UNIQUE FORWARDING GROUP LTD
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Cash
£957k
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£1.8m
Equity attributable
Employees
40
Average over period
Profit before tax
£1.8m
Period ending 2025-10-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,064,942 | £33,236,877 | — | |
| Operating profit | £484,881 | £1,780,384 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £487,130 | £1,780,838 | — | |
| Net profit | £364,504 | £1,287,930 | — | |
| Cash | £833,903 | £956,594 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,686,444 | £568,646 | — | |
| Net assets | -£2,680,006 | -£1,835,163 | — | |
| Equity | -£2,680,006 | -£1,835,163 | — | |
| Average employees | 38 | 40 | — | |
| Wages | £355,304 | £2,275,196 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £4,550 | £27,300 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 4 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.0% | 5.4% | |
| Net margin | 4.5% | 3.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 28.8% | 313.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 130.8% | 123.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.01x | 0.88x |
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
- Affinia (Chelmsford)
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. We have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- UNIQUE FORWARDING GROUP LTD · parent
- Unique Forwarding Investment Group Ltd 100%
- Unique Forwarding Holdings Limited 100%
- Unique Forwarding Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARMAN, Jim | Director | 2024-07-01 | May 1984 | British |
| HILL, Stuart Richard | Director | 2024-07-01 | Mar 1975 | British |
| HONEY, John Peter | Director | 2024-07-01 | Jul 1977 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Stuart Richard Hill | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2024-07-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 12 of 12 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-09-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-09-06 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-21 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-09-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-09-06 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-09-02 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-08-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-01 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.