{"name":"UPLANDS ENGINEERING LIMITED","company_number":"05234655","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"2004-09-17","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"Waterham Business Park, High Street Road, Waterham, Faversham Kent, ME13 9EJ","postcode":"ME13 9EJ","sic_codes":[{"code":25110,"description":"Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures"},{"code":25990,"description":"Manufacture of other fabricated metal products not elsewhere classified"},{"code":71129,"description":"Other engineering activities"}],"principal_activity":null,"previous_names":[],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Total Exemption Full","year_end":"31 March","last_made_up_to":"2025-04-05","next_due":"2026-12-31"},"employees":{"count":58,"accounts_date":"2024-03-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2024-03-31","profit_loss":407197,"net_assets":1401621,"cash":115288,"average_employees":58},{"financial_date":"2023-03-31","net_assets":1493741,"cash":133985,"average_employees":64},{"financial_date":"2021-10-31","net_assets":1621737,"cash":244740},{"financial_date":"2020-10-31","net_assets":1462510,"cash":22620},{"financial_date":"2019-10-31","net_assets":1840909,"cash":624378}],"officers":{"current":3,"resigned":10,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":1,"outstanding":1},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"Uplands Engineering Limited possesses genuine strategic assets—a 20-year track record in marine and industrial engineering, substantial fabrication infrastructure, and a strong order pipeline—but is experiencing material financial deterioration that threatens its competitive position. The 24% decline in net assets since 2019, coupled with an 82% cash contraction and high debtor concentration, signals that the business is converting revenue into cash inefficiently and potentially operating at unsustainably thin margins. The recent departure of three [name withheld] family directors compounds execution risk during a critical period. Immediate priorities must be: (1) aggressive working capital management to restore liquidity, (2) profitability diagnostics to identify and reverse margin erosion, and (3) strategic repositioning toward growth sectors such as offshore renewables to rebuild shareholder value.","website":"https://uplandsengineering.uk/","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/uplands-engineering","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/uplands-engineering/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/uplands-engineering/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05234655","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/uplands-engineering/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/uplands-engineering/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/uplands-engineering/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/uplands-engineering/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/uplands-engineering"}