UNIVERSAL WOLF LIMITED
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Cash
£1.3m
+10.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£4.4m
-8.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
137
-3.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£112k
-126.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,642,542 | £13,415,619 | £12,089,688 | -9.9% | |
| Operating profit | £36,352 | £418,904 | -£108,065 | -125.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £6,805 | £422,724 | -£112,276 | -126.6% | |
| Net profit | £30,119 | £452,243 | -£89,205 | -119.7% | |
| Cash | £1,624,938 | £1,197,836 | £1,319,194 | +10.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,328,077 | £5,429,002 | £4,931,767 | -9.2% | |
| Net assets | £4,570,348 | £4,772,591 | £4,363,386 | -8.6% | |
| Equity | £4,570,348 | £4,772,591 | £4,363,386 | -8.6% | |
| Average employees | 147 | 142 | 137 | -3.5% | |
| Wages | £4,964,034 | £4,973,638 | £4,711,288 | -5.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £0 | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Highest paid director | — | £0 | £0 | — |
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 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.3% | 3.1% | -0.9% | |
| Net margin | 0.2% | 3.4% | -0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.7% | 7.7% | -2.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 46.1% | 43.3% | 42.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.63x | 1.74x | 1.66x | |
| Interest cover | 1.08x | 12.32x | -3.68x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- UNIVERSAL WOLF LIMITED 2017-10-04 → present
- THARSUS ENGINEERING LIMITED 1998-12-09 → 2017-10-04
- SANDIACRE LIMITED 1997-08-21 → 1998-12-09
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- UNW LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on these assessments, the director confirms that they have a reasonable expectation that the company will continue in operation and meet its liabilities as they fall due in the normal course of business for at least the next twelve months following approval of these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PALMER, Brian | Secretary | 2018-07-26 | — | — |
| PALMER, Brian Andrew | Director | 1997-09-10 | May 1966 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLAXALL, Chris | Secretary | 2018-05-30 | 2018-07-25 |
| DONNAN, Michelle | Secretary | 2015-01-05 | 2016-06-10 |
| HARRISON, Irene Lesley | Nominee Secretary | 1997-08-21 | 1997-09-10 |
| MOFFETT, Carl William | Secretary | 2014-04-22 | 2015-01-05 |
| PALMER, Brian Andrew | Secretary | 2016-06-10 | 2018-05-30 |
| PALMER, Brian Andrew | Secretary | 2003-12-24 | 2014-04-22 |
| SAWYER, Owen Edward | Secretary | 1997-09-10 | 2003-12-24 |
| WHITAKER, Anne Michelle | Secretary | 1997-09-10 | 1997-09-10 |
| BLAXALL, Chris | Director | 2018-05-29 | 2018-07-25 |
| BRIEN, Kevin Peter | Director | 2016-04-25 | 2018-05-29 |
| HATT, Graham Charles | Director | 2012-07-17 | 2013-11-30 |
| HUTCHINSON, Michael James | Director | 2012-07-17 | 2015-06-12 |
| MACDONALD, Patrick Loughran | Director | 2019-01-24 | 2020-05-15 |
| MOFFETT, Carl William | Director | 2014-04-22 | 2015-01-05 |
| MURRAY, Gerard Thomas | Director | 2019-01-24 | 2022-03-31 |
| PALMER, Robert Wight | Director | 1997-11-27 | 2019-08-06 |
| PARKINS, Graeme James | Director | 2004-01-10 | 2011-10-07 |
| RAUTAVUORI, Joni Kalervo | Director | 2023-04-01 | 2024-11-30 |
| SAWYER, Owen Edward | Director | 1997-09-10 | 2003-12-24 |
| SAWYER, Phillip Brian Talbot | Director | 1997-11-27 | 2003-12-24 |
| SAYER, Peter Allen | Director | 2012-07-17 | 2018-07-24 |
| SUCH, Martin John | Director | 2017-02-01 | 2018-05-29 |
| SWAN, David Peter | Director | 2012-07-17 | 2015-06-12 |
| WAUGH, Alasdair | Director | 2020-08-27 | 2021-09-10 |
| WHITAKER, Anne Michelle | Director | 1997-09-10 | 1997-09-10 |
| WHITAKER, Robert Alston | Director | 1997-09-10 | 1997-09-10 |
| BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-08-21 | 1997-09-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tharsus Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 154 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-04-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-06-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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.