CURIOUS UNIVERSE UK LIMITED
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Cash
£1.8M
-65% vs 2024
Net assets
£3.8M
-33.2% vs 2024
Employees
98
+4.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.5M
-15.5% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £26,490,139 | £26,455,376 | -0.1% | |
| Operating profit | £2,828,719 | £2,410,557 | -14.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,014,027 | £2,545,957 | -15.5% | |
| Net profit | £2,298,527 | £2,161,008 | -6% | |
| Cash | £5,227,597 | £1,831,643 | -65% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,672,725 | £3,788,496 | -33.2% | |
| Net assets | £5,672,725 | £3,788,496 | -33.2% | |
| Equity | £5,672,725 | £3,788,496 | -33.2% | |
| Average employees | 94 | 98 | +4.3% | |
| Wages | £3,505,832 | £3,568,088 | +1.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £152,000 | £205,116 | +34.9% |
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 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.7% | 9.1% | |
| Net margin | 8.7% | 8.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 49.9% | 63.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 64.6% | 71.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.54x | 1.40x |
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
- CURIOUS UNIVERSE UK LIMITED 2018-07-09 → present
- BOOKOLI LIMITED 2017-11-24 → 2018-07-09
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Bishop Fleming Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 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
- CURIOUS UNIVERSE UK LIMITED · parent
- Curious Universe Germany GmbH 100%
Significant events
- “During the year the company entered into a fixed and floating charge over all assets with Barclays Bank as security for the banking facilities held by Curious Universe UK Holdings Limited.”
- “On 19 June 2025, a new parent company, Curious Universe UK Holdings Limited was incorporated and acquired the company's share capital as part of a management buyout.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STYRING, John | Secretary | 2017-11-24 | — | — |
| BRITTEN, Briony | Director | 2017-11-24 | Nov 1976 | British |
| STYRING, John Malcolm | Director | 2017-11-24 | Dec 1972 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARBER, Nadeeka Upuli | Director | 2018-07-06 | 2025-06-19 |
| UNGAR, Stephen David | Director | 2018-07-06 | 2025-06-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curious Universe Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-06-19 | Active |
| Hinkler Pty Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2018-07-09 | Ceased 2025-06-19 |
| Briony Britten | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-11-24 | Ceased 2025-06-19 |
| Mr John Malcolm Styring | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-11-24 | Ceased 2025-06-19 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 46 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-08-18 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-07-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-18 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-07-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-01 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-07-01 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.