UPP (DUNCAN HOUSE) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-26 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+7.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£8M
-5.5% vs 2024
Employees
15
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£453K
+81.1% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,793,000 | £7,324,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,661,000 | £3,046,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,400,000 | -£453,000 | |
| Net profit | -£2,400,000 | -£453,000 | |
| Cash | £4,177,000 | £4,494,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £105,474,000 | £105,224,000 | |
| Net assets | £8,308,000 | £7,855,000 | |
| Equity | £8,308,000 | £7,855,000 | |
| Average employees | 15 | 15 | |
| Wages | £418,000 | £483,000 |
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 39.2% | 41.6% | |
| Net margin | -35.3% | -6.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.5% | 2.9% | |
| Current ratio | 3.24x | 3.66x | |
| Interest cover | 0.51x | 0.85x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In preparing these financial statements, the directors have considered the impact of the current inflationary environment on the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern by preparing a cash flow forecast through to 31 August 2027, modelling a severe but plausible downside scenario that demonstrates that the Company is expected to have sufficient funds to meet its obligations as they fall due over the period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAMFORD, Mark Christopher | Director | 2022-10-03 | Sep 1975 | British |
| BOORNE, Simon Anthony | Director | 2022-04-29 | May 1985 | British |
| BURTON, Matthew John | Director | 2022-02-16 | Dec 1984 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENKEL, Julian Christopher William | Secretary | 2016-07-13 | 2019-01-31 |
| ALWANI-STARR, Ghazwa Mazen, Dr | Director | 2018-09-30 | 2020-12-14 |
| BAILEY-WATTS, Robin Samuel | Director | 2016-07-13 | 2018-12-31 |
| BENKEL, Julian Christopher William | Director | 2016-07-13 | 2019-01-31 |
| BIENFAIT, Richard Antoine | Director | 2016-10-11 | 2020-01-31 |
| CONDER, Elizabeth Joan | Director | 2020-12-14 | 2022-07-14 |
| GERVAISE-JONES, Henry Barnaby | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2022-04-29 |
| MURPHY, Andrew Charles | Director | 2016-12-21 | 2018-09-30 |
| O'SHEA, Sean | Director | 2016-07-13 | 2018-12-31 |
| SAMSON, Caroline Jessica | Director | 2020-12-14 | 2023-03-13 |
| SWINDLEHURST, Mark | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2022-02-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upp (Duncan House) Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-07-13 | Active |
| Upp Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-07-13 | Ceased 2017-07-13 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 57 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-11 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
+7.8%
£6,793,000 £7,324,000
-
Cash
+7.6%
£4,177,000 £4,494,000
-
Net assets
-5.5%
£8,308,000 £7,855,000
-
Employees
0%
15 15
-
Operating profit
+14.5%
£2,661,000 £3,046,000
-
Profit before tax
+81.1%
-£2,400,000 -£453,000
-
Wages
+15.6%
£418,000 £483,000
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