AL-KO KOBER LIMITED
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Cash
£355k
-88.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£29m
+16.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
131
-7.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£6m
+77.5% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-08-02.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £91,498,000 | £60,067,000 | £60,717,000 | +1.1% | |
| Operating profit | £8,529,000 | £3,292,000 | £5,540,000 | +68.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £8,538,000 | £3,394,000 | £6,023,000 | +77.5% | |
| Net profit | £6,213,000 | £2,160,000 | £4,181,000 | +93.6% | |
| Cash | £2,741,000 | £3,190,000 | £355,000 | -88.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £24,383,000 | £26,351,000 | £30,240,000 | +14.8% | |
| Net assets | £23,007,000 | £25,148,000 | £29,310,000 | +16.6% | |
| Equity | £23,007,000 | £25,148,000 | £29,310,000 | +16.6% | |
| Average employees | 204 | 141 | 131 | -7.1% | |
| Wages | £7,829,000 | £5,938,000 | £5,793,000 | -2.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £197,000 | £198,000 | £159,000 | -19.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £39,000 | £39,000 | £37,000 | -5.1% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.3% | 5.5% | 9.1% | |
| Net margin | 6.8% | 3.6% | 6.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 35.0% | 12.5% | 18.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 60.2% | 54.3% | 49.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.28x | 1.48x | 1.77x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- AL-KO KOBER LIMITED 1991-06-04 → present
- AL-KO B & B LIMITED 1985-03-18 → 1991-06-04
- AL-KO B & B TRAILERS LIMITED 1982-05-27 → 1985-03-18
- B & B TRAILERS,LIMITED 1951-02-27 → 1982-05-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Blick Rothenberg Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors therefore have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence and meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future... directors consider it appropriate for the going concern basis to be adopted”
Significant events
- “E&P Hydraulics UK Limited was liquidated during the year, both the investment balance and the related payable were fully settled.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUSTACE, Peter John | Director | 2009-10-05 | May 1962 | British |
| HILLER, Harald, Herr | Director | 2015-06-15 | Jun 1964 | German |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARNER, David | Secretary | 2016-02-29 | 2018-09-10 |
| SPARKES, Alan Patrick | Secretary | 1998-08-01 | 2016-02-29 |
| WILLS, Trevor | Secretary | — | 1998-07-31 |
| GARNER, David | Director | 2016-01-04 | 2018-09-10 |
| KOBER, Harald, Herr | Director | 2007-05-31 | 2015-06-15 |
| KOBER, Herbert | Director | — | 2000-02-28 |
| KOBER, Kurt | Director | — | 2007-05-31 |
| KOBER, Roland | Director | 2000-02-28 | 2015-06-15 |
| KOBER, Willy | Director | — | 2007-05-31 |
| LELLIOTT, Philip Murray | Director | — | 1994-12-31 |
| LOCKE, Robert George Kenneth | Director | 1995-01-01 | 2000-01-31 |
| SHARRATT, Barry John | Director | 2000-02-01 | 2011-12-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Ko Kober Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 115 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-14 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2021-04-13 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2020-10-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-01-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-09-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2018-09-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- 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.