UNIVATION LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-27 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-13
Watchouts
Cash
£698K
-17.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£217K
0% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£104K
+63.8% vs 2024
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 basis other than going concern. Further information is disclosed in note 1 to the financial statements.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- UNIVATION LIMITED 1995-07-21 → present
- MOUNTWEST 45 LIMITED 1995-06-20 → 1995-07-21
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £340,479 | £388,501 | |
| Operating profit | £27,080 | £75,970 | |
| Profit before tax | £63,309 | £103,717 | |
| Net profit | £63,309 | £103,717 | |
| Cash | £843,653 | £698,087 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £217,262 | £217,262 | |
| Net assets | £217,262 | £217,262 | |
| Equity | £217,262 | £217,262 | |
| 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 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.0% | 19.6% | |
| Net margin | 18.6% | 26.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.5% | 35.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 74.6% | 76.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.34x | 1.30x | |
| Interest cover | 4.46x | 12.52x |
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
- Henderson Loggie LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern. Further information is disclosed in note 1 to the financial statements.”
Group structure
- UNIVATION LIMITED · parent
- The Robert Gordon University- The Energy University Limited 100%
- The Aberdeen Management Centre Limited 100%
- The Aberdeen Business School Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Univation Directors have made a strategic decision to make the Company dormant at the end of July 2026 to reduce associated administration and costs.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEATON, Donella Effie | Director | 2019-01-14 | Jul 1963 | British |
| MCINNES, Shelly | Director | 2025-04-17 | Dec 1979 | British,Australian |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRIGGS, Patricia | Secretary | 1999-03-15 | 2000-08-28 |
| CALDWELL, David Cleland | Secretary | 1995-07-12 | 1997-01-17 |
| MCDONALD, David Shearer | Secretary | 2006-09-29 | 2012-04-24 |
| MORRICE, Richard Gordon | Secretary | 1997-01-17 | 1999-03-14 |
| PEDDIE, Alexander Steven | Secretary | 2000-08-28 | 2006-09-29 |
| STRONACHS | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-06-20 | 1995-07-12 |
| ALLAN, David Martin | Director | 1995-06-20 | 1995-08-08 |
| ARMSTRONG, Andrew Patterson | Director | 1995-08-08 | 1998-08-26 |
| BRIGGS, Patricia | Director | 2011-08-19 | 2013-05-28 |
| BRIGGS, Patricia | Director | 1996-03-04 | 2008-12-15 |
| CALDWELL, David Cleland | Director | 1995-08-08 | 1998-10-28 |
| CAMPBELL, Ian Neil | Director | 2005-12-07 | 2010-06-16 |
| DUNCAN, Robert Alexander | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2011-08-19 |
| HARPER, John | Director | 2002-01-14 | 2006-11-07 |
| LINDLEY, Jeremy Charles | Director | 2024-02-09 | 2025-12-05 |
| LONGTON, Michael John | Director | 2004-08-30 | 2011-08-19 |
| MACKINLAY, Vivien | Director | 1995-08-08 | 2004-12-14 |
| MAEHLE, Valerie Ann, Professor | Director | 2014-05-02 | 2016-10-31 |
| MCCALL, Michael David | Director | 2008-12-15 | 2023-12-15 |
| MCCREATH, Andrew John | Director | 2003-08-01 | 2011-08-19 |
| MCINTOSH, Francis George, Professor | Director | 1997-01-17 | 2001-09-30 |
| MCINTOSH, Gordon Alexander | Director | 2001-12-04 | 2004-08-27 |
| MCINTOSH, Peter William, Professor | Director | 1995-08-08 | 2004-08-27 |
| MILL, Helen Frances | Director | 2013-02-08 | 2017-01-06 |
| MILLIGAN, John Robert | Director | 1995-08-08 | 1998-05-08 |
| MOULE, Christopher John | Director | 2017-11-28 | 2019-01-14 |
| PITTILO, Robert Michael, Professor | Director | 2005-09-02 | 2007-01-05 |
| SALTER, Michael John Lawrence | Director | 2006-06-29 | 2011-01-01 |
| SCOTT, Anne Daphne | Director | 2004-08-30 | 2011-08-19 |
| SIM, Alan James | Director | 1995-08-08 | 1995-11-30 |
| SIMPSON, Helen | Director | 2023-12-15 | 2024-02-09 |
| SMITH, Isabella Hay | Director | 1998-08-26 | 2002-11-25 |
| SMITH, Thomas Davie | Director | 2001-12-04 | 2011-08-19 |
| STEUTEN, Johannes Mathys | Director | 2017-01-10 | 2017-06-26 |
| STEVELY, William Stewart, Professor | Director | 1998-08-26 | 2005-09-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Shelly Mcinnes | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2025-04-17 | Active |
| Mr Jeremy Charles Lindley | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2024-02-09 | Ceased 2025-12-05 |
| Mrs Helen Simpson | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2023-12-15 | Ceased 2024-02-09 |
| Ms Donella Effie Beaton | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2023-12-15 | Active |
| Mr Michael David Mccall | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-07-01 | Ceased 2023-12-15 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 168 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-17 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-19 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-20 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-19 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
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Turnover
+14.1%
£340,479 £388,501
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Cash
-17.3%
£843,653 £698,087
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Net assets
0%
£217,262 £217,262
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Employees
—
Not reported
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Operating profit
+180.5%
£27,080 £75,970
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Profit before tax
+63.8%
£63,309 £103,717
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