Tuv Sud Limited
Private Limited Company · Glasgow
ActiveUnited KingdomIncorporated 2001Private Limited Company
Financial position
Accounts to 2025-12-31 · GBP · Company accounts
Net assets
£34,849,000
Cash
£402,000
Turnover
£76,788,000
Profit / loss
£4,291,000
Current assets
£35,182,000
Creditors < 1 year
£21,773,000
Equity
£34,849,000
Average employees
647
Balance-sheet trend
GBP · companyFinancial statements
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| Reported figures | 2025-12-3112 months · Company · AI-read | 2024-12-31Company · AI-read |
|---|---|---|
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net assets | £34,849,000 | £30,558,000 |
| Equity | £34,849,000 | £30,558,000 |
| Share capital | £500,000 | £500,000 |
| Retained earnings | £3,970,000 | −£321,000 |
| Assets | ||
| Fixed assets | £37,992,000 | £40,674,000 |
| Intangible assets | £13,106,000 | £13,128,000 |
| Property, plant & equipment | £20,284,000 | £21,817,000 |
| Investments | £165,000 | £1,165,000 |
| Current assets | £35,182,000 | £29,798,000 |
| Cash at bank | £402,000 | £584,000 |
| Debtors | £34,780,000 | £29,214,000 |
| Liabilities | ||
| Creditors within one year | £21,773,000 | £21,227,000 |
| Creditors after one year | £7,719,000 | £9,227,000 |
| Provisions | £5,238,000 | £5,576,000 |
| Net current assets | £13,409,000 | £8,571,000 |
| Assets less current liabilities | £51,401,000 | £49,245,000 |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Turnover | £76,788,000 | £74,232,000 |
| Cost of sales | £49,858,000 | £49,580,000 |
| Gross profit | £26,930,000 | £24,652,000 |
| Administrative expenses | £21,956,000 | £20,135,000 |
| Operating profit | £5,258,000 | £3,752,000 |
| Interest receivable | £16,000 | £7,000 |
| Interest payable | £836,000 | £1,198,000 |
| Profit before tax | £4,438,000 | £2,561,000 |
| Tax | £147,000 | £535,000 |
| Profit / loss | £4,291,000 | £2,026,000 |
| Operating costs | ||
| Depreciation | £3,653,000 | £3,618,000 |
| Audit fees | £88,000 | £85,000 |
| People & pay | ||
| Average employees | 647 | 641 |
| Staff costs | £41,838,000 | £39,262,000 |
| Wages & salaries | £35,607,000 | £33,718,000 |
| Social security costs | £4,498,000 | £3,771,000 |
| Pension costs | £1,733,000 | £1,773,000 |
| Directors' remuneration | £473,000 | £475,000 |
| Highest paid director | £254,000 | £258,000 |
| Source evidence | View filing | View filing |
From the accounts
What the accounts for 2025-12-31 say about themselves, read by AI from the scanned filing.
- Principal activity
- The principal activities of the continuing operations of the company throughout the year were:
- What it does
- consultancy · research · technical evaluation · certification · project management · testing · compliance · building services · vehicle fleet management (AI keywords)
- The year
- Turnover from continuing operations was £76,788,000 (2024: £74,232,000), and the operating profit was £5,258,000 (2024: £3,752,000). The company's balance sheet shows a robust financial position with net assets increased to £34,849,000 (2024: £30,558,000).
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP · senior statutory auditor Thomas Kendall
- Audit opinion
- Clean (unmodified)
- Immediate parent
- TUV SUD (UK) Limited
- Ultimate parent
- TUV SUD AG · Germany
- Ultimate controlling party
- TUV SUD AG
- Accounts
- FRS 101
- Approved
- 2026-06-08, signed by G Aloisi
Turnover by segment (4)
- United Kingdom: 58,239 (000s) (2025-12-31)
- United Kingdom: 56,556 (000s) (2024-12-31)
- Rest of World: 18,549 (000s) (2025-12-31)
- Rest of World: 17,676 (000s) (2024-12-31)
Related parties (6)
- TUV SUD BABT Unlimited · affiliated company · distribution received · £25,000 (2024: £35,000)
- Dunbar & Boardman Partnership Limited · affiliated company · distribution received · £659,045 (2024: nil)
- TUV SUD AG · ultimate parent company · cash pool creditor; carries interest at SONIA; unsecured and repayable on demand · £5,448,000 (2024: £4,412,000)
- group undertakings · group undertakings · interest payable · £641,000 (2024: £1,021,000)
- group undertakings · group undertakings · intercompany balances included in amounts owed by group undertakings; interest-free, unsecured and repayable on demand · £11,117,000 (2024: £7,991,000)
- group undertakings · group undertakings · trading balances included in amounts owed by group undertakings · £1,303,000 (2024: £572,000)
Borrowings (2)
- Cash pooling arrangement · from TUV SUD AG · £5,448,000 (2024: £4,412,000) · SONIA · repayable on demand · secured on unsecured
- Access to funds under contractual cash pooling terms and conditions · from TUV SUD AG · limit of £10m
Disposals (2)
- Fleet Logistics division
- Middle East branch of the Real Estate division
Share classes (1)
- 500,000 Ordinary shares of £1 each
Principal risks (3)
- competitive
- people
- financial
Events after the year end (1)
- There were no subsequent events post the balance sheet date and prior to the date of approving these financial statements that would have a material impact on the results reported or the financial position of the company.
Secured borrowing
Registered charges, lenders and security interests.
Charges and related records
0 outstanding chargesShow 2 satisfied / released
All Assets · created 2013-04-30 · satisfied 2021-02-01
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SatisfiedAll Assets · created 2003-01-24 · satisfied 2012-09-25
All monies
Satisfied