UBISENSE LIMITED
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Cash
£1.6m
-24.6% vs 2024
Net assets
-£33m
-25.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
65
-19.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£7m
+25.7% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
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 | £15,449,000 | £10,703,000 | £9,218,000 | -13.9% | |
| Operating profit | -£8,090,000 | -£7,408,000 | -£4,496,000 | +39.3% | |
| Profit before tax | -£9,589,000 | -£9,445,000 | -£7,016,000 | +25.7% | |
| Net profit | -£9,235,000 | -£8,781,000 | -£7,026,000 | +20% | |
| Cash | £659,000 | £2,158,000 | £1,627,000 | -24.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£18,010,000 | -£26,350,000 | -£33,171,000 | -25.9% | |
| Net assets | -£18,179,000 | -£26,485,000 | -£33,306,000 | -25.8% | |
| Equity | — | — | — | — | |
| Average employees | 81 | 81 | 65 | -19.8% | |
| Wages | £7,947,000 | £6,731,000 | £5,527,000 | -17.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £463,000 | £456,000 | £513,000 | +12.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £29,000 | £34,000 | £10,000 | -70.6% | |
| Highest paid director | £211,000 | £283,000 | £269,000 | -4.9% |
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 | -52.4% | -69.2% | -48.8% | |
| Net margin | -59.8% | -82.0% | -76.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 256.0% | 345.5% | 489.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.32x | 0.02x | 0.16x | |
| Interest cover | -5.36x | -3.59x | -1.78x |
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
- UBISENSE LIMITED 2003-05-20 → present
- UBIQUITOUS SYSTEMS LIMITED 2002-07-18 → 2003-05-20
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared a cash flow forecast for a twelve month period following the approval of the financial statements... reasonable expectation that the business has adequate cash resources available to continue in business for the foreseeable future and thus continue to adopt the going concern basis”
Group structure
- UBISENSE LIMITED · parent
- Ubisense America LLC 100%
- Ubisense GmbH 100%
- Ubisense Inc 100%
Significant events
- “Since the balance sheet date, the Company received loan funding totalling £1.3m from Abyssinian Bidco Limited, the Company's immediate parent company.”
- “During the year, the trade and net assets of Ubisense Japan KK and Binary Star Developments were transferred into Ubisense Inc. Ubisense Canada Inc and Ubisense SAS were closed during the year.”
- “The bank loan in the prior year was an asset-based lending facility provided by HSBC Innovation Bank ('HINV'). The facility expired in February 2025; the Company agreed with HINV to close the facility at that date and all outstanding balances were settled in full.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDGE, Jekaterina | Director | 2025-01-24 | Jan 1987 | British |
| SELVARATNAM, Selva, Dr | Director | 2025-01-24 | Mar 1961 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAMPBELL, Gordon Michael | Secretary | 2007-02-07 | 2014-12-02 |
| DIXON, Susan Elizabeth | Secretary | 2003-01-30 | 2007-02-07 |
| JOHNSTON, Michael John | Secretary | 2017-03-02 | 2018-12-31 |
| PAGAN, Owen Thomas Henry | Secretary | 2019-10-29 | 2025-12-11 |
| PARKER, Robert Glyn | Secretary | 2014-12-02 | 2015-06-30 |
| SOMERTON, Claire Rachel | Secretary | 2015-06-30 | 2016-07-05 |
| TILLEY, James Hugh | Secretary | 2016-07-05 | 2017-03-02 |
| WEBSTER, Paul Michael | Secretary | 2002-07-18 | 2003-01-30 |
| COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-07-18 | 2002-07-18 |
| BRYSON, Robin Adrian | Director | 2018-12-31 | 2019-09-18 |
| CAMPBELL, Gordon Michael | Director | 2004-07-08 | 2014-12-02 |
| CARTWRIGHT, Martin Andrew | Director | 2006-04-21 | 2008-12-05 |
| CARTWRIGHT, Martin Andrew | Director | 2003-06-05 | 2004-07-08 |
| COLHOUN, Clare | Director | 2019-10-29 | 2023-04-17 |
| CURWEN, Rupert William Meldrum, Dr | Director | 2002-12-17 | 2003-06-05 |
| FERGUSON, Charles Warren | Director | 2003-10-10 | 2006-04-21 |
| GINGELL, Timothy | Director | 2015-06-30 | 2018-12-31 |
| GREEN, Richard Terence | Director | 2003-01-20 | 2016-05-17 |
| HARVERSON, Peter George | Director | 2016-05-17 | 2018-11-12 |
| HOPPER, Andrew, Professor | Director | 2003-06-05 | 2006-04-21 |
| PAGAN, Owen Thomas Henry | Director | 2018-12-31 | 2019-10-29 |
| PARKER, Robert Glyn | Director | 2014-03-03 | 2015-06-30 |
| PETTI, Riccardo Ettore | Director | 2016-12-14 | 2018-12-31 |
| SHANNON, Christopher Mark | Director | 2023-04-17 | 2025-01-28 |
| STEGGLES, Peter Joseph | Director | 2002-07-18 | 2005-12-14 |
| TAYLOR, Darren Adrian | Director | 2019-09-18 | 2024-04-02 |
| THERIAULT, David Gerard | Director | 2003-01-20 | 2003-10-10 |
| WARD, Andrew Martin Robert, Dr | Director | 2002-12-17 | 2005-12-14 |
| WEBSTER, Paul Michael | Director | 2002-07-18 | 2003-06-05 |
| COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-07-18 | 2002-07-18 |
| COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-07-18 | 2002-07-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abyssinian Bidco Limited | Legal person | Shares 75–100% | 2018-12-31 | Active |
| Ubisense Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-12-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 172 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-05-14 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-03-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-10-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.