UNIVERSAL BUILDING SPECIALISTS LTD Financials
- Company number
- 08412093CopyCopy
- Registered office
- Unit 6, Brocks Business Park, Hodgson Way, Wickford SS11 8YN
- Incorporated
- 20/02/2013
Company snapshot
- Status
- Active
- Employees
- 40 (2025)
- Latest financial data
- 2025
- Accounts type
- Unaudited abridged
Financial highlights
Latest reported figures. Okredo holds filed data for 2021–2025.
Net Assets
-46.95%vs 20242024: £188.31K
Total Assets
-10.14%vs 20242024: £2.14M
Cash in Bank
5.19%vs 20242024: £146.33K
Total Liabilities
-6.59%vs 20242024: £1.96M
Employees
+1vs 20242024: 39
In 2025, UNIVERSAL BUILDING SPECIALISTS LTD reported net assets of £99.90K. The same filing shows total assets of £1.93M, cash in bank of £153.93K and total liabilities of £1.83M. Reported headcount was 40 in 2025. Total Assets fell from £2.14M in 2024 to £1.93M in 2025 (-10.14%). Okredo holds filed figures for 2021–2025; the table below lists every reported indicator by year. See every reported indicator by year.
Financial performance
Pick a measure to see how it has moved across the reported years, with the year-on-year change beneath it.
Net Assets
-46.95%from £188.31K in 2024Year-on-year change
Net Assets as filed for 2021–2025. Every figure in this chart is also in the financial history table.
3-year financial trend (2023–2025)
How the figures UNIVERSAL BUILDING SPECIALISTS LTD filed moved across the three reported years 2023, 2024 and 2025 — measured end to end rather than year on year.
Net Assets
-58.4%vs 2023-35.5% a year compound (CAGR)
Cash in Bank
+3.1%vs 2023+1.6% a year compound (CAGR)
Total Assets
-5.7%vs 2023-2.9% a year compound (CAGR)
Total Liabilities
+1.3%vs 2023+0.7% a year compound (CAGR)
Employees
+2.6%vs 2023+1Biggest increase
Cash in Bank+3.1%
£149.25K in 2023 to £153.93K in 2025
Biggest decrease
Net Assets-58.4%
£239.98K in 2023 to £99.90K in 2025
UNIVERSAL BUILDING SPECIALISTS LTD's filings pull in both directions between 2023 and 2025. The steepest rise came in cash in bank, pointing to a more liquid cash position, set against a fall in net assets, pointing to a weakening balance sheet. See the full year-by-year figures.
Ratios from the filed figures
Calculated from UNIVERSAL BUILDING SPECIALISTS LTD's own reported amounts, each shown against the year it was derived from — nothing here is estimated or industry-averaged.
- Net assets to total assets
- 5.18%2025
- Reported net assets divided by reported total assets, for the latest year both were filed. Shows how much of the asset base is not financed by liabilities.
- Liabilities to total assets
- 94.82%2025
- Total liabilities divided by reported total assets, for the latest year both were available. Shows how much of the asset base is funded by obligations.
- Cash to liabilities
- 8.43%2025
- Reported cash in bank divided by total liabilities for the same year. Shows what share of outstanding obligations the reported cash balance would cover.
- Cash to total assets
- 7.99%2025
- Reported cash in bank divided by reported total assets, for the latest year both were filed.
Financial history
Every indicator Okredo tracks, year by year.
Reported financial indicators for UNIVERSAL BUILDING SPECIALISTS LTD by year. Amounts are as filed; a dash means the figure was not reported for that year.
| Indicator | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net Assets£ | 398.00K | 298.65K | 239.98K | 188.31K | 99.90K |
| Total Assets£ | 2.45M | 1.39M | 2.04M | 2.14M | 1.93M |
| Cash in Bank£ | 627.93K | 134.70K | 149.25K | 146.33K | 153.93K |
| Total Liabilities£ | 2.05M | 1.09M | 1.80M | 1.96M | 1.83M |
| Employees | 39 | 40 | 39 | 39 | 40 |
UNIVERSAL BUILDING SPECIALISTS LTD financials: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own filed figures.
Yes. Okredo holds filed figures for UNIVERSAL BUILDING SPECIALISTS LTD covering 2021–2025, across 5 reported indicators. The most recent reported year is 2025.
UNIVERSAL BUILDING SPECIALISTS LTD reported net assets of £99.90K for 2025. That compares with £188.31K in 2024, a change of -46.95%.
UNIVERSAL BUILDING SPECIALISTS LTD reported total assets of £1.93M for 2025. That compares with £2.14M in 2024, a change of -10.14%.
UNIVERSAL BUILDING SPECIALISTS LTD reported cash in bank of £153.93K for 2025. That compares with £146.33K in 2024, a change of 5.19%.
UNIVERSAL BUILDING SPECIALISTS LTD reported 40 employees in 2025, compared with 39 in 2024.
Between 2023 and 2025, UNIVERSAL BUILDING SPECIALISTS LTD's net assets fell by 58.4%, cash in bank rose by 3.1%, total assets fell by 5.7% and total liabilities rose by 1.3%. Net assets contracted at 35.5% a year across the two years to 2025, from £239.98K to £99.90K. Reported headcount went from 39 in 2023 to 40 in 2025 (+1).
Okredo holds reported figures for the years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025. Where an indicator was not reported for a given year, the financial history table shows a dash rather than a value.