KALMAR LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-10 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-24
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£6M
+14.1% vs 2023
Employees
76
-1.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
+65% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- KALMAR LIMITED 2015-08-10 → present
- COMPANY 1234 LIMITED 2015-06-30 → 2015-08-10
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 | £26,537,000 | £32,803,000 | |
| Operating profit | £468,000 | £965,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £634,000 | £1,046,000 | |
| Net profit | £472,000 | £766,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,363,000 | £11,264,000 | |
| Net assets | £5,425,000 | £6,191,000 | |
| Equity | £5,425,000 | £6,191,000 | |
| Average employees | 77 | 76 | |
| Wages | £4,940,000 | £4,778,000 |
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 | 1.8% | 2.9% | |
| Net margin | 1.8% | 2.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.5% | 8.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 68.0% | 63.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.58x | 1.98x | |
| Interest cover | 16.71x | 21.44x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period to 30 September 2026.”
Significant events
- “There are no significant events that have occurred after the balance sheet date that needs to be disclosed.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAN DER HOEVEN, Eric | Secretary | 2024-03-01 | — | — |
| GARMORY, Joel Eric | Director | 2025-08-01 | May 1982 | British |
| GRAU, Martin Erik | Director | 2022-12-01 | Apr 1970 | German |
| HIIDENNIEMI, Tero Matti Aleksi | Director | 2024-03-01 | Oct 1988 | Finnish |
| KUMLIN, Annaleena | Director | 2024-03-01 | Feb 1972 | Finnish |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BACKMAN, Max Carl-Gustaf | Secretary | 2022-12-01 | 2024-03-01 |
| JOHNSON, Amanda Louise | Secretary | 2016-01-02 | 2021-05-27 |
| VAN DER HOEVEN, Eric | Secretary | 2021-05-27 | 2022-12-01 |
| ALVERONN, Svante | Director | 2016-01-02 | 2018-12-15 |
| BACKMAN, Max Carl-Gustaf | Director | 2022-12-01 | 2024-03-01 |
| HOJER, Magnus | Director | 2019-03-12 | 2020-08-31 |
| JOHNSON, Amanda Louise | Director | 2018-12-15 | 2021-05-27 |
| JOHNSON, Amanda Louise | Director | 2015-06-30 | 2016-01-02 |
| KOSKIMAA, Thomas Karl-Johan | Director | 2016-01-02 | 2016-11-22 |
| MALMBORG, Carl-Gustav Thomas | Director | 2018-12-15 | 2021-05-27 |
| MCCANCE, Peter Michael | Director | 2021-05-27 | 2025-06-30 |
| MESSINA, Barbara | Director | 2016-01-02 | 2018-12-15 |
| PATTERSON, David | Director | 2016-01-02 | 2022-12-01 |
| SAJALAHTI, Kai Markus | Director | 2021-05-27 | 2024-03-01 |
| SAJALAHTI, Kai Markus | Director | 2015-06-30 | 2016-01-02 |
| VAN DER HOEVEN, Eric | Director | 2024-03-01 | 2025-10-30 |
| VAN DER HOEVEN, Eric | Director | 2021-05-27 | 2022-12-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kalmar Oyj | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-08-28 | Active |
| Cargotec Oyj | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-08-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 74 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-28 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-03-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-24 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-08 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-03-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
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Turnover
+23.6%
£26,537,000 £32,803,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+14.1%
£5,425,000 £6,191,000
-
Employees
-1.3%
77 76
-
Operating profit
+106.2%
£468,000 £965,000
-
Profit before tax
+65%
£634,000 £1,046,000
-
Wages
-3.3%
£4,940,000 £4,778,000
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