UTEC NCS SURVEY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-20 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£4M
-37.9% vs 2023
Employees
158
+12.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£2M
-224.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- UTEC NCS SURVEY LIMITED 2015-01-21 → present
- NCS SURVEY LIMITED 2005-05-25 → 2015-01-21
- LAWREEL LIMITED 2005-04-06 → 2005-05-25
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 | £28,677,000 | £28,863,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,961,000 | -£2,229,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,588,000 | -£1,984,000 | |
| Net profit | £764,000 | -£2,591,000 | |
| Cash | £120,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,862,000 | £4,278,000 | |
| Net assets | £6,839,000 | £4,248,000 | |
| Equity | £6,839,000 | £4,248,000 | |
| Average employees | 140 | 158 | |
| Wages | £8,723,000 | £10,105,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.8% | -7.7% | |
| Net margin | 2.7% | -9.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 28.6% | -52.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.52x | 1.18x | |
| Interest cover | 3.91x | -8.74x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors of the company have made enquiries of the directors of Project Santis Omega Bidco Limited to confirm that they are satisfied the financial support will be available and accordingly continue to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- UTEC NCS SURVEY LIMITED · parent
- EURWA Survey Limited 100%
- UTEC NCS Survey AS 100%
Significant events
- “An exceptional administrative expense of £3,715,000 was recognised in relation to an impairment of amounts due from the company's former parent Acteon Group Limited following its ownership sale on 21 March 2024 and subsequent reorganisation of the wider group, these amounts were no longer deemed recoverable.”
- “On 19 August 2025, the company's subsidiary EURWA Survey Limited was dissolved.”
- “The company identified an error within 2023 financial statements whereby the company has accounted for certain contracts with group undertaking on the basis they were the principal. The terms of the contract are that the company should have reported these contract on an agency basis, and therefore the company has restated turnover and costs of sales by £11,667,000 accordingly.”
- “A further error was identified which resulted in revenue being understated by £635,000, this and the estimated tax impact has been adjusted for.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURNESS PAULL LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2014-06-17 | — | — |
| BOUFFARD, Brice Marc | Director | 2024-05-01 | May 1970 | French |
| SMITH, Paul Anthony | Director | 2018-09-19 | Jun 1974 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| P & W SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2005-04-06 | 2005-06-20 |
| PAULL & WILLIAMSONS | Corporate Secretary | 2005-06-20 | 2009-04-06 |
| PAULL & WILLIAMSONS LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2009-04-06 | 2014-06-17 |
| ALTHEN, Rolf | Director | 2019-07-04 | 2020-01-17 |
| BRUGGAIER, Bernhard, Dr | Director | 2011-05-25 | 2024-05-01 |
| CAMERON, Stuart | Director | 2016-11-15 | 2018-09-19 |
| ERNI, Christopher Ross | Director | 2005-08-23 | 2015-06-24 |
| GRAY, Andrew | Director | 2005-06-20 | 2013-04-25 |
| MEADEN, John William | Director | 2013-04-25 | 2015-06-30 |
| OVENDEN, Kevin Francis | Director | 2019-07-04 | 2020-01-17 |
| OVENDEN, Kevin Francis | Director | 2011-05-25 | 2012-01-31 |
| TENNANT, Crawford | Director | 2015-06-30 | 2016-09-05 |
| P & W DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2005-04-06 | 2005-06-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranelagh Nominees Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-08-29 | Ceased 2024-03-21 |
| Hsdl Nominees Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-12-15 | Ceased 2017-08-29 |
| Utec International Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 124 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-04 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-03-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-03-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-11 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-04-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+0.6%
£28,677,000 £28,863,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-37.9%
£6,839,000 £4,248,000
-
Employees
+12.9%
140 158
-
Operating profit
-213.7%
£1,961,000 -£2,229,000
-
Profit before tax
-224.9%
£1,588,000 -£1,984,000
-
Wages
+15.8%
£8,723,000 £10,105,000
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