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URBAN LOGISTICS (UK) LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
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URBAN LOGISTICS (UK) LIMITED
CONTENTS
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URBAN LOGISTICS (UK) LIMITED
DIRECTOR'S REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
The director presents his report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025.
The director is responsible for preparing the Director's report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
In preparing these financial statements, the director is required to:
∙select suitable accounting policies for the Company's financial statements and then apply them consistently;
∙make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
∙state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
∙prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Company will continue in business.
The director is responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the Company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Company and to enable him to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. He is also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
During the year the directors made the decision to reclassify all the amounts related companies trade debtors to “amounts owed by entities under common control”. This has been reclassified for both 2025 and 2024. There was no effect on the profit in either year, the only change is restatement of the debtors note, note 10.
The profit for the year, after taxation, amounted to £486,453 (2024 - £396,629).
No dividends were declared during the year (2024 - nil).
The director who served during the year was:
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URBAN LOGISTICS (UK) LIMITED
DIRECTOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
The auditors, Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited, will be proposed for reappointment in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006.
This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf.
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URBAN LOGISTICS (UK) LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF URBAN LOGISTICS (UK) LIMITED
We have audited the financial statements of Urban Logistics (UK) Limited (the 'Company') for the year ended 31 December 2025, which comprise the Statement of income and retained earnings, the Statement of financial position and the related notes, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the United Kingdom, including the Financial Reporting Council's Ethical Standard and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the director with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
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URBAN LOGISTICS (UK) LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF URBAN LOGISTICS (UK) LIMITED (CONTINUED)
The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report other than the financial statements and our Auditors' report thereon. The director is responsible for the other information contained within the Annual Report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this regard.
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
∙the information given in the Director's report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
∙the Director's report has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the Company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Director's report.
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URBAN LOGISTICS (UK) LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF URBAN LOGISTICS (UK) LIMITED (CONTINUED)
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an Auditors' report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:
We gained an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework applicable to the company and the industry in which it operates, and considered the risk of acts by the company that were contrary to applicable laws and regulations, including fraud. We designed audit procedures to respond to the risk, recognising that the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example, forgery or intentional misrepresentations, or through collusion. We focussed on laws and regulations which could give rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements, including, but not limited to, the Companies Act 2006 and UK tax legislation. Our tests included agreeing the financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation and enquiries with management. There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above and, the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we would become aware of it. We did not identify any key audit matters relating to irregularities, including fraud. As in all our audits, we also addressed the risk of management override of internal controls, including testing journals and evaluating whether there was evidence of bias by the directors that represented a risk of material misstatement due to fraud.
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Auditors' report.
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URBAN LOGISTICS (UK) LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF URBAN LOGISTICS (UK) LIMITED (CONTINUED)
This report is made solely to the Company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the Company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an Auditors' report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Company and the Company's members, as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
for and on behalf of
Statutory Auditors
Wey Court West
Union Road
Surrey
GU9 7PT
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URBAN LOGISTICS (UK) LIMITED
STATEMENT OF INCOME AND RETAINED EARNINGS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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URBAN LOGISTICS (UK) LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: 02103631
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2025
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf by:
The notes on pages 10 to 21 form part of these financial statements.
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URBAN LOGISTICS (UK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
Urban Logistics (UK) Limited (02103631) is a private company limited by shares and incorporated in England & Wales. Its registered office is Kingsclere Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 6XJ.
2.Accounting policies
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention unless otherwise specified within these accounting policies and in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006.
The preparation of financial statements in compliance with FRS 102 requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise judgment in applying the Company's accounting policies.
The accounts are presented in Sterling and rounded to the nearest £.
The following principal accounting policies have been applied:
The Company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by the FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland":
∙the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows;
∙the requirements of Section 3 Financial Statement Presentation paragraph 3.17(d);
∙the requirements of Section 33 Related Party Disclosures paragraph 33.7.
This information is included in the consolidated financial statements of Kion Group AG as at 31 December 2025 and these financial statements may be obtained from Company Secretary, Linde Holdings Limited, Kingsclere Road, Basingstoke, RG21 6XJ.
