Umc Holdings Limited
Registered name: UMC HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of Woolpert Limited groupUmc Holdings Limited made £11.5m revenue and £2.5m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Umc Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £11.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £2.5m profit and 87 employees. The company is classified under “architectural activities” and is based in Newark; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newark, East Midlands
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2017
- Type
- Private 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 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.1m | £11.5m |
| Cost of sales | £4.1m | £3.7m |
| Gross profit | £6.1m | £7.8m |
| Operating profit | £2.1m | £3.6m |
| Profit before tax | £2.3m | £3.8m |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £2.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 87 | 87 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 13.4% | 21.8% |
| Gross margin | 59.8% | 67.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £116k | £132k |
| Profit per employee | £15.6k | £28.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲84.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £286k | £316k |
| Net assets | £18.3m | £18.3m |
| Fixed assets | £18.2m | £18.2m |
| Current assets | £324k | £414k |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £8k | £5.8k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 21.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 67.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £132k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £28.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 158.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £18.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲10%
- Now £316k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 87
- Deferred income
- ▼28%
- Now £5.8k
- Fixed assets
- ▲0%
- Now £18.2m
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
- Woolpert Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Umc Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Grade 1966 LimitedRev. £11.5m · Profit £3.8m
Sister companies (1)
- Bluesky UK Holdings LimitedFigures 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 2025 (profit £2.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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