VAN OORD UK LIMITED
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Cash
£85m
-8.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£83m
+9.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
64
-1.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£9.8m
+44.3% 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 | £174,353,497 | £96,207,601 | £46,051,050 | -52.1% | |
| Operating profit | £25,107,644 | £2,021,297 | £6,299,402 | +211.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £29,313,072 | £6,809,916 | £9,824,665 | +44.3% | |
| Net profit | £23,554,777 | £4,024,936 | £7,135,286 | +77.3% | |
| Cash | £117,356,715 | £92,348,344 | £84,732,583 | -8.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £71,719,032 | £75,743,968 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £71,719,032 | £75,743,968 | £82,879,254 | +9.4% | |
| Equity | £71,719,032 | £75,743,968 | £82,879,254 | +9.4% | |
| Average employees | 66 | 65 | 64 | -1.5% | |
| Wages | £5,040,374 | £4,883,345 | £4,935,597 | +1.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £110,103 | £117,587 | £121,371 | +3.2% |
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 | 14.4% | 2.1% | 13.7% | |
| Net margin | 13.5% | 4.2% | 15.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 35.0% | 2.7% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 58.1% | 24.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.47x | 1.70x | 4.03x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 20.38x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- VAN OORD UK LIMITED 2004-06-25 → present
- VAN OORD ACZ LIMITED 1991-01-11 → 2004-06-25
- VAN OORD GROUP LIMITED 1984-04-02 → 1991-01-11
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 are confident that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and for the twelve-month period from the date of approval of the financial statements. In consequence, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- VAN OORD UK LIMITED · parent
- J.T. Mackley & Co. Limited 100%
- Van Oord Guyana Limited 100%
- Mackley Construction Limited
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMSON, Ross James | Secretary | 2024-09-13 | — | — |
| HESK, Paul | Director | 2020-07-02 | Dec 1965 | British |
| RUNGE, August Coenraad | Director | 2020-07-01 | Jan 1971 | Dutch |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENNETT, Mark | Secretary | 2019-12-01 | 2023-08-01 |
| CRIPPS, Terry Andrew | Secretary | — | 2014-08-31 |
| DE WIJN, Pieter-Jan, Mr. | Secretary | 2015-01-16 | 2015-07-31 |
| GODDARD, Mark Simeon | Secretary | 2015-08-01 | 2019-03-01 |
| KERKHOVEN, Jaap, Mr. | Secretary | 2024-03-12 | 2024-09-13 |
| STACEY, Allen Robert | Secretary | 2014-09-01 | 2015-01-16 |
| STEIN, Martin Van | Secretary | 2019-03-25 | 2019-11-30 |
| ATHMER, Joseph Bartholomeus Everardus Maria | Director | 2001-05-01 | 2005-02-14 |
| BLOKLAND, Jurjan Pieter Cornelis | Director | 2017-12-15 | 2020-07-02 |
| BOL, Jacob | Director | — | 2002-06-14 |
| DE RUIJTER, Jaap Jacobus | Director | 2002-06-14 | 2004-06-01 |
| DE WIT, Frederik | Director | 2009-05-01 | 2014-01-16 |
| DEN BROEDER, Maurits | Director | 2011-02-01 | 2017-12-15 |
| GROENEWOUD, Huibert | Director | 2004-06-01 | 2011-02-01 |
| KUIK, Leffert Jan | Director | — | 1997-12-31 |
| MARTINUS DE GROOT, Jacobus | Director | 2012-05-01 | 2018-05-31 |
| OORD, Govert Van | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2020-07-02 |
| SMART, David Barrie | Director | — | 1998-04-05 |
| VAN DE KERK, Arjan | Director | 2004-06-01 | 2012-05-01 |
| VAN HERWIJNEN, Johan | Director | 2004-06-01 | 2009-05-01 |
| VAN OORD, Pieter | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2001-07-01 |
| VAN OORD (JNR), Jacobus Gerrit | Director | — | 2004-06-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Van Oord Dredging And Marine Contractors Bv | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 167 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-25 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-09-25 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-15 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-07-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
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