KAUTEX UNIPART LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-15 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£47K
+101.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£18M
-2.1% vs 2023
Employees
119
-4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+19.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- KAUTEX UNIPART LIMITED 1996-07-02 → present
- FCB 1171 LIMITED 1996-05-23 → 1996-07-02
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £56,685,000 | £56,389,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,889,000 | £2,220,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,899,000 | £2,265,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,609,000 | £1,606,000 | |
| Cash | -£2,435,000 | £47,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £17,668,000 | £17,201,000 | |
| Net assets | £18,394,000 | £18,003,000 | |
| Equity | £18,394,000 | £18,003,000 | |
| Average employees | 124 | 119 | |
| Wages | £5,120,000 | £5,469,000 |
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 | 3.3% | 3.9% | |
| Net margin | 2.8% | 2.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.7% | 12.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.44x | 1.76x | |
| Interest cover | 34.98x | 123.33x |
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
- Ballards LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board has a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements, which are shown on pages 14 - 35.”
Significant events
- “The key focus in the year was ensuring business agility to variable market conditions and delivering the successful launch of new products and implementation of new manufacturing equipment.”
- “Global markets have experienced significant levels of uncertainty in the last few years, which has affected most sectors and businesses.”
- “During the year, the Company undertook a number of carbon reduction projects and undergone improvements such as improving our recycling rate to reduce waste, continuing with zero to landfill.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THORNTON, Benjamin Lascelles | Secretary | 2024-03-01 | — | — |
| BURKE, Carol | Director | 2006-10-25 | Jan 1967 | British |
| CARDINALI, Eric Gregory | Director | 2016-04-14 | Feb 1965 | American |
| KANDIRAJU, Srinivasarao Venkata | Director | 2022-06-13 | Aug 1967 | American |
| LEIGH, Darren Peter | Director | 2022-03-15 | Apr 1972 | British |
| LEUNG, Alex Raymond | Director | 2024-08-31 | May 1974 | British |
| RAUTENSTRAUCH, Joerg | Director | 2017-01-20 | Jul 1967 | German |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| O'BRIEN, Robert Paul David | Secretary | 2015-06-01 | 2021-07-31 |
| RIMMER, Michael Douglas | Secretary | 1996-07-09 | 2015-06-01 |
| RUSSELL, Tanya | Secretary | 2021-09-06 | 2024-03-01 |
| LEGIST SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-05-23 | 1996-07-09 |
| ANTOINE, Thomas | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2017-01-19 |
| BROOKS, Richard William Stuart | Director | 2017-05-15 | 2022-06-13 |
| BUSCH, Dirk | Director | 2011-12-01 | 2016-04-14 |
| CHITTY, Jonathan | Director | 2016-04-28 | 2019-06-28 |
| HEALEY, John Joseph | Director | 2007-11-12 | 2016-04-28 |
| HEALEY, John Joseph | Director | 1996-07-09 | 2000-03-01 |
| HIRSCH, Joachim Volker | Director | 1999-09-17 | 2000-10-31 |
| IRVING, Philip Douglas | Director | 2016-04-14 | 2017-05-15 |
| IRVING, Philip Douglas | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2011-12-01 |
| IRVING, Philip Douglas | Director | 2008-07-01 | 2009-10-01 |
| JACKSON, David Colin | Director | 1996-07-09 | 2002-05-05 |
| JEFFERY, John Richard | Director | 2001-10-25 | 2007-03-27 |
| JOHNSTONE, Thomas George | Director | 2019-06-28 | 2021-08-13 |
| JOHNSTONE, Thomas George | Director | 2000-03-01 | 2001-10-25 |
| LARKINS, Richard John Guy | Director | 1996-07-09 | 1999-07-06 |
| LESCH, Hans Dieter, Herr | Director | 1999-04-01 | 1999-08-31 |
| LINDEN, Gunter Theodor | Director | 2002-05-03 | 2005-12-09 |
| NEILL, John Mitchell | Director | 1996-12-16 | 2024-08-31 |
| NEIZERT, Hans Georg | Director | 2004-04-07 | 2008-06-26 |
| NICHOLAS, David Arthur | Director | 1996-07-09 | 2006-10-25 |
| PEREZ-LUCERGA, Vicente | Director | 2009-02-10 | 2016-04-14 |
| POUND, David Alistair | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2010-06-01 |
| ROSENKRANZ, Lothar | Director | 2000-10-31 | 2010-06-01 |
| THEIS, Wolfgang, Dr | Director | 1996-07-09 | 1999-03-31 |
| WINNARD, Roy | Director | 1999-09-01 | 2004-04-07 |
| WISSDORF, Hubert | Director | 2005-12-09 | 2009-01-26 |
| LEGIST DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-05-23 | 1996-07-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Textron Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2023-01-01 | Active |
| Unipart Manufacturing Jv Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2018-04-04 | Active |
| Kautex Textron (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-01-01 |
| Unipart Group Of Companies Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-04-04 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 154 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-11 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-06 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-07 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
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
-0.5%
£56,685,000 £56,389,000
-
Cash
+101.9%
-£2,435,000 £47,000
-
Net assets
-2.1%
£18,394,000 £18,003,000
-
Employees
-4%
124 119
-
Operating profit
+17.5%
£1,889,000 £2,220,000
-
Profit before tax
+19.3%
£1,899,000 £2,265,000
-
Wages
+6.8%
£5,120,000 £5,469,000
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