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Company description
UNIVERSAL A.V. SERVICES LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 26 April 1990; registered for 36 years; registered office reported in KEIGHLEY, ENGLAND. Its primary declared activity is 82302 · Activities of conference organisers.
In its latest electronically filed accounts for the period ended 31 December 2025, it reported net assets £4,480,261, average employees 0. This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 3 PSC records, 16 procurement records, 2 waste registrations. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- UNIVERSAL A.V. SERVICES LIMITED
- Company number
- 02496514
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- SMALL
- Mortgage charges
- 5 total · 2 outstanding · 3 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 December 2025Next accounts due
30 September 2027Last statement made up to
8 February 2026Next statement due
22 February 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Filed financials
Latest electronic accounts
- Fixed assets
- £157,494
- Net assets
- £4,480,261
- Current assets
- £5,035,632
- Current liabilities
- £664,008
- Total assets less current liabilities
- £4,529,118
- Cash at bank
- £839,124
- Equity
- £4,480,261
Figures are taken from company-filed iXBRL/XBRL. Coverage is limited to electronic filings in the imported Companies House batch. Missing figures do not mean zero, and values have not been audited by BritDB.
Earlier imported periods (1)
- Accounts£4,386,245 net assets
04 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
AV Summer Refresh 2024
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD · ocds-b5fd17-f214190f-db9f-4386-893b-c6797b010753
- Supplier named in award
- UNIVERSAL A.V. SERVICES LIMITED
- Award value
- £136,873.94
- Contract period
- 10 June 2024 – 30 September 2024
- Published
- 21 June 2024
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 32321200
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-f214190f-db9f-4386-893b-c6797b010753-2024-06-21T09:53:49+01:00
Elmfield AV Refurbishment Project
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD · ocds-b5fd17-09ff416d-3fa8-43bf-9e87-03a35b2d40aa
- Supplier named in award
- UNIVERSAL A.V. SERVICES LIMITED
- Award value
- £264,748.03
- Contract period
- 14 June 2024 – 30 September 2024
- Published
- 21 June 2024
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 32321200
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-09ff416d-3fa8-43bf-9e87-03a35b2d40aa-2024-06-21T08:49:04+01:00
AUDIO VISUAL SOLUTIONS & INTEGRATED OPERATING THEATRES 2 (SBS10245)
N H S Shared Business Services · ocds-b5fd17-5229964c-8de8-49ad-8d07-36f593f4456d
- Supplier named in award
- UNIVERSAL AV SERVICES LTD
- Award value
- £200,000,000
- Contract period
- 17 November 2023 – 16 November 2025
- Published
- 8 December 2023
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 31224400
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-5229964c-8de8-49ad-8d07-36f593f4456d-2023-12-08T12:30:03Z
AV Summer Refresh 2023 - Diamond Building
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD · ocds-b5fd17-7f67746a-3669-4324-968b-17efb292a6c3
- Supplier named in award
- UNIVERSAL A.V. SERVICES LIMITED
- Award value
- £114,840.18
- Contract period
- 9 August 2023 – 30 November 2023
- Published
- 8 August 2023
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 32321200
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-7f67746a-3669-4324-968b-17efb292a6c3-2023-08-08T11:00:02+01:00
AV Summer Refresh 2023
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD · ocds-b5fd17-0f4077af-ff6e-4763-87e6-f1d46a0dc6c0
- Supplier named in award
- Universal AV Services Ltd
- Award value
- £214,185.28
- Contract period
- 1 May 2023 – 31 July 2023
- Published
- 24 April 2023
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 32321200
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-0f4077af-ff6e-4763-87e6-f1d46a0dc6c0-2023-04-24T09:54:07+01:00
3315/IT.HP.22 AV Summer Refresh 2022
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD · ocds-b5fd17-5de9f28c-13b0-4bf8-9f2c-6e6bb5066a89
- Supplier named in award
- UNIVERSAL A.V. SERVICES LIMITED
- Award value
- £85,000
- Contract period
- 1 June 2022 – 30 September 2022
- Published
- 16 August 2022
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 32321200
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-5de9f28c-13b0-4bf8-9f2c-6e6bb5066a89-2022-08-16T10:17:43+01:00
Audio Visual Equipment and Installation Services
NORTH WESTERN UNIVERSITIES PURCHASING CONSORTIUM LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-4f6af7fb-eb97-436d-90de-3422a052fe40
- Supplier named in award
- Universal AV Services Ltd
- Award value
- £52,000,000
- Contract period
- 1 March 2020 – 28 February 2022
- Published
- 30 March 2020
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 32000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-4f6af7fb-eb97-436d-90de-3422a052fe40-2020-03-30T16:05:50+01:00
Rochdale Coroner's Office AV and Recording System
