UTAC SPECIAL VEHICLES UK LTD
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Cash
£475k
-90% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£8.2m
+119% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
64
+8.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£4.5m
+260.6% highest 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 | £8,074,000 | £14,469,000 | £18,231,000 | +26% | |
| Operating profit | -£1,460,000 | £1,281,000 | £4,517,000 | +252.6% | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,496,000 | £1,243,000 | £4,482,000 | +260.6% | |
| Net profit | -£1,496,000 | £1,243,000 | £4,482,000 | +260.6% | |
| Cash | £729,000 | £4,742,000 | £475,000 | -90% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,609,000 | £3,865,000 | £8,449,000 | +118.6% | |
| Net assets | £2,524,000 | £3,767,000 | £8,249,000 | +119% | |
| Equity | £2,524,000 | £3,767,000 | £8,249,000 | +119% | |
| Average employees | 53 | 59 | 64 | +8.5% | |
| Wages | £2,635,000 | £3,169,000 | £3,183,000 | +0.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £142,000 | £169,000 | £244,000 | +44.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £12,000 | £13,000 | £15,000 | +15.4% |
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 | -18.1% | 8.9% | 24.8% | |
| Net margin | -18.5% | 8.6% | 24.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -56.0% | 33.1% | 53.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 78.0% | 80.8% | 47.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.55x | 0.88x | 1.46x | |
| Interest cover | -40.56x | 33.71x | — |
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
- UTAC SPECIAL VEHICLES UK LTD 2022-05-12 → present
- UTAC SPECIAL VEHICLES LTD 2022-04-29 → 2022-05-12
- MILLBROOK SPECIAL VEHICLES LIMITED 2017-10-23 → 2022-04-29
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the results of the company's going concern procedures set out above and the written confirmation of financial support received from the intermediate parent company, UTAC Holding for the foreseeable future. Based on these, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANDREW, Kirsty Anne Henderson | Director | 2017-11-08 | Dec 1967 | British |
| MCCORMACK, Connor | Director | 2020-10-19 | Aug 1969 | Irish |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARBEL, Pierre-Edouard | Director | 2021-08-23 | 2023-06-23 |
| BURNS, Alexander Mark | Director | 2017-10-23 | 2020-09-18 |
| NELSON, Andrew Edward Bass | Director | 2017-10-23 | 2021-08-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utac Acquisition Co Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2021-02-01 | Active |
| Spectris Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-10-23 | Ceased 2021-02-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 36 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-13 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-08-12 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-12 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2022-04-29 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2021-10-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-10-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-28 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-04-26 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement |
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.