UPP (READING I) LIMITED
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Cash
£14M
+10.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£232M
+3.5% vs 2024
Employees
125
-6.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£7.8M
+24.9% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £30,345,000 | £32,555,000 | +7.3% | |
| Operating profit | £13,624,000 | £15,917,000 | +16.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £6,259,000 | £7,816,000 | +24.9% | |
| Net profit | £6,259,000 | £7,816,000 | +24.9% | |
| Cash | £12,612,000 | £13,914,000 | +10.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £424,403,000 | £430,259,000 | +1.4% | |
| Net assets | £224,041,000 | £231,873,000 | +3.5% | |
| Equity | £224,041,000 | £231,873,000 | +3.5% | |
| Average employees | 134 | 125 | -6.7% | |
| Wages | £2,944,000 | £3,151,000 | +7% | |
| 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. 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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 44.9% | 48.9% | |
| Net margin | 20.6% | 24.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.2% | 3.7% | |
| Current ratio | 12.97x | 12.96x | |
| Interest cover | 1.29x | 1.35x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements, and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- UPP (READING I) LIMITED · parent
- UPP (Reading) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Occupancy for the 2025/26 financial year has been secured at 100%.”
- “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
5 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASHLEY, Emma Jane | Director | 2022-01-01 | Aug 1978 | British |
| BAMFORD, Mark Christopher | Director | 2022-10-03 | Sep 1975 | British |
| BOORNE, Simon Anthony | Director | 2022-04-29 | May 1985 | British |
| BURTON, Matthew John | Director | 2022-02-16 | Dec 1984 | British |
| CASSELDEN, Andrew Ross | Director | 2025-12-01 | Mar 1979 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENKEL, Julian Christopher William | Secretary | 2011-05-17 | 2019-01-31 |
| BAILEY-WATTS, Robin Samuel | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| BEHR, Gabriel Simon | Director | 2011-05-17 | 2016-05-10 |
| BENKEL, Julian Christopher William | Director | 2011-05-17 | 2019-01-31 |
| BIENFAIT, Richard Antoine | Director | 2016-10-11 | 2020-01-31 |
| CLAPP, Andrew David | Director | 2012-04-12 | 2012-09-13 |
| DEAKIN, Kathryn | Director | 2015-06-05 | 2015-11-06 |
| FURNEAUX, Clare Louise | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2025-09-14 |
| GERVAISE-JONES, Henry Barnaby | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2022-04-29 |
| HENDERSON, Karen | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2025-01-11 |
| LEES, Timothy John Gerard, Dr | Director | 2018-11-30 | 2021-12-31 |
| MARSDEN, David | Director | 2015-11-16 | 2022-01-18 |
| O'SHEA, Sean | Director | 2011-05-17 | 2018-12-31 |
| ROBBINS, Colin | Director | 2015-06-12 | 2018-11-15 |
| SAVAGE, David Charles Lambert | Director | 2011-12-20 | 2017-03-01 |
| SUTCH, Billy Steven | Director | 2022-02-16 | 2023-07-25 |
| SWINDLEHURST, Mark | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2022-02-02 |
| THOMAS, Karen Louise | Director | 2017-05-11 | 2019-04-04 |
| VAN DE NOORT, Robertus Adrianus Leonardus, Professor | Director | 2017-03-01 | 2018-11-30 |
| WAKEFORD, Jonathan James | Director | 2016-07-27 | 2019-01-01 |
| WHITE, Matthew James | Director | 2018-11-30 | 2021-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upp (Reading I) Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 112 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-03-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-02-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-14 | 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
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.