MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

27.06.2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

SHUKOH CO LTD

 

 

Registered Office :

Solid Square East Tower 5F, 580 Horikawacho Saiwaiku Kawasaki 212-0013

 

 

Country :

Japan

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2006

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

Jun 1947

 

 

Legal Form :

Limited Company (Kabushiki Kaisha)

 

 

Line of Business :

Design, construction of office/store interior systems; manufacturing of furniture

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

B

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

26-40

B

Unfavourable & favourable factors carry similar weight in credit consideration. Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average/normal.

Small

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

Yen 65.9 millions

 

 

Status :

Moderate

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 


name

 

SHUKOH CO LTD

 

 

REGD NAME

 

KK Shukoh

 

 

MAIN OFFICE

 

Solid Square East Tower 5F, 580 Horikawacho Saiwaiku Kawasaki 212-0013 JAPAN

Tel : 044-543-5132    

Fax : 044-541-2359

URL : http://www.shukoh.co.jp

E-Mail address: (thru the URL)

 

 

ACTIVITIES

 

Design, construction of office/store interior systems; mfg of furniture

 

 

BRANCHES

 

Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka

 

 

FACTORY(IES)

 

Osaka, Kawasaki, Koga (Saitama)

 

 

OFFICERS

 

SHUSUKE SAKUMA, PRES                  Tomio Nakamura, mgn dir

Makoto Fujita, dir                                   Yoshiyuki Hashiguchi, dir

Hiromi Sakuma, dir                                Noriaki Sakai, dir

 

Yen Amount:     In million Yen, unless otherwise stated

 

 

SUMMARY

 

FINANCES        FAIR                 A/SALES          Yen 6,387 M

PAYMENTS      REGULAR         CAPITAL           Yen 100 M

TREND             SLOW              WORTH            Yen 1,973 M*

STARTED         1947                 EMPLOYES      113

                                                *.. Net worth as of Mar/2005 fiscal term

 

 

COMMENT

 

OFFICE/STORE DESIGN, PLAN, CONSTRUCTION FIRM; MFG OF FURNITURE.  FINANCIAL SITUATION CONSIDERED FAIR AND GOOD FOR ORDINARY BUSINESS ENGAGEMENTS.

                       

MAX CREDIT LIMIT: YEN 65.9 MILLION, 30 DAYS NORMAL TERMS.  .

 

 

HIGHLIGHTS

           

The subject company was established by father of Shusuke Sakuma in order to      make    most of his experience in the subject line of business.  Specializes in design, plan, and construction of office interior systems.  Originally focused on bank stores, gradually expanding into business offices and stores.  Also manufactures furniture, branded as “UNIFOR-HANGING”, a hanging-type furniture, folding and movable-type, licensed mfg from Unifor, Italy.  Clients include Tokyo-Metrop Office, Ministry of Labor, major banks, NTT DoCoMo, other, nationwide.

 

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

           

The sales volume for Mar/2006 fiscal term amounted to Yen 6,386 million, a 1.2% down from Yen 6,464 million in the previous term.  The operations plunged into the red to register Yen 1,770 million net losses for the term, coming from the disposal losses of old office building and assets.  The firm stopped disclosing full financials (in digest form) from this term.  The net worth is believed at Yen 202 million.

 

For the term ended Mar 2007 the recurring profit was projected at Yen 400 million, on a 2% rise in turnover, to Yen 6,500 million.  Final results are yet to be released.

 

The financial situation is considered maintained FAIR and good for ORDINARY business engagements.  Max credit limit is estimated at Yen 65.9 million, on 30 days normal terms. 

 

 

REGISTRATION

 

Date Registered:            Jun 1947

Legal Status:                 Limited Company (Kabushiki Kaisha)

Authorized:                    17.2 million shares

Issued:                          4.3 million shares

Sum:                           Yen 100 million

Major shareholders (%): Shusuke Sakuma (59%) (Majority owned by the family)

No. of shareholders:       44

           

Nothing detrimental is known as to the commercial morality of executives.

 

 

OPERATION

 

Activities: Designs, plans, constructs office interior systems; manufactures office and store furniture, licensed from Unifor, Italy, other (--100%).

 

Licensed mfg items: Branded as “UNIFOR-HANGING”, wall-hanging, folding and     movable types, earthquake resistant furniture.

 

Imports directly from Unifor, Italy mfg materials/parts, such as, laminated & coated plywood boards, aluminum materials, hinges, joints, other.

 

Clients: [Governments, business firms, banks] Mizuho Bank, MUFG, Resona Bank, SMBC, Ministry of Labor, Tokyo-Metrop, Dentsu, Shiseido, NTT DoCoMo, other. 

 

No. of accounts: 1,000

 

Domestic areas of activities: Nationwide

 

Suppliers: [Mfrs, wholesalers] Nitto Jushi Kogyo, Haneda Kosakusho, Uda Mokkosho, other.  Imports from Unifor (Italy), other from Germany, Spain, etc.

 

Payment record: Regular

 

Location: Business area in Kawasaki.  Office premises at the caption address are leased and maintained satisfactorily.

 

 

Bank References

 

Mizuho Bank (Hamamatsucho)

MUFG (Shimbashi)

 

Relations: Satisfactory

 

 

FINANCES

 

(In Million Yen)

       Terms Ending:

31/03/2006

31/03/2005

31/03/2004

31/03/2003

Annual Sales

 

6,387

6,464

8,010

6,755

Recur. Profit

 

510

407

321

 

Net Profit

 

-1,770

321

586

-1,171

Total Assets

 

 

11,149

11,344

 

Current Assets

 

 

2,709

3,025

 

Current Liabs

 

 

5,226

7,856

 

Net Worth

 

 

1,973

1,534

 

Capital, Paid-Up

 

100

100

100

         100

Div.P.Share(¥)

 

0

0.00

0.00

0.00

<Analytical Data>

(%)

(%)

(%)

(%)

       S.Growth Rate

-1.19

-19.30

18.58

0.82

       Current Ratio

 

..

51.84

38.51

..

       N.Worth Ratio

..

17.70

13.52

..

       R.Profit/Sales

 

7.98

6.30

4.01

..

       N.Profit/Sales

-27.71

4.97

7.32

-17.34

       Return On Equity

..

16.27

38.20

..

 

Note: Financials are only partially disclosed for the 31/03/2006 fiscal term.

 


 

RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

RATING

STATUS

 

 

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

>86

Aaa

Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest capability for timely payment of interest and principal sums

 

Unlimited

71-85

Aa

Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit transaction. It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Large

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Fairly Large

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

 

Satisfactory

26-40

B

Unfavourable & favourable factors carry similar weight in credit consideration. Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average/normal.

 

Small

11-25

Ca

Adverse factors are apparent. Repayment of interest and principal sums in default or expected to be in default upon maturity

 

Limited with full security

<10

C

Absolute credit risk exists. Caution needed to be exercised

 

 

Credit not recommended

NR

In view of the lack of information, we have no basis upon which to recommend credit dealings

No Rating

 

 

This score serves as a reference to assess SC’s credit risk and to set the amount of credit to be extended. It is calculated from a composite of weighted scores obtained from each of the major sections of this report. The assessed factors and their relative weights (as indicated through %) are as follows:

 

Financial condition (40%)            Ownership background (20%)                 Payment record (10%)

Credit history (10%)                    Market trend (10%)                                Operational size (10%)

 

 

 

 

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