Ultimate Products PLC
Registered name: ULTIMATE PRODUCTS PLC
Part of The Bank Of New York Mellon Corporation groupUltimate Products PLC made £150m revenue and £5.8m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Ultimate Products PLC’s revenue fell 3% to £150m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £5.8m profit. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Oldham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Oldham, North West
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- Type
- Public Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £166m | £155m | £150m |
| Cost of sales | −£124m | −£115m | −£115m |
| Gross profit | £42.7m | £40.5m | £34.8m |
| Operating profit | £17.1m | £15.7m | £9.7m |
| Profit before tax | £16m | £14.3m | £8m |
| Profit after tax | £12.6m | £10.5m | £5.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £12.6m | £10.5m | £5.8m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 7.6% | 6.8% | 3.9% |
| Gross margin | 25.7% | 26% | 23.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6.5% | ▼3.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼16.4% | ▼44.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
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- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
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- Now —
- Cash at bank
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- Headcount
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- Deferred income
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- Fixed assets
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Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Bank Of New York Mellon Corporation (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Pershing Holdings (UK) Limited75–100%
- Pershing Limited75–100%
- Pershing Securities Limited75–100%
- Pershing Nominees Limited50–75%
- Ultimate Products PLCthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Ultimate Products Ebt LtdFigures not disclosed
- Ultimate Products UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- J. & J. Smith (Holdings) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Joynes Cables LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Solar Park 1 LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £5.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026