UNIVAR SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-19 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
—
Equity attributable
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£19M
-2.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 5 times since incorporation
- UNIVAR SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED 2019-09-02 → present
- UNIVAR LIMITED 2003-07-01 → 2019-09-02
- E & E LIMITED 1998-07-13 → 2003-07-01
- ELLIS & EVERARD (UK) LIMITED 1991-05-01 → 1998-07-13
- ELLIS + EVERARD CHEMICALS LIMITED 1987-09-14 → 1991-05-01
- ELLIS & EVERARD (CHEMICALS) LIMITED 1915-04-06 → 1987-09-14
Profit before tax
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £40,000,000 | £38,913,000 | |
| Operating profit | £8,987,000 | £8,959,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £19,613,000 | £19,166,000 | |
| Net profit | £17,584,000 | £16,608,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | — | |
| Equity | — | — | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | £16,827,000 | £18,407,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 22.5% | 23.0% | |
| Net margin | 44.0% | 42.7% | |
| Interest cover | 1.00x | 1.00x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company and the group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the period to 30 September 2026. The company has also obtained a letter of support from the ultimate parent confirming support to 30 September 2026. The directors have assessed the ultimate parent's ability to provide support and are satisfied that it can do so throughout the going concern period.”
Group structure
- UNIVAR SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED · parent
- Univar Europe Limited 100%
- Univar Specialty Consumables Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The company acquired the company Univar Solutions CD&S UK Limited on 18th September 2025 for a consideration of £1.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PINSENT MASONS SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2021-04-01 | — | — |
| BRYANT, Paul Graham | Director | 2015-12-23 | Feb 1973 | British |
| TRAINAR, Isabelle-Anne | Director | 2023-07-01 | Nov 1979 | French |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROTHWELL, Donna Louise | Secretary | 2009-08-04 | 2010-06-04 |
| SIMPSON, Norman | Secretary | 2006-07-17 | 2009-08-04 |
| SMITH, Stephen Brian | Secretary | 1992-10-26 | 2006-07-17 |
| WELBURN, Robert Gordon | Secretary | — | 1992-10-26 |
| EVERSECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2018-08-13 | 2021-02-01 |
| PINSENT MASONS SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2010-06-04 | 2018-08-13 |
| BOTTING, Geoffrey Charles | Director | — | 1998-11-02 |
| CARR, Jeffrey William | Director | 2017-05-20 | 2020-02-17 |
| CARTWRIGHT, Frederick George | Director | 1993-01-18 | 2000-01-01 |
| DUFFIN, Raymond Neville | Director | — | 1991-11-29 |
| DUYFJES, Sabine | Director | 2012-04-19 | 2021-11-22 |
| HAYES, Richard Nigel | Director | 2012-09-11 | 2024-09-15 |
| HEINZ, Peter Danser | Director | 2007-10-10 | 2010-12-01 |
| HILL, Warren Terry | Director | 2008-04-30 | 2015-08-15 |
| JEUSSE, Christophe | Director | 2009-08-21 | 2012-04-19 |
| JUKES, David | Director | 2004-07-27 | 2008-04-30 |
| LANDSMAN, Stephen Neil | Director | 2013-06-14 | 2017-05-20 |
| LATHAM, Michael Ian | Director | 1999-02-01 | 2008-04-30 |
| MCKENZIE, John Joseph | Director | — | 2003-02-10 |
| MCNAMARA, Bernard John | Director | 2007-10-10 | 2009-04-14 |
| MORLEY, Christopher John | Director | 2002-07-04 | 2008-04-30 |
| MORRISON, Kimberley Ann | Director | 1998-06-29 | 2001-10-31 |
| PERKINS, Noelle | Director | 2020-02-17 | 2023-07-01 |
| PHILLPOTTS, John Nicholas | Director | 2003-02-10 | 2008-04-30 |
| PORTER, Robert Royston | Director | — | 1998-07-31 |
| PUGH, Martin Rhys | Director | 1998-06-29 | 2008-04-30 |
| REID, Melville Douglas | Director | — | 2000-12-31 |
| SMITH, Stephen Brian | Director | 2004-07-27 | 2006-07-17 |
| SYMMONS, Paul Thomas | Director | 2000-11-01 | 2004-11-03 |
| TAYLOR, Timothy Rupert | Director | 2009-04-14 | 2009-08-21 |
| WALMSLEY, David Ian | Director | — | 1999-09-02 |
| WEAVER FISHER, Amy Elizabeth | Director | 2010-12-01 | 2013-06-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Univar Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 210 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-07-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-29 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-2.7%
£40,000,000 £38,913,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
—
Not reported
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-0.3%
£8,987,000 £8,959,000
-
Profit before tax
-2.3%
£19,613,000 £19,166,000
-
Wages
+9.4%
£16,827,000 £18,407,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers