UA LIVESTOCK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-21 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£27M
+13.4% vs 2023
Employees
106
+16.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
+32.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- UA LIVESTOCK LIMITED 2007-01-22 → present
- MM&S (5119) LIMITED 2006-06-12 → 2007-01-22
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 | £24,087,629 | £27,474,617 | |
| Operating profit | £4,037,568 | £5,121,229 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,820,120 | £5,061,098 | |
| Net profit | £2,996,420 | £3,874,134 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £24,562,345 | £27,861,412 | |
| Net assets | £23,972,924 | £27,192,646 | |
| Equity | £23,972,924 | £27,192,646 | |
| Average employees | 91 | 106 | |
| Wages | £2,587,726 | £2,920,756 |
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 | 16.8% | 18.6% | |
| Net margin | 12.4% | 14.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.4% | 18.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.65x | 2.66x | |
| Interest cover | 18.57x | 13.91x |
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
- Johnston Carmichael LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “On the 2nd April 2025 the parent company of UA Livestock transitioned to an Employee-Ownership Trust structure.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, David George | Director | 2025-05-01 | Jul 1964 | British |
| HENDERSON, Richard | Director | 2025-05-01 | Dec 1970 | British |
| ROBERTS, John Andrew | Director | 2017-02-14 | Feb 1966 | British |
| SHARP, Christopher Simon | Director | 2017-02-01 | May 1977 | British |
| WOOD, Peter | Director | 2025-05-01 | Feb 1979 | British |
| YOUNG, Donald William | Director | 2017-02-14 | Nov 1969 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARTIN, John Keith | Secretary | 2007-01-22 | 2007-02-01 |
| MCLEAN, Neil Fraser | Secretary | 2007-02-01 | 2017-02-14 |
| MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2006-06-12 | 2007-01-22 |
| LEGGAT, Hugh David | Director | 2007-02-01 | 2017-02-14 |
| MARTIN, John Keith | Director | 2007-01-22 | 2007-02-01 |
| MCLEAN, Neil Fraser | Director | 2007-02-01 | 2017-02-14 |
| PURVES, George William | Director | 2017-02-14 | 2025-05-01 |
| ROSS, Kenneth | Director | 2007-01-22 | 2007-02-01 |
| TOUGH, William Robert | Director | 2007-02-01 | 2017-02-14 |
| VINDEX LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2006-06-12 | 2007-01-22 |
| VINDEX SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2006-06-12 | 2007-01-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Auctions Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 146 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-10 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-04-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-04-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-10 | 466(Scot) | mortgage | Mortgage alter floating charge with number | |
| 2025-04-10 | 466(Scot) | mortgage | Mortgage alter floating charge with number | |
| 2025-04-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+14.1%
£24,087,629 £27,474,617
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+13.4%
£23,972,924 £27,192,646
-
Employees
+16.5%
91 106
-
Operating profit
+26.8%
£4,037,568 £5,121,229
-
Profit before tax
+32.5%
£3,820,120 £5,061,098
-
Wages
+12.9%
£2,587,726 £2,920,756
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