NIPPON SANSO UK LIMITED
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Cash
£4.3M
-7.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£130M
+15.4% vs 2024
Employees
107
+16.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£23M
-33% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials 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 | £90,311,000 | £82,388,000 | -8.8% | |
| Operating profit | £33,191,000 | £22,558,000 | -32% | |
| Profit before tax | £34,896,000 | £23,386,000 | -33% | |
| Net profit | £26,064,000 | £17,300,000 | -33.6% | |
| Cash | £4,680,000 | £4,308,000 | -7.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £120,867,000 | £139,904,000 | +15.8% | |
| Net assets | £112,364,000 | £129,664,000 | +15.4% | |
| Equity | £112,364,000 | £129,664,000 | +15.4% | |
| Average employees | 92 | 107 | +16.3% | |
| Wages | £5,123,000 | £5,869,000 | +14.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £418,000 | £362,000 | -13.4% |
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 | 36.8% | 27.4% | |
| Net margin | 28.9% | 21.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 27.5% | 16.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 23.2% | 16.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.40x | 2.63x | |
| Interest cover | — | 58.59x |
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 — the current trading name was adopted 2026-04-01
- NIPPON SANSO UK LIMITED 2026-04-01 → present
- NIPPON GASES UK LIMITED 2019-02-01 → 2026-04-01
- PRAXAIR GASES UK LTD 2016-01-06 → 2019-02-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PKF Littlejohn LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, with the Company's net assets valued at £129,700,000 (2024: £112,364,000) as disclosed in the Statement of financial position. The directors have prepared the financial statements for the Company for a period in excess of 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- NIPPON SANSO UK LIMITED · parent
- Nippon Gases Offshore Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PICK, Darren | Director | 2025-03-31 | Aug 1967 | British |
| WOOLLINS, Carl Phillip | Director | 2020-04-06 | Jun 1985 | British |
| ZANOTTI, Laura Giovanna | Director | 2024-08-27 | Nov 1967 | Italian |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMAR, Mathieu | Director | 2016-07-05 | 2019-12-11 |
| HAUKELI, Sigurd | Director | 2019-12-11 | 2025-03-31 |
| MAZARRASA LLOSA, Pedro | Director | 2016-11-30 | 2019-04-30 |
| SKJELLAUG, Bjorn | Director | 2019-12-11 | 2025-03-31 |
| TRUNDLEY, Colin | Director | 2019-04-30 | 2024-08-27 |
| YANKOWSKI, Daniel Henry | Director | 2016-01-06 | 2016-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 42 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-01 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2026-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-10-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name 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
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.