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Company No. SC303729 · Incorporated 12 Jun 2006

Ua Livestock Limited

Registered name: UA LIVESTOCK LIMITED

Part of United Auctions Trustees Limited group

Ua Livestock Limited made £32.9m revenue and £4.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text

Ua Livestock Limited’s revenue grew 20% to £32.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £4.9m profit and 91 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Stirling; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection N · Administrative and support servicesSIC 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Status
Active
Location
Stirling, Scotland
Age
20 yrs · since 2006
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. From the filing: “The immediate parent company is United Auctions Limited, a company registered at Stirling Agricultural Centre, Stirling, FK9 4RN.”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Operating leverageDoing more with less
Revenue
£32.9m
Growth ▲19.7%
Profit
£4.9m
Growth ▲27.3%
Profit margin
15%
Gross 22.2%
Employees
91
Change ▼14.1%
Profit / employee
£54.2k
Revenue/employee £362k
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 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£27.5m£32.9m
Cost of sales£22m£25.6m
Gross profit£5.4m£7.3m
Operating profit£5.1m£6.9m
Profit before tax£5.1m£5.9m
Profit after tax£3.9m£4.9m
Profit (best available)£3.9m£4.9m
Staff costs£3.4m£3.7m
Employees (average)10691
Ratios
Profit margin14.1%15%
Gross margin19.8%22.2%
Revenue per employee£259k£362k
Profit per employee£36.5k£54.2k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲19.7%
Profit growth—▲27.3%
Headcount growth—▼14.1%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Net assets£27.2m£16.5m
Fixed assets£7.7m£7.3m
Debtors£18.4m£24.6m
Deferred income£27.7k£25k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
15%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
22.2%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£362k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£54.2k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
22.3%
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
74.9%
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
▼39%
Now £16.5m
Cash at bank
—
Now —
Headcount
▼14%
Now 91
Deferred income
▼10%
Now £25k
Fixed assets
▼5%
Now £7.3m
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. United Auctions Trustees Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. United Auctions Group Limited75–100%
  3. United Auctions Limited75–100%
  4. Ua Livestock Limitedthis company

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

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 2025 (profit £4.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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