KINNARPS (U.K.) LIMITED

Active
Company number 01038990Private limited companyIncorporated 1972

Key figures

£3,819,339-11.4%
Net assets 2024/25
-2.7%
Average annual change 2021/22–2024/25
02 m4 m6 m2021/222022/232023/242024/25

Ratios

2024/25

Sector comparison

SIC 46650

Where the company stands among the 554 active companies whose first SIC code is 46650 (Wholesale of office furniture).

Net assets£3,819,339
Higher than 98% · median £24,421
Total assets£5,181,226
Higher than 97% · median £129,816
Cash£2,138,265
Higher than 97% · median £71,438
Employees29
Higher than 98% · median 1
Company age54.8 years
Older than 98% · median 5.6 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. BOF GROUP LIMITED£19.7m
  2. TRAC OFFICE EQUIPMENT LIMITED£7.8m
  3. ALLCAM MOBILE PRODUCTS LIMITED£5.2m
  4. HARROW BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED£4.8m
  5. CMS INDUSTRIES LIMITED£4.8m
  6. KINNARPS (U.K.) LIMITED£3.8m
  7. OFFICE INTERIORS WHOLESALE LIMITED£3.4m
  8. CLASSIC BUSINESS EQUIPMENT LIMITED£3.2m
  9. P.R.S. OFFICE FURNITURE LIMITED£3.2m
  10. J.G. FENN LIMITED£2.6m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 554. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: KINNARPS (U.K.) LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

KINNARPS (U.K.) LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 01038990. It was incorporated on 19 Jan 1972. Its status is active. The registered office is in London (EC1M). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is wholesale of office furniture (46650).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2024/25 (period ending 31 Aug 2025); the company files medium company accounts. Turnover was £8,521,201. Profit for the year was £510,394. Net assets were £3,819,339, down 11.4% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £2,138,265. The company had an average of 29 employees. Figures are available for 4 financial years (2021/22–2024/25).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 554 active companies whose first SIC code is 46650: By net assets it ranks higher than 98% of them (median £24,421). By total assets it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £129,816). By cash it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £71,438). By number of employees it ranks higher than 98% of them (median 1). It is older than 98% of them (median age 5.6 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 7 public contract award notices from 6 public sector buyers since 2018. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £24.2m. Its most frequent buyer is The National Archives (2 contracts). 2 of the awards are shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements. It is recorded as the recipient of one central government grant worth £235, from HM Revenue & Customs.

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly furniture and lighting, vehicles, electrical equipment. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly electrical equipment.

Who runs and controls the company?

The company has 2 current directors. 3 persons with significant control are registered.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 31 May 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 12 Oct 2027.

Filed accounts2021/22–2024/25
2021/222022/232023/242024/25
Turnover9,171,54710,914,6719,366,8408,521,201
Profit for the year83,428659,536508,692510,394
Cash at bank and in hand1,764,0262,598,8012,753,1452,138,265
Total assets5,173,3426,020,5485,793,1425,181,226
Total liabilities————
Net assets / total equity4,140,7174,800,2534,308,9453,819,339
Average number of employees32323029
Average pay (per year)56,40161,07864,35464,619

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Public contracts

7 contracts

KINNARPS (U.K.) LIMITED is named as a supplier in 7 public contract award notices from 6 public sector buyers since 2018. The 5 contracts awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £24.2m. 2 awards are shared with other suppliers and not counted in that total.

Contracts per year
Main buyers6
The National Archives
2 contracts · £63.4k
Kent County Council (t/a KCS)
1 contract · £24m
Royal Holloway and Bedford New College
1 contract · £104k
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
1 contract · £35.7k
Corserv Ltd
1 contract
Contracts
  1. STA-26051 FurnitureRoyal Holloway and Bedford New College · £103,990
  2. Supply of Office Furniture‡The National Archives · £33,679
  3. Furniture - Height Adjustable DesksTHE NATIONAL ARCHIVES · £29,678
  4. Educational and Non-Educational Furniture - Y21032‡Kent County Council (t/a KCS) · £24,000,000
  5. Supply, Delivery and Installation of Office Furniture‡Corserv Ltd · shared by 11 suppliers, up to £900,000 in total
Show 2 more
  1. Furniture and Associated ServicesCrown Commercial Service · shared by 20 suppliers, up to £400,000,000 in total
  2. British Geological Survey Replacement of FurnitureUK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £35,718

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Government grants

1 grant

KINNARPS (U.K.) LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 1 central government grant, worth £235.

