UNICORN PRODUCTS LIMITED
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Cash
£1.1m
-90.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£8m
-60.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
63
-1.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£239k
-78.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,710,257 | £17,413,471 | £17,755,014 | +2% | |
| Operating profit | £643,817 | £668,603 | -£119,766 | -117.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £985,568 | £1,130,354 | £239,360 | -78.8% | |
| Net profit | £724,994 | £851,378 | £421,572 | -50.5% | |
| Cash | £11,668,892 | £11,930,830 | £1,082,378 | -90.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,784,986 | £21,327,812 | £7,979,575 | -62.6% | |
| Net assets | £19,345,256 | £20,080,945 | £7,977,011 | -60.3% | |
| Equity | £19,345,256 | £20,080,945 | £7,977,011 | -60.3% | |
| Average employees | 60 | 64 | 63 | -1.6% | |
| Wages | £1,929,552 | £2,240,892 | £2,485,780 | +10.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £378,704 | £424,744 | £477,210 | +12.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £62,260 | £62,264 | £74,791 | +20.1% | |
| Highest paid director | £111,546 | £116,683 | £143,622 | +23.1% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.4% | 3.8% | -0.7% | |
| Net margin | 4.9% | 4.9% | 2.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.1% | 3.1% | -1.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 22.0% | 26.6% | 39.1% | |
| Current ratio | 5.44x | 4.03x | 2.50x | |
| Interest cover | 4.79x | 5.25x | -1.06x |
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
- Rawlinson & Hunter Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Taking this into account together with the facilities available to the company and its future trading prospects the directors consider the going concern basis to be appropriate.”
Group structure
- UNICORN PRODUCTS LIMITED · parent
- Gunn & Moore Limited 100%
- Sports Feather Limited 100%
- Unicorn Cabinets Limited 100%
- Botterill Sports Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 11 November 2025, the company distributed its property to LFHL by way of a dividend in specie. The property had a fair market value of £2,900,000 at the date of the disposal.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STONE, William Kenneth | Secretary | 2003-09-03 | — | British |
| BLACK, Julian | Director | 2022-12-01 | Dec 1980 | British |
| LOWY, Edward Robert Charles | Director | 1993-01-28 | Sep 1962 | British |
| LOWY, Richard Francis Stanley | Director | 1993-03-19 | Mar 1958 | British |
| STONE, William Kenneth | Director | 2013-04-25 | Jul 1962 | British |
| TEBBUTT, Philip | Director | 2021-04-23 | Apr 1985 | British |
| WELLS, David | Director | 2025-07-09 | Oct 1986 | British |
| WRIGHT, Peter George | Director | 1993-09-29 | Feb 1952 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AKISTER, John Edward | Secretary | 1998-10-30 | 2001-03-30 |
| AWAL, Sarup Singh | Secretary | — | 1998-10-30 |
| LOWY, Michael Francis | Secretary | — | 1993-08-20 |
| WHITE, Sandra Joanne | Secretary | 2001-03-30 | 2003-09-03 |
| BAIN, Martyn John | Director | — | 1994-03-28 |
| BROUGHTON, David Andrew | Director | 2000-07-10 | 2024-12-31 |
| LOWY, Michael Francis | Director | — | 1993-08-20 |
| LOWY, Stanley Robert | Director | — | 2024-12-31 |
| MORRIS, Vincent Christopher | Director | — | 1992-03-10 |
| PARKER, Lee | Director | 2017-07-01 | 2021-04-09 |
| ROSS, Alexander | Director | 1993-01-28 | 1993-01-28 |
| ROSS, Alexander | Director | — | 2014-06-30 |
| TABER, David William, Ba Hons | Director | 1999-01-01 | 2002-02-06 |
| WATERS, Brian | Director | 1993-09-29 | 1998-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowy Family Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-11-11 | Ceased 2025-11-11 |
| Unicorn Products Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-11-11 | Active |
| Mr Edward Robert Charles Lowy | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-11-11 |
| Mr Richard Francis Stanley Lowy | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-11-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 153 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-09 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-09 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-12-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- 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.