URA VENTURES LIMITED
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Cash
£7.1m
-26.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£12m
+8.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
45
+2.3% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.7m
-45.6% lowest in 3 filed years
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 | £23,464,000 | £23,751,000 | £20,884,000 | -12.1% | |
| Operating profit | £5,143,000 | £5,065,000 | £3,697,000 | -27% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,617,000 | £3,042,000 | £1,656,000 | -45.6% | |
| Net profit | £2,667,000 | £2,282,000 | £1,311,000 | -42.6% | |
| Cash | £6,384,000 | £9,631,000 | £7,071,000 | -26.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £38,787,000 | £34,406,000 | £30,381,000 | -11.7% | |
| Net assets | £11,201,000 | £11,483,000 | £12,494,000 | +8.8% | |
| Equity | £11,201,000 | £11,483,000 | £12,494,000 | +8.8% | |
| Average employees | 42 | 44 | 45 | +2.3% | |
| Wages | £1,990,000 | £1,967,000 | £1,793,000 | -8.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £452,000 | £537,000 | £452,000 | -15.8% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £5,000 | £6,000 | £7,000 | +16.7% | |
| Highest paid director | £136,000 | £165,000 | £147,000 | -10.9% |
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 | 21.9% | 21.3% | 17.7% | |
| Net margin | 11.4% | 9.6% | 6.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.3% | 14.7% | 12.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 81.3% | 80.4% | 75.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.74x | 0.74x | 0.66x | |
| Interest cover | 3.04x | 2.22x | 1.62x |
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
- URA VENTURES LIMITED 1997-06-19 → present
- CHARJIM LIMITED 1997-02-19 → 1997-06-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PKF Smith Cooper Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis notwithstanding the Company's net current liability position of £7,241k (2024 - £6,244k), which arises from the funding of vehicles carried in fixed assets.”
Group structure
- URA VENTURES LIMITED · parent
- Windsor Vehicle Leasing Limited 100%
- Total Motion Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 22nd October 2025 URA Ventures Limited acquired 100% of the share capital of Total Motion Limited, a company involved in the same business.”
- “There have been dividends of £200k paid since the balance sheet date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIGGINS, Michael Louis Leslie | Director | 1997-12-01 | Aug 1948 | British |
| KENNING, Anthony Francis | Director | 2020-10-01 | Dec 1984 | British |
| KENNING, James Richard George | Director | 2020-10-01 | Sep 1982 | British |
| KENNING, Richard Thomas | Director | 1997-03-10 | May 1951 | British |
| SAYERS, Robert Malcolm | Director | 2013-02-01 | Mar 1955 | British |
| SELLARS, Ian | Director | 2020-12-01 | Feb 1954 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KENNING, Carey | Secretary | 1997-03-10 | 2023-05-31 |
| KENNING, Thomas William | Secretary | 2013-10-07 | 2023-03-06 |
| THOMAS, Howard | Nominee Secretary | 1997-02-19 | 1997-03-10 |
| CANNON, Michael Harry Wilson | Director | 1997-12-01 | 2020-10-01 |
| TESTER, William Andrew Joseph | Nominee Director | 1997-02-19 | 1997-03-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longfox Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-03-06 | Active |
| Mr Richard Thomas Kenning | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-03-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 258 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-17 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-04-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-27 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-09-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-09-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-16 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-02-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-02-07 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.