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Company No. 14198065 · Incorporated 27 Jun 2022

Uml Berners Limited

Registered name: UML BERNERS LIMITED

Part of Springfield Shipping Limited group

Uml Berners Limited made £13.4m revenue and £5.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023.

Uml Berners Limited’s revenue was £13.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £5.7m 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.

Full P&L filedSection H · Transportation and storageSIC 50200Sea and coastal freight water transport
Status
Active
Location
Wembley, London
Age
4 yrs · since 2022
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 Union Maritime Limited (UML), whose registered office is at Portland House, 69-71 Wembley Hill Road, Middlesex, England, HA9 8BU. UML is jointly owned by So”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2023

Key figures

Small teamYoung and profitable
Revenue
£13.4m
Growth —
Profit
£5.7m
Growth —
Profit margin
42.4%
Gross 76.9%
Employees
0
Change —
Profit / employee
—
 
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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)£7.6m£13.4m
Cost of sales£2.4m£3.1m
Gross profit£5.2m£10.3m
Operating profit£3.8m£7.3m
Profit before tax£3.3m£5.7m
Profit after tax£3.3m£5.7m
Profit (best available)£3.3m£5.7m
Employees (average)00
Ratios
Profit margin42.5%42.4%
Gross margin68.4%76.9%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£159k£3.4k
Net assets£5.7m£3.3m
Fixed assets£19.8m£18.8m
Current assets£3.7m£987k
Debtors£375k£0
Deferred income£321k£41.3k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
42.4%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
76.9%
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
140.7%
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%
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
—
Now £3.3m
Cash at bank
—
Now £3.4k
Headcount
—
Now 0
Deferred income
—
Now £41.3k
Fixed assets
—
Now £18.8m

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. Uml Berners Limitedthis company

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

Sister companies (109)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit £5.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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