UNIT 9 (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-27 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-29 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
-36.1% vs 2023
Net assets
-£379K
-110.5% vs 2023
Employees
97
-15.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£4M
-1,121.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- UNIT 9 (UK) LIMITED 2020-02-21 → present
- UNIT 9 LIMITED 1997-01-24 → 2020-02-21
- LAWGRA (NO.399) LIMITED 1996-11-15 → 1997-01-24
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £52,289,540 | £34,279,396 | |
| Operating profit | -£291,718 | -£4,139,554 | |
| Profit before tax | -£330,259 | -£4,033,096 | |
| Net profit | £139,587 | -£4,037,886 | |
| Cash | £7,673,133 | £4,900,856 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,940,450 | £56,814 | |
| Net assets | £3,611,009 | -£378,632 | |
| Equity | £3,611,009 | -£378,632 | |
| Average employees | 115 | 97 | |
| Wages | £8,626,463 | £6,958,516 |
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 | -0.6% | -12.1% | |
| Net margin | 0.3% | -11.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -4.9% | -7286.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.51x | 0.95x | |
| Interest cover | -1.16x | -22.79x |
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
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- 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
- UNIT 9 (UK) LIMITED · parent
- The Outsider Limited 100%
- Unit9 Apps Limited 100%
- Unit9 Films Limited 100%
- Unit 9 Silk Road Limited 100%
- Unit9 New York, Inc 100%
- Le Polish Bureau Sp. z o.o. 80%
- Unit9 Creative Services Sp. z o.o. 80%
- Superblack No 9 (Shanghai) Information Technology Co. Ltd 80%
- Unit9 Films Inc 100%
- Nowhere Contents, Inc 50%
Significant events
- “Subsequent to year end, as part of the restructure strategy, moving the group from a number of independent business units to one integrated and managed service offering operating in an integrated manner from the London HQ, the operations in Poland and China were brought to a close.”
- “Subsequent to year end, on 1 September 2025, the subsidiary Superback No 9 (Shanghai) entered a voluntary liquidation.”
- “Subsequent to year end, on 5 September 2025, the subsidiary Unit9 Creative Services Sp. z o.o. entered a voluntary liquidation.”
- “Subsequent to year end, on 1 February 2026, the subsidiary Le Polish Bureau Sp. z o.o. entered a voluntary liquidation.”
- “Subsequent to year end a deferred consideration of £1,089,127, presented in current liabilities, was settled and replaced by a balance with directors, and is now considered a long term balance due.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRESCOBALDI, Piero | Secretary | 2025-07-09 | — | — |
| SACCHI, Tommaso George | Secretary | 1997-01-16 | — | Italian |
| BUCKLEY, David Yates | Director | 1997-01-16 | May 1970 | Italian |
| CADERNI, Niccolo, Dr | Director | 2014-08-13 | Mar 1954 | British |
| CRAIG, Michelle Louise | Director | 2017-05-30 | Sep 1982 | British |
| FRESCOBALDI, Piero | Director | 2002-10-09 | Feb 1970 | Italian |
| OBEIDAT, Muhannad | Director | 2017-06-29 | Jan 1970 | British |
| SACCHI, Tommaso George | Director | 1997-01-16 | May 1971 | Italian |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAWGRAM SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-11-15 | 1997-01-16 |
| BOISSELET, Gilles Albert Pierre | Director | 2014-08-11 | 2025-12-09 |
| CULATTI, Valentina | Director | 2014-08-11 | 2018-07-20 |
| HARRIS, Mohamed Irfan | Director | 2017-06-30 | 2019-12-03 |
| IREMONGER, Mark | Director | 2004-10-01 | 2006-01-01 |
| KISHIMOTO, Takayoshi | Director | 2005-04-19 | 2011-10-07 |
| MARRONE, Stefano | Director | 2019-12-05 | 2023-10-01 |
| MATSUTANI, Yutoku | Director | 2005-04-19 | 2011-10-07 |
| STREET, Stephen Gregory | Director | 1996-11-15 | 1997-01-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 9 (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-03-24 | Active |
| Mr Piero Frescobaldi | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-03-24 |
| Mr Tommaso George Sacchi | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-03-24 |
| Mr David Yates Buckley | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-03-24 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 144 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-19 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-12-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-06-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-16 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-07 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-03-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-34.4%
£52,289,540 £34,279,396
-
Cash
-36.1%
£7,673,133 £4,900,856
-
Net assets
-110.5%
£3,611,009 -£378,632
-
Employees
-15.7%
115 97
-
Operating profit
-1,319%
-£291,718 -£4,139,554
-
Profit before tax
-1,121.2%
-£330,259 -£4,033,096
-
Wages
-19.3%
£8,626,463 £6,958,516
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