UCL TRADING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-05 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-22
Watchouts
Cash
£74K
0% vs 2023
Net assets
—
Equity attributable
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£457K
-136.9% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- UCL TRADING LIMITED 1999-07-23 → present
- UCLI LIMITED 1989-08-29 → 1999-07-23
- PRECIS (912) LIMITED 1989-05-22 → 1989-08-29
Profit before tax
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,971,489 | £6,595,807 | |
| Operating profit | £1,239,831 | -£457,099 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,239,831 | -£457,099 | |
| Net profit | £1,239,831 | -£480,539 | |
| Cash | £74,271 | £74,238 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | — | |
| Equity | £3,206,678 | £2,726,139 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| 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 | 2023-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 17.8% | -6.9% | |
| Net margin | 17.8% | -7.3% | |
| Current ratio | 14.17x | 13.23x |
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
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having regard to the above and after making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the going concern assessment period being to the end of July 2026. Therefore, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The company recorded after tax losses of £480,539 in the year (2023: after tax profits £1,239,831).”
- “The Director acknowledges the disclaimer of opinion issued in the audit report for the financial year ended 31 July 2023, which highlighted deficiencies in UCL Trading Limited's financial processes and controls.”
- “management has continued to undertake significant remediation efforts during the 2023 and 2024 financial years to address these issues and ensure more accurate and reliable financial reporting.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GORASIA, Charulata | Secretary | 2022-11-23 | — | — |
| GORASIA, Charulata | Director | 2022-11-23 | Apr 1973 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOWLES, David Victor | Secretary | — | 1997-07-01 |
| FOSTER, John William | Secretary | 1997-07-01 | 2007-10-14 |
| HARDING, Philip | Secretary | 2012-08-01 | 2021-04-16 |
| WOODHAMS, Alison Clare | Secretary | 2007-10-15 | 2012-07-31 |
| ARNOLD, Nicola Jane | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2015-12-23 |
| BISCOE, Timothy John | Director | — | 1992-10-26 |
| BOWLES, David Victor | Director | — | 1997-07-01 |
| CHALFEN, Stuart Philip | Director | — | 1997-06-03 |
| CONROY, Miles Christopher | Director | 1995-11-20 | 1997-01-31 |
| FOSTER, John William | Director | 1997-02-01 | 2007-10-14 |
| GALLYER, Marilyn Joy | Director | 1999-07-12 | 2009-09-30 |
| GRIFFITHS, Michael John | Director | 1997-06-18 | 1999-07-12 |
| HARDING, Philip | Director | 2012-08-01 | 2021-04-16 |
| HILSUM, Cyril, Professor | Director | — | 1997-06-18 |
| HOLDOM, Roger Scott | Director | — | 1995-11-20 |
| KNIGHT, Rex | Director | 2009-09-14 | 2019-03-21 |
| PATEL, Minoo Homi | Director | — | 1997-06-18 |
| RYLAND, Fiona Michelle | Director | 2019-03-22 | 2022-10-20 |
| SINYARD, Graham Derek | Director | 1997-09-25 | 1998-10-02 |
| SWALES, Matthew Haydn | Director | 2019-03-22 | 2024-05-01 |
| TAYLOR, Robert James | Director | — | 1993-10-28 |
| THOMAS, Jack | Director | 1993-10-28 | 1996-05-31 |
| TODD, Christopher James, Professor | Director | 1992-12-14 | 1997-07-01 |
| VICKERS, Ilse, Dr | Director | 1997-09-25 | 1999-07-12 |
| WOODHAMS, Alison Clare | Director | 2007-10-15 | 2012-07-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University College London | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 150 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-04 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2023-10-31 | DISS16(SOAS) | dissolution | Dissolved compulsory strike off suspended | |
| 2023-10-31 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2023-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-25 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-11-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-01 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2021-08-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- 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 2024-07-31 vs 2023-07-31
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Turnover
-5.4%
£6,971,489 £6,595,807
-
Cash
0%
£74,271 £74,238
-
Net assets
—
Not reported
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-136.9%
£1,239,831 -£457,099
-
Profit before tax
-136.9%
£1,239,831 -£457,099
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