WEBASTO THERMO & COMFORT UK LTD
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Cash
£738k
+73,700% vs 2024
Net assets
£3.7m
+6.4% vs 2024
Employees
30
-9.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£310k
+2,114.3% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £11,378,000 | £11,751,000 | +3.3% | |
| Operating profit | -£812,000 | -£389,000 | +52.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £14,000 | £310,000 | +2,114.3% | |
| Net profit | £23,000 | £226,000 | +882.6% | |
| Cash | £1,000 | £738,000 | +73,700% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,792,000 | £3,956,000 | +4.3% | |
| Net assets | £3,505,000 | £3,731,000 | +6.4% | |
| Equity | £3,505,000 | £3,731,000 | +6.4% | |
| Average employees | 33 | 30 | -9.1% | |
| Wages | £1,339,000 | £1,443,000 | +7.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £88,000 | £90,000 | +2.3% |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -7.1% | -3.3% | |
| Net margin | 0.2% | 1.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | -21.4% | -9.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.91x | 3.48x | |
| Interest cover | -73.82x | -43.22x |
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 5 times since incorporation
- WEBASTO THERMO & COMFORT UK LTD 2012-08-01 → present
- WEBASTO PRODUCT UK LIMITED 2003-02-27 → 2012-08-01
- WEBASTO THERMOSYSTEMS (UK) LIMITED 1991-02-15 → 2003-02-27
- WEBASTO HEATING LIMITED 1988-07-19 → 1991-02-15
- WEBASTO (U.K.) LIMITED 1988-03-14 → 1988-07-19
- ABLEVINE LIMITED 1987-11-11 → 1988-03-14
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Curo Professional Services Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the directors are confident that the company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WRAITH, Patricia Elaine | Secretary | 2015-07-10 | — | — |
| MILLAUER, Benedikt | Director | 2026-07-01 | Mar 1987 | Austrian |
| STOAKES, Richard | Director | 2020-03-01 | Jul 1970 | British |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUTLER, Piers Seymour | Secretary | 1992-01-01 | 1993-07-27 |
| BUTLER, Piers Seymour | Secretary | — | 1992-01-01 |
| BUTLER, Piers Seymour | Secretary | — | 1991-09-01 |
| ERRINGTON, Elaine | Secretary | 2006-11-08 | 2014-11-27 |
| HOYLAND, Charles Leslie | Secretary | 1993-07-27 | 1995-01-01 |
| IDLE, Nicola Joanne | Secretary | 2005-08-12 | 2006-02-08 |
| PAUL, Michael David | Secretary | 1996-11-18 | 1998-10-31 |
| PYATT, Simon Peter | Secretary | 2006-02-08 | 2006-11-08 |
| REAST, Gordon Brandon | Secretary | 1995-01-01 | 1996-11-18 |
| WOOD, John Alan | Secretary | 1998-11-01 | 2005-07-07 |
| ADER, Christian | Director | 2018-02-01 | 2018-10-31 |
| BAHLKOW, Thomas | Director | 2002-09-09 | 2003-10-16 |
| BUSHER, Philip Aiden | Director | — | 1996-11-18 |
| EDWARDS, Roger Frederick | Director | — | 2009-03-31 |
| ERDT, Richard | Director | 1995-11-28 | 1997-06-23 |
| FORSTHUBER, Wolfgang Michael, Dr | Director | 1997-06-23 | 2002-09-16 |
| FORSTHUBER, Wolfgang Michael, Dr | Director | 1995-01-01 | 1995-11-28 |
| GREBE, Karl | Director | — | 1992-10-01 |
| HANKIN, Philip Kevin | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2015-07-01 |
| KEMPTER, Michael | Director | 1995-01-01 | 2002-09-16 |
| KUHR, Harald | Director | 2018-11-01 | 2018-11-08 |
| LEIMER, Heinz | Director | — | 1995-01-01 |
| MORTIBOYS, David John | Director | 1999-01-04 | 2003-10-16 |
| MOSER, Hans Peter | Director | 1992-10-01 | 1995-01-01 |
| MURTHY, Adarsh | Director | 2023-11-01 | 2025-01-01 |
| NIEHUES, Heike Andrea | Director | 2022-11-01 | 2023-10-31 |
| NIEHUES, Heike Andrea | Director | 2018-11-09 | 2020-07-31 |
| PLOWS, Peter Martin | Director | 1996-11-13 | 1998-07-01 |
| POWELL, Steven James | Director | 2020-08-01 | 2022-10-31 |
| POWELL, Steven James | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2020-03-01 |
| THOMPSON, Phillip Andrew | Director | 2002-09-09 | 2008-07-31 |
| TISCHLER, Markus Ludwig | Director | 2025-02-01 | 2025-10-31 |
| VAN AST, Philip | Director | 2003-10-16 | 2018-01-31 |
| ZAHA, Andreas Sebastian | Director | 2025-11-05 | 2026-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Gerhard Mey | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2025-07-30 | Ceased 2025-12-18 |
| Mr Richard Stoakes | Individual | Significant influence, Significant influence (as firm) | 2020-03-01 | Ceased 2025-12-18 |
| Mr Steven James Powell | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-03-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 183 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-03 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2025-12-18 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-18 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-11 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- 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.