UPP (READING) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-24 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£23M
-1.9% vs 2024
Employees
25
-3.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£440K
+12% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,961,000 | £6,395,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,592,000 | £3,054,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£500,000 | -£440,000 | |
| Net profit | -£500,000 | -£440,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £23,237,000 | £22,800,000 | |
| Net assets | £23,237,000 | £22,800,000 | |
| Equity | £23,237,000 | £22,800,000 | |
| Average employees | 26 | 25 | |
| Wages | £578,000 | £619,000 | |
| 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. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
+7.3%
£5,961,000 £6,395,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-1.9%
£23,237,000 £22,800,000
-
Employees
-3.8%
26 25
-
Operating profit
+17.8%
£2,592,000 £3,054,000
-
Profit before tax
+12%
-£500,000 -£440,000
-
Wages
+7.1%
£578,000 £619,000
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 43.5% | 47.8% | |
| Net margin | -8.4% | -6.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.2% | 13.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.00x | 0.00x | |
| Interest cover | 0.84x | 0.87x |
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
- UPP (READING) LIMITED 2000-02-02 → present
- TEAMPATH LIMITED 2000-01-10 → 2000-02-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which the directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons. In preparing these financial statements, the directors have considered the impact of the current inflationary environment on the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern by preparing a cash flow forecast through to 31 August 2027, modelling a severe but plausible downside scenario that demonstrates that the Company is expected to have sufficient funds to meet its obligations as they fall due over the period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- UPP (READING) LIMITED · parent
- UPP (Reading St Georges) Limited
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAMFORD, Mark Christopher | Director | 2022-10-03 | Sep 1975 | British |
| BOORNE, Simon Anthony | Director | 2022-04-29 | May 1985 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENKEL, Julian Christopher William | Secretary | 2005-05-04 | 2019-01-31 |
| EXCELLET INVESTMENTS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2000-01-12 | 2000-02-10 |
| HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-01-10 | 2000-01-12 |
| SECRETARIAT SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2000-02-10 | 2005-01-04 |
| ALLEN, Mark | Director | 2008-07-21 | 2011-02-18 |
| BAILEY-WATTS, Robin Samuel | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| BEHR, Gabriel Simon | Director | 2008-10-15 | 2016-05-10 |
| BENKEL, Julian Christopher William | Director | 2011-02-18 | 2019-01-31 |
| BENKEL, Julian Christopher William | Director | 2008-04-15 | 2008-10-15 |
| BIENFAIT, Richard Antoine | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2020-01-31 |
| BIRCH, Alan Edward | Director | 2003-07-02 | 2004-06-15 |
| CLAPP, Andrew David | Director | 2011-02-18 | 2012-09-13 |
| CRAWFORD, Clive Wilson | Director | 2000-02-10 | 2008-10-15 |
| ELLIOTT, Christopher James | Director | 2000-03-02 | 2003-12-02 |
| GERVAISE-JONES, Henry Barnaby | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2022-04-29 |
| JOHNSON, Robert Nigel | Director | 2004-02-11 | 2004-06-15 |
| LAFFERTY, Henry | Director | 2001-03-13 | 2001-08-02 |
| MAY, Andrew John | Director | 2008-04-15 | 2008-10-15 |
| MCCLATCHEY, Robert Sean | Director | 2011-06-17 | 2012-09-12 |
| MCCLATCHEY, Robert Sean | Director | 2000-03-02 | 2008-10-15 |
| O'SHEA, Sean | Director | 2012-12-20 | 2018-12-31 |
| OSHEA, Sean | Director | 2008-07-21 | 2008-10-15 |
| RICHARDSON, Peter Miles | Director | 2000-02-10 | 2001-03-13 |
| SAVAGE, David Charles Lambert | Director | 2012-12-12 | 2017-03-01 |
| SUTTON, Andrew John | Director | 2001-08-02 | 2004-02-11 |
| HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-01-10 | 2000-01-12 |
| QUICKNESS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2000-01-12 | 2000-02-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upp (Reading I) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 190 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-16 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2020-11-16 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-02-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-02-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.