URIS GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-17
Watchouts
Cash
£17M
+19.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
-92.8% vs 2023
Employees
101
+5.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£1M
+37.2% 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 4 times since incorporation
- URIS GROUP LIMITED 2018-10-01 → present
- DIRECT GROUP LIMITED 2002-10-24 → 2018-10-01
- DIRECT GROUP PLC 1995-11-20 → 2002-10-24
- THE DIRECT GROUP OF COMPANIES LIMITED 1994-05-03 → 1995-11-20
- DIRECT FINANCE AND INSURANCE SERVICES LIMITED 1990-01-22 → 1994-05-03
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,753,000 | £5,810,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£2,193,000 | -£462,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,995,000 | -£1,253,000 | |
| Net profit | -£1,471,000 | -£2,670,000 | |
| Cash | £13,877,000 | £16,609,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £29,593,000 | £2,377,000 | |
| Net assets | £29,349,000 | £2,113,000 | |
| Equity | £29,349,000 | £2,113,000 | |
| Average employees | 96 | 101 | |
| Wages | £2,780,000 | £3,164,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -38.1% | -8.0% | |
| Net margin | -25.6% | -46.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -7.4% | -19.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 38.7% | 89.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.37x | 1.04x | |
| Interest cover | -16.61x | -14.44x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the directors are not aware of any material uncertainties that cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “In October 2024, Ardonagh sold the entire holding of the Company to Graphco Bidco Limited.”
- “The disposals in the year were due to the company exiting a former premises lease, Quay Point, the disposals being related to fixtures and fittings and IT equipment.”
- “URIS Group Limited acquired the trade and assets of the trading name Lutine Assurance Services from Geo Underwriting Service Limited 1st December 2025 for a consideration of £100,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLES, Derek John | Director | 2006-06-05 | Jan 1960 | British |
| SHARP, Nicholas Charles | Director | 2024-10-08 | Aug 1961 | British |
| WALSH, Nicola Jane | Director | 2024-10-08 | Sep 1976 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COCKBURN, Pauline | Secretary | 2012-11-07 | 2013-04-12 |
| HOUGH, Scott William | Secretary | 2002-10-28 | 2008-07-31 |
| MASON, Colin Andrew | Secretary | 2008-07-31 | 2012-11-07 |
| WOODHEAD, Geoffrey | Secretary | — | 2002-10-28 |
| ARDONAGH CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2022-01-27 | 2024-10-08 |
| BOWE, Richard John | Director | 2002-11-15 | 2009-03-27 |
| BYRNE, Jonathan | Director | 2022-11-01 | 2024-06-01 |
| CARTWRIGHT, Peter Bramwell | Director | 2004-04-05 | 2006-03-31 |
| CLACK, Nigel David | Director | — | 2007-08-02 |
| CLAYDEN, Paul Francis | Director | 2012-11-23 | 2013-01-25 |
| COLLINS, Richard | Director | 2002-11-15 | 2004-08-31 |
| DONALDSON, Paul Norman Gerald | Director | 2014-09-05 | 2016-12-01 |
| DUNHILL, John Michael Howard | Director | — | 2002-10-28 |
| HOUGH, Scott William | Director | 2002-10-28 | 2022-01-27 |
| MASON, Colin Andrew | Director | 2008-07-31 | 2013-02-28 |
| MCKENZIE, Richard | Director | 2014-04-08 | 2016-07-01 |
| PENDLETON, Stuart | Director | 2014-04-08 | 2018-04-09 |
| PUTNAM, Kristine Marie | Director | 2015-11-17 | 2016-09-01 |
| RICE, Michael Dennis | Director | 2013-01-09 | 2014-04-08 |
| ROWELL, Jonathan George Benton | Director | 2012-11-20 | 2013-07-10 |
| ROWELL, Jonathan George Benton | Director | 2012-11-07 | 2012-11-07 |
| SUTTON, Jonathan Guy, Mr | Director | 2022-01-27 | 2022-11-01 |
| WOODHEAD, Geoffrey | Director | — | 2007-08-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graphco Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-10-08 | Active |
| Atlanta Mga Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-01-04 | Ceased 2024-10-08 |
| Geo Specialty Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-03-29 | Ceased 2023-01-04 |
| Uris Topco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-03-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 275 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-11-03 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-11-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-04 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-12 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-03 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-29 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-09-30 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-09-30 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-09-30 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 3
- 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
+1%
£5,753,000 £5,810,000
-
Cash
+19.7%
£13,877,000 £16,609,000
-
Net assets
-92.8%
£29,349,000 £2,113,000
-
Employees
+5.2%
96 101
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Operating profit
+78.9%
-£2,193,000 -£462,000
-
Profit before tax
+37.2%
-£1,995,000 -£1,253,000
-
Wages
+13.8%
£2,780,000 £3,164,000
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