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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-12-13 (in 7mo)

Last made up 2025-11-29

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£123M

Latest balance sheet

Net assets

£6B

Equity attributable

Employees

4,734

Average over period

Profit before tax

-£7M

Period ending 2025-03-31

Watchouts

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

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312025-03-31
Turnover £2,500,497,000£3,323,023,000
Operating profit -£73,583,000£106,834,000
Profit before tax -£142,704,000-£7,046,000
Net profit -£46,298,000-£97,100,000
Cash £44,829,000£123,243,000
Total assets less current liabilities £9,195,945,000£8,953,870,000
Net assets £6,567,835,000£6,471,623,000
Equity £6,567,835,000£6,471,623,000
Average employees 4,8134,734
Wages £239,315,000£309,360,000
Directors' remuneration £2,502,000£4,823,000

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 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2023-12-31

Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 15 months versus 12 months prior.

Ratios

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

Ratio Trend 2023-12-312025-03-31
Operating margin -2.9%3.2%
Net margin -1.9%-2.9%
Return on capital employed -0.8%1.2%
Current ratio 2.90x2.98x
Interest cover -0.98x0.91x

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. HUTCHISON 3G UK LIMITED 2000-07-21 → present
  2. TIW UMTS UK LIMITED 2000-01-04 → 2000-07-21
  3. GLENASTAR LIMITED 1999-11-29 → 2000-01-04

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 101
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

  1. HUTCHISON 3G UK LIMITED · parent
    1. 3UK Retail Limited 100% · UK · sale of 3G mobile telecommunication products and services
    2. ID Communications Limited 100% · UK · provide mobile communication services to end users in the UK
    3. UK Broadband Limited 100% · UK · operate as an intermediary holding company

Significant events

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

People

5 active · 46 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
LERNER, Stephen Secretary 2025-05-31
GLIDDON, Nick Director 2025-05-31 Apr 1967 British
LERNER, Stephen Daniel Director 2025-05-31 Mar 1966 Canadian
PURKIS, Darren Martin Director 2025-05-31 Apr 1972 British
TAYLOR, Max Director 2025-05-31 May 1974 British
Show 46 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
DWYER, Daniel John Nominee Secretary 1999-11-29 1999-12-01
GAUDET, Francois Secretary 2000-01-04 2000-06-29
KEEPIN, Alexander Ian Secretary 1999-12-01 2000-01-04
SHIH, Edith Secretary 2000-06-29 2025-05-31
BORDES, Anette Caroline Director 2003-03-26 2003-05-09
CAREY, Elaine Christine Director 2020-03-06 2025-05-31
CHENG, Chun Fun Clemence, Mr. Director 2019-12-30 2025-05-31
CHOW, Mo Fong Susan Director 2004-08-20 2016-08-01
CHOW, Susan Mo Fong Director 2000-06-29 2003-05-15
DE JONG, Marcus Wilhelmus Director 2001-11-05 2003-11-07
DERWENT, Lord, The Right Honourable Director 2004-08-20 2008-01-01
DERWENT, Robin Evelyn Leo, The Right Honourable Lord Director 2000-09-21 2003-05-15
DOORN, Paul Van Director 2003-06-26 2004-05-27
DUFRESNE, Francois Director 2000-01-04 2000-06-29
DWYER, Daniel James Nominee Director 1999-11-29 1999-12-01
DYSON, David Richard Director 2011-07-01 2025-05-31
ECKERT, Robert Lloveras Director 2012-07-18 2017-11-20
FINNEGAN, Robert Martin Director 2020-03-06 2025-05-31
FINNEGAN, Robert Martin Director 2012-07-18 2019-12-30
FOK, Kin Ning Canning Director 2000-09-21 2025-05-31
FULLER, Robert Director 2003-05-15 2007-06-26
GAUDET, Francois Director 2000-01-04 2000-06-29
HARADA, Koichi Director 2000-09-21 2002-07-25
HIROOKA, Akira Director 2000-09-21 2003-06-26
HOFSTEENGE, Gert Director 2001-04-19 2001-11-05
HUNEAULT, Philippe P Director 2000-01-04 2000-06-29
KANAZU, Shiro Director 2000-09-21 2002-05-16
KARSTEN, Diederik Director 2000-09-21 2001-11-05
KAWAMURA, Seiji Director 2002-05-16 2004-05-27
LAI, Kai Ming Dominic Director 2004-08-20 2025-05-31
LI, Tzar Kuoi Victor Director 2000-09-21 2025-05-31
MILLER, Jonathan Theodore Director 2017-11-20 2020-06-15
MILLER, Stanley Phillip Director 2000-09-21 2003-11-07
MURAKAMI, Kyoji Director 2002-07-25 2004-05-27
NEATHERCOAT, Simon John Director 2003-09-29 2003-11-07
NEATHERCOAT, Simon John Director 2003-05-09 2003-09-04
NEATHERCOAT, Simon John Director 2002-10-23 2003-03-26
NOVARI, Vincenzo Director 2003-05-15 2005-10-31
ROOSEVELT, James Mccgregor Director 2002-12-06 2003-11-07
RUSSELL, Kevin Steven Director 2007-02-07 2011-07-01
SALBAING, Christian Nicolas Roger Director 2007-02-07 2025-05-31
SAYERS, Nicholas David Director 1999-12-01 2000-01-04
SHIH, Edith Director 2000-09-21 2025-05-31
SIXT, Frank John Director 2000-06-29 2025-05-31
TUCKER, Colin Patrick, Dr. Director 2001-09-03 2007-01-01
WOODWARD, Richard Callum Director 2012-07-18 2020-03-06

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Hutchison 3g Uk Holdings Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 234 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-01-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-12-31 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-06-11 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2025-06-11 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-06-11 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-06-11 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-06-11 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-06-11 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-06-11 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-06-11 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-06-11 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-06-11 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-06-11 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-06-11 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-06-11 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-06-11 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-06-11 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-06-11 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2025-04-01 AA01 accounts Change account reference date company previous extended PDF
2024-12-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
18

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
5

last 12 months

Officers resigned
11

last 12 months

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

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