ULSTER CARPET MILLS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
Operating under the Ulster Carpets brand, this family-owned holding company oversees a Northern Ireland-based group that manufactures Axminster and Wilton carpets for the global residential, hospitality, marine, and casino sectors.
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Cash
£18M
-21.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£64M
+4.7% vs 2024
Employees
748
+5.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4.1M
+282.7% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £89,040,058 | £91,735,707 | +3% | |
| Operating profit | -£3,396,242 | £3,414,616 | +200.5% | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,228,188 | £4,070,721 | +282.7% | |
| Net profit | -£3,330,677 | £2,834,727 | +185.1% | |
| Cash | £23,309,284 | £18,317,810 | -21.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £80,206,684 | £80,198,086 | 0% | |
| Net assets | £61,347,895 | £64,245,364 | +4.7% | |
| Equity | £61,347,895 | £64,245,364 | +4.7% | |
| Average employees | 712 | 748 | +5.1% | |
| Wages | £28,416,194 | £30,073,333 | +5.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £907,071 | £1,186,057 | +30.8% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -3.8% | 3.7% | |
| Net margin | -3.7% | 3.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -4.2% | 4.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 40.9% | 38.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.62x | 2.55x | |
| Interest cover | -6.22x | 4.62x |
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
- ULSTER CARPET MILLS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 1989-03-31 → present
- ULSTER CARPET MILLS, LIMITED 1938-01-20 → 1989-03-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers (Northern Ireland) LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, 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 the 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
- ULSTER CARPET MILLS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED · parent
- Ulster Carpet Mills Limited 100%
- Ulster Carpet Mills (North America) Inc 100%
- Ulster Yarns Limited 100%
- A/S Dan-Floor Taeppefabrik 100%
- Dan-Floor UK Limited 100%
- Roger Oates Design Company Limited 100%
- Solidwool Limited 90%
- Griffith Textile Machines 99%
- Alternative Flooring Holdings Limited 100%
- The Alternative Flooring Company Limited 100%
- UCM (Ireland) Limited 100%
- UCM Looms Limited 100%
- Ulster Carpet Mills Engineering (R&D) Limited 100%
- UCMP Merged Limited Partnership 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no material events subsequent to the balance sheet date which would require adjustment or disclosure in these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
14 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACHESON, David Robert | Secretary | 2011-06-20 | — | — |
| ACHESON, David Robert | Director | 2016-04-27 | Apr 1967 | British |
| COBURN, Nicholas David George | Director | 2003-06-27 | Aug 1959 | British |
| COPELAND, Beverley Louise | Director | 2025-12-01 | Apr 1979 | British |
| CUDDY, Judith Lesley | Director | 2023-11-09 | Feb 1982 | British |
| DEXTER, Ian Charles | Director | 2023-02-06 | Oct 1966 | British |
| INGLIS, Lydia Sheelagh | Director | 2016-04-27 | Mar 1975 | British |
| MCKEOWN, Alan | Director | 2025-02-24 | May 1974 | British |
| MONTGOMERY, Mary Alys | Director | 2002-04-29 | Jul 1964 | British |
| SOMERVILLE, Caroline | Director | 2016-04-27 | Jul 1966 | British |
| WILSON, Edward Brice | Director | — | May 1940 | British |
| WILSON, Jeremy Edward Brice | Director | 2002-04-29 | Jun 1970 | British |
| WILSON, John Andrew, Dr | Director | 2016-04-27 | Sep 1967 | British |
| WILSON, Richard James | Director | 2002-04-29 | Jul 1969 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILSON, Richard James | Secretary | — | 2011-06-20 |
| JENSEN, Jesper Krojgaard | Director | 2011-06-20 | 2024-08-31 |
| MCKEOWN, Raymond Frederick James | Director | 2017-04-01 | 2019-09-06 |
| MILLS, Christopher Gregory Michael | Director | — | 2004-03-31 |
| WILSON, John B | Director | — | 2009-07-03 |
| WILSON, Walter O. | Director | — | 2014-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 243 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-02-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-07-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-02-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.