UNITED ARTISTS CORPORATION LIMITED
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Cash
£100k
-55.4% lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£6m
+3.1% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£209k
+15.5% vs 2024
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £1,609,000 | £1,713,000 | £183,000 | £313,000 | +71% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £184,000 | £207,000 | +12.5% | |
| Profit before tax | — | £297,000 | £345,000 | £181,000 | £209,000 | +15.5% | |
| Net profit | — | £314,000 | £294,000 | £149,000 | £183,000 | +22.8% | |
| Cash | £651,293 | £1,229,000 | £289,000 | £224,000 | £100,000 | -55.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,901,199 | £5,198,000 | £5,492,000 | £5,861,000 | £6,044,000 | +3.1% | |
| Net assets | £4,636,724 | £4,951,000 | £5,245,000 | £5,861,000 | £6,044,000 | +3.1% | |
| Equity | £4,637,000 | £4,951,000 | £5,245,000 | £5,861,000 | £6,044,000 | +3.1% | |
| Average employees | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | £220,000 | £248,000 | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 100.5% | 66.1% | |
| Net margin | — | 19.5% | 17.2% | 81.4% | 58.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 3.1% | 3.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 21.6% | 25.3% | 13.9% | 0.0% | 0.3% | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 61.33x | — |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- S&W Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue as an operational business for the foreseeable future, being twelve months from the approval of the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLAPHAM, David Austin | Secretary | 2005-09-07 | — | British |
| PATEL, Ajay Ashok | Secretary | 2024-08-05 | — | — |
| CLAPHAM, David Austin | Director | 2005-09-07 | Aug 1950 | British |
| PATEL, Ajay Ashok | Director | 2024-08-05 | Mar 1969 | American |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| YELL, Brian Christopher | Secretary | — | 2005-09-07 |
| ANGELETTI, Maria | Director | 1994-08-01 | 1999-06-04 |
| CARLSON, Bengt Oscar Bruno | Director | 1998-08-18 | 2005-06-06 |
| CARSON, Thomas Patrick | Director | — | 1993-10-01 |
| FETTER, Trevor | Director | 1993-10-01 | 1995-10-27 |
| FOLCHERT, Anke | Director | 2000-12-12 | 2000-12-21 |
| FREEMAN, Lesley | Director | 2016-07-18 | 2024-08-05 |
| GORDON, Jack Rodney | Director | — | 1994-08-01 |
| HENDRY, Stephen John | Director | 2005-04-20 | 2012-10-29 |
| JOHNSON, David | Director | 1995-10-27 | 1997-01-15 |
| JONES, William Allen | Director | 1997-01-15 | 2005-04-20 |
| KAY, Kenneth | Director | 2015-07-31 | 2022-08-01 |
| O'DWYER, Joan Ann | Director | 1994-10-01 | 1996-07-12 |
| PACKMAN, Scott Samuel | Director | 2005-04-20 | 2016-07-18 |
| STANFORD, Julian Mark | Director | 1996-07-09 | 1998-08-18 |
| STRATTON, Dene | Director | 2012-10-29 | 2015-07-31 |
| YELL, Brian Christopher | Director | — | 2005-09-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon.Com.Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-08-10 | Active |
| Mr David Austin Clapham | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-03-17 |
| Mr Kenneth Kay | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-03-17 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 146 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-03 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-08-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-19 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-12 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-08-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.