C.H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE (UK) LIMITED
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Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£1.4m
-90% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
96
-31.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.3m
+27.7% highest in 3 filed years
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 | £10,191,151 | £11,119,713 | £9,371,172 | -15.7% | |
| Operating profit | £1,126,914 | £1,049,953 | £1,087,402 | +3.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,144,117 | £1,049,325 | £1,339,621 | +27.7% | |
| Net profit | £694,865 | £681,887 | £1,173,849 | +72.1% | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,316,248 | £15,240,860 | £2,408,120 | -84.2% | |
| Net assets | £13,571,288 | £14,253,175 | £1,427,024 | -90% | |
| Equity | £13,571,288 | £14,253,175 | £1,427,024 | -90% | |
| Average employees | 127 | 140 | 96 | -31.4% | |
| Wages | £6,066,796 | £6,142,483 | £4,524,032 | -26.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 11.1% | 9.4% | 11.6% | |
| Net margin | 6.8% | 6.1% | 12.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.9% | 6.9% | 45.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 41.3% | 26.9% | — | |
| Interest cover | — | 17.33x | — |
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 1 time since incorporation
- C.H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE (UK) LIMITED 2009-08-19 → present
- WALKER FREIGHT SERVICES LIMITED 1978-08-11 → 2009-08-19
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 Company has received a letter of support from it's parent company that ensures the parent will provide support for the next 12 months following signing of the financial statements. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “During the year ended 31 December 2025, the Group completed the sale of its European Surface Transportation ('EST') division to sennder Technologies GmbH, with the transaction completing in January 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GERST, Christopher Edward | Secretary | 2024-12-09 | — | — |
| BLEEKER, Bastiaan | Director | 2024-12-09 | Feb 1975 | Dutch |
| GERST, Christopher Edward | Director | 2024-12-09 | Jan 1968 | American |
| STEIGERWALD, Roeland Johannes Anthonius | Director | 2023-07-11 | Feb 1977 | Dutch |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAASE, Sander Lucas | Secretary | 2023-07-11 | 2024-12-09 |
| FEYS, Wim | Secretary | 2009-06-11 | 2023-07-11 |
| WALKER, Phyllis Mary | Secretary | — | 2003-03-04 |
| WALKER, Sarah | Secretary | 2003-03-04 | 2009-06-11 |
| ARIS, Hendrik Willem Ivo | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2023-06-01 |
| BUCKERFIELD, Stephen | Director | 2004-02-09 | 2010-09-01 |
| EIJSINK, Jeroen | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2023-02-01 |
| FEYS, Wim | Director | 2011-01-10 | 2023-07-11 |
| FOE, Bryan | Director | 2012-10-22 | 2015-09-01 |
| HALL, Amanda Jane | Director | 2001-02-01 | 2009-06-11 |
| JOB, Nicholas Charles | Director | 2004-07-19 | 2009-06-11 |
| LINDBLOOM, Chad Michael | Director | 2009-06-11 | 2012-10-22 |
| MACPHERSON, Robert | Director | 1995-09-01 | 2004-07-31 |
| MILLS, Christopher James | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2025-02-01 |
| MONTAGUE, Robert | Director | 2001-02-01 | 2005-09-01 |
| O'CONNOR, Brett John | Director | — | 2009-06-11 |
| OSTROWSKI, Matthew Jon | Director | 2009-06-11 | 2015-01-01 |
| RYAN, Robert David | Director | — | 2000-06-30 |
| SCOVILL, Jeffrey Wayne | Director | 2009-06-11 | 2010-12-31 |
| WALKER, Philip Nigel | Director | — | 2009-06-11 |
| WARD, Simon | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2000-11-28 |
| WINKER, Michael | Director | 2012-10-22 | 2015-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 193 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-19 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-14 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-12 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-07-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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.