STAR PROCUREMENT LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-c9e1fb1e-dbe2-4fe7-85ac-f70da901b500
- Supplier named in award
- UNIVERSAL A.V. SERVICES LIMITED
- Award value
- £106,374
- Contract period
- 1 January 2020 – 31 July 2021
- Published
- 29 May 2020
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 30000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-c9e1fb1e-dbe2-4fe7-85ac-f70da901b500-2020-05-29T13:26:44+01:00
Audio Visual Equipment Purchase
UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (THE) · ocds-b5fd17-7bce706b-dbd4-439c-9bb6-8becb5b448e7
- Supplier named in award
- UNIVERSAL A.V. SERVICES LIMITED
- Award value
- £176,091
- Contract period
- 24 June 2019 – 26 June 2019
- Published
- 12 May 2020
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 32321200
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-7bce706b-dbd4-439c-9bb6-8becb5b448e7-2020-05-12T08:19:50+01:00
2252/MH AV Refresh Summer 2019
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD · ocds-b5fd17-fe119516-dbd0-4ce1-83cf-684917b11b9d
- Supplier named in award
- UNIVERSAL A.V. SERVICES LIMITED
- Award value
- £79,466
- Contract period
- 1 August 2019 – 31 August 2019
- Published
- 9 August 2019
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 32321200
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-fe119516-dbd0-4ce1-83cf-684917b11b9d-2019-08-09T10:40:40+01:00
Audio Visual Equipment Purchase
UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (THE) · ocds-b5fd17-4ec33e12-ba93-4aab-abdb-1151840659d3
- Supplier named in award
- UNIVERSAL A.V. SERVICES LIMITED
- Award value
- £176,091
- Contract period
- 15 May 2019 – 17 May 2019
- Published
- 12 May 2020
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 32321200
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-4ec33e12-ba93-4aab-abdb-1151840659d3-2020-05-12T08:16:37+01:00
AV Provision for EIC (Preston) & Victoria Mill (Burnley)
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE HEC · ocds-b5fd17-4fd8e312-f774-479d-a344-45f31ce0f53d
- Supplier named in award
- UNIVERSAL A.V. SERVICES LIMITED
- Award value
- £255,000
- Contract period
- 19 August 2018 – 28 February 2019
- Published
- 17 August 2018
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 32321200
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-4fd8e312-f774-479d-a344-45f31ce0f53d-2018-08-17T15:54:16+01:00
1946/MH AV Refresh Summer 2018
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD · ocds-b5fd17-8ff74ca5-2a77-4ad4-8570-61f67e6bc862
- Supplier named in award
- UNIVERSAL A.V. SERVICES LIMITED
- Award value
- £200,000
- Contract period
- 1 June 2018 – 31 July 2018
- Published
- 12 October 2018
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 32321200
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-8ff74ca5-2a77-4ad4-8570-61f67e6bc862-2018-10-12T11:59:45+01:00
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
05 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Universal Group Holdings Ltd
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Legal authority
- English Law
- Legal form
- Limited Company
- Notified
- 1 March 2021
Mr Jonathan Paul EdenSee 3 companies with this PSC name →
- Owns 50% to 75% of shares
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- England
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 1 March 2021
Mr Nicholas Anthony FitzpatrickSee 3 companies with this PSC name →
- Owns 25% to 50% of shares
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- England
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 1 March 2021
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
06 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
07 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
08 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
09 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
Digital Signage upgrade HCC
The North Yorkshire Council · updated 7 August 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
NCC1502 ECLH AV Supply and Installation
Northumberland County Council · updated 21 May 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
AUDIO VISUAL SOLUTIONS & INTEGRATED OPERATING THEATRES 2 (SBS10245)
NHS Shared Business Services Limited · updated 8 December 2023
- Tender value
- £200,000,000
- Awards
- 50
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
10 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
UNIVERSAL A.V. SERVICES LIMITED
Registration CBDU317668 · expires 20 December 2028
Universal A V Services Ltd.
Registration CBDL97934 · expires Not supplied
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
11 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
12 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
3 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
2 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
13 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
14 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Company-filed electronic accounts and extracted headline financial facts.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.