Annual accounts
Group accounts
31/12/2026Filing deadline
Made up to 31/12/2024Due 31/12/2026
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/12/2025
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/12/2024
NIPPON EXPRESS (U.K.) LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- World Business Centre 2, Newall Road, Heathrow TW6 2SF
- Classification (SIC)
- Other transportation support activities (52.29 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Group
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 27/02/2026View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-02-20 with no updates
- 27/02/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mr Steve John Williams on 2026-02-26
- 12/12/2025View PDF (44 pages)
Group of companies' accounts made up to 2024-12-31
- 11/07/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mr Richard Barrett as a secretary on 2025-07-10
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Accounts and confirmation statement
The two filings Companies House requires every year, and where each one stands against its deadline today.
Due in 89 days
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
27/05/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 13/05/2026Due 27/05/2027
- Next statement date
- 13/05/2027
- Last statement dated
- 13/05/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures NIPPON EXPRESS (U.K.) LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2024; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£17.70M2024
-15.14%vs 20232023: £20.86M
Total Assets
£10.39M2024
59.99%vs 20232023: £6.49M
Cash in Bank
£5.07M2024
-55.21%vs 20232023: £11.32M
Employees
22024
-1vs 20232023: 3
Of the 3 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 1 rose and 2 fell. Cash in bank moved furthest, down 55.21% on 2023. See the full financial analysis for NIPPON EXPRESS (U.K.) LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through NIPPON EXPRESS (U.K.) LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · -11.5% a year (CAGR)Three-year trend, 2022–2024Every measure end to end across 2022, 2023 and 2024, with the compound rate behind each one.See what moved4 chartsCharts by indicator4 filed indicators plotted year by year, 2021–2024.Plot the figuresNothing estimatedRatios from the filed figures2 ratios computed from this company's own reported amounts, each shown against the year it was derived from.Check the ratios5 × 4 yearsEvery figure by yearAll 5 measures Okredo tracks across 4 reported years, exactly as filed.Open the table
Employees
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2024.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | -1 |
| 2023 | 3 | -216 |
| 2022 | 219 | +2 |
| 2021 | 217 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 217 in 2021 to 2 in 2024. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
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Officers
25Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 31/03/2003–04/05/2006 | 0 | |
| Director | 29/06/1993–24/07/1995 | 0 | |
| Director | 12/12/1994–10/07/2003 | 0 | |
| Director | 10/07/2003–23/05/2008 | 0 | |
| Director | 17/05/2018–11/01/2022 | 0 | |
| Director | 28/03/2012–06/05/2015 | 0 | |
| Director | 28/06/2001–10/10/2001 | 0 | |
| Director | 06/05/2015–17/05/2018 | 0 | |
| Director | 23/05/2008–28/03/2012 | 1 | |
| Director | 10/01/2025–Present | 0 | |
| Secretary | 06/03/1998–31/03/2003 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 30/11/1992–09/08/1993 | 0 | |
| Director | 21/02/1994–01/06/1995 | 0 | |
| Director | 28/06/2001–31/03/2003 | 0 | |
| Director | 01/06/1995–06/03/1998 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 12/10/1993–01/06/1995 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 07/07/1992–30/11/1992 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 01/06/1995–06/03/1998 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 09/08/1993–12/10/1993 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 31/03/2003–12/03/2014 | 0 | |
| Director | 11/01/2022–01/01/2025 | 0 | |
| Director | 24/07/1995–29/06/1999 | 0 | |
| Director | 29/06/1999–28/06/2001 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 10/07/2025–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 01/01/2025–Present | 4 |
Persons with significant control
1Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 20/02/2017–Present | 0 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 16
- Since 28/02/2023
- Last 12 months
- 3
- -4 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 27/02/2026
- 7 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Confirmation statementLatest 27/02/2026
- Officer changesLatest 27/02/2026
- Accounts filedLatest 12/12/2025
Filing timeline
- 27/02/2026View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-02-20 with no updates
- 27/02/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mr Steve John Williams on 2026-02-26
- 12/12/2025View PDF (44 pages)
Group of companies' accounts made up to 2024-12-31
- 11/07/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mr Richard Barrett as a secretary on 2025-07-10
- 24/02/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-02-20 with no updates
- 22/01/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mrs Junko Watanabe as a director on 2025-01-10
- 03/01/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mr Steve John Williams as a director on 2025-01-01
- 03/01/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Tomohiro Tamura as a director on 2025-01-01
- 02/12/2024View PDF (43 pages)
Group of companies' accounts made up to 2023-12-31
- 11/11/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Registered office address changed from Heathrow 360 2 Millington Road Hayes Middlesex UB3 4AZ to World Business Centre 2 Newall Road Heathrow TW6 2SF on 2024-11-11
- 08/03/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-02-20 with no updates
- 27/02/2024View PDF (45 pages)
Group of companies' accounts made up to 2022-12-31
Showing 12 of 16 filings
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About NIPPON EXPRESS (U.K.) LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
NIPPON EXPRESS (U.K.) LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in World Business Centre 2, Newall Road, Heathrow TW6 2SF. Companies House classifies its business as Other transportation support activities. It has been on the register for 45 years 9 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2024 accounts report net assets of £17.70M and 2 employees.
NIPPON EXPRESS (U.K.) LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records NIPPON EXPRESS (U.K.) LIMITED under one registered business activity: Other transportation support activities (52.29 - SIC 2007).
NIPPON EXPRESS (U.K.) LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 11/12/1980.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2024 and report net assets of £17.70M, total assets of £10.39M and cash in bank of £5.07M.
The most recent document on the record is dated 27/02/2026: Confirmation statement made on 2026-02-20 with no updates, 7 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/12/2026 and the next confirmation statement is due by 27/05/2027.
Companies House lists 25 officers (3 currently in post) and 1 person with significant control.