THULE OUTDOOR LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-25 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£406
+283% vs 2023
Net assets
£13M
+4.2% vs 2023
Employees
54
-6.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£735K
-8.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THULE OUTDOOR LIMITED 2013-10-16 → present
- THULE AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED 1996-06-11 → 2013-10-16
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 | £27,051,584 | £26,761,694 | |
| Operating profit | £991,313 | £838,553 | |
| Profit before tax | £807,017 | £735,018 | |
| Net profit | £599,252 | £537,733 | |
| Cash | £106 | £406 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,893,163 | £15,385,187 | |
| Net assets | £12,945,410 | £13,483,143 | |
| Equity | £12,945,410 | £13,483,143 | |
| Average employees | 58 | 54 | |
| Wages | £2,256,264 | £2,226,917 |
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 | 3.7% | 3.1% | |
| Net margin | 2.2% | 2.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.7% | 5.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.45x | 2.40x | |
| Interest cover | 3.05x | 2.66x |
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
- Price Bailey LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The parent company has confirmed that it will provide sufficient financial support, should it be required, to enable the company to meet its liabilities as they fall due for a period of not less than 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “During the year we strengthened our market-leading position with the very successful launches of new models, particularly in cargo options such as the updated Thule Motion 3 roof box.”
- “We also created two new product categories being car seats and dog transportation. This allows us reach new customers and grow the Thule brand.”
- “New products have been under development at Thule Group and ready to launch to the UK market in 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOHNSON, Emily | Secretary | 2023-08-01 | — | — |
| CARGIL MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-02-09 | — | — |
| ANKARBERG, Claes Mattias | Director | 2024-07-01 | Feb 1976 | Swedish |
| HUNT, Marcus Robert | Director | 2024-07-01 | Jan 1981 | British |
| LAWTON, Toby James | Director | 2023-12-15 | Jun 1974 | British |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRADBURY, Peter John | Secretary | 1996-06-12 | 2004-02-27 |
| CARRINGTON, Clive | Secretary | 2019-12-02 | 2023-08-01 |
| DAVIS, John Raymond | Secretary | 1996-06-11 | 1996-06-12 |
| REYNOLDS PORTER CHAMBERLAIN | Corporate Secretary | 1999-02-19 | 2004-02-09 |
| ANDERSSON, Rickard | Director | 2019-05-22 | 2024-07-01 |
| BARKER, Peter Royston | Director | 2011-02-14 | 2012-01-25 |
| BJORSTRAND, Torbjorn Ake Ingemar | Director | 1999-09-22 | 2001-06-25 |
| BRADBURY, Peter John | Director | 1998-02-01 | 2004-02-27 |
| BUTLER, Claire Louise | Director | 2008-07-01 | 2011-12-31 |
| DE GRAAF, Gerrit | Director | 2007-09-26 | 2010-11-10 |
| FOSTER, Michael Derek | Director | 2011-02-14 | 2016-05-31 |
| FOSTER, Michael Derek | Director | 2003-05-01 | 2006-09-25 |
| GUSTAFSSON, Lars | Director | 1996-09-04 | 1997-04-01 |
| HAGELQVIST, Marianne Bonrud | Director | 2020-02-28 | 2020-11-16 |
| HALL, Fredrik | Director | 2003-05-01 | 2004-08-01 |
| HAMBERT, Peter | Director | 1997-04-01 | 1998-02-01 |
| HEDBERG, Lars Johan | Director | 2016-05-31 | 2019-05-22 |
| KRAL, Peter Hans | Director | 2001-08-01 | 2003-05-01 |
| LINDQVIST, Sven Jonas | Director | 2020-11-16 | 2023-12-15 |
| LJUNGOVIST, Stig Ove | Director | 1996-06-28 | 2000-02-22 |
| MARSDEN, Richard William | Director | 2004-08-13 | 2008-09-01 |
| MAURITZSON, Per Lennart | Director | 2016-05-31 | 2020-02-12 |
| OSTER, Theo | Director | 1996-06-28 | 2002-10-11 |
| PETTERSSON, Christer Anders Ingemar | Director | 2008-07-01 | 2010-11-10 |
| RENGELINK, Jan Willem | Director | 2007-09-26 | 2010-11-10 |
| SCHYLIT, Roland | Director | 2003-05-01 | 2006-09-25 |
| SHANKS, Dean Graham | Director | 2011-02-14 | 2013-12-31 |
| SKEPPNER, Ake | Director | 1996-06-28 | 2001-09-01 |
| TORBITT, Michael Craig | Director | 2011-01-04 | 2016-05-31 |
| TOULSON, Alan Kilsha | Director | 1996-06-11 | 1996-06-28 |
| VAN SMIRREN, Peter Richard | Director | 1999-09-01 | 2007-09-26 |
| WARD, Nigel Paul | Director | 2008-07-01 | 2010-11-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thule Holding Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 172 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-08-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-11-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-11-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
-1.1%
£27,051,584 £26,761,694
-
Cash
+283%
£106 £406
-
Net assets
+4.2%
£12,945,410 £13,483,143
-
Employees
-6.9%
58 54
-
Operating profit
-15.4%
£991,313 £838,553
-
Profit before tax
-8.9%
£807,017 £735,018
-
Wages
-1.3%
£2,256,264 £2,226,917
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