UBS OPTIMUS FOUNDATION UK
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-26 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£54M
+32.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£53M
+32.6% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-12-31
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 | £146,427,000 | £155,198,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£285,000 | £12,727,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£820,000 | £12,983,000 | |
| Cash | £40,647,000 | £53,900,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £44,129,000 | £53,303,000 | |
| Net assets | £39,823,000 | £52,806,000 | |
| Equity | £39,823,000 | £52,806,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | £0 | £0 |
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 | -0.2% | 8.2% | |
| Net margin | -0.6% | 8.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.6% | 23.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 10.1% | 5.9% | |
| Current ratio | 263.86x | 19.05x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees of the Foundation have concluded that there are no material uncertainties related to events or conditions that cast significant doubt on the ability of the Foundation to continue as a going concern. The Trustees are of the opinion that the Foundation will have sufficient resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due, as they believe that UBS AG will continue to support the Foundation's activities. The Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Foundation has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of at least 12 months from the date of these financial statements. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 12 June 2023, UBS Group AG (which owns the Member) acquired Credit Suisse Group AG, succeeding by operation of Swiss law to all assets and liabilities of Credit Suisse Group AG, and became the direct or indirect shareholder of all of the former direct and indirect subsidiaries of Credit Suisse Group AG.”
- “The Trustees have observed no adverse effects on the Foundation since the acquisition was confirmed. They anticipate that this combined entity will attract a broader range of donors, thereby expanding the Foundation's reach and enabling it to present its philanthropic offerings to a wider audience, which has already started.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUZZACOTT SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2016-02-09 | — | — |
| BEWTRA, Vineet | Director | 2020-08-11 | Jan 1973 | Irish |
| HAGMANN, Victoria | Director | 2025-05-19 | Jul 1971 | Swiss |
| HOLDER, Christopher Anthony | Director | 2025-06-26 | Aug 1958 | Swiss |
| LUGINBUEHL, Andreas Hans | Director | 2026-03-24 | Oct 1984 | British |
| ROCAFORT-VARELA, Maria Del Pilar | Director | 2022-11-01 | Aug 1972 | British,Spanish |
| TURNER, Patricia Jane, Dr | Director | 2025-06-26 | Jan 1962 | British |
| VAIL, Paul Dominic | Director | 2019-12-05 | Sep 1962 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARVEY, Mark Ian | Secretary | 2015-03-30 | 2016-02-09 |
| HOLMES, Rachel Elizabeth | Secretary | 2014-01-07 | 2014-07-28 |
| ANSTEY, Caroline Daphne Kathleen, Dr | Director | 2015-12-11 | 2016-12-15 |
| BRODERICK, James Baldridge | Director | 2013-07-12 | 2017-12-20 |
| COLEMAN, Anne Margaret | Director | 2018-12-13 | 2020-03-31 |
| ENSOR, Joanna Jane | Director | 2015-03-30 | 2020-04-02 |
| HALL, Thomas Andrew Quentin | Director | 2014-01-07 | 2016-06-28 |
| KURLANDER COSTANZA, Phyllis | Director | 2016-12-16 | 2023-04-04 |
| LINDHOLM ISPAHANI, Eva-Kristiina | Director | 2017-12-18 | 2025-05-15 |
| MARCONI ARCHINTO, Mario | Director | 2013-07-12 | 2015-09-08 |
| MARTIN JIMENEZ, Beatriz | Director | 2025-05-19 | 2026-03-16 |
| MCDONAGH, Siobhan Michele | Director | 2018-12-13 | 2022-01-31 |
| PERRYMAN, Nicholas Anthony | Director | 2013-07-12 | 2019-10-07 |
| RULLI, Edoardo | Director | 2018-12-13 | 2024-12-13 |
| THOMPSON, Simone Elizabeth | Director | 2017-05-05 | 2018-04-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubs Group Ag | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 80 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
+6%
£146,427,000 £155,198,000
-
Cash
+32.6%
£40,647,000 £53,900,000
-
Net assets
+32.6%
£39,823,000 £52,806,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+4,565.6%
-£285,000 £12,727,000
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