LUBBERS (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-22 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£195K
-43.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
-7.2% vs 2023
Employees
93
-2.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
-14.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- LUBBERS (UK) LIMITED 2015-01-21 → present
- RTH-LUBBERS UK (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED 2002-11-25 → 2015-01-21
- RTH INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT LIMITED 1997-02-14 → 2002-11-25
- PROMISETASK LIMITED 1996-12-12 → 1997-02-14
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 | £27,920,126 | £28,251,046 | |
| Operating profit | £4,066,458 | £3,550,384 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,970,762 | £3,391,852 | |
| Net profit | £2,968,884 | £2,505,331 | |
| Cash | £347,765 | £195,314 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,510,646 | £4,292,310 | |
| Net assets | £2,968,886 | £2,755,333 | |
| Equity | £2,968,886 | £2,755,333 | |
| Average employees | 95 | 93 | |
| Wages | £5,720,223 | £5,957,159 |
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 | 14.6% | 12.6% | |
| Net margin | 10.6% | 8.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 90.2% | 82.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 65.2% | 70.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.27x | 0.91x | |
| Interest cover | 27.59x | 15.39x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have considered the company's current and future prospects and its availability of financing, and are satisfied that the company can continue to pay its liabilities as they fall due for the period to 30th September 2026 from the date of these financial statements are authorised for issue. The directors have also considered the potential implications of the conflict in Ukraine and wider headwinds in global economies in respect of matters such as price inflation and increases in energy costs. The company is in a position that it can call on reserves from previous years to support the business going forward, if required.”
Significant events
- “The turnover Increased by 1.1% however increased costs have had an impact on the operating profit and Profit after tax. The directors are looking to continue to increase turnover in 2025 and further strengthen our position in the market.”
- “There was a dividend payment of £2,718,884 (2023: £2,888,696) to Lubbers Transport Group.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BREIJ, Gerard Johan Jozef | Director | 2026-01-01 | Jan 1970 | Dutch |
| GALL, John | Director | 2023-04-02 | Jan 1983 | English |
| LATHAM, Nicholas Falkner | Director | 2016-01-01 | Jan 1989 | British |
| YOUNGER, Jon-Paul | Director | 2023-02-01 | Jan 1977 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAILFORD, Ronald | Secretary | 1997-02-06 | 2007-11-30 |
| JL NOMINEES TWO LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-12-12 | 1997-02-06 |
| ENGELSMAN, Johannes Gerardus | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2021-03-31 |
| FERGUSON, Stuart Martin | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2020-12-31 |
| FERGUSON, Stuart Martin | Director | 2005-06-01 | 2014-01-01 |
| LUBBERS, Johannes Gerardus Bernardus | Director | 2001-12-13 | 2014-01-01 |
| MULDER, Dirk Hendrik | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2023-01-10 |
| PAASSEN, Rob Van | Director | 2023-02-01 | 2023-10-16 |
| TAILFORD, Anthony Ronald | Director | 1997-02-06 | 2025-12-31 |
| TAILFORD, Ronald | Director | 1997-02-06 | 2002-04-06 |
| JL NOMINEES ONE LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-12-12 | 1997-02-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lubbers Transport Group B.V. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 103 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- 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
+1.2%
£27,920,126 £28,251,046
-
Cash
-43.8%
£347,765 £195,314
-
Net assets
-7.2%
£2,968,886 £2,755,333
-
Employees
-2.1%
95 93
-
Operating profit
-12.7%
£4,066,458 £3,550,384
-
Profit before tax
-14.6%
£3,970,762 £3,391,852
-
Wages
+4.1%
£5,720,223 £5,957,159
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