UNIVERSAL SALVAGE AUCTIONS LTD
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-26 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£11M
0% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£0
Period ending 2025-07-31
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- UNIVERSAL SALVAGE AUCTIONS LTD 1992-05-19 → present
- UNIVERSAL SALVAGE(MIDLAND) LTD 1982-06-25 → 1992-05-19
- F.J.F. AUTOS LIMITED 1976-12-31 → 1982-06-25
- LUTON PANELCRAFT LIMITED 1963-04-11 → 1976-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £0 | £0 | |
| Operating profit | £0 | £0 | |
| Profit before tax | £0 | £0 | |
| Net profit | £0 | £0 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,968,000 | £10,968,000 | |
| Net assets | £10,968,000 | £10,968,000 | |
| Equity | £10,968,000 | £10,968,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 0.0% | 0.0% |
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 LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company and the UK Group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the going concern assessment period through to July 2027. Accordingly, the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- UNIVERSAL SALVAGE AUCTIONS LTD · parent
- CPRT GmbH 100%
- Copart Deutschland* 100%
- Trapoc GmbH* 100%
- WOM Wreck Online Market GmbH* 100%
- Trapoc Immobilien GmbH* 90%
- WOM Service GmbH* 100%
Significant events
- “The Directors have considered recent geopolitical developments, including the conflict in the Middle East and the potential impact of these developments on global energy markets. The exposure is limited to potential increased fuel costs arising from volatility in oil prices, however the potential financial impact does not represent a material risk to the company's ability to continue as a going concern over the assessment period.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2013-07-15 | — | — |
| DUTY, Keith | Director | 2023-01-17 | Mar 1969 | American |
| POCOCK, Jane | Director | 2021-06-30 | Apr 1971 | British |
| STEARNS, Leah Canham | Director | 2023-01-17 | Jul 1980 | American |
| VERHAGE, Hessel Bruce | Director | 2024-12-01 | Nov 1971 | American |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATTWOOD, Jeremy | Secretary | 1995-08-29 | 1997-10-31 |
| BRAMALL, Colin Stephen | Secretary | 1999-02-01 | 2000-01-31 |
| HOWLETT, Judie May | Secretary | 2007-09-04 | 2008-04-30 |
| HYNES, Martin Christopher | Secretary | 1997-11-03 | 1999-02-01 |
| JACKSON, Sheila | Secretary | — | 1995-08-29 |
| LISTER, Anne Elizabeth | Secretary | 2000-01-31 | 2007-01-31 |
| SOMERVILLE, Andy Forbes | Secretary | 2007-02-01 | 2007-09-04 |
| WESTWOOD, Carl Jonathan | Secretary | 2008-05-01 | 2013-07-02 |
| BASSETT, Clifford Sydney, Mr. | Director | — | 1999-12-31 |
| BASSETT, Margaret Anne | Director | — | 1995-08-07 |
| BASSETT, Stewart Sonny | Director | — | 1999-12-31 |
| BIRD, Richard Michael | Director | — | 1997-04-07 |
| CANNING, Jonathan David | Director | 2016-01-18 | 2020-06-18 |
| CHUDASAMA, Biju | Director | 2002-12-09 | 2004-08-11 |
| COOK, Jonathan Charles | Director | 2001-10-12 | 2003-01-10 |
| CUTHBERTSON, Robert Maxwell | Director | — | 1991-12-31 |
| DEPASQUALE, Gregory | Director | 2019-01-08 | 2022-12-23 |
| FRANKLIN, William Easley | Director | 2019-01-08 | 2019-12-13 |
| HAGGERWOOD, Peter | Director | 2012-06-06 | 2016-02-24 |
| HYNES, Martin Christopher | Director | 1997-11-03 | 2004-05-19 |
| KIRKPATRICK, Paul Kevin | Director | 2023-01-17 | 2024-12-01 |
| LIAW, Jeffrey | Director | 2020-06-18 | 2023-01-17 |
| LOWY, Russell Dennis | Director | 2012-09-25 | 2014-04-30 |
| MCGILL, Alastair James | Director | 2000-02-23 | 2001-10-12 |
| MITZ, Vincent William | Director | 2007-08-28 | 2019-01-08 |
| PAGET, Nigel James | Director | 2012-06-06 | 2020-06-18 |
| PALMER-BAUNACK, Avril | Director | 2005-04-29 | 2007-08-28 |
| POWERS, Stephen | Director | 2020-06-18 | 2024-12-01 |
| SANDY, Nigel Desmond Alexander | Director | 2004-05-19 | 2005-04-30 |
| SOMERVILLE, Andy Forbes | Director | 2006-04-26 | 2007-09-04 |
| STYER, Paul Anthony | Director | 2007-09-04 | 2020-06-18 |
| THOMAS, Anne Elizabeth | Director | 2004-08-27 | 2006-04-26 |
| WILLIAMS, Geoffrey Kenneth | Director | — | 1998-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copart Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 183 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-05-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-24 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-05-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 1
- 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 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
0%
£10,968,000 £10,968,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
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