ULTIMA DISPLAYS LIMITED
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Cash
£238k
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£1.5m
-3.9% vs 2024
Employees
55
-12.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£71k
+80% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,303,786 | £9,283,091 | -9.9% | |
| Operating profit | -£300,484 | -£30,933 | +89.7% | |
| Profit before tax | -£356,439 | -£71,155 | +80% | |
| Net profit | -£279,903 | -£61,627 | +78% | |
| Cash | — | £237,591 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,625,736 | £1,714,758 | +5.5% | |
| Net assets | £1,597,749 | £1,536,122 | -3.9% | |
| Equity | £1,597,749 | £1,536,122 | -3.9% | |
| Average employees | 63 | 55 | -12.7% | |
| Wages | £2,308,712 | £2,087,613 | -9.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £115,624 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £4,500 | — |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -2.9% | -0.3% | |
| Net margin | -2.7% | -0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -18.5% | -1.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 54.2% | 53.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.65x | 1.79x | |
| Interest cover | -5.37x | -0.75x |
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
- Mercer & Hole LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the directors have produced prudent forecasts to show the predicted effect of the anticipated economic headwinds for the short to mid-term future on the company's results”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROBERTS, Jeremy Dean | Secretary | 2025-02-18 | — | — |
| CUSHING, Andrew David | Director | 2025-02-27 | Mar 1974 | British |
| PERUTZ, Timothy Paul George | Director | 2025-02-18 | May 1965 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOSWELL, Simon James | Secretary | 2013-01-11 | 2013-06-24 |
| KHAWAJA, Saqib | Secretary | 2023-06-01 | 2025-02-28 |
| MANCHESTER, Cara Louise | Secretary | 1999-07-08 | 2001-05-11 |
| ROBERTS, Jeremy Dean | Secretary | 2013-06-24 | 2022-04-11 |
| ROBERTS, Jeremy Dean | Secretary | 2002-07-02 | 2013-01-11 |
| SOMERTON, Jeffrey Graham Juhani | Secretary | 2001-05-11 | 2002-07-02 |
| WILSON, Edward James Andrew | Secretary | 2022-04-11 | 2023-06-01 |
| SEVERNSIDE SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-07-08 | 1999-07-08 |
| BURDETT, Andrew John | Director | 1999-09-08 | 2016-11-25 |
| FAULKNER, Mark | Director | 2022-04-11 | 2025-02-05 |
| GALLIO, Osvaldo | Director | 2016-08-05 | 2018-07-02 |
| KHAWAJA, Saqib | Director | 2023-06-01 | 2025-02-28 |
| MCCLEERY, Mark | Director | 2018-07-25 | 2023-08-31 |
| PERUTZ, Gerald Eric Alexander | Director | 2002-12-13 | 2015-04-20 |
| PERUTZ, Timothy Paul George | Director | 2002-12-13 | 2022-04-11 |
| PERUTZ, Timothy Paul George | Director | 1999-07-08 | 1999-09-08 |
| WILSON, Edward James Andrew | Director | 2022-04-11 | 2023-06-14 |
| SEVERNSIDE NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-07-08 | 1999-07-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ultima Displays Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-07-31 | Active |
| P3 Group Europe Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-07 | Ceased 2017-07-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 126 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2025-03-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-18 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-02-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-06 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-06-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
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.