UNITED AUCTIONS GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£107
0% vs 2024
Net assets
£4.7m
-65.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
91
-14.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£5.3m
+25% 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 | £24,087,629 | £27,474,617 | £32,896,824 | +19.7% | |
| Operating profit | £3,519,035 | £4,577,803 | £6,310,711 | +37.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,877,733 | £4,201,579 | £5,251,810 | +25% | |
| Net profit | £2,054,033 | £3,014,615 | £4,259,262 | +41.3% | |
| Cash | £107 | £107 | £107 | 0% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,203,375 | £15,810,845 | £17,655,417 | +11.7% | |
| Net assets | £10,665,810 | £13,439,885 | £4,655,864 | -65.4% | |
| Equity | £10,665,810 | £13,439,885 | £4,655,864 | -65.4% | |
| Average employees | 91 | 106 | 91 | -14.2% | |
| Wages | £2,587,726 | £2,920,756 | £3,178,336 | +8.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £604,782 | £673,616 | £652,180 | -3.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £153,094 | £171,095 | £114,977 | -32.8% |
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 | 14.6% | 16.7% | 19.2% | |
| Net margin | 8.5% | 11.0% | 12.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 23.1% | 29.0% | 35.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 60.4% | 53.5% | 86.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.49x | 1.45x | 1.52x | |
| Interest cover | 5.49x | 6.69x | 5.96x |
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
- Johnston Carmichael LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- UNITED AUCTIONS GROUP LIMITED · parent
- UA Livestock Limited 100%
- United Auctions Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On the 2nd April 2025 United Auctions transitioned to an Employee-Ownership Trust (EOT) structure, which allowed the Company to create long-term stability and a strong financial footing for the years ahead”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, David George | Director | 2025-05-01 | Jul 1964 | British |
| HENDERSON, Richard | Director | 2025-05-01 | Dec 1970 | British |
| ROBERTS, John Andrew | Director | 2016-11-07 | Feb 1966 | British |
| SHARP, Christopher Simon | Director | 2016-11-07 | May 1977 | British |
| WOOD, Peter | Director | 2025-05-01 | Feb 1979 | British |
| YOUNG, Donald William | Director | 2016-11-07 | Nov 1969 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCLEAN, Neil Fraser | Director | 2017-02-14 | 2022-03-31 |
| PURVES, George William | Director | 2016-11-07 | 2025-05-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Auctions Trustees Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-04-02 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 71 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-06-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-17 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-06-09 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-09 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-06 | 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.