UNITED PERFORMANCE METALS LIMITED
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Cash
£3.6m
USD 4,851,216
+231% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£16m
USD 21,030,690
+16.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
36
+5.9% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£4.1m
USD 5,576,288
-10.2% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC 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 | £31,988,785 | £45,823,673 | £47,670,870 | +4% | |
| Operating profit | £3,637,260 | £4,662,716 | £4,177,061 | -10.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,620,766 | £4,605,844 | £4,138,247 | -10.2% | |
| Net profit | £2,767,031 | £3,447,236 | £3,156,957 | -8.4% | |
| Cash | £2,077,471 | £1,087,623 | £3,600,160 | +231% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,771,419 | £13,352,986 | £15,997,908 | +19.8% | |
| Net assets | £9,762,774 | £13,352,986 | £15,607,191 | +16.9% | |
| Equity | £9,762,774 | £13,352,986 | £15,607,191 | +16.9% | |
| Average employees | 30 | 34 | 36 | +5.9% | |
| Wages | £1,608,398 | £2,482,656 | £2,186,542 | -11.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £198,234 | £320,871 | £437,178 | +36.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £3,586 | £3,938 | £4,242 | +7.7% | |
| Highest paid director | £201,821 | £324,809 | £432,831 | +33.3% |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.742 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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 | 11.4% | 10.2% | 8.8% | |
| Net margin | 8.7% | 7.5% | 6.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 37.2% | 34.9% | 26.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 67.7% | 73.1% | 52.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.46x | 1.36x | 1.93x | |
| Interest cover | — | 81.98x | — |
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
- UNITED PERFORMANCE METALS LIMITED 2017-05-27 → present
- VULCANIUM METALS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2009-03-11 → 2017-05-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers (Northern Ireland) LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Therefore these financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIESCH, Jeffrey | Secretary | 2013-07-25 | — | — |
| FITCHIE, John Paul | Director | 2025-12-01 | May 1975 | British |
| KENNARD, Thomas | Director | 2013-07-12 | Sep 1962 | American |
| LIESCH, Jeffrey | Director | 2013-07-12 | Apr 1962 | American |
| NEUBERGER, Peter | Director | 2023-03-30 | Jun 1963 | American |
| O'PREY, Michael William | Director | 2009-05-22 | Jan 1964 | British |
| ST. CLAIR, Jerry Stephen | Director | 2009-03-11 | May 1961 | American |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEOPOLD, Richard Eliel | Secretary | 2009-03-11 | 2013-07-12 |
| HOFMAN, Paul Jerome | Director | 2009-03-11 | 2013-07-12 |
| LEOPOLD, Richard Eliel | Director | 2009-03-11 | 2013-07-12 |
| ROWLAND, Michael | Director | 2013-07-12 | 2022-03-31 |
| YOHO, David Charles | Director | 2009-03-11 | 2013-07-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Henry Craft O'Neal | Individual | Significant influence | 2026-04-02 | Active |
| United Performance Metals, Llc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-04-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 95 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-19 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2026-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-02 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-06-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.