UNIVERSAL PHARMACY LTD
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The confirmation statement for this company is overdue.
Executive summary
Universal Pharmacy Ltd presents the financial profile of a community pharmacy in severe distress, with net assets eroded to just £6,649 following an approximate £265,000 trading loss in FY2022, and net current liabilities of £302,746 indicating technical insolvency on a working capital basis. While the business benefits from an established market position and significant fixed asset backing – unusual for the sector – its balance sheet leverage of approximately 249:1 liabilities-to-equity places it firmly in the highest risk category relative to typical independent pharmacy financial norms (3-5:1 gearing). The combination of sector-wide funding compression, inflationary cost pressures, and this company's acute financial fragility suggests urgent restructuring or capital injection is required to sustain operations as a going concern.
Shareholders' funds
£274,191
Balance sheet as at 2022-03-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2011-02-17
- Registered office
- 26 Stroudley Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 4BH
- Postcode
- BN1 4BH
- Capital
- 274,191 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2023-03-31
- Next due by
- 2025-03-31 Overdue
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-01-16
- Next due by
- 2026-01-30 Overdue
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47730 Dispensing chemist in specialised stores
Officers 1 current · 7 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by UPL HOLDINGS LTD — since 2020-01-01
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Contact details
- Website
- universalpharmacy.co.uk
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| GROUND FLOOR UNIT 2 & 3 BEACON HOUSE TURBINE WAY, SWAFFHAM, PE37 7HT, ENGLAND | 2017-08-24 |
| UNITS 2 & 3 BEACON HOUSE TURBINE WAY, SWAFFHAM, NORFOLK, PE37 7XJ, UNITED KINGDOM | 2016-11-02 |
| UNITS 2 AND 3 GROUND FLOOR, BEACON HOUSE TURBINE WAY, SWAFFHAM, PE37 7HT | 2016-07-13 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 42 similar companies in BN
Trading since 2011.
No.10 of the largest dispensing chemist in specialised stores companies in Brighton →
Competitors Brighton
This company ranks 10 among dispensing chemist in specialised stores in Brighton.
The class of 2011
64%
of the 320 companies in this sector incorporated in 2011 are still active today; 34% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Leasehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2021-05-19
- Where
- Norfolk (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NK510466 | Norfolk | Leasehold | 2021-05-19 | — |
| NK490900 | Norfolk | Leasehold | 2019-04-23 | — |
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