UNITBIRWELCO LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-21 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-07
Watchouts
Cash
£5K
-65.3% vs 2020
Net assets
£1M
+147% vs 2020
Employees
178
+24.5% vs 2020
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2021-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis As disclosed in Note 2, the directors have concluded that the going concern basis of accounting is appropnate However, we have concluded that the use of the going concern basis is not appropnate The Group has experienced significant and sustained losses during the last few years and the Group has net liabilities of £6,952,958 at the reporting date Furthermore, Hampden Holdings Limited have confirmed that no further funding or support is to be provided to the Group and parent company going forward In addition, the Group and parent company has no committed funding facilities and are unable to repay their current liabilities as they fall due These conditions indicate that the Group and parent company have ceased to meet the going concern criteria set out in Section 3 of FRS 102.
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Audit opinion: Adverse
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- UNITBIRWELCO LTD 2018-09-03 → present
- ARCHOVER POWER ENGINEERING LIMITED 2018-08-08 → 2018-09-03
Cash
4-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2021-12-31
Latest accounts filed cover 2024-12-31; financial figures currently reflect up to 2021-12-31.
| Metric | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | -£10,315 | |
| Cash | — | — | £14,512 | £5,035 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | -£2,782,954 | £1,306,731 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | |
| Equity | £2,000,100 | -£1,781,559 | -£2,782,954 | £1,306,731 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 143 | 178 | |
| 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
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- ML Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Adverse
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis As disclosed in Note 2, the directors have concluded that the going concern basis of accounting is appropnate However, we have concluded that the use of the going concern basis is not appropnate The Group has experienced significant and sustained losses during the last few years and the Group has net liabilities of £6,952,958 at the reporting date Furthermore, Hampden Holdings Limited have confirmed that no further funding or support is to be provided to the Group and parent company going forward In addition, the Group and parent company has no committed funding facilities and are unable to repay their current liabilities as they fall due These conditions indicate that the Group and parent company have ceased to meet the going concern criteria set out in Section 3 of FRS 102.”
Group structure
- UNITBIRWELCO LTD · parent
- Birwelco Limited 100%
- Unit Superheater Engineering Limited 100%
- Uni Realisation 2026 Limited (formerly Unit Engineers & Constructors Limited) 100%
- Unitbirwelco Energy Ltd 100%
- Unitbirwelco IISP Thermal Equipment Private Limited 51%
Significant events
- “On 2nd July 2025, the directors' of Hampden Private Capital Limited confirmed the terms of the loan have been amended such that the loan is no longer repayable and is considered a capital contribution”
- “On 23rd January 2026, Uni Realisations 2026 Limited (formerly Unit Engineers & Constructors Limited), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Group, entered administration”
- “On 2nd March 2026, Hampden Private Capital Limited transferred 310,000 of their existing shareholding to Andrew Williams and Cy Wilkinson in proportions of 150,000 and 160,000 respectively, for consideration of £2”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILKINSON, Cy Thomas | Director | 2020-04-06 | Oct 1970 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Andrew John | Director | 2020-04-06 | Aug 1958 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAMPDEN LEGAL PLC | Corporate Secretary | 2018-08-08 | 2025-07-14 |
| ANDERSON, Ian Peter Maxwell | Director | 2018-08-08 | 2020-04-02 |
| BRAND, Matthew David | Director | 2021-01-22 | 2025-07-14 |
| DENT, Angus | Director | 2018-08-08 | 2020-12-18 |
| TURNER, George Donald | Director | 2021-01-22 | 2025-07-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampden Private Capital Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-12-31 | Active |
| Sustainable Engineering Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-08-08 | Ceased 2020-12-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 43 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-04-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-01-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-04 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2026-03-03 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2025-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-04-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-03-24 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2023-03-03 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-01-05 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-01-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-12-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-08-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
FY2020 → FY2021 · period ending 2021-12-31 vs 2020-12-31
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Turnover
—
Not reported
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Cash
-65.3%
£14,512 £5,035
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Net assets
—
Not reported
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Employees
+24.5%
143 178
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