UP AND RUNNING (UK) LIMITED
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Cash
£143k
+8.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£606k
+156.1% vs 2024
Employees
199
+15% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£574k
+354.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £11,094,388 | £13,727,702 | £16,724,532 | +21.8% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | -£437,048 | £96,925 | £539,381 | +456.5% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | -£410,699 | £126,455 | £574,315 | +354.2% | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | -£388,080 | £116,952 | £369,389 | +215.8% | |
| Cash | £633,260 | £149,928 | £125,845 | £215,125 | £131,478 | £143,113 | +8.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £882,505 | £1,372,483 | £777,753 | £371,612 | £236,649 | £606,038 | +156.1% | |
| Net assets | £640,598 | £981,084 | £507,777 | £119,697 | £236,649 | £606,038 | +156.1% | |
| Equity | — | — | — | £119,697 | £236,649 | £606,038 | +156.1% | |
| Average employees | 168 | 168 | 167 | 176 | 173 | 199 | +15% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £2,815,409 | £3,028,107 | £3,701,651 | +22.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £361,313 | £390,313 | £431,813 | +10.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £1,321 | £2,642 | £2,642 | 0% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £120,000 | £134,821 | £139,321 | +3.3% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | -3.9% | 0.7% | 3.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | -3.5% | 0.9% | 2.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | -117.6% | 41.0% | 89.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 81.4% | 71.1% | 84.7% | 96.2% | 93.4% | 86.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.82x | 0.99x | 1.07x |
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
- UP AND RUNNING (UK) LIMITED 2015-10-28 → present
- UP AND RUNNING (STIRLING) LIMITED 2012-07-03 → 2015-10-28
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have considered the company's financial position at the balance sheet date, including its net asset position. Based on this assessment, the directors consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- UP AND RUNNING (UK) LIMITED · parent
- Running Shoes Limited
Significant events
- “As previously reported, the Company has been involved in a legal dispute with one of its former main suppliers in the context of an attempt by the supplier to impose illegal retail price maintenance against which the Company refused to comply with such practice.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CUNNINGHAM, George Peter Anderson | Director | 2021-06-01 | Feb 1986 | British |
| MACFARLANE, Dennis | Director | 2014-10-03 | Sep 1950 | British |
| MACFARLANE, Gillian | Director | 2019-09-24 | Mar 1963 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARLOW, Simon Reid | Director | 2012-07-03 | 2014-11-07 |
| BARLOW, Susan Joy | Director | 2012-07-03 | 2014-11-07 |
| HOLMES, Margaret Ann | Director | 2021-06-01 | 2026-06-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Gillian Macfarlane | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2023-06-09 | Active |
| Mr Dennis Macfarlane | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-07-03 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 46 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-06-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type unaudited abridged | |
| 2023-06-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-06-09 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-08 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type unaudited abridged | |
| 2022-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-06-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-01-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.