MARUWA EUROPE LTD.
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Cash
£2.4M
-10.6% vs 2025
Net assets
£4.3M
-8.5% vs 2025
Employees
11
-15.4% vs 2025
Profit before tax
-£399K
-101.7% lowest in 6 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,655,644 | £1,980,086 | £1,994,219 | £2,373,259 | £1,605,707 | £1,801,027 | +12.2% | |
| Operating profit | £236,309 | £778,914 | £713,922 | £506,570 | -£310,544 | -£494,101 | -59.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £237,586 | £782,356 | £765,129 | £607,798 | -£197,956 | -£399,299 | -101.7% | |
| Net profit | £189,438 | £627,658 | £617,811 | £444,184 | -£157,751 | -£399,370 | -153.2% | |
| Cash | £2,162,712 | £2,855,941 | £2,977,764 | £2,719,102 | £2,651,249 | £2,368,896 | -10.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,271,342 | £4,899,000 | £4,988,533 | £4,832,717 | £4,674,966 | £4,275,596 | -8.5% | |
| Net assets | — | — | £4,988,533 | £4,832,717 | £4,674,966 | £4,275,596 | -8.5% | |
| Equity | £4,271,342 | £4,899,000 | £4,988,533 | £4,832,717 | £4,674,966 | £4,275,596 | -8.5% | |
| Average employees | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 11 | -15.4% | |
| Wages | £349,204 | £334,958 | £410,719 | £455,421 | £548,826 | £514,059 | -6.3% | |
| 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 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 14.3% | 39.3% | 35.8% | 21.3% | -19.3% | -27.4% | |
| Net margin | 11.4% | 31.7% | 31.0% | 18.7% | -9.8% | -22.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.5% | 15.9% | 14.3% | 10.5% | -6.6% | -11.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 6.3% | 6.7% | — | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 10.52x | 9.73x | 5.63x |
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
- MARUWA EUROPE LTD. 1998-11-18 → present
- MARUWA UK LTD 1998-11-17 → 1998-11-18
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources in the period ahead and that the company will remain in operational existence for the foreseeable future and, as a minimum, for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Thus, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “There is an ongoing, material, legal dispute against the company in respect of transactions undertaken in the year under review and prior periods. The company has filed an objection with the court, challenging the validity of this claim and is awaiting a decision.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YAMAGUCHI, Daisuke | Secretary | 2025-07-01 | — | — |
| KAWASE, Jiro | Director | 2018-09-01 | Jun 1969 | Japanese |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANTHONY, Manimaran | Secretary | 2008-05-30 | 2018-09-01 |
| GOTO, Kouichi | Secretary | 2018-09-01 | 2025-07-01 |
| NIWA, Kunito | Secretary | 1998-11-17 | 2008-05-30 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-11-17 | 1998-11-17 |
| ANTHONY, Manimaran | Director | 2008-05-30 | 2010-05-31 |
| GOTO, Kouichi | Director | 2016-06-01 | 2018-09-01 |
| KANBE, Sei | Director | 1998-11-17 | 2016-05-31 |
| NIWA, Kunito | Director | 1998-11-17 | 2008-05-30 |
| UCHIDA, Akira | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2018-09-01 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-11-17 | 1998-11-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maruwa Co Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 95 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-07-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-05-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-05-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-04-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-12-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-07-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.