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URBAN LOGISTICS (UK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons:
The principal activity of the company is to act as a distributor of goods and services of the group headed by KION Group AG, the ultimate parent company. The company’s cash flows are therefore dependant on the continuation, volume and pricing of these operations. The company meets its day to day working capital requirements from operational cash flows, treasury management agreements with KION Group AG, which maintains the group-wide cash-pool balances, and trading balances with the group headed by KION Group AG. The directors have performed a going concern assessment which indicates that in reasonably possible downsides, the company will require additional funds, through funding from its ultimate parent company KION Group AG, to meet its liabilities for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements, the going concern assessment period. KION Group AG has indicated its intention to continue to make available such funds as needed by the company and that it does not intend to seek repayment of the amounts currently due to the group. As with any company placing reliance on other group entities for financial support, the directors acknowledge that there can be no certainty that this support will continue although, at the date of approval of these financial statements, they have no reason to believe that it will not do so. Consequently, the directors are confident that the company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of the approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.
Functional and presentation currency
Transactions and balances
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URBAN LOGISTICS (UK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
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URBAN LOGISTICS (UK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Depreciation is charged so as to allocate the cost of assets less their residual value over their estimated useful lives, using the straight-line method.
The estimated useful lives range as follows:
The assets' residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are reviewed, and adjusted prospectively if appropriate, or if there is an indication of a significant change since the last reporting date.
Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount and are recognised in profit or loss.
The Company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 “Basic Financial Instruments” of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.
Basic financial assets
Basic financial assets, which include trade and other debtors, cash and bank balances, are initially measured at their transaction price (adjusted for transaction costs except in the initial measurement of financial assets that are subsequently measured at fair value through profit and loss) and are subsequently carried at their amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any provision for
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URBAN LOGISTICS (UK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
impairment, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest.
Discounting is omitted where the effect of discounting is immaterial. The Company's cash and cash equivalents, trade and most other debtors due with the operating cycle fall into this category of financial instruments.
Basic financial liabilities
Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the Company after the deduction of all its liabilities.
Basic financial liabilities, which include trade and other creditors, bank loans and other loans are initially measured at their transaction price (adjusting for transaction costs except in the initial measurement of financial liabilities that are subsequently measured at fair value through profit and loss). When this constitutes a financing transaction, whereby the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest, discounting is omitted where the effect of discounting is immaterial.
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at their amortised cost using the effective interest rate method.
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods and services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Trade creditors are classified as current liabilities if the payment is due within one year. If not, they represent non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are initially recognised at their transaction price and subsequently are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Discounting is omitted where the effect of discounting is immaterial.
The whole of the turnover is attributable to the principal activity of the company.
Analysis of turnover by country of destination:
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URBAN LOGISTICS (UK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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URBAN LOGISTICS (UK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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URBAN LOGISTICS (UK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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URBAN LOGISTICS (UK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
8.Taxation (continued)
There were no factors that may affect future tax charges.
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URBAN LOGISTICS (UK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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URBAN LOGISTICS (UK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
12.Deferred taxation (continued)
The redeemable ordinary shares noted above may be redeemed at par at the shareholders', or the company's request, upon 30 days notice or on 31 December 2050. The shares rank equally to the ordinary shares.
Profit and loss account
A prior year adjustment has been made to reallocate intercompany debt of £1,151,173 (2024 £1,876,544) from trade debtors to inter company and a further £952,743 (£448,976) from trade debtors to prepayments and accrued income.
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URBAN LOGISTICS (UK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
The Company operates a defined contributions pension scheme for the benefit of employees. The assets of the scheme are administered by an independent pensions provider. Pension payments recognised as an expense during the year amounted to £47,128 (2024 - £41,455). Contributions totalling £7,036 (2024 - £8,061) were payable to the fund at the balance sheet date and are included within creditors.
The ultimate parent undertaking and controlling party is KION Group AG which is incorporated in Germany and listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The registered office address is Thea-Rashe-Strasse 8, 60549 Frankfurt, Germany.
Weichai Power Co. Ltd indirectly holds a a 46.5% stake in the KION Group AG, via Weichai Power (Luxembourg) Holding S.a.r.l., as of 31 December 2025. Weichai Power Co. Ltd is part of the Weicha Holding Group Co,. Ltd, which in turn is owned by Shandong Heavey Industry Group Co. Ltd, which is ultimately owned by the state of China. The consolidated financial statements of KION Group AG are available to the public on their website or copies can be obtained from Linde Holdings Limited, Kingsclere Road, Basingstoke, RG21 6XJ The immediate parent undertaking is Urban-Transporte GmbH, a company incorporated in Germany. The company accounts are consolidated into the financial sttaements of KION Group AG.
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