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Company No. 11825482 · Incorporated 13 Feb 2019

Uml Wellington Limited

Registered name: UML WELLINGTON LIMITED

Part of Springfield Shipping Limited group

Uml Wellington Limited made £25.1m revenue and £27.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023.

Uml Wellington Limited’s revenue grew 291% to £25.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £27.9m profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “sea and coastal freight water transport” and is based in Wembley; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection H · Transportation and storageSIC 50200Sea and coastal freight water transport
Status
Active
Location
Wembley, London
Age
7 yrs · since 2019
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. From the filing: “The Company is owned by Marylebone Holdco Limited which is in turn owned by Union Maritime Limited (UML). The registered office of both companies is Portland House, 69-71 Wembley Hill Road, Middlesex,”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2023

Key figures

Small teamCapital-lightYoung and profitableOperating leverage
Revenue
£25.1m
Growth ▲291.1%
Profit
£27.9m
Growth ▲1896%
Profit margin
111%
Gross 34.8%
Employees
0
Change —
Profit / employee
—
 
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Unusual figures. Profit is higher than revenue in this filing. That usually means investment income, dividends from subsidiaries or one-off gains — or a mis-tagged figure. Check the original filing before drawing conclusions.

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202231 Dec 2023
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£6.4m£25.1m
Cost of sales£434k£16.4m
Gross profit£6m£8.7m
Operating profit£2.3m£28.9m
Profit before tax£1.4m£27.9m
Profit after tax£1.4m£27.9m
Profit (best available)£1.4m£27.9m
Employees (average)00
Ratios
Profit margin21.8%111%
Gross margin93.2%34.8%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲291.1%
Profit growth—▲1896%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£609k£1.2m
Net assets£4.9m£848k
Fixed assets£15.8m£0
Current assets£2.5m£2m
Debtors£1.8m£824k
Deferred income£2.3k£1m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
111%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
34.8%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
—
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
—
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
0%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
4.2%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
3.3%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▼83%
Now £848k
Cash at bank
▲96%
Now £1.2m
Headcount
—
Now 0
Deferred income
▲44604%
Now £1m
Fixed assets
▼100%
Now £0

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Springfield Shipping Limitedultimate parent50–75%
  2. Union Maritime Limited75–100%
  3. Marylebone Holdco Limited75–100%
  4. Uml Wellington Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (4)

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 2023 (profit £27.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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