for 2025 with over £27m of backlog going into 2025.”
- “Continuing from previous years which saw significant restructure in DLL, there were changes in senior level roles with the appointments of Jason Price as Chief Operating Officer, and Geoffrey Tanchon as Sales Director.”
- “DLL finished 2024 with £3.4m of loans from our parent company. £1.4m of the loans was for 1.) investment in the factory by purchasing new equipment to increase capacity 2.) a new floor layout involving significant redesign of the factory; which was necessary to increase floor space in line with increased production.”
- “As DLL is the only Daifuku entity in the UK and Europe to have a manufacturing site, DLL has started to focus on manufacturing products for Daifuku globally. In 2024 DLL worked very closely with our sister company Scarabee manufacturing two Smart Lanes for Scarabee for UK customers.”
- “In 2024 there was further recruitment in operations roles and other key support roles. This will continue in 2025 with a current recruitment drive for operations and a supervisor for the night shift as we increase our capacity.”
- “New products continue to be key for the future of the company. In 2024 DLL used its experience in innovation to develop a cross belt sorter, for use by other Daifuku Group companies, whilst still in the development stage this product will become required for all Daifuku entities and will be an opportunity for growth for Daifuku.”
- “DLL continue to bring in new apprentices under its apprenticeship programme. In 2025 there will be another two new apprentices. DLL is making changes the factory layout as well as a new despatch area this will support capacity increases across multiple production lines.”
- “2024 saw a more stable headcount across the company as turnover was low in 2024. This included the finance team which saw no changes to its team after a number of changes throughout 2023.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOYD, Christine | Secretary | 2001-06-28 | — | British |
| IZUTSU, Masayuki | Director | 2022-04-01 | Mar 1967 | Japanese |
| TAKIMOTO, Yuzuru | Director | 2024-01-01 | Nov 1967 | Japanese |
| UEMOTO, Takaya | Director | 2020-04-01 | Jan 1961 | Japanese |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAWKINS, Malcolm Leonard | Secretary | 1995-11-07 | 2001-06-30 |
| YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-10-20 | 1995-11-07 |
| CARATGE, Benoit | Director | 2003-03-25 | 2005-02-17 |
| CASIER, Philippe | Director | 1995-12-15 | 2003-07-01 |
| CATLIN, Pierre | Director | 2003-03-25 | 2005-10-12 |
| CAUDRON, Eric Hector | Director | 2001-05-21 | 2006-06-12 |
| CAUWE, Philippe | Director | 1997-07-29 | 2007-01-17 |
| FERRIS, Edward Michael | Director | 1995-11-07 | 2001-06-30 |
| FULLERTON, Stephen John | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2020-04-01 |
| HAMEL, Kenneth M. | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2014-01-07 |
| HAWKINS, Malcolm Leonard | Director | 1995-12-15 | 2001-06-30 |
| HIRAMOTO, Takashi | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2015-03-16 |
| HONDA, Shuichi | Director | 2015-03-16 | 2020-04-01 |
| JEFFERY, Michael | Director | 1995-12-15 | 2014-03-31 |
| LAMBET, Pascal | Director | 2009-01-22 | 2011-04-01 |
| LOMBART, Jean Claude | Director | 1995-12-15 | 2001-03-21 |
| MATHONET, Georges Claude | Director | 1995-12-15 | 1997-07-29 |
| OSBORNE, Ronald | Director | 2007-07-02 | 2021-05-31 |
| RAILTON, Terence John | Director | 2001-09-19 | 2002-11-08 |
| SHIRAKO, Hiroshi | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2020-04-01 |
| SINECHAL, Xavier | Director | 2006-05-25 | 2011-04-01 |
| SOARES, Marcio Douglas | Director | 2021-06-01 | 2024-01-01 |
| STEWART, Brian Gerard | Director | 2014-01-07 | 2015-02-25 |
| TEO, Patrick William | Director | 2015-09-30 | 2020-04-01 |
| UEDA, Yasushi | Director | 2020-04-01 | 2022-03-31 |
| VAN WEYENBERGH, Claude | Director | 1999-07-15 | 2003-07-09 |
| VANDAMME, Yves Hubert Cyrille | Director | 2001-09-19 | 2003-07-01 |
| VERGER, Francois | Director | 2005-02-23 | 2006-03-23 |
| YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-10-20 | 1995-11-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daifuku Co., Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 196 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-03 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
- 2021-12-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-03 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-07 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2021-12-07 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2021-12-07 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2021-12-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-12-06 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
-
Turnover
-22%
£30,180,000 £23,544,000
-
Cash
+4.7%
£3,927,000 £4,112,000
-
Net assets
+8.1%
£14,616,000 £15,794,000
-
Employees
+2.5%
122 125
-
Operating profit
-5.9%
-£1,067,000 -£1,130,000
-
Profit before tax
-99%
-£593,000 -£1,180,000
-
Wages
+9.1%
£6,095,000 £6,651,000
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