Uml Picton Limited
Registered name: UML PICTON LIMITED
Part of Springfield Shipping Limited groupUml Picton Limited made £7.7m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Uml Picton Limited’s revenue fell 48% to £7.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £1.7m 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.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wembley, London
- Age
- 6 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 a wholly owned subsidiary of Marylebone Holdco Limited which is in turn wholly owned by Union Maritime Limited (UML), whose registered office is at Portland House, 69-71 Wembley Hill Ro”
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 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.7m | £7.7m |
| Cost of sales | £5.8m | £891k |
| Gross profit | £8.9m | £6.8m |
| Operating profit | £4.4m | £2.3m |
| Profit before tax | £3.2m | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | £3.2m | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.2m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 21.6% | 21.6% |
| Gross margin | 60.6% | 88.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼47.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼47.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £515k |
| Net assets | £6.3m | £8m |
| Fixed assets | £13m | £11.3m |
| Current assets | £3.4m | £1.6m |
| Debtors | £499k | £47.5k |
| Deferred income | £265k | £20.4k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 21.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 88.4%
- 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
- 147.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- 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
- ▲26%
- Now £8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼65%
- Now £515k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▼92%
- Now £20.4k
- Fixed assets
- ▼13%
- Now £11.3m
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
- Springfield Shipping Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Union Maritime Limited75–100%
- Marylebone Holdco Limited75–100%
- Uml Picton Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Uml Wellington LimitedRev. £25.1m · Profit £27.9m
- Uml Ampleforth LimitedRev. £21.1m · Profit £23.2m
- Uml Westmore LimitedRev. £7.9m · Profit £2.4m
- B Crystal LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offRev. £5.2m · Profit £1.7m
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 £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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