BENTELER AUTOMOTIVE UK LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-14 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£0
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£3M
+9.6% vs 2023
Employees
106
-23.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£360K
+41.3% vs 2023
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 | £50,980,400 | £51,771,413 | |
| Operating profit | £1,125,000 | £1,608,456 | |
| Profit before tax | £255,025 | £360,361 | |
| Net profit | £282,901 | £234,148 | |
| Cash | £0 | £0 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,594,912 | £2,783,694 | |
| Net assets | £2,460,479 | £2,695,484 | |
| Equity | £2,460,479 | £2,695,484 | |
| Average employees | 138 | 106 | |
| Wages | £4,891,985 | £4,575,415 |
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 | 2.2% | 3.1% | |
| Net margin | 0.6% | 0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.2% | 57.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 92.3% | 91.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.57x | 0.97x | |
| Interest cover | 0.80x | 0.93x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars Chartered Accountants & Statutory Audit Firm
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“By assessing the responses of the directors of the Company's ultimate parent, Benteler International AG, there is no reason to believe that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt about the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern or its ability to continue with the current funding arrangements.”
Significant events
- “The Company's revenue has doubled compared with the prior year. Due to this volume increase, the Company operated at a profit before taxation of £360,361 in 2024 (2023: £255,025).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BENHAM-BROUGH, Ruth Elfreda | Secretary | 2025-09-30 | — | — |
| JACKSON, Darren Paul | Director | 2017-02-01 | Apr 1973 | British |
| SIEMER, Matthias Josef | Director | 2024-07-01 | Feb 1972 | German |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRAHAM, Stewart George | Secretary | 2002-12-16 | 2025-09-30 |
| SPEECHLEY, Graham John | Secretary | 1996-07-23 | 2002-12-15 |
| TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-07-23 | 1996-07-23 |
| BECKMANN, Bernhard | Director | 2013-07-16 | 2013-10-17 |
| BONSMANN, Reiner | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2008-03-31 |
| GRAHAM, Michael | Director | 2003-03-03 | 2004-12-31 |
| HENNY, Uwe | Director | 2013-10-09 | 2024-06-30 |
| KUHLENKAMP, Reinhard | Director | 2007-04-01 | 2013-07-16 |
| RIEGER, Joachim Wilhelm Albert, Dr Iur Dipl Ing | Director | 1996-07-23 | 2007-03-31 |
| SIMPSON, Antony | Director | 2013-07-16 | 2016-05-04 |
| SPEECHLEY, Graham John | Director | 1996-07-23 | 2002-12-31 |
| COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-07-23 | 1996-07-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 97 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+1.6%
£50,980,400 £51,771,413
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+9.6%
£2,460,479 £2,695,484
-
Employees
-23.2%
138 106
-
Operating profit
+43%
£1,125,000 £1,608,456
-
Profit before tax
+41.3%
£255,025 £360,361
-
Wages
-6.5%
£4,891,985 £4,575,415
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