Upg UK & Ireland Limited
Registered name: UPG UK & IRELAND LIMITED
Part of Euro Driveshafts Limited groupUpg UK & Ireland Limited made £10.6m revenue and a £68.8k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2026. read from filing text
Upg UK & Ireland Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £10.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with a loss of £68.8k and 75 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories” and is based in Castleford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Castleford, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The parent company is Euro Driveshafts Limited, by virtue of 100% shareholding in the company.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10m | £13.5m | £11.5m | £10.6m |
| Cost of sales | £5.7m | £8m | £6.9m | £6.5m |
| Gross profit | £4.3m | £5.5m | £4.6m | £4m |
| Operating profit | £437k | £111k | £502k | £17.4k |
| Profit before tax | £421k | £84.3k | £445k | −£68.8k |
| Profit (best available) | £421k | £84.3k | £445k | −£68.8k |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £3.6m | £2.8m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 73 | 76 | 78 | 75 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.2% | 0.6% | 3.9% | −0.7% |
| Gross margin | 42.5% | 41% | 40% | 38.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £137k | £178k | £148k | £141k |
| Profit per employee | £5.8k | £1.1k | £5.7k | −£918 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼8.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼115.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▼3.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £133k | £270k | £326k | £443k |
| Net assets | £4m | £4.1m | £4.4m | £4.4m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £1.4m | £1.9m | £2m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £79.1k | £76.4k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £141k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£918
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.4%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲1%
- Now £4.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲36%
- Now £443k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 75
- Deferred income
- ▼3%
- Now £76.4k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Euro Driveshafts Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Upg UK & Ireland Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Driveshaft Parts LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit −£68.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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