Annual accounts
Medium accounts
30/09/2027Filing deadline
Made up to 31/12/2025Due 30/09/2027
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/12/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/12/2025
UNIVERSAL CONTAINER SERVICES LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- M44 5FZ, Wharfside Container Park Wharfside Container Park, Irlam Wharf Road, Irlam, Manchester M44 5FZ
- Classification (4 SIC codes)
- Cold forming or folding (24.33 - SIC 2007)Manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c. (25.99 - SIC 2007)Manufacture of pumps (28.13/1 - SIC 2007)Operation of warehousing and storage facilities for land transport activities (52.10/3 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Medium
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 10/09/2026View PDF (26 pages)
Accounts for a medium company made up to 2025-12-31
- 12/12/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-12-04 with no updates
- 07/07/2025View PDF (23 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2024-12-31
- 11/12/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-12-04 with no updates
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Accounts and confirmation statement
The two filings Companies House requires every year, and where each one stands against its deadline today.
On schedule
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
19/08/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 05/08/2026Due 19/08/2027
- Next statement date
- 05/08/2027
- Last statement dated
- 05/08/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures UNIVERSAL CONTAINER SERVICES LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£9.19M2025
9.41%vs 20242024: £8.39M
Total Assets
£12.47M2025
-14.87%vs 20242024: £14.65M
Cash in Bank
£2.77M2025
-47.88%vs 20242024: £5.30M
Total Liabilities
£2.87M2025
-49.93%vs 20242024: £5.73M
Employees
352025
0vs 20242024: 35
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 1 rose and 3 fell. Total liabilities moved furthest, down 49.93% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for UNIVERSAL CONTAINER SERVICES LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through UNIVERSAL CONTAINER SERVICES LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · +13.3% a year (CAGR)Three-year trend, 2023–2025Every measure end to end across 2023, 2024 and 2025, with the compound rate behind each one.See what moved5 chartsCharts by indicator5 filed indicators plotted year by year, 2021–2025.Plot the figuresNothing estimatedRatios from the filed figures5 ratios computed from this company's own reported amounts, each shown against the year it was derived from.Check the ratios5 × 5 yearsEvery figure by yearAll 5 measures Okredo tracks across 5 reported years, exactly as filed.Open the table
Employees
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2025.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | 0 |
| 2024 | 35 | +3 |
| 2023 | 32 | +5 |
| 2022 | 27 | -2 |
| 2021 | 29 | – |
Reported employee count increased from 29 in 2021 to 35 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
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Officers
7Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 01/04/1998–Present | 7 | |
| Director | 05/02/2010–04/04/2014 | 13 | |
| Secretary | 03/06/2020–31/07/2024 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 23/10/2009–04/04/2014 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 04/04/2014–03/06/2020 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 12/06/2008–23/10/2009 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 04/04/2003–31/03/2010 | 0 |
Persons with significant control
1Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2016–01/01/2017 | 7 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 9
- Since 10/12/2022
- Last 12 months
- 2
- Same as the year before (2)
- Most recent filing
- 10/09/2026
- less than a month ago
What changed in the last year
- Accounts filedLatest 10/09/2026
- Confirmation statementLatest 12/12/2025
Filing timeline
- 10/09/2026View PDF (26 pages)
Accounts for a medium company made up to 2025-12-31
- 12/12/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-12-04 with no updates
- 07/07/2025View PDF (23 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2024-12-31
- 11/12/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-12-04 with no updates
- 27/09/2024View PDF (22 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2023-12-31
- 31/07/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Kathryn Woolley as a secretary on 2024-07-31
- 04/12/2023View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-12-04 with no updates
- 15/08/2023View PDF (22 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2022-12-31
- 10/12/2022View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2022-12-04 with no updates
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About UNIVERSAL CONTAINER SERVICES LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
UNIVERSAL CONTAINER SERVICES LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in M44 5FZ, Wharfside Container Park Wharfside Container Park, Irlam Wharf Road, Irlam, Manchester M44 5FZ. Companies House classifies its business as Cold forming or folding, one of 4 SIC classifications on its record. It has been on the register for 35 years 9 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £9.19M and 35 employees.
UNIVERSAL CONTAINER SERVICES LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records UNIVERSAL CONTAINER SERVICES LIMITED under 4 registered business activities: Cold forming or folding (24.33 - SIC 2007), Manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c. (25.99 - SIC 2007), Manufacture of pumps (28.13/1 - SIC 2007) and Operation of warehousing and storage facilities for land transport activities (52.10/3 - SIC 2007).
UNIVERSAL CONTAINER SERVICES LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 04/12/1990.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £9.19M, total assets of £12.47M, cash in bank of £2.77M and total liabilities of £2.87M.
The most recent document on the record is dated 10/09/2026: Accounts for a medium company made up to 2025-12-31, less than a month ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 30/09/2027 and the next confirmation statement is due by 19/08/2027.
Companies House lists 7 officers (1 currently in post) and 1 person with significant control (0 current).