Grant
  1. SME Brexit Support FundHM Revenue & Customs · £235

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

Registers and licences

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: furniture and lighting, vehicles, electrical equipment, iron and steel articles and miscellaneous metal articles.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 1 of the last 12 months on record, most recently May 2026. Main goods: electrical equipment.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

58 events
  1. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: turnover £8.5m, net assets £3.8m, 29 employees
  2. Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: turnover £9.4m, net assets £4.3m, 30 employees
  3. Financial year 2022/23 endedAccounts: turnover £10.9m, net assets £4.8m, 32 employees
  4. Financial year 2021/22 endedAccounts: turnover £9.2m, net assets £4.1m, 32 employees
  5. Ulf Fredrik BERGSTEN appointedDirector
  6. Ashley Grant HAYWARD resignedDirector
  7. Brian Anthony QUIN resignedDirector
  8. Brian QUIN resignedSecretary
Earlier events (50)
  1. Per-Arne Johan Mikael ANDERSON resignedDirector
  2. Per Ake Robert PETERSSON appointedDirector
  3. Ashley Grant HAYWARD appointedDirector
  4. Henry Jarlsson registered as a person with significant control
  5. Assar Jarlsson registered as a person with significant control
  6. Ola Jarlsson registered as a person with significant control
  7. Stuart Malvern PADBURY resignedSecretary
  8. Brian QUIN appointedSecretary
  9. Björn Erik SÖDERLUNDH resignedDirector
  10. Colin Michael FOX resignedDirector
  11. Björn Erik SÖDERLUNDH appointedDirector
  12. Rolf Lars Torbjorn ZINN resignedDirector
  13. Gunilla Karin Charlotte ROGESTEDT BHILADVALA resignedDirector
  14. Shirley Anne RAYMOND resignedSecretary
  15. Stuart Malvern PADBURY appointedSecretary
  16. Ian Paul WEDDELL resignedDirector
  17. Brian Anthony QUIN resignedSecretary
  18. Shirley Anne RAYMOND appointedSecretary
  19. Gunilla Karin Charlotte ROGESTEDT BHILADVALA resignedSecretary
  20. Brian Anthony QUIN appointedSecretary
  21. Colin Michael FOX appointedDirector
  22. Ian Paul WEDDELL appointedDirector
  23. Paul Heinrich Sigismund VON DER HEYDE resignedSecretary
  24. Paul Heinrich Sigismund VON DER HEYDE resignedDirector
  25. Gunilla Karin Charlotte ROGESTEDT BHILADVALA appointedSecretary
  26. Rolf Lars Torbjorn ZINN appointedDirector
  27. Eva-Lotta SJOBLOM resignedDirector
  28. Gunilla Karin Charlotte ROGESTEDT BHILADVALA appointedDirector
  29. Rolf Magnus GUSTAFSON resignedDirector
  30. Anthony GAMBLE resignedSecretary
  31. Paul Heinrich Sigismund VON DER HEYDE appointedSecretary
  32. Anthony GAMBLE resignedDirector
  33. Rolf Magnus GUSTAFSON appointedDirector
  34. Inger Elise LINDEN resignedSecretary
  35. Inger Elise LINDEN resignedDirector
  36. Jan Peter LINDEN resignedDirector
  37. Anthony GAMBLE appointedSecretary
  38. Per-Arne Johan Mikael ANDERSON appointedDirector
  39. Peter Joseph DOYLE resignedDirector
  40. Anthony GAMBLE appointedDirector
  41. Eva-Lotta SJOBLOM appointedDirector
  42. Lynn PETERSEN resignedDirector
  43. Brian Anthony QUIN appointedDirector
  44. Peter Joseph DOYLE appointedDirector
  45. Malcolm David PRIDE resignedSecretary
  46. Malcolm David PRIDE resignedDirector
  47. Inger Elise LINDEN appointedSecretary
  48. Paul Heinrich Sigismund VON DER HEYDE appointedDirector
  49. Lynn PETERSEN appointedDirector
  50. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.