UNIT EXPORT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-23 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-09
Watchouts
Cash
£985K
-18.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
-5.4% vs 2023
Employees
12
-7.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£181K
-747.9% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- UNIT EXPORT LIMITED 1987-09-25 → present
- UNIT EXPORT (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED 1977-07-08 → 1987-09-25
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £6,762,183 | £5,661,715 | |
| Operating profit | — | £228,949 | -£13,800 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £27,871 | -£180,588 | |
| Net profit | — | £21,802 | -£174,339 | |
| Cash | — | £1,210,184 | £984,553 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £3,239,328 | £3,064,989 | |
| Net assets | — | £3,239,328 | £3,064,989 | |
| Equity | £3,217,526 | £3,239,328 | £3,064,989 | |
| Average employees | — | 13 | 12 | |
| Wages | — | £636,475 | £598,348 |
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 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 3.4% | -0.2% | |
| Net margin | — | 0.3% | -3.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 7.1% | -0.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 25.2% | 49.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | 3.97x | 2.00x | |
| Interest cover | — | 1.14x | -0.08x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors are confident that the Company can continue as a going concern. The Board feels that the group structure, within which the Company operates, ensures a sound financial position to maximise any opportunities throughout the year, as it actively seeks to expand through organic growth.”
Significant events
- “During the year Unit Export delivered two electric buses to the pacific island nation of Nauru, the first public transport ever introduced to the nation which has only 30 Km of paved roads. We also delivered 15 ambulances to the Bahamas.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RICKWOOD, Neil Duncan | Secretary | 2016-09-29 | — | — |
| DECELIS, Steven Joseph | Director | 2021-07-01 | Mar 1962 | British |
| GRINDAL, Andrew | Director | 2022-01-01 | Sep 1973 | British |
| RICKWOOD, Neil Duncan | Director | 2006-11-01 | Apr 1974 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRIAR, Michael Edward | Secretary | 1996-06-01 | 2003-06-30 |
| CUFFIN-MUNDAY, Simon Paul | Secretary | — | 1996-05-31 |
| GALE, Albert Edward | Secretary | — | 1994-05-24 |
| GRIFFITHS, Robert George | Secretary | 2003-05-01 | 2005-01-31 |
| PLANT, Paul Jeremy | Secretary | 2005-01-01 | 2016-09-29 |
| BRIAR, Michael Edward | Director | 1998-04-01 | 2003-06-30 |
| DANCE, Peter Alan | Director | — | 2005-11-24 |
| FORSTER, Alexander Charles Thomas | Director | 2017-12-01 | 2019-01-25 |
| GALE, Albert Edward | Director | — | 1994-05-24 |
| GRIFFITHS, Jeremy Paul | Director | — | 2009-03-09 |
| GRIFFITHS, Robert George | Director | 2003-05-01 | 2005-01-31 |
| HAWKINS, Barry | Director | — | 2006-07-31 |
| PEARSON, Christopher William | Director | 1996-01-01 | 2021-04-30 |
| PLANT, Paul Jeremy | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2017-08-31 |
| TOOMEY, Michael John | Director | — | 2021-11-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laindon Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-05-22 | Active |
| Joseph Toomey Charitable Foundation | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100% | 2021-11-22 | Ceased 2025-05-22 |
| Mr Michael John Toomey | Individual | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-11-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 122 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-22 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-04-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-19 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-04-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-01-10 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-01-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-01-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-07-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-04-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-16.3%
£6,762,183 £5,661,715
-
Cash
-18.6%
£1,210,184 £984,553
-
Net assets
-5.4%
£3,239,328 £3,064,989
-
Employees
-7.7%
13 12
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Operating profit
-106%
£228,949 -£13,800
-
Profit before tax
-747.9%
£27,871 -£180,588
-
Wages
-6%
£636,475 £598,348
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