UTOPIA FURNITURE LTD.
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-17 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£17K
-68.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£894K
-85.8% lowest in 5 filed years
Employees
110
-8.3% lowest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
-£1M
-167.8% lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £11,289,138 | — | — | £12,325,306 | £10,722,401 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | -£255,858 | — | — | -£407,313 | -£1,122,194 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£279,780 | £1,122,081 | £1,279,156 | -£435,385 | -£1,165,756 | |
| Net profit | — | — | -£182,213 | — | £895,090 | -£336,313 | -£893,597 | |
| Cash | — | — | £243,150 | £451 | £54,715 | £54,738 | £17,448 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £5,127,698 | £5,750,328 | £6,995,046 | £6,893,495 | £1,291,271 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £5,023,517 | £5,729,102 | £6,624,192 | £6,287,879 | £894,282 | |
| Equity | £9,522,483 | £5,205,730 | £5,023,517 | £5,729,102 | £6,624,192 | £6,287,879 | £894,282 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 155 | 121 | 125 | 120 | 110 | |
| Wages | — | — | £3,977,231 | £3,462,215 | £3,660,298 | £3,710,613 | £3,651,736 |
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 | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | -2.3% | — | — | -3.3% | -10.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -1.6% | — | — | -2.7% | -8.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | -5.0% | — | — | -5.9% | -86.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 2.68x | 0.76x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | -10.69x | — | — | -14.51x | -25.76x |
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
- Ormerod Rutter Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “Dividends totalling £4,500,000 were paid during the year (2023: £nil).”
- “additional equity will be injected into the business during 2025”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CONN, David William | Director | 2013-07-01 | Feb 1965 | British |
| HALL, Ian William | Director | 2013-01-21 | Dec 1965 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HALL, Ian William | Secretary | 1993-06-11 | 2007-09-26 |
| WILLIAMS, Theresa Wendy | Secretary | 2007-09-26 | 2008-12-19 |
| CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-06-11 | 1993-06-11 |
| ST PAULS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-09-30 | 2017-09-06 |
| BAILEY, Mark Richard | Director | 2009-05-08 | 2013-09-17 |
| BOULTON, Beth | Director | 2017-06-01 | 2018-08-31 |
| BROOKE, Joanne | Director | 2006-06-19 | 2010-08-06 |
| CLARK, Helen Louise | Director | 2008-07-01 | 2012-07-09 |
| CONN, David William | Director | 1993-06-11 | 2007-09-26 |
| COX, Stephen John | Director | 2006-12-12 | 2008-10-24 |
| GREEN, Elizabeth Bernadette | Director | 1999-07-01 | 2011-06-30 |
| HALL, Ian William | Director | 1993-06-11 | 2007-09-26 |
| HEAP, Mark Anthony | Director | 1995-04-06 | 2005-12-01 |
| HODGKINS, Anthony Ronald | Director | 1997-07-01 | 1998-10-12 |
| JAQUES, Steven | Director | 2015-09-16 | 2017-06-09 |
| OLDHAM, Mark Andrew | Director | 2011-04-14 | 2017-02-13 |
| RUSSELL, Simon Richard | Director | 2009-07-07 | 2013-03-20 |
| RUSSELL, Simon Richard | Director | 2008-02-01 | 2009-06-26 |
| SHEFFIELD, Darren Lee | Director | 1999-07-01 | 2001-10-19 |
| SHEPHERD, Amanda Louise | Director | 2003-06-20 | 2007-02-23 |
| SPOONER, Barry Charles | Director | 2003-10-24 | 2006-12-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Theresa Wendy | Director | 2007-09-26 | 2008-12-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utopia Capital Investments Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-12-22 | Active |
| Utopia Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-12-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 189 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-12-22 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-12-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-08-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
-
Turnover
-13%
£12,325,306 £10,722,401
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
-68.1%
£54,738 £17,448
-
Net assets
-85.8%
£6,287,879 £894,282
lowest in 5 filed years
-
Employees
-8.3%
120 110
lowest in 5 filed years
-
Operating profit
-175.5%
-£407,313 -£1,122,194
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-167.8%
-£435,385 -£1,165,756
lowest in 5 filed years
-
Wages
-1.6%
£3,710,613 £3,651,736
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