UPM WOOD MATERIALS (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-18 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£1M
+15.2% vs 2023
Employees
13
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£243K
+4.7% vs 2023
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 | £1,455,000 | £1,566,000 | |
| Operating profit | £183,000 | £178,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £232,000 | £243,000 | |
| Net profit | £169,000 | £177,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,308,000 | £1,419,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,179,000 | £1,358,000 | |
| Equity | £1,179,000 | £1,358,000 | |
| Average employees | 13 | 13 | |
| Wages | £728,000 | £838,000 |
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 | 12.6% | 11.4% | |
| Net margin | 11.6% | 11.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.0% | 12.5% | |
| Current ratio | 3.28x | 4.06x | |
| Interest cover | 18.30x | 6.59x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors conclude that preparing the financial statements on the going concern basis is appropriate due to the continued financial support of the ultimate parent company, UPM-Kymmene Corporation. The Directors have received confirmation from UPM-Kymmene Corporation that it will support the company as necessary, and has the ability to do so, for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “There were no subsequent events post the Balance Sheet date and prior to the date of signing these Financial Statements that would have a material impact on the results reported or the financial position of the Company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KNOX, Tracy Louise | Secretary | 2020-10-01 | — | — |
| ENTICOTT, Jason | Director | 2021-07-30 | Dec 1966 | British |
| JOKINEN, Maria Katariina | Director | 2024-12-18 | May 1994 | Finnish |
| TALVIA, Tommi Juhani | Director | 2022-11-17 | May 1982 | Finnish |
| VON HERTZEN, Lasse Mikael | Director | 2025-04-07 | Oct 1984 | Finnish |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHALMERS, David Graeme | Secretary | 2017-10-02 | 2020-10-01 |
| CHALMERS, David Graeme | Director | 2017-10-02 | 2021-07-30 |
| NEVALAINEN, Antti Hannu Matias | Director | 2020-10-01 | 2025-04-07 |
| RASANEN, Juuli | Director | 2017-10-02 | 2024-12-18 |
| SALMELIN, Mirja Inkeri Margareeta | Director | 2017-10-02 | 2022-11-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upm-Kymmene Oyj | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-10-02 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 33 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-08-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-22 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
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
+7.6%
£1,455,000 £1,566,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+15.2%
£1,179,000 £1,358,000
-
Employees
0%
13 13
-
Operating profit
-2.7%
£183,000 £178,000
-
Profit before tax
+4.7%
£232,000 £243,000
-
Wages
+15.1%
£728,000 £838,000
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