United Tooling Solutions Limited
Registered name: UNITED TOOLING SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Part of Uts (Atlas) Limited groupUnited Tooling Solutions Limited made a £18.5m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024 (revenue not disclosed).
United Tooling Solutions Limited reported a loss of £18.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2024; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 247 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of machine tools” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- In Administration
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2015
- 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.
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | −£823k | −£8.8m | −£18.5m |
| Profit (best available) | −£823k | −£8.8m | −£18.5m |
| Employees (average) | 191 | 204 | 247 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | −£4.3k | −£43.3k | −£75k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.8% | ▲21.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £194k | £597k |
| Net assets | £8.3m | £14m | −£14.8m |
| Fixed assets | £26.4m | £26.5m | £13.8m |
| Current assets | £23.2m | £38.5m | £19.3m |
| Debtors | £7.1m | £7.4m | £7.4m |
| Deferred income | £573k | £433k | £748k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£75k
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▼205%
- Now −£14.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲207%
- Now £597k
- Headcount
- ▲21%
- Now 247
- Deferred income
- ▲73%
- Now £748k
- Fixed assets
- ▼48%
- Now £13.8m
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
- Uts (Atlas) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Uts Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- United Tooling Solutions Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (21)
- Scott Direct LimitedRev. £10.8m · Profit £99.1k
- A B T Machine Tools & Tooling LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Beacon Tooling LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bideford Tool (Devon) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bideford Tool LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cook's of Bedford LimitedFigures not disclosed
- D.H.S. Tool Supply Co. LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Drake Tooling and Abrasives LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Drake Tooling Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Euro Grind Marketing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Grahams Machinery Sales LimitedIn AdministrationFigures not disclosed
- Howard Lee & Son LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Jaymac (Derby) LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Kalem LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kelvin Powertools LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mettex Fasteners LimitedFigures not disclosed
- S.i.i.s. LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Scott Direct (Peterhead) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Seahawk Apparel LimitedFigures not disclosed
- South Western Tool Supplies LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Toolshop Direct LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- United Tooling Solutions II LimitedLiquidationFigures 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 Dec 2024 (profit −£18.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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