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UNIVERSAL CONTAINER SERVICES LIMITED

#02565098 · Active · Incorporated 1990-12-04 (35y 9m) · Last filing 2026-09-10 (this month)
Basic Materials · SIC 24330 · C Manufacturing · Full accounts
Accounts due 2027-09-30 (in 1y) · Confirmation due 2027-08-19 (in 11 months) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£2.8m

-47.9% vs 2024

Net assets

£9.2m

+9.4% highest in 6 filed years

Employees

35

0% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£2m

-24.8% lowest in 6 filed years

Accounts

6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £14,090,343£20,493,595£21,058,231£17,575,197£17,121,066£17,554,141 +2.5%
Operating profit £2,751,209£4,543,062£4,440,689£2,740,080£2,393,573£1,839,477 -23.1%
Profit before tax £2,752,260£4,544,237£4,443,396£2,874,625£2,658,933£1,999,564 -24.8%
Net profit £2,378,123£3,810,545£3,600,147£2,132,534£1,984,290£1,490,834 -24.9%
Cash £1,254,281£1,150,403£681,727£7,711,622£5,304,821£2,765,015 -47.9%
Total assets less current liabilities £3,547,748£5,288,985£5,958,354£7,255,028£8,485,201£9,253,728 +9.1%
Net assets £3,455,515£5,238,661£5,890,708£7,157,032£8,394,756£9,185,079 +9.4%
Equity £3,455,515£5,238,661£5,890,708£7,157,032£8,394,756£9,185,079 +9.4%
Average employees 272927323535 0%
Wages £792,688£822,680£896,548£1,015,658£1,146,842£1,191,908 +3.9%
Directors' remuneration £18,000£18,000£18,000£18,000£18,000£18,000 0%
Directors' pension contributions ————£10,000£10,000 0%

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 2020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating margin 19.5%22.2%21.1%15.6%14.0%10.5%
Net margin 16.9%18.6%17.1%12.1%11.6%8.5%
Return on capital employed 77.5%85.9%74.5%37.8%28.2%19.9%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 44.4%36.0%30.9%52.5%——
Current ratio ————2.41x4.15x

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 2 times since incorporation

  1. UNIVERSAL CONTAINER SERVICES LIMITED 2003-05-07 → present
  2. UNIVERSAL CONTAINER SERVICES (ANTHONY WARD) LIMITED 1991-02-22 → 2003-05-07
  3. ANTHONY WARD CONTAINER SERVICES LIMITED 1990-12-04 → 1991-02-22

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Clarke Nicklin LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

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

People

1 active · 10 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
WOOLLEY, George Director 1998-04-01 Oct 1964 British
Show 10 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
HOLMES, Daniel Secretary 2009-10-23 2014-04-04
LEWIS, John Secretary 2014-04-04 2020-06-03
RICHMOND, Rachael Jayne Secretary 2008-06-12 2009-10-23
WARD, Valerie Ethel Secretary — 2003-04-04
WOOLLEY, Kathryn Secretary 2020-06-03 2024-07-31
WOOLLEY, Kathryn Secretary 2003-04-04 2010-03-31
HOLMES, Daniel Lee Director 2010-02-05 2014-04-04
RICHMOND, Kenneth George Director — 1992-07-31
WARD, Anthony Donald Director — 2003-04-04
WARD, Valerie Ethel Director — 2003-04-04

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Universal Container Services (Holdings) Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100% 2017-01-01 Active
Mr George Woolley Individual Shares 25–50% 2016-04-06 Ceased 2017-01-01

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 129 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-09-10 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type medium PDF
2026-08-05 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-12-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-07-07 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2024-12-11 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-09-27 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2024-07-31 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2023-12-04 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-08-15 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2022-12-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-07-21 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2022-03-15 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2021-12-16 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-05-07 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type small PDF
2020-12-04 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-06-10 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type small
2020-06-03 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2020-06-03 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2019-12-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-04-25 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type small

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
3

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

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

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