UBCIVILS LTD
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Cash
£2.6M
+23.6% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£4.5M
+11.4% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
29
+7.4% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£845K
-3.8% vs 2024
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £12,359,200 | £15,122,732 | +22.4% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £915,760 | £879,738 | -3.9% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £878,500 | £845,468 | -3.8% | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £659,817 | £633,568 | -4% | |
| Cash | £1,146,991 | £1,177,643 | £1,246,785 | £2,139,174 | £2,645,060 | +23.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,598,149 | £3,175,235 | £4,006,859 | £5,011,424 | £5,233,769 | +4.4% | |
| Net assets | £2,258,943 | £2,625,629 | £3,042,994 | £4,035,144 | £4,493,712 | +11.4% | |
| Equity | £2,258,943 | £2,625,629 | £3,042,994 | £4,035,144 | £4,493,712 | +11.4% | |
| Average employees | 15 | 18 | 17 | 27 | 29 | +7.4% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £1,447,359 | £1,891,189 | +30.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £162,624 | £184,534 | +13.5% |
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 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 7.4% | 5.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 5.3% | 4.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 18.3% | 16.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 40.1% | 44.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.74x | 2.06x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 15.16x | 13.58x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Stevenson & Kyles
- 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.”
Group structure
- UBCIVILS LTD · parent
- UBPLANT Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “Over our first fourteen years we have achieved steady growth, building our team organically and growing our market share within the limited and competitive economy of the Highlands. We now have an established business with a solid foundation and excellent growth potential to be realised through the major energy projects coming to the Highlands and Islands over the next decade.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PETERANNA, Colin | Secretary | 2011-10-18 | — | — |
| PETERANNA, Colin | Director | 2011-10-18 | Jan 1969 | British |
| PETERANNA, Iain | Director | 2013-09-30 | May 1958 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Colin Peteranna | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 44 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-07-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-04-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-07-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-07-24 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-07-24 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-06-21 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-06-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-21 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-06-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-24 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-04-24 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-04-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-04-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-15 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-04-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-11-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.