URBN UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-23 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£42M
+48.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£97M
-9.7% vs 2024
Employees
2,320
-4.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£11M
-20.7% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- URBN UK LIMITED 2009-05-19 → present
- URBAN OUTFITTERS UK LIMITED 1996-01-26 → 2009-05-19
- INPUTMEGA LIMITED 1995-11-09 → 1996-01-26
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £355,300,000 | £362,800,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£6,100,000 | -£9,100,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£8,700,000 | -£10,500,000 | |
| Net profit | -£8,700,000 | -£10,500,000 | |
| Cash | £28,300,000 | £41,900,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £117,300,000 | £103,900,000 | |
| Net assets | £107,700,000 | £97,200,000 | |
| Equity | £107,700,000 | £97,200,000 | |
| Average employees | 2,440 | 2,320 | |
| Wages | £59,800,000 | £62,200,000 |
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 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -1.7% | -2.5% | |
| Net margin | -2.4% | -2.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | -5.2% | -8.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.09x | 1.03x | |
| Interest cover | -2.10x | -4.55x |
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
- Mercer & Hole LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The directors' assessment is based on detailed trading and cashflow forecasts, including forecast liquidity. The directors have received assurances that its ultimate parent company will continue to provide financial support should the Company require it in order to meet its operational costs for at least 12 months from the date these financial statements are approved.”
Group structure
- URBN UK LIMITED · parent
- Anthropologie UK Limited 1%
- Urban Outfitters UK Limited 1%
Significant events
- “Revenue increased 2.1% from £355.3m to £362.8m; the number of stores decreased from 61 stores to 59 stores currently in operation.”
- “The operating loss margin for the year ended 31 January 2025 was 2.5%, up from 1.7% last year due to a 6.6% increase in Administrative expenses.”
- “An average of 2,320 (2024: 2,440) people were employed at stores, the distribution centre, and at the head office during the year.”
- “At the balance sheet date, the Company had net current assets of £4.8m (2024: £10.4m) and net assets of £97.2m (2024: £107.7m).”
- “During the first quarter of fiscal year 2025, URBN UK Limited borrowed an additional $5 million under the revolving credit line with HK Sourcing, but subsequently repaid this advance in the fourth quarter, leaving the final balance outstanding at July 31, 2025 at $14 million.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CONFORTI, Francis John | Director | 2021-07-08 | Mar 1976 | American |
| HAYNE, Azeez | Director | 2015-06-26 | Feb 1977 | American |
| MAREIN-EFRON, Melanie | Director | 2021-04-13 | Jul 1969 | American |
| MARTH, Michael | Director | 2020-05-01 | Dec 1980 | Austrian |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIELD, Elizabeth | Secretary | 1996-05-29 | 2019-08-27 |
| HARDEN, Edward Highton | Secretary | 1995-11-14 | 1996-05-07 |
| SH COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2019-08-27 | 2025-12-23 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-11-09 | 1995-11-14 |
| ARTZ, Eric | Director | 2010-02-01 | 2012-04-03 |
| BERRY, Colin James | Director | 2020-07-13 | 2025-03-28 |
| BODZY, Glen Alan | Director | 2003-08-19 | 2015-06-26 |
| CLEELAND, Kenneth Kinsey | Director | 1995-11-14 | 1998-05-18 |
| CONFORTI, Francis John | Director | 2012-04-03 | 2021-04-13 |
| FELDMAN, Stephen Aaron | Director | 1998-06-15 | 2003-08-31 |
| HAYNE, Richard Allan | Director | 2019-07-08 | 2019-08-28 |
| HAYNE, Richard Allan | Director | 1995-11-14 | 2019-04-01 |
| KYEES, John | Director | 2006-05-23 | 2010-02-01 |
| PARKER, Martin George, Mr. | Director | 2003-08-19 | 2008-10-17 |
| SENK, Glen Todd | Director | 2010-08-26 | 2012-02-04 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-11-09 | 1995-11-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urbn International Operations Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 141 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-04-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-12 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-11-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-04-05 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-04-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-04-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
-
Turnover
+2.1%
£355,300,000 £362,800,000
-
Cash
+48.1%
£28,300,000 £41,900,000
-
Net assets
-9.7%
£107,700,000 £97,200,000
-
Employees
-4.9%
2,440 2,320
-
Operating profit
-49.2%
-£6,100,000 -£9,100,000
-
Profit before tax
-20.7%
-£8,700,000 -£10,500,000
-
Wages
+4%
£59,800,000 £62,200,000
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