UNIPATH LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-15 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£402K
-36.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£28M
+5.8% vs 2023
Employees
43
-23.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+3.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 5 times since incorporation
- UNIPATH LIMITED 2001-07-23 → present
- M W GRIEG LIMITED 1994-11-14 → 2001-07-23
- MATTESSONS WALL'S LIMITED 1986-01-02 → 1994-11-14
- MATTESSONS MEATS LIMITED 1966-08-03 → 1986-01-02
- RICHARD MATTE & CO. LIMITED 1953-04-02 → 1966-08-03
- C.V TOFTS (FOOD PRODUCTS) LIMITED 1946-08-14 → 1953-03-25
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,938,000 | £7,963,000 | |
| Operating profit | £585,000 | £410,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,623,000 | £1,686,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,578,000 | £1,686,000 | |
| Cash | £631,000 | £402,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £26,574,000 | £28,113,000 | |
| Net assets | £26,574,000 | £28,113,000 | |
| Equity | £26,574,000 | £28,113,000 | |
| Average employees | 56 | 43 | |
| Wages | £4,852,000 | £3,384,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.3% | 5.1% | |
| Net margin | 14.4% | 21.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.2% | 1.5% | |
| Current ratio | 17.00x | 21.39x |
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
- Ernst & Young
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 38 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOND, David | Director | 2018-12-10 | Sep 1971 | British |
| DU TOIT, Gabrielle | Director | 2025-04-04 | Nov 1984 | South African |
Show 38 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COULING, Geoffrey | Secretary | 2008-05-21 | 2011-08-09 |
| COUTTS, Cheryl Jane | Secretary | 1997-08-01 | 2001-09-21 |
| HEMPEL, Paul | Secretary | 2001-12-20 | 2002-03-01 |
| MACAULAY, Barbara Scott | Secretary | 2001-09-11 | 2001-12-20 |
| RICHMOND, Helena Jane | Secretary | 2000-10-19 | 2001-09-11 |
| RIVETT, Michael John Edward | Secretary | — | 1995-06-29 |
| WAKEFIELD, Barry John | Secretary | 1995-06-30 | 1997-09-30 |
| WELCH, Peter Geoffrey | Secretary | 2002-03-01 | 2004-06-07 |
| WHITAKER, Rodney | Secretary | 2004-06-07 | 2008-05-21 |
| ALLEN, Nicholas Graham | Director | 1997-10-31 | 1997-12-04 |
| AMEYE, Veronique Yvonne | Director | 2013-06-19 | 2015-02-07 |
| BARNARD, Ian Robert | Director | 1993-02-01 | 1997-10-31 |
| BARRY, Douglas John | Director | 2015-09-25 | 2017-10-03 |
| COULING, Geoffrey | Director | 2011-08-09 | 2013-06-19 |
| FELLOWS, Trevor | Director | 2017-12-01 | 2024-06-10 |
| FIELD, Robert Buckley, Dr | Director | 2001-07-19 | 2001-12-20 |
| FRANKLIN, John Anthony | Director | — | 1993-02-18 |
| HALLIDAY, David John | Director | — | 1993-02-18 |
| HANNAH, Thomas Douglas | Director | 2009-03-23 | 2015-09-25 |
| LINDNER, Nigel Malcolm, Dr | Director | 2013-06-19 | 2014-07-31 |
| MACKEN, Ross Gwynfor | Director | 2018-04-27 | 2018-12-10 |
| MCNAMARA, Joseph Patrick | Director | 2014-09-05 | 2015-09-25 |
| MILLAR, Julian Charles | Director | 2007-10-17 | 2009-05-07 |
| RIGBY, Rachael Moreen | Director | 2024-06-10 | 2025-04-04 |
| SCOTT, David, Dr | Director | 2001-12-20 | 2014-07-09 |
| SLASSOR, Kay | Director | 2009-03-23 | 2011-07-29 |
| SMITH, Anthony Roscoe | Director | — | 1997-12-04 |
| STEARN, Kevin | Director | 2006-10-31 | 2009-05-07 |
| STEVENS, Deborah Jean | Director | 2010-09-20 | 2018-04-27 |
| TOOHEY, James David Gerard | Director | 2001-12-20 | 2002-11-26 |
| WALKER, William Guy | Director | — | 1997-12-04 |
| WELCH, Peter Geoffrey | Director | 2004-06-07 | 2007-10-17 |
| WELCH, Peter Geoffrey | Director | 2001-07-19 | 2001-12-20 |
| WILKENS, Jack Bernard | Director | 2002-11-26 | 2004-06-07 |
| WILSON, Stewart | Director | 2014-09-05 | 2017-12-01 |
| YOOR, Brian Bernard | Director | 2017-10-03 | 2018-08-01 |
| BLACKFRIARS NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1997-12-04 | 2001-07-19 |
| THE NEW HOVEMA LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1994-10-27 | 2001-07-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alere Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 239 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-10 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-20 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2022-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-13 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2020-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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
-27.2%
£10,938,000 £7,963,000
-
Cash
-36.3%
£631,000 £402,000
-
Net assets
+5.8%
£26,574,000 £28,113,000
-
Employees
-23.2%
56 43
-
Operating profit
-29.9%
£585,000 £410,000
-
Profit before tax
+3.9%
£1,623,000 £1,686,000
-
Wages
-30.3%
£4,852,000 £3,384,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers