ULTIMA FURNITURE SYSTEMS LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-10-09 (in 5mo)

Last made up 2025-09-25

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£3M

+149.3% vs 2023

Net assets

£47M

+0.8% vs 2023

Employees

529

+1.5% highest in 6 filed years

Profit before tax

£21M

-5.6% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

ULTIMA FURNITURE SYSTEMS LIMITED 1985-06-25 → present
ULTIMA KITCHENS (MANUFACTURING) LIMITED 1985-06-04 → 1985-06-25

Net assets

6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

ULTIMA FURNITURE SYSTEMS LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=5592

Accounts

6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	£58,852,492	£61,419,130	£74,595,693	£92,168,012	£103,666,872	£110,960,614
Operating profit	£11,471,530	£15,135,274	£18,354,008	£25,851,582	£22,329,548	£21,077,348
Profit before tax	£11,471,530	£15,151,579	£18,379,820	£25,860,090	£22,344,130	£21,101,160
Net profit	£9,346,015	£12,430,739	£14,511,993	£20,885,679	£16,591,092	£17,017,592
Cash	£8,083,434	£11,998,886	£14,709,527	£10,393,680	£1,271,411	£3,169,067
Total assets less current liabilities	£37,077,053	£41,949,983	£45,341,364	£54,323,680	£55,889,866	£55,866,485
Net assets	£35,259,406	£39,889,989	£42,298,502	£48,779,633	£47,062,919	£47,444,096
Equity	£35,259,406	£39,889,989	£42,298,502	£48,779,633	£47,062,919	£47,444,096
Average employees	366	372	429	464	521	529
Wages	£9,111,481	£9,689,311	£11,775,780	£13,120,849	£15,333,844	£15,804,979

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	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	19.5%	24.6%	24.6%	28.0%	21.5%	19.0%
Net margin	15.9%	20.2%	19.5%	22.7%	16.0%	15.3%
Return on capital employed	30.9%	36.1%	40.5%	47.6%	40.0%	37.7%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	1.02x	1.12x
Interest cover	—	—	—	—	1528.17x	—

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: Armstrong Watson Audit 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.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

4 active · 0 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
ELLIS, Clare Joan	Secretary	—	—	British
ELLIS, Alfred Wilson	Director	—	Dec 1947	British
ELLIS, Clare Joan	Director	—	Mar 1954	British
ELLIS, Matthew James Wilson	Director	2023-07-11	Mar 1984	British

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Silkstone Finance Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Appoints directors	2022-03-10	Active
Mr Alfred Wilson Ellis	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm	2016-04-06	Ceased 2022-03-10
Mrs Clare Joan Ellis	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm	2016-04-06	Ceased 2022-03-10

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 130 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-09-25	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-09-18	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-10-14	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-07-08	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-11-01	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2023-11-01	PSC05	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF
2023-11-01	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2023-11-01	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2023-11-01	CH03	officers	Change person secretary company with change date	PDF
2023-10-10	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-07-14	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-07-14	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-09-26	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-08-05	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-05-16	PSC02	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2022-05-16	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2022-05-16	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2021-09-30	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-08-27	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2020-10-14	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

+7%

£103,666,872 £110,960,614

highest in 6 filed years
Cash

+149.3%

£1,271,411 £3,169,067
Net assets

+0.8%

£47,062,919 £47,444,096
Employees

+1.5%

521 529

highest in 6 filed years
Operating profit

-5.6%

£22,329,548 £21,077,348
Profit before tax

-5.6%

£22,344,130 £21,101,160
Wages

+3.1%

£15,333,844 £15,804,979

highest in 6 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

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