UNDERWOODS ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-09 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£349K
+1,015.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£8M
+0.3% vs 2024
Employees
96
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
-10.2% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- UNDERWOODS ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED 1989-04-17 → present
- G.D. UNDERWOOD LIMITED 1955-02-04 → 1989-04-17
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £48,530,797 | £48,195,050 | |
| Operating profit | — | £2,138,760 | £1,824,051 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £1,998,189 | £1,794,141 | |
| Net profit | — | £1,487,182 | £1,326,556 | |
| Cash | £946,774 | -£38,151 | £349,240 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £10,407,800 | £8,700,551 | |
| Net assets | — | £7,940,613 | £7,967,169 | |
| Equity | — | £7,940,613 | £7,967,169 | |
| Average employees | — | 96 | 96 | |
| Wages | — | £4,092,677 | £3,950,480 |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 4.4% | 3.8% | |
| Net margin | — | 3.1% | 2.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 20.5% | 21.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 59.1% | 59.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.84x | 1.54x | |
| Interest cover | — | 15.21x | 33.22x |
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
- DNTCA Limited
- 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. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from the date when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the company since the financial year-end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FULLER, Peter | Director | 2021-05-04 | Nov 1969 | British |
| MCCONACHIE, James | Director | 2021-03-02 | Apr 1946 | British |
| MCCONACHIE, Robert Martyn | Director | 2021-03-02 | Aug 1982 | British |
| MURPHY, Aidan | Director | 2021-03-02 | Aug 1976 | Irish |
| REEKS, Andrew | Director | 2022-10-03 | May 1970 | British |
| YOUNG, Michael | Director | 2024-06-14 | Sep 1980 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KNEEBONE, Stephen Mark | Secretary | — | 2021-03-02 |
| DRABWELL, Dennis Henry | Director | — | 2000-03-01 |
| HILL, David Alfred | Director | — | 2021-03-02 |
| KNEEBONE, Stephen Mark | Director | 2021-03-05 | 2022-10-31 |
| KNEEBONE, Stephen Mark | Director | — | 2021-03-02 |
| NIGHTINGALE, Paul Andrew | Director | 2002-05-08 | 2004-03-05 |
| NOGACZ, Henry | Director | 2002-05-08 | 2021-03-02 |
| SMITH, Laurence Hilary | Director | — | 2021-03-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Underwoods Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-12-16 | Active |
| Mr Laurence Hilary Smith | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-03-02 |
| Mr David Alfred Hill | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-03-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 134 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-03-13 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-05-17 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company | |
| 2022-03-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-05-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-03-13 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2021-03-10 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
-0.7%
£48,530,797 £48,195,050
-
Cash
+1,015.4%
-£38,151 £349,240
-
Net assets
+0.3%
£7,940,613 £7,967,169
-
Employees
0%
96 96
-
Operating profit
-14.7%
£2,138,760 £1,824,051
-
Profit before tax
-10.2%
£1,998,189 £1,794,141
-
Wages
-3.5%
£4,092,677 £3,950,480
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