SWECO UK HOLDING LIMITED
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Cash
£7.9M
+108.1% vs 2023
Net assets
-£9.8M
-14% vs 2023
Employees
1,050
-14.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£423K
+94.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £112,732,000 | £112,479,000 | -0.2% | |
| Operating profit | -£7,055,000 | £1,520,000 | +121.5% | |
| Profit before tax | -£7,991,000 | -£423,000 | +94.7% | |
| Net profit | -£6,359,000 | -£1,239,000 | +80.5% | |
| Cash | £3,778,000 | £7,861,000 | +108.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£6,393,000 | £28,690,000 | +548.8% | |
| Net assets | -£8,602,000 | -£9,806,000 | -14% | |
| Equity | -£8,602,000 | -£9,806,000 | -14% | |
| Average employees | 1,232 | 1,050 | -14.8% | |
| Wages | £67,954,000 | £60,316,000 | -11.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £436,000 | £414,000 | -5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -6.3% | 1.4% | |
| Net margin | -5.6% | -1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 5.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 114.7% | 115.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.62x | 1.41x | |
| Interest cover | -6.04x | 0.65x |
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 4 times since incorporation
- SWECO UK HOLDING LIMITED 2016-03-30 → present
- GRONTMIJ GROUP LIMITED 2007-02-01 → 2016-03-30
- CARL BRO GROUP LIMITED 1993-06-30 → 2007-02-01
- CARL BRO GROUP (UK) LIMITED 1988-05-19 → 1993-06-30
- BRIEFTRAD LIMITED 1988-03-30 → 1988-05-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and have concluded that the Group's financial statements should be prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- SWECO UK HOLDING LIMITED · parent
- Sweco Engineering (Ireland) Limited 100%
- Sweco UK Limited 100%
- Roger Preston & Partners Limited 100%
- Sweco Services UK Limited 100%
- Roger Preston Group Limited 100%
- MLM Holdings Limited 100%
- Sweco Building Control Limited 100%
- Sweco Consulting Engineers Limited 100%
- Sweco Consulting Limited 100%
- Fluid Structural Engineers & Technical Designers Limited 100%
- Sweco Ireland Limited 100%
- Ball and Berry Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 47 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SANGHERA, Narinder Jeet | Secretary | 2025-01-31 | — | — |
| OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2015-11-16 | — | — |
| BOSMAN, Catherine Helen | Director | 2024-04-08 | Apr 1972 | British |
| JOY, Max Henry Wilfred | Director | 2016-08-03 | Jul 1969 | British |
Show 47 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERRY, Paul David | Secretary | 1997-04-01 | 2000-02-29 |
| HAMILTON, Jennifer Louise | Secretary | 2011-08-02 | 2015-11-16 |
| HIRONS, Roger | Secretary | 2017-09-12 | 2025-01-31 |
| IRVING, Gemma Mary | Secretary | 2015-11-16 | 2017-07-19 |
| KEEGAN, David | Secretary | — | 1996-05-31 |
| PYLE, James Roger, Mr. | Secretary | 1996-06-01 | 1997-03-31 |
| SADLER, David John | Secretary | 2000-03-01 | 2011-08-02 |
| AITKEN, David Scott Macdonald | Director | 2011-08-02 | 2012-08-08 |
| ANDERSON, Janette | Director | 2008-02-01 | 2009-02-28 |
| BALL, David Howard | Director | — | 1996-02-22 |
| BRUCE, Philip David | Director | 2018-12-31 | 2024-04-23 |
| BURTON, George Bunyan Miles | Director | — | 1998-09-16 |
| CALLANDER, Andrew David Fraser | Director | 1993-06-02 | 2001-02-16 |
| CARLSSON, Anders Bo | Director | 2015-10-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| CHUBB, John James | Director | 2010-11-01 | 2015-10-01 |
| DAVITT, Jeffrey John | Director | 2012-03-21 | 2016-08-03 |
| DAY, Stephen | Director | — | 1996-01-31 |
| HUGHES, Lawrence Gareth Spencer | Director | 2002-11-01 | 2010-12-31 |
| HUMPHRIES, Michael Ralph | Director | 1994-10-12 | 1995-04-03 |
| JASKI, Christiaan Michiel | Director | 2012-03-09 | 2015-10-01 |
| KEEGAN, David | Director | 1994-10-12 | 1996-05-31 |
| KRISTENSEN, Tom | Director | 1994-07-01 | 1997-10-22 |
| LOLLIKE, Jens | Director | 1995-09-01 | 1997-04-01 |
| MACKAY, Alistair Graeme | Director | — | 1993-06-02 |
| MELLOR, Christopher John | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2010-10-31 |
| NIELSEN, Carl Peter | Director | 2003-10-01 | 2005-06-10 |
| NIJHOF, Annemieke Gerda | Director | 2011-11-01 | 2012-01-26 |
| NILSSON, Karin Eva-Lotta | Director | 2015-10-01 | 2017-04-11 |
| NORGAARD, Birgit Woidemann | Director | 2001-05-04 | 2006-08-31 |
| PICKERING, David Fred | Director | 1995-02-17 | 1995-10-31 |
| PYLE, James Roger, Mr. | Director | 1995-02-17 | 2011-01-21 |
| RABOL, Niels | Director | — | 1996-02-01 |
| RASMUSSEN, Jesper | Director | 1992-11-20 | 2003-02-28 |
| ROSSEN, Jens Hennik | Director | 1999-02-01 | 2003-09-30 |
| SADLER, David John | Director | 2002-09-01 | 2011-08-02 |
| SAVILLE, Richard Cyril Campbell | Director | 2008-02-01 | 2009-02-28 |
| SCHOFIELD, Richard Edward | Director | 2004-08-02 | 2006-02-28 |
| SCOTT, Iain Charles | Director | 2011-08-02 | 2015-10-01 |
| SORENSEN, Helge | Director | — | 1994-06-30 |
| STONARD, Gavin Paul | Director | 2011-08-02 | 2012-03-12 |
| STONE, Helen Elizabeth | Director | 1995-02-17 | 1995-09-19 |
| TAYLOR, David Charles | Director | 1999-02-01 | 2003-10-31 |
| THIJSEN, Sylvo | Director | 2006-11-01 | 2012-03-09 |
| THOFNER, Jesper | Director | 1996-06-01 | 2001-05-04 |
| VAN DER WERF, Douwe Gerrit Hubertus | Director | 2006-11-01 | 2009-03-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Charles | Director | 1999-02-01 | 2002-08-31 |
| ZUIJDAM, David Mel | Director | 2010-12-20 | 2011-11-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweco Ab | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 276 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-16 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-02-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-05-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2019-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.