UNIPHAR UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-26 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£78K
-48.7% vs 2023
Net assets
-£3M
-97.5% vs 2023
Employees
32
-34.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£2M
-44.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-12-19
- UNIPHAR UK LIMITED 2025-12-19 → present
- UNIPHAR PEOPLE UK LIMITED 2024-01-15 → 2025-12-19
- STAR MEDICAL LIMITED 2002-07-16 → 2024-01-15
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,666,548 | £1,336,418 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,334,378 | -£1,925,606 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,335,652 | -£1,925,830 | |
| Net profit | -£1,035,169 | -£1,452,501 | |
| Cash | £152,116 | £77,973 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£1,489,753 | -£2,942,254 | |
| Net assets | -£1,489,753 | -£2,942,254 | |
| Equity | -£1,489,753 | -£2,942,254 | |
| Average employees | 49 | 32 | |
| Wages | £2,079,810 | £2,271,513 |
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 | -80.1% | -144.1% | |
| Net margin | -62.1% | -108.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 89.6% | 65.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.72x | 0.62x | |
| Interest cover | -1047.39x | -8673.90x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having regard to the factors noted above, in particular the support available from the Company's ultimate parent, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being a period of 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. As a result, the directors believe that it is appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- UNIPHAR UK LIMITED · parent
- Uniphar Commercial UK Limited (Formerly Star Outico Limited) 100%
Significant events
- “On 15th January 2024, the Company changed its name from Star Medical Limited to Uniphar People UK Limited. This rebranding initiative reflects the organization's commitment to adaptability and aligning its identity with its evolving strategic objectives.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCCARTHY, Aisling | Secretary | 2019-05-01 | — | — |
| DOLPHIN, Tim | Director | 2015-03-16 | Nov 1964 | Irish |
| TAAFFE, Siobhán | Director | 2022-05-20 | May 1971 | Irish |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANRATTY, Robert | Secretary | 2015-03-16 | 2019-05-01 |
| PAYNE, Aaron | Secretary | 2003-01-27 | 2011-04-27 |
| WEBSTER, Rebecca Justine | Secretary | 2002-07-16 | 2003-01-27 |
| COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-07-16 | 2002-07-16 |
| BOYD, Gemma Victoria | Director | 2009-04-16 | 2013-02-21 |
| BROMWICH, Paul Jonathon | Director | 2009-04-16 | 2010-06-02 |
| CAAN, James | Director | 2009-04-16 | 2010-06-02 |
| DEMPSEY, Padraic | Director | 2015-03-16 | 2022-05-20 |
| JALAN, Deepak | Director | 2009-04-16 | 2010-06-02 |
| O'NEILL, Lucy | Director | 2002-09-01 | 2015-03-16 |
| QUINN, Liam | Director | 2015-03-16 | 2019-12-05 |
| WEBSTER, Timothy Edward | Director | 2002-07-16 | 2015-03-16 |
| COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-07-16 | 2002-07-16 |
| COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-07-16 | 2002-07-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unisource Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 126 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-19 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-15 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2023-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-03 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2022-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-08-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-07-28 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-07-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-10-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
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
-19.8%
£1,666,548 £1,336,418
-
Cash
-48.7%
£152,116 £77,973
-
Net assets
-97.5%
-£1,489,753 -£2,942,254
-
Employees
-34.7%
49 32
-
Operating profit
-44.3%
-£1,334,378 -£1,925,606
-
Profit before tax
-44.2%
-£1,335,652 -£1,925,830
-
Wages
+9.2%
£2,079,810 £2,271,513
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