"K" LINE (EUROPE) LIMITED
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Cash
£4.6M
+17.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£2.2M
-14.4% vs 2024
Employees
34
+6.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£192K
+4.5% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,726,254 | £3,935,151 | +5.6% | |
| Operating profit | £165,929 | £161,105 | -2.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £183,753 | £192,106 | +4.5% | |
| Net profit | £85,994 | £134,373 | +56.3% | |
| Cash | £3,918,451 | £4,604,675 | +17.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,802,710 | £2,437,083 | -13% | |
| Net assets | £2,540,530 | £2,174,903 | -14.4% | |
| Equity | £2,540,530 | £2,174,903 | -14.4% | |
| Average employees | 32 | 34 | +6.3% | |
| Wages | £2,421,836 | £2,544,892 | +5.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £917,450 | £897,601 | -2.2% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.5% | 4.1% | |
| Net margin | 2.3% | 3.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.9% | 6.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.62x | 1.47x | |
| Interest cover | — | 32.22x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- "K" LINE (EUROPE) LIMITED 2006-02-03 → present
- "K" LINE (EUROPE) 2006 LIMITED 2005-11-29 → 2006-02-03
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 believe that the Company is well placed to manage its business risks successfully in the future. Thus, the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- "K" LINE (EUROPE) LIMITED · parent
- Ocean Network Express (Europe) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 1st April 2025, the Carbon Neutral Development Group, engaged in the development of liquefied CO2 transportation solutions, was transferred from K Line (Europe) Limited to K Line Energy Shipping (UK) Limited as part of the Group's organisational restructuring to strengthen its European energy transportation business.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAMLALSING, Yadoonandan | Secretary | 2014-09-01 | — | British |
| MURAYAMA, Takuji | Director | 2026-04-01 | Mar 1975 | Japanese |
| RAMLALSING, Yadoonandan | Director | 2016-07-01 | Sep 1964 | British |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIXON, Guy Robert | Secretary | 2014-04-01 | 2014-08-31 |
| DOWDING, Raymond John Redvers, Mr. | Secretary | 2005-11-29 | 2008-07-31 |
| ROGERS, Paul, Mr. | Secretary | 2008-08-01 | 2014-03-31 |
| AOKI, Yoshiyuki | Director | 2006-01-10 | 2009-03-31 |
| ARAI, Daisuke | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2019-03-31 |
| ARAI, Daisuke | Director | 2006-04-01 | 2007-07-01 |
| BERTRAND, Pierre | Director | 2005-12-01 | 2012-03-31 |
| FRITZEN, Johannes | Director | 2006-02-20 | 2009-12-31 |
| HASHIZUME, Makoto | Director | 2007-07-02 | 2009-12-31 |
| IGARASHI, Takatoshi, Mr. | Director | 2005-11-29 | 2008-06-30 |
| KAWANATA, Fumito | Director | 2005-12-01 | 2006-06-26 |
| KIDO, Takafumi, Mr. | Director | 2010-10-01 | 2012-03-31 |
| KING, Geoffrey Ian | Director | 2005-11-29 | 2016-04-26 |
| MENZEL, Peter, Mr. | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2012-03-31 |
| MISAKI, Akira | Director | 2017-10-02 | 2024-03-31 |
| MORI, Kazumasa | Director | 2007-07-02 | 2010-09-30 |
| MURAKAMI, Eizo, Mr. | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2014-03-31 |
| MURAKAMI, Susumu, Mr. | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2010-12-31 |
| NAGAYAMA, Hiroshi | Director | 2007-07-02 | 2008-06-30 |
| NARITA, Jitsuo | Director | 2024-04-01 | 2026-03-31 |
| SEKIYA, Kiyoshi | Director | 2023-04-01 | 2025-06-30 |
| SHIMIZU, Toshio | Director | 2005-12-01 | 2010-03-31 |
| SODA, Shigeru, Mr. | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2009-04-14 |
| SODA, Shigeru, Mr. | Director | 2006-06-26 | 2009-03-31 |
| SUGIYAMA, Masahiro, Mr. | Director | 2008-07-01 | 2009-12-31 |
| SUZUKI, Toshiyuki, Mr. | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2017-09-30 |
| SUZUKI, Toshiyuki | Director | 2005-11-29 | 2006-03-31 |
| TANI, Nobuhiko | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2012-03-31 |
| TANI, Nobuhiko | Director | 2007-04-01 | 2009-12-31 |
| TERASHIMA, Kiyoshi, Mr. | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2014-03-31 |
| TERASHIMA, Kiyoshi | Director | 2005-12-01 | 2007-03-31 |
| WAKELING, Derek | Director | 2017-06-12 | 2017-11-13 |
| WAKELING, Derek | Director | 2005-11-29 | 2012-03-31 |
| YASUI, Hisashi | Director | 2007-04-01 | 2009-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "K" Line Holding (Europe) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 148 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-03 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-12-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-20 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-01 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2022-12-13 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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.