UNIPART LOGISTICS LIMITED
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Cash
£19k
-66.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£30m
+6.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£8.1m
-11.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £336,001,000 | £392,404,000 | £365,756,000 | -6.8% | |
| Operating profit | £8,186,000 | £9,139,000 | £7,959,000 | -12.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £8,554,000 | £9,187,000 | £8,136,000 | -11.4% | |
| Net profit | £6,570,000 | £6,982,000 | £5,780,000 | -17.2% | |
| Cash | — | £56,000 | £19,000 | -66.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £43,914,000 | £42,179,000 | £62,636,000 | +48.5% | |
| Net assets | £24,812,000 | £27,794,000 | £29,574,000 | +6.4% | |
| Equity | £24,812,000 | £27,794,000 | £29,574,000 | +6.4% | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.4% | 2.3% | 2.2% | |
| Net margin | 2.0% | 1.8% | 1.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.6% | 21.7% | 12.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 73.2% | 74.7% | 76.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.81x | 1.56x | 1.91x | |
| Interest cover | 26.07x | 15.46x | 16.05x |
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
- UNIPART LOGISTICS LIMITED 2002-04-05 → present
- UNIPART TECHNOLOGY LOGISTICS LIMITED 2002-02-08 → 2002-04-05
- PETERBRIDGE LIMITED 2001-11-28 → 2002-02-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board has a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the future. For this reason, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements, which are shown on pages 12 - 26.”
Group structure
- UNIPART LOGISTICS LIMITED · parent
- Unipart Supply Chain Management (Suzhou) Co. Limited 100%
- Unipart Accelerated Logistics Limited 100%
- Unipart Services India Private Limited 99%
- Unipart Logistics LLC 100%
- Unipart Limited 100%
- Unipart Vietnam Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Company has given security, by way of fixed and floating charges over certain of the Company's assets, to guarantee bank loans and overdrafts provided to certain fellow subsidiary undertakings. The amount outstanding under such arrangements at 31 December 2025 was £13,821,000 (2024: £1,294,000).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THORNTON, Benjamin Lascelles | Secretary | 2024-03-01 | — | — |
| LEIGH, Darren Peter | Director | 2020-05-01 | Apr 1972 | British |
| LEUNG, Alex Raymond | Director | 2017-05-04 | May 1974 | British |
| WELDON, Christopher James | Director | 2019-02-01 | Feb 1978 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| O'BRIEN, Robert Paul David | Secretary | 2015-06-01 | 2021-07-31 |
| RIMMER, Michael Douglas | Secretary | 2002-02-08 | 2015-06-01 |
| RUSSELL, Tanya | Secretary | 2021-09-06 | 2024-03-01 |
| CLIFFORD CHANCE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2001-11-28 | 2002-02-08 |
| BURNS, Frank William | Director | 2006-12-14 | 2023-01-31 |
| CHITTY, Jonathan | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2020-04-30 |
| DESSAIN, Paul Mark | Director | 2002-02-08 | 2016-07-01 |
| HOPPER, Michael Royston | Director | 2002-02-08 | 2003-07-01 |
| JONES, Keith | Director | 2002-04-19 | 2006-12-14 |
| LAYTON, Matthew Robert | Nominee Director | 2001-11-28 | 2002-02-08 |
| MOURGUE, Anthony John | Director | 2002-04-19 | 2018-12-31 |
| NEILL, John Mitchell | Director | 2008-09-09 | 2024-08-31 |
| RICHARDS, Martin Edgar | Nominee Director | 2001-11-28 | 2002-02-08 |
| TONKS, Mark Howard | Director | 2009-01-21 | 2017-05-04 |
| TRUESDALE, Ian William David | Director | 2021-10-27 | 2025-01-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unipart Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 117 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-03-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-03-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-03-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-03-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-02-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.