KLN FREIGHT (UK) LIMITED
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Cash
£56k
-99.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£11m
-34.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
183
-8% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£5.1m
-9.8% vs 2024
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 | £62,556,472 | £96,476,883 | £90,237,660 | -6.5% | |
| Operating profit | £2,782,118 | £5,359,381 | £4,878,317 | -9% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,545,990 | £5,631,699 | £5,081,702 | -9.8% | |
| Net profit | £2,982,313 | £4,569,068 | £3,755,898 | -17.8% | |
| Cash | £15,693,646 | £7,935,710 | £56,253 | -99.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £25,985,097 | £18,570,604 | £12,620,183 | -32% | |
| Net assets | £22,935,104 | £16,004,172 | £10,510,070 | -34.3% | |
| Equity | £22,935,104 | £16,004,172 | £10,510,070 | -34.3% | |
| Average employees | 237 | 199 | 183 | -8% | |
| Wages | £9,770,778 | £9,101,213 | £8,998,207 | -1.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £756,237 | £951,661 | £895,930 | -5.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £20,920 | £21,196 | £20,492 | -3.3% | |
| Highest paid director | £412,285 | £525,770 | £504,463 | -4.1% |
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 | 4.4% | 5.6% | 5.4% | |
| Net margin | 4.8% | 4.7% | 4.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.7% | 28.9% | 38.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 34.0% | 48.4% | 60.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.87x | 1.86x | 1.38x | |
| Interest cover | 38.47x | 79.86x | 78.33x |
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 3 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-03-28
- KLN FREIGHT (UK) LIMITED 2025-03-28 → present
- KERRY LOGISTICS (UK) LIMITED 2003-02-18 → 2025-03-28
- TRIDENT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1990-11-15 → 2003-02-18
- TRIDENT LINER SERVICES LIMITED 1981-07-01 → 1990-11-15
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The reviews have confirmed to the directors that it is a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources and will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis on preparing its financial statements.”
Significant events
- “During the year, the company also joined the group's centralised cash pooling arrangement. Under this structure, surplus cash held in the company's operating bank accounts is swept into a group managed pool.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GAUGHAN, David Thomas | Secretary | 2020-07-31 | — | — |
| DODSWORTH, Ian Fowler | Director | 2017-07-21 | Oct 1961 | British |
| EL HAJI, Mohamed | Director | 2020-06-22 | Dec 1974 | Dutch |
| GAUGHAN, David Thomas | Director | 2016-02-25 | Jul 1971 | British |
| STOEKENBROEK, Martin | Director | 2020-06-22 | Mar 1970 | Dutch |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHADWICK, Harry | Secretary | — | 2001-03-28 |
| DODSWORTH, Ian Fowler | Secretary | 2001-03-28 | 2020-07-31 |
| ANG, Keng Lam | Director | 2002-04-19 | 2011-12-23 |
| BLANK, Thomas Alfred | Director | 2016-02-25 | 2018-12-24 |
| CHEW, Fook Aun | Director | 2002-04-19 | 2004-10-30 |
| DEMPSEY, Brian Francis | Director | 2001-03-28 | 2002-04-19 |
| DEMPSEY, James Andrew | Director | — | 1998-06-26 |
| DEMPSEY, Nicholas Christopher | Director | — | 2002-04-19 |
| DODSWORTH, Ian Fowler | Director | 1994-02-14 | 2002-04-19 |
| EVANS, Michael Norman Gwynne | Director | 2000-05-09 | 2001-09-07 |
| HUNG, Wai Shing | Director | 2011-12-23 | 2016-02-25 |
| KO, Kenneth Fuk Yuen | Director | 2011-12-23 | 2016-02-25 |
| MA, Wing Kai William | Director | 2002-04-19 | 2011-12-23 |
| MCDONAGH, Kevin Wilfred | Director | 1995-01-03 | 2000-05-09 |
| NATHAN, Daniel | Director | 1995-01-10 | 1997-12-31 |
| NATHAN, Philip Gabriel | Director | 1997-12-31 | 2000-06-02 |
| TAN, Robert | Director | 2015-06-22 | 2017-07-21 |
| WILCOCK, Gary | Director | — | 2015-06-21 |
| WONG, Wai Shing Vincent | Director | 2002-04-19 | 2008-01-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kln Logistics Holding (Emea) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Voting 75–100% (as firm), Appoints directors, Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 188 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-03-28 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-01 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-31 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-03-31 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-28 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-10-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-03-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-11-30 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to 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.