UNITED ARTISTS CORPORATION LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-25 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£224K
+348% vs 2023
Net assets
—
Equity attributable
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£181K
-62.1% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £1,609,000 | — | £1,080,000 | £183,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £478,000 | £184,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £297,000 | £345,000 | £477,000 | £181,000 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £314,000 | £294,000 | £467,000 | £149,000 | |
| Cash | £337,738 | — | £1,229,000 | £289,000 | £50,000 | £224,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,535,495 | — | £5,198,000 | £5,492,000 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £4,262,614 | — | £4,951,000 | £5,245,000 | — | — | |
| Equity | £4,262,614 | £4,637,000 | £4,951,000 | £5,245,000 | £5,712,000 | £5,861,000 | |
| Average employees | 7 | — | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — | £220,000 | £248,000 | £91,000 | £0 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 44.3% | 100.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 19.5% | — | 43.2% | 81.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 17.04x | — | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 159.33x | 61.33x |
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
- S&W Partners Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue as an operational business for the foreseeable future, being twelve months from the approval of the financial statements (until the end of May 2026).”
Significant events
- “The Company is dependent on the continued success of the Amazon group companies. The principal risks and uncertainties they face include, among others, risks related to competition, management of growth, new products, services and technologies, potential fluctuations in operating results, international expansion, outcomes of legal proceedings and claims, fulfillment centre optimisation, seasonality, commercial agreements, acquisitions and strategic transactions, foreign exchange rates, system interruption, government regulation and taxation, and fraud.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLAPHAM, David Austin | Secretary | 2005-09-07 | — | British |
| PATEL, Ajay Ashok | Secretary | 2024-08-05 | — | — |
| CLAPHAM, David Austin | Director | 2005-09-07 | Aug 1950 | British |
| PATEL, Ajay Ashok | Director | 2024-08-05 | Mar 1969 | American |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| YELL, Brian Christopher | Secretary | — | 2005-09-07 |
| ANGELETTI, Maria | Director | 1994-08-01 | 1999-06-04 |
| CARLSON, Bengt Oscar Bruno | Director | 1998-08-18 | 2005-06-06 |
| CARSON, Thomas Patrick | Director | — | 1993-10-01 |
| FETTER, Trevor | Director | 1993-10-01 | 1995-10-27 |
| FOLCHERT, Anke | Director | 2000-12-12 | 2000-12-21 |
| FREEMAN, Lesley | Director | 2016-07-18 | 2024-08-05 |
| GORDON, Jack Rodney | Director | — | 1994-08-01 |
| HENDRY, Stephen John | Director | 2005-04-20 | 2012-10-29 |
| JOHNSON, David | Director | 1995-10-27 | 1997-01-15 |
| JONES, William Allen | Director | 1997-01-15 | 2005-04-20 |
| KAY, Kenneth | Director | 2015-07-31 | 2022-08-01 |
| O'DWYER, Joan Ann | Director | 1994-10-01 | 1996-07-12 |
| PACKMAN, Scott Samuel | Director | 2005-04-20 | 2016-07-18 |
| STANFORD, Julian Mark | Director | 1996-07-09 | 1998-08-18 |
| STRATTON, Dene | Director | 2012-10-29 | 2015-07-31 |
| YELL, Brian Christopher | Director | — | 2005-09-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon.Com.Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-08-10 | Active |
| Mr David Austin Clapham | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-03-17 |
| Mr Kenneth Kay | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-03-17 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 145 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-03 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-08-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-19 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-12 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-08-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-83.1%
£1,080,000 £183,000
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
+348%
£50,000 £224,000
-
Net assets
—
Not reported
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-61.5%
£478,000 £184,000
-
Profit before tax
-62.1%
£477,000 £181,000
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Wages
-100%
£91,000 £0
lowest in 4 filed years
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers