COLGATE-PALMOLIVE (U.K.) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-12 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-28
Watchouts
Cash
£19K
+1,800% vs 2023
Net assets
£41M
+14.9% vs 2023
Employees
168
+1.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£37M
+13% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- COLGATE-PALMOLIVE (U.K.) LIMITED 1996-05-31 → present
- COLGATE-PALMOLIVE LIMITED 1922-01-07 → 1996-05-31
Net assets
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 | £334,364,000 | £362,324,000 | |
| Operating profit | £14,836,000 | £16,724,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £32,912,000 | £37,178,000 | |
| Net profit | £28,810,000 | £32,502,000 | |
| Cash | £1,000 | £19,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £36,734,000 | £44,823,000 | |
| Net assets | £36,028,000 | £41,401,000 | |
| Equity | £36,028,000 | £41,401,000 | |
| Average employees | 165 | 168 | |
| Wages | £10,089,000 | £11,238,000 |
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 | 4.4% | 4.6% | |
| Net margin | 8.6% | 9.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 40.4% | 37.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.54x | 1.47x | |
| Interest cover | 549.48x | 160.81x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- COLGATE-PALMOLIVE (U.K.) LIMITED · parent
- Colgate-Palmolive Investments (UK) Limited 100%
- Colgate-Palmolive (Proprietary) Limited 95.28%
- Colgate-Palmolive Mozambique (Limitada) 23.82%
Significant events
- “During the current year, the Guildford office was vacated in July 2024. A new office in Woking was occupied from June 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HERRERA MUNOZ, Fernando | Director | 2024-03-01 | Apr 1974 | Mexican |
| PETERSEN, Simon Hagelskjaer | Director | 2024-01-01 | Oct 1978 | Danish |
| POCHKHANAWALA, Sharmine | Director | 2021-05-05 | May 1981 | Canadian |
| STEWART, Ingrid | Director | 2023-01-01 | Mar 1978 | Australian |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARKER, John Montague Arthur | Secretary | — | 1996-02-07 |
| HARPER, Ann Alexandra | Secretary | 1996-02-08 | 2003-07-01 |
| PARSONS, Fiona | Secretary | 2003-07-01 | 2011-02-22 |
| BARKER, John Montague Arthur | Director | — | 1996-02-07 |
| BERGIN, Brian Francis | Director | — | 1993-01-04 |
| BURNISTON, Christopher Robert | Director | 2013-11-01 | 2020-02-04 |
| BURTON, Nigel Bruce | Director | 2000-01-04 | 2002-07-29 |
| COCKRELL, David | Director | — | 1997-03-31 |
| DUROCHER, Philip | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2020-02-01 |
| ENFIELD, David Lucas | Director | — | 1991-12-31 |
| GORDY, James Taylor | Director | 2020-03-01 | 2023-10-30 |
| GRAYLIN, Peter John | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2013-10-01 |
| GUERRA, Karen Jane | Director | 1995-12-04 | 1999-12-31 |
| HARPER, Ann Alexandra | Director | 1996-11-01 | 2003-07-01 |
| HELLICH, Jean Mathieu | Director | 1998-06-22 | 2002-07-29 |
| HERMANN, Astrid | Director | 2014-09-05 | 2016-11-01 |
| KAUFMAN, Jules Perry | Director | 2002-07-29 | 2007-08-01 |
| KIPKA, Robert, Dr | Director | — | 1995-01-13 |
| KLADOS, Charalabos | Director | 2016-04-01 | 2023-01-01 |
| MALCOLM, Gregory O'Brian | Director | 2010-09-30 | 2014-09-05 |
| MARK, Reuben | Director | — | 1998-06-19 |
| MATHIEU, Valerie | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2018-02-28 |
| MCGINNIS, Marshall Alan | Director | 2020-03-16 | 2021-05-05 |
| PEDERSEN, Christopher Ernest | Director | 2002-09-01 | 2009-10-01 |
| POLI, Massimo | Director | 2012-10-01 | 2016-09-01 |
| PRATT, Dean | Director | 2018-03-01 | 2021-06-01 |
| RAMUNDO, Katherine Elizabeth Hargrove | Director | 2007-08-20 | 2009-10-01 |
| REID, John Telfer | Director | 1992-01-06 | 1996-08-31 |
| SHERWOOD, Scott Lewis | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2012-09-30 |
| SWAYZE, Lee Ann | Director | 2000-09-01 | 2010-09-30 |
| THOMAS, Gareth Bryn | Director | 2014-09-05 | 2016-04-01 |
| TRIGWELL, James Simmonds | Director | 1997-04-06 | 2000-08-31 |
| VOSS, Simon Howard | Director | 2021-06-01 | 2024-02-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colgate-Palmolive Uk Group Limited | Legal person | Shares 75–100% | 2025-04-25 | Ceased 2025-04-25 |
| Colgate-Palmolive Uk Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2025-04-25 | Active |
| Colgate-Palmolive Company | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-04-25 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 195 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-28 | PSC06 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-25 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-25 | PSC03 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-05-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
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Turnover
+8.4%
£334,364,000 £362,324,000
-
Cash
+1,800%
£1,000 £19,000
-
Net assets
+14.9%
£36,028,000 £41,401,000
-
Employees
+1.8%
165 168
-
Operating profit
+12.7%
£14,836,000 £16,724,000
-
Profit before tax
+13%
£32,912,000 £37,178,000
-
Wages
+11.4%
£10,089,000 £11,238,000
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