UNION CARRIERS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-20 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£834K
USD 1,116,000
-15.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£28M
USD 37,247,000
+11.1% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£3M
USD 3,872,000
-86% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,356,881 | £37,378 | |
| Operating profit | £19,293,564 | -£110,638 | |
| Profit before tax | £20,601,779 | £2,894,520 | |
| Net profit | £20,601,779 | £2,894,520 | |
| Cash | £984,526 | £834,268 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £25,062,421 | £27,844,061 | |
| Net assets | £25,061,673 | £27,844,061 | |
| Equity | £25,061,673 | £27,844,061 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.748 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-99.6%
£8,356,881 £37,378
-
Cash
-15.3%
£984,526 £834,268
-
Net assets
+11.1%
£25,061,673 £27,844,061
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-100.6%
£19,293,564 -£110,638
-
Profit before tax
-86%
£20,601,779 £2,894,520
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 77.0% | -0.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 45.0% | 0.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.52x | 81.62x | |
| Interest cover | 4.42x | -2.90x |
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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Malde & Co
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 Group's and Parent 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
- UNION CARRIERS LIMITED · parent
- UCL Frognal Limited 100%
- UCL Harrow Limited 100%
- UCL Springfield Limited 100%
- UCL Aston Limited 100%
- Union Amkor Limited 50%
- UCL Vokaria Limited 50%
Significant events
- “The Group took advantage of the strong asset values and sold six vessels in 2024 and in 2025 (2023: seven) and releasing liquidity of US$36m as well as the acquisition of one second-hand younger vessel.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KANSAGRA, Bhupendra Shantilal | Secretary | 2016-06-07 | — | — |
| CADJI, Laurent Elie | Director | 2016-06-07 | Aug 1977 | British |
| CADJI, Lewis Levy | Director | 2016-06-07 | May 1938 | British |
| ENSTON, Matthew Brooks | Director | 2024-04-04 | Mar 1978 | British |
| KANSAGRA, Bhupendra Shantilal | Director | 2016-06-07 | May 1956 | British |
| KANSAGRA, Ramesh Shantilal | Director | 2016-06-07 | Aug 1950 | British |
| KOTSAPAS, Michael | Director | 2024-04-04 | Oct 1977 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solai Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2017-06-07 | Active |
| Samilau Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2016-06-07 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 53 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-25 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-16 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2024-02-16 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2023-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-07-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-04-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.