UNISYS FINANCE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-15 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-05-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
171,000
-41% vs 2023
Net assets
24,820,000
+5.9% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
1,836,000
+10.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- UNISYS FINANCE LIMITED 1998-07-22 → present
- COPYCOURSE LIMITED 1998-05-05 → 1998-07-22
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 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£1,000 | -£24,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,667,000 | £1,836,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,275,000 | £1,377,000 | |
| Cash | £290,000 | £171,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £23,443,000 | £24,820,000 | |
| Net assets | £23,443,000 | £24,820,000 | |
| Equity | £23,443,000 | £24,820,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -0.0% | -0.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 2.3% | 3.3% | |
| Current ratio | 43.86x | 30.17x | |
| Interest cover | -0.11x | — |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the directors are confident that the company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BECKER-SMITH, Cassandra | Director | 2019-06-27 | Jun 1979 | British |
| MALLIA, Franco Paul | Director | 2010-12-01 | Sep 1963 | British |
| PURVEY, Gary Edward | Director | 2001-02-01 | Oct 1962 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLETCHER, Stephen Maxwell | Secretary | 1999-03-31 | 2013-12-31 |
| HIPKIN, Gordon | Secretary | 1998-05-28 | 1999-03-31 |
| REEVES, Gwyn | Secretary | 2014-01-01 | 2020-02-14 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-05-05 | 1998-05-28 |
| ANDREWS, Mark Geraint | Director | 2001-02-01 | 2007-03-01 |
| BATTERSBY, Scott Alan | Director | 2001-02-01 | 2017-08-08 |
| BOLLAG, Bernard | Director | 1998-05-28 | 2000-06-29 |
| GILBURN, David Alan | Director | 2000-08-25 | 2000-12-12 |
| MCCUTCHEON, Michael | Director | 1998-05-28 | 2008-03-06 |
| PIERCY, Matthew Roy | Director | 2007-12-19 | 2019-06-28 |
| SILVERBERG, Jack | Director | 1998-08-14 | 2000-04-28 |
| SMITH, Angus Frank | Director | 1998-08-14 | 2000-10-25 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-05-05 | 1998-05-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 108 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-02-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2019-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-07-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2019-06-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-06-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-10-05 | 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
- 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
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-41%
£290,000 £171,000
-
Net assets
+5.9%
£23,443,000 £24,820,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-2,300%
-£1,000 -£24,000
-
Profit before tax
+10.1%
£1,667,000 £1,836,000
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