UNITED KINGDOM ACCREDITATION SERVICE
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-14 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-30
Watchouts
Cash
£16M
+16.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£54M
+9% vs 2024
Employees
338
+5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£5M
-2.7% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £45,420,470 | £48,056,271 | |
| Operating profit | £3,199,983 | £2,386,846 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,640,633 | £4,515,514 | |
| Net profit | £3,676,480 | £3,452,844 | |
| Cash | £13,890,281 | £16,157,174 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £24,003,387 | £26,641,731 | |
| Net assets | £49,748,247 | £54,201,591 | |
| Equity | £49,748,247 | £54,201,591 | |
| Average employees | 322 | 338 | |
| Wages | £17,732,211 | £19,447,954 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.0% | 5.0% | |
| Net margin | 8.1% | 7.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.3% | 9.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.50x | 2.75x | |
| Interest cover | 2255.10x | — |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Feltons
- 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. 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 Group's or the parent 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.”
Group structure
- UNITED KINGDOM ACCREDITATION SERVICE · parent
- UKAS Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALSOP, Georgia | Secretary | 2012-10-08 | — | — |
| ALSOP, Georgia | Director | 2012-10-08 | Jul 1970 | British |
| BELTON, Michael | Director | 2025-10-14 | Sep 1960 | British |
| CLANCY, Emma | Director | 2025-10-14 | Jan 1970 | British |
| COLLIN, Richard | Director | 2024-10-15 | Mar 1966 | British |
| GANTLEY, Matthew John | Director | 2018-10-16 | Jun 1971 | British |
| LINDSAY, James Randolph, Earl Of Lindsay | Director | 2002-10-08 | Nov 1955 | British |
| MAINELLI, Michael Raymond, Professor | Director | 2005-10-06 | Dec 1958 | Irish |
| POYNER, Lynsey | Director | 2023-10-17 | Jun 1983 | British |
| RYCROFT, Philip John | Director | 2019-10-15 | May 1961 | British |
| VEALE, Sarah | Director | 2015-10-06 | Jun 1953 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CROOKES, Richard Neil | Secretary | 1998-06-01 | 2009-11-05 |
| HILL, Alan John | Secretary | 2009-11-05 | 2012-06-30 |
| TITE, Christopher Charles | Secretary | 1995-06-30 | 1997-04-29 |
| UFLAND, Richard Mark | Secretary | 1997-04-29 | 1998-06-01 |
| BEAUMONT, Jane Elizabeth, Dr | Director | 2006-10-05 | 2013-02-01 |
| CAMPBELL, Linda May | Director | 1995-10-31 | 2003-06-30 |
| CROOKES, Richard Neil | Director | 1996-06-03 | 2009-03-05 |
| DAVIES, Anthony Brian | Director | 1997-08-14 | 2005-10-06 |
| DENNIS, Colin, Professor | Director | 1998-10-18 | 2009-10-06 |
| GREENWOOD, Paul Andrew | Director | 2021-10-19 | 2023-03-31 |
| HENDERSON, William Thomas Kinloch | Director | 1995-06-30 | 1997-07-29 |
| HILL, Alan John | Director | 2009-10-06 | 2012-06-30 |
| JOHNSTON, David Lawrence | Director | 2000-10-03 | 2006-10-05 |
| JUDGE, Paul Rupert, Sir | Director | 2006-10-05 | 2016-10-11 |
| KEY, Peter John | Director | 1998-03-26 | 2000-08-31 |
| LEATHER, Suzi | Director | 2006-10-05 | 2015-10-06 |
| LLEWELLYN, Jeffery William, Dr | Director | 2016-10-11 | 2025-10-14 |
| MCHUGH, James | Director | 1995-10-31 | 2000-05-10 |
| MUNRO, Douglas Newton, Dr | Director | 1995-08-02 | 1997-11-13 |
| NEWLAND, Adrian Charles, Professor | Director | 2017-10-10 | 2025-10-14 |
| NICHOL, Duncan Kirkbride, Sir | Director | 2009-10-06 | 2019-10-15 |
| RUDDLE, Jeffrey David | Director | 2014-10-07 | 2024-07-24 |
| SMITH, Bryan Gilbert, Dr | Director | 1995-06-30 | 2002-10-08 |
| SPINKS, James William | Director | 1995-10-31 | 1998-10-18 |
| STENNETT, Paul | Director | 2003-10-07 | 2018-08-31 |
| TALBOT, Graham Michael Stephen | Director | 2000-10-03 | 2012-07-13 |
| TURNER, Lorraine Michelle | Director | 2014-10-07 | 2025-07-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 182 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-08-12 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-07-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-12 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-11-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
+5.8%
£45,420,470 £48,056,271
-
Cash
+16.3%
£13,890,281 £16,157,174
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Net assets
+9%
£49,748,247 £54,201,591
-
Employees
+5%
322 338
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Operating profit
-25.4%
£3,199,983 £2,386,846
-
Profit before tax
-2.7%
£4,640,633 £4,515,514
-
Wages
+9.7%
£17,732,211 £19,447,954
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