UNION DIRECT LIMITED

Company number SC202187 ·

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Shareholders' funds

£1,153,126

Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31

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Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
1999-12-07
Employees
30 (2025 accounts · was 31 in 2024)
Registered office
18 Inverleith Terrace, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, EH3 5NS
Postcode
EH3 5NS
Capital
1 GBP
Accounts category
Total Exemption Full
Charges
2 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-12-31
Next due by
2027-09-30
Financial year end
31 December

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-08-25
Next due by
2027-09-08
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 73110 Advertising agencies

Officers 6 current · 11 resigned

Louise KILLOUGH Director
Appointed 2025-05-29
Michael HART Director
Appointed 2025-05-29
Ian Daniel BATEY Director
Appointed 2025-05-29
Appointed 2021-08-17
Appointed 2021-08-17

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Group structure

Controlled by UNION GROUP EOT LIMITED — since 2025-05-29

Controlled by AGENTS OF CHANGE (SCOTLAND) LIMITED — since 2023-01-01

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Licensed visa sponsor

Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).

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Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z7102512 (Tier 2), registered since 2002.

Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Contact details

Website
union.uk
Phone
01316256000

The Union is an integrated marketing and communications agency that creates highly transformative communication strategies, campaigns, websites and activations through an agile and seamless blend of insight, data, innovation and creativity.

Previous company names

NameDate changed
ONLYU LIMITED2021-03-10

Previous registered addresses 4

AddressChanged on
1 RUTLAND COURT, EDINBURGH, EH3 8EY, UNITED KINGDOM2018-07-02
1 RUTLAND COURT, EDINBURGH, EH3 8EY2016-05-10
48 NORTH CASTLE STREET, EDINBURGH, MIDLOTHIAN EH2 3LX2004-06-09
19 AINSLIE PLACE, EDINBURGH, MIDLOTHIAN EH3 6AU2000-03-08

Among its peers

Top 5%

by shareholders' funds, of 182 similar companies in EH

2nd largest employer among its local peers (30 staff).

Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1999.

No.5 of the largest advertising agencies companies in Edinburgh →

Competitors Edinburgh

This company ranks 5 among advertising agencies in Edinburgh.

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The class of 1999

33%

of the 305 companies in this sector incorporated in 1999 are still active today; 64% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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