UNITAPE LIMITED
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Cash
£2m
+1,625.8% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£4.1m
+66.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
27
-18.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3.1m
+47.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,229,114 | £18,191,245 | £26,189,206 | +44% | |
| Operating profit | £843,417 | £2,056,255 | £2,808,695 | +36.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £713,396 | £2,080,107 | £3,059,354 | +47.1% | |
| Net profit | £562,158 | £1,670,967 | £2,262,927 | +35.4% | |
| Cash | £33,525 | £116,115 | £2,003,881 | +1,625.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,967,196 | £2,460,444 | £4,170,628 | +69.5% | |
| Net assets | £1,875,708 | £2,444,901 | £4,060,341 | +66.1% | |
| Equity | £1,875,708 | £2,444,901 | £4,060,341 | +66.1% | |
| Average employees | 23 | 33 | 27 | -18.2% | |
| Wages | £818,997 | £993,952 | £1,112,104 | +11.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £51,889 | £37,620 | £11,316 | -69.9% | |
| Highest paid director | — | £27,995 | £3,000 | -89.3% |
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 | 5.2% | 11.3% | 10.7% | |
| Net margin | 3.5% | 9.2% | 8.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 42.9% | 83.6% | 67.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 60.9% | 66.3% | 64.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.52x | 1.42x | 1.40x | |
| Interest cover | 6.49x | 54.15x | — |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Kreston Reeves Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the directors believe they have a reasonable expectation that the group will have adequate resources to continue to discharge its debts and liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- UNITAPE LIMITED · parent
- Unitape (USA) Inc. 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RICHARDSON, Helen Elizabeth | Secretary | 2025-06-30 | — | — |
| CHHOA, Kwang Hua | Director | 2018-04-26 | Nov 1964 | Malaysian |
| KOH, Crystal Wen Sing | Director | 2018-04-26 | Dec 1985 | Malaysian |
| LIM, Bee Khin | Director | 2022-07-01 | Jul 1973 | Malaysian |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEORGE, Richard Barrie | Secretary | 2000-02-09 | 2015-10-02 |
| HARBER, Ben | Secretary | 2022-07-12 | 2025-06-30 |
| RAYNOR, Elisabeth | Secretary | 2000-02-09 | 2000-02-09 |
| CHISHOLM, Adrian | Director | 2007-06-06 | 2018-04-26 |
| CLAYDON, Susan Jean | Director | 2000-02-09 | 2000-02-09 |
| GEORGE, Richard Barrie | Director | 2000-02-09 | 2015-10-02 |
| KREUGER, Magnus | Director | 2022-07-01 | 2025-11-30 |
| SJODEN, Sven Janne | Director | 2024-10-16 | 2025-10-08 |
| SOHAL, Mukhtiar Singh | Director | 2000-02-09 | 2023-02-23 |
| SONG, Stephanie Xuefei | Director | 2000-02-09 | 2005-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Kwang Hua Chhoa | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-12-20 | Active |
| Mr Mukhtiar Singh Sohal | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-07-01 | Ceased 2017-12-20 |
| Mr Adrian Chisholm | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-07-01 | Ceased 2017-12-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 113 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-07-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-02-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-09-02 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-07-15 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-07-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.