ULIVING@ESSEX LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-12 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6M
+33% vs 2023
Net assets
-£29M
-4.7% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£1M
+82% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ULIVING@ESSEX LIMITED 2012-05-01 → present
- UL PROJECTCO LIMITED 2012-04-19 → 2012-05-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £7,571,000 | £7,509,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,985,000 | £2,331,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£7,172,000 | -£1,290,000 | |
| Net profit | -£7,172,000 | -£1,290,000 | |
| Cash | £4,627,000 | £6,153,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £83,208,000 | £80,566,000 | |
| Net assets | -£27,342,000 | -£28,632,000 | |
| Equity | -£27,342,000 | -£28,632,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| 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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 26.2% | 31.0% | |
| Net margin | -94.7% | -17.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.4% | 2.9% | |
| Current ratio | 4.66x | 3.64x | |
| Interest cover | 0.21x | 0.58x |
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
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Even though the Company has a net liabilities position currently, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the forseeable future. Accordingly the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis on preparing the financial statements. 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 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.”
Significant events
- “The principal activity of the Company is to design, build, finance and manage student accommodation for the period of 51 years from August 2012 to August 2063 pursuant to a project agreement dated 7 August 2012. The construction of the new accommodation achieved practical completion on 18 September 2013.”
- “Nominations for the 2023/24 academic year were set at 82%. For the 2024/25 academic year nominations were set at 71%. Due to the retention mechanism in place, all revenues received from nominations above 83% flow back to the University so the risk sits with the SPV once nominations fall below this threshold.”
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EQUITIX MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2025-11-01 | — | — |
| GILL, Paul Ellis | Director | 2022-11-14 | Mar 1975 | British |
| HOLMAN, Hannah | Director | 2024-10-01 | May 1980 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMS, David | Secretary | 2016-02-01 | 2018-11-05 |
| MIAN, Saeed Hasan | Secretary | 2022-10-04 | 2025-11-01 |
| SHAH, Kirti Ratilal | Secretary | 2018-11-05 | 2022-07-15 |
| DAVIES, Mark Gwynfor George | Director | 2017-02-28 | 2017-04-04 |
| DAVIES, Mark Gwynfor George | Director | 2012-05-02 | 2015-07-15 |
| FOWKES, Mark Jonathan | Director | 2012-12-17 | 2023-12-07 |
| GILLESPIE, Robert Alistair Martin | Director | 2017-04-21 | 2022-02-01 |
| GUERIN, Nicolas Alexandre Pierre | Director | 2012-10-30 | 2015-12-17 |
| JONES, Sion Laurence | Director | 2012-05-02 | 2014-03-03 |
| LEONARD, Gilles | Director | 2012-05-02 | 2012-11-22 |
| PARKER, Nicholas Giles Burley | Director | 2012-05-02 | 2012-12-17 |
| PEARCE, Glenn Sinclair | Director | 2023-12-07 | 2024-10-01 |
| RICKARDS, Matthew Thomas | Director | 2016-12-15 | 2017-04-04 |
| SHELDRAKE, Peter John | Director | 2014-03-03 | 2018-05-08 |
| SLAMA ROYER, Stephane | Director | 2012-04-19 | 2012-10-30 |
| SMITH, Ian Hilary | Director | 2012-05-02 | 2016-12-15 |
| SWIDERSKI, Nicolas Vincent Christian | Director | 2012-12-02 | 2015-12-17 |
| VEAL, Samantha Tracy | Director | 2015-07-15 | 2017-02-28 |
| VERMEER, Daniel Marinus Maria | Director | 2018-05-08 | 2022-11-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uliving@Essex Holdco Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 111 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-11 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-11-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-08 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2022-11-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-10 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-08-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
-0.8%
£7,571,000 £7,509,000
-
Cash
+33%
£4,627,000 £6,153,000
-
Net assets
-4.7%
-£27,342,000 -£28,632,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+17.4%
£1,985,000 £2,331,000
-
Profit before tax
+82%
-£7,172,000 -£1,290,000
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