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Next accounts due

2026-06-30 (in 1mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-05-16

Overdue

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£34K

+501.1% vs 2023

Net assets

£1M

+1.7% highest in 4 filed years

Employees

36

-2.7% lowest in 4 filed years

Profit before tax

£24K

-59.1% lowest in 4 filed years

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2019-01-012019-12-312020-12-312023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £614,960£673,534£733,040£714,830
Operating profit £42,974£206,959£99,112£89,203
Profit before tax £33,317£202,620£57,895£23,658
Net profit £27,119£162,530£42,984£23,052
Cash -£494,253£60,893-£728,808£5,655£33,993
Total assets less current liabilities £808,376£960,396£1,072,169£1,083,294
Net assets £798,946£949,376£1,045,510£1,063,062
Equity £783,927£798,946£949,376£1,045,510£1,063,062
Average employees 37373736
Wages £354,588£334,637£440,265£405,034
Directors' remuneration £74,163£22,223£28,470£27,183

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2019-01-012019-12-312020-12-312023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 7.0%30.7%13.5%12.5%
Net margin 4.4%24.1%5.9%3.2%
Return on capital employed 5.3%21.5%9.2%8.2%
Current ratio 1.42x1.44x
Interest cover 4.37x45.78x2.38x1.36x

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

  1. ULVERSTON AUCTION MART PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY(THE) 1982-04-08 → present
  2. ULVERSTON AND NORTH LONSDALE AUCTION MART COMPANY LIMITED(THE) 1877-09-22 → 1982-04-08

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Melville & Co
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The Directors have reviewed future trading prospects and latest management accounts and, although formal projections have not been prepared, they believe that there is a reasonable expectation that the company will have adequate resources to continue trading for the foreseeable future and at least for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

10 active · 25 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
LADHAMS, Steven Secretary 2024-09-23
AIREY, James Director 2022-06-06 Mar 1969 British
BRADLEY, Paul Martin Director 2019-12-01 Oct 1974 British
CASE, Simon Director 2021-04-20 Oct 1981 British
GARNETT, Stephen James Director 2025-02-03 Jan 1973 British
GREENWAY, Thomas Director 2025-02-03 Sep 1993 British
LONGMIRE, John Robert Director 2009-11-01 Nov 1968 British
PHILIPSON, Robert Frank Director 2000-08-10 Feb 1962 British
SOUTHERN, Mark Graham Director 2020-03-01 Dec 1965 British
SWEETING, Ian Director 2009-11-01 Aug 1962 British
Show 25 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BARROW, William David Secretary 1998-10-05
SIDDLE, John Secretary 1998-10-05 2010-07-05
WALKER, Stephen Maclaren Secretary 2010-07-05 2024-09-23
BARROW, William David Director 1997-12-31
BOWES, John Roger Director 2021-12-31
CAPSTICK, James Director 1994-01-04 2007-12-31
CAPSTICK, Miles Gordon Director 1998-12-07 2000-04-26
CASE, John Maurice Director 1992-12-31
CASE, William Director 2020-12-31
EDMONDSON, Alan Robert Director 2000-09-02 2018-12-31
EDMONDSON, Anthony Director 1998-12-31
FISHER, James Director 2004-06-12
GOING, James Michael Director 2004-06-12 2014-12-31
HOOL, John Edward Director 1991-09-02
HORNBY, John Edward Isaac Director 1991-10-07 2015-12-31
IRVING, Frank Director 2000-12-24
LONG, Gilbert Geoffrey Director 2008-03-01 2013-08-06
PEAT, Jane Sarah Director 1992-06-01 2000-04-17
PHIZACKLEA, John Director 1998-05-11
POSTLETHWAITE, Thomas Neil Director 2015-02-03 2026-01-01
POSTLETHWAITE, Thomas Director 1994-01-04
TAYLOR, John Director 2000-03-15 2009-09-08
TOWERS, William Shepherd Director 2000-12-31
WALKER, Ian Director 1996-11-04 2019-12-31
WALKER, Stephen Maclaren Director 2016-01-01 2024-09-23

Ownership

Persons with significant control

No persons with significant control on record.

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 150 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-05-09 RP01AP01 officers Replacement filing of director appointment with name PDF
2026-05-06 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-07-01 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-05-26 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-05-26 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-05-21 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-05-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-09-23 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2024-09-23 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2024-06-23 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-05-02 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-01-24 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2023-06-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-05-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2022-06-08 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2022-05-31 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-04-30 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2022-01-24 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2021-07-05 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2021-05-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
7

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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