UNITED CHRISTIAN BROADCASTERS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-06 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£9M
+4.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£12M
+6.2% vs 2023
Employees
110
+13.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,778,895 | £9,835,340 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £1,550,454 | £675,077 | |
| Cash | £8,647,467 | £9,026,287 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,884,755 | £11,559,832 | |
| Net assets | £10,884,755 | £11,559,832 | |
| Equity | £10,884,755 | £11,559,832 | |
| Average employees | 97 | 110 | |
| Wages | £2,995,707 | £3,338,005 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 15.9% | 6.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 7.0% | 7.0% | |
| Current ratio | 11.08x | 10.97x |
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
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees are of the opinion that UCB is able to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future. This opinion has been reached after having reviewed the organisation's financial forecasts covering a period of several years and a range of scenarios, including the foreseeable economic climate.”
Group structure
- UNITED CHRISTIAN BROADCASTERS LIMITED · parent
- UCB Media Limited 100%
- UCB International Limited 19.2%
Significant events
- “In 2024 we received 5 requests for removal from the mailing list via the Fundraising Preference Service and 2 of these were from the families of supporters who had died. This compares to 2023, when we received 9 complaints through the Fundraising Preference Service.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GARRINGTON-MILLER, Maxine | Secretary | 2026-01-21 | — | — |
| EDWARDS, Ellis David | Director | 2014-06-19 | Jan 1981 | British |
| ELLIOTT, Neil Arthur | Director | 2018-05-18 | Oct 1950 | Australian |
| MCCROSSAN, Simon Gerard | Director | 2018-05-18 | Aug 1978 | British |
| SCOTLAND, Alan Keith | Director | 2000-06-27 | Oct 1949 | British |
| STACEY, Diana Alverey, Reverend | Director | 2006-10-13 | Jul 1948 | British |
| YOUSAF, Helen | Director | 2024-01-31 | Feb 1975 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LITTLER, Gareth John | Secretary | 1993-08-02 | 1994-01-12 |
| MACKIE, Ian | Secretary | — | 1993-08-02 |
| WILLOUGHBY, Richard George Wilmshurst | Secretary | 1994-01-12 | 2026-01-21 |
| BENNETT, Brian Alfred | Director | 2003-01-30 | 2003-09-08 |
| BROOKS, Helen Irene | Director | — | 2002-06-19 |
| BROOKS, William George Alvery | Director | — | 2001-06-20 |
| COLE, Christopher John | Director | 1999-10-19 | 2000-10-17 |
| DENNISON, Samuel Paul | Director | 1995-11-02 | 1996-10-14 |
| GASS, Robert, Reverend | Director | 1995-11-02 | 2002-03-13 |
| GEORGE, Raymond John | Director | 1998-11-23 | 2002-02-09 |
| HAY, Robin David | Director | 2014-06-19 | 2017-09-14 |
| HOBSON, Norman | Director | 2002-02-19 | 2010-10-20 |
| HUNT, James William Miles | Director | 2002-02-14 | 2005-09-01 |
| L'HERROUX, David Nathanael | Director | 2005-02-01 | 2007-01-14 |
| LITTLER, Gareth John | Director | 1993-03-25 | 2001-06-22 |
| MACKIE, Ian | Director | — | 2001-01-22 |
| OAKES, Mark William | Director | 2021-10-19 | 2022-07-29 |
| PEARCE, Victor | Director | 1995-05-17 | 2000-02-26 |
| SALISBURY, Frank Julius | Director | — | 1995-11-02 |
| SHORT, Harold Frederick | Director | — | 2013-03-01 |
| STRICKLAND-EALES, David Ian | Director | 1993-03-25 | 1995-12-01 |
| WELFORD, Alastair William | Director | 2015-01-21 | 2016-10-04 |
| WITHERS, David | Director | 2011-02-02 | 2014-06-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Alan Keith Scotland | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2017-09-15 | Ceased 2018-05-18 |
| Reverend Diana Alverey Stacey | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2017-09-15 | Ceased 2018-05-18 |
| Mr Ellis David Edwards | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2017-09-15 | Ceased 2018-05-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 183 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-02-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-02-06 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-26 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2026-01-23 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-01-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-02-06 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
+0.6%
£9,778,895 £9,835,340
-
Cash
+4.4%
£8,647,467 £9,026,287
-
Net assets
+6.2%
£10,884,755 £11,559,832
-
Employees
+13.4%
97 110
-
Wages
+11.4%
£2,995,707 £3,338,005
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