C.J. UPTON & SONS LIMITED
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Cash
£283k
-16.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£46m
+14.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
125
+6.8% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.9m
+41.7% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £121,605,000 | £99,619,000 | £94,697,000 | -4.9% | |
| Operating profit | £4,660,000 | £1,720,000 | £2,477,000 | +44% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,492,000 | £1,322,000 | £1,873,000 | +41.7% | |
| Net profit | £3,471,000 | £1,054,000 | £1,374,000 | +30.4% | |
| Cash | £52,000 | £338,000 | £283,000 | -16.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £48,661,000 | £50,206,000 | £47,583,000 | -5.2% | |
| Net assets | £38,873,000 | £39,927,000 | £45,886,000 | +14.9% | |
| Equity | £38,873,000 | £39,927,000 | £45,886,000 | +14.9% | |
| Average employees | 122 | 117 | 125 | +6.8% | |
| Wages | £5,406,000 | £5,270,000 | £5,659,000 | +7.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £636,000 | £384,000 | £622,000 | +62% |
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 | 3.8% | 1.7% | 2.6% | |
| Net margin | 2.9% | 1.1% | 1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.6% | 3.4% | 5.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 46.4% | 48.6% | 44.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.71x | 2.46x | 2.03x | |
| Interest cover | 27.74x | 4.32x | 4.10x |
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
- MHA Statutory Auditors
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the Company's forecasts and projections, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company can remain a viable going concern for the foreseeable future. The Directors have not identified any material uncertainty in relation to going concern.”
Significant events
- “During the year the group, of which the Company is a member, carried out a reorganisation to simplify its overall structure.”
- “As a part of this reorganisation, the Company became an immediate subsidiary of Uptonsteel Holdings Limited (the ultimate parent company of the group) and was the beneficiary of inter- company debt forgiveness totalling £4.6m.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DARLINGTON, Christopher Alan | Director | 2022-01-17 | Nov 1963 | British |
| NEALE, Thomas Mark | Director | 2020-04-08 | Oct 1973 | British |
| UPTON, James Morten Timothy | Director | 2005-09-08 | Jan 1972 | British |
| WALPOLE, Kevin William | Director | 2022-01-17 | Oct 1973 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| RILEY, Denise Sandra | Secretary | 1973-09-14 | 2018-08-23 |
| UPTON, Alan James | Director | 1973-09-14 | 2016-08-20 |
| UPTON, Linda Kristin | Director | 1973-09-14 | 2023-04-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uptonsteel Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-12-19 | Active |
| C.J. Upton Holdings Limted | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-12-19 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 171 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-22 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-02 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-04-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.