ULVERSTON AUCTION MART PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY(THE)
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Cash
£37K
+8.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£1.1M
+0.5% vs 2024
Employees
37
+2.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£8.2K
-65.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £714,830 | £695,154 | -2.8% | |
| Operating profit | £89,203 | £67,754 | -24% | |
| Profit before tax | £23,658 | £8,227 | -65.2% | |
| Net profit | £23,052 | £11,227 | -51.3% | |
| Cash | £33,993 | £37,031 | +8.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,083,294 | £1,082,324 | -0.1% | |
| Net assets | £1,063,062 | £1,068,789 | +0.5% | |
| Equity | £1,063,062 | £1,068,789 | +0.5% | |
| Average employees | 36 | 37 | +2.8% | |
| Wages | £405,034 | £410,327 | +1.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £27,183 | £29,265 | +7.7% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 12.5% | 9.7% | |
| Net margin | 3.2% | 1.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.2% | 6.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.44x | 1.45x | |
| Interest cover | 1.36x | 1.13x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ULVERSTON AUCTION MART PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY(THE) 1982-04-08 → present
- ULVERSTON AND NORTH LONSDALE AUCTION MART COMPANY LIMITED(THE) 1877-09-22 → 1982-04-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Melville & Co
- 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
- “Moved Professional Department to Auction Mart site; secured planning permission for former offices for two flats; old sale room let to a local community group.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LADHAMS, Steven | Secretary | 2024-09-23 | — | — |
| AIREY, James | Director | 2022-06-06 | Mar 1969 | British |
| BRADLEY, Paul Martin | Director | 2019-12-01 | Oct 1974 | British |
| CASE, Simon | Director | 2021-04-20 | Oct 1981 | British |
| GARNETT, Stephen James | Director | 2025-02-03 | Jan 1973 | British |
| GREENWAY, Thomas | Director | 2025-02-03 | Sep 1993 | British |
| LADHAMS, Steven | Director | 2026-06-01 | Sep 1976 | British |
| LONGMIRE, John Robert | Director | 2009-11-01 | Nov 1968 | British |
| PHILIPSON, Robert Frank | Director | 2000-08-10 | Feb 1962 | British |
| SOUTHERN, Mark Graham | Director | 2020-03-01 | Dec 1965 | British |
| SWEETING, Ian | Director | 2009-11-01 | Aug 1962 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARROW, William David | Secretary | — | 1998-10-05 |
| SIDDLE, John | Secretary | 1998-10-05 | 2010-07-05 |
| WALKER, Stephen Maclaren | Secretary | 2010-07-05 | 2024-09-23 |
| BARROW, William David | Director | — | 1997-12-31 |
| BOWES, John Roger | Director | — | 2021-12-31 |
| CAPSTICK, James | Director | 1994-01-04 | 2007-12-31 |
| CAPSTICK, Miles Gordon | Director | 1998-12-07 | 2000-04-26 |
| CASE, John Maurice | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| CASE, William | Director | — | 2020-12-31 |
| EDMONDSON, Alan Robert | Director | 2000-09-02 | 2018-12-31 |
| EDMONDSON, Anthony | Director | — | 1998-12-31 |
| FISHER, James | Director | — | 2004-06-12 |
| GOING, James Michael | Director | 2004-06-12 | 2014-12-31 |
| HOOL, John Edward | Director | — | 1991-09-02 |
| HORNBY, John Edward Isaac | Director | 1991-10-07 | 2015-12-31 |
| IRVING, Frank | Director | — | 2000-12-24 |
| LONG, Gilbert Geoffrey | Director | 2008-03-01 | 2013-08-06 |
| PEAT, Jane Sarah | Director | 1992-06-01 | 2000-04-17 |
| PHIZACKLEA, John | Director | — | 1998-05-11 |
| POSTLETHWAITE, Thomas Neil | Director | 2015-02-03 | 2026-01-01 |
| POSTLETHWAITE, Thomas | Director | — | 1994-01-04 |
| TAYLOR, John | Director | 2000-03-15 | 2009-09-08 |
| TOWERS, William Shepherd | Director | — | 2000-12-31 |
| WALKER, Ian | Director | 1996-11-04 | 2019-12-31 |
| WALKER, Stephen Maclaren | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2024-09-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 153 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-05-09 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-05-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-23 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-09-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-06-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.