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ACCO UK LIMITED

#00197754 · Active · Incorporated 1924-05-06 (102y) · Last filing 2026-04-15 (1mo ago)
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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-05-21 (this month)

Last made up 2025-05-07

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£229K

-12.6% vs 2023

Net assets

£121M

+5.1% vs 2023

Employees

233

-8.3% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£2M

-74.2% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 3 times since incorporation

  1. ACCO UK LIMITED 1995-12-01 → present
  2. ACCO-REXEL LIMITED 1992-12-01 → 1995-12-01
  3. ACCO EUROPE LIMITED 1989-01-25 → 1992-12-01
  4. ACCO COMPANY LIMITED 1924-05-06 → 1989-01-25

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £58,512,000£53,941,000
Operating profit £607,000-£1,690,000
Profit before tax £9,341,000£2,412,000
Net profit £5,650,000£1,844,000
Cash £262,000£229,000
Total assets less current liabilities £128,915,000£123,322,000
Net assets £114,767,000£120,595,000
Equity £114,767,000£120,595,000
Average employees 254233
Wages £13,797,000£15,247,000

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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 1.0%-3.1%
Net margin 9.7%3.4%
Return on capital employed 0.5%-1.4%
Current ratio 6.36x7.24x
Interest cover 0.82x-3.24x

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 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
RSM UK Audit LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”

Group structure

  1. ACCO UK LIMITED · parent
    1. Nobo Group Limited 100% · UK · manufacture and distribution of office products
    2. ACCO Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG 69% · Germany · marketing of office products
    3. ACCO Brands France SAS 100% · France · manufacture and distribution of office products
    4. Esselte SAS 100% · France · manufacture and distribution of office products
    5. Rapid SAS 100% · France · manufacture and distribution of office products
    6. Colt Staplers Limited 100% · UK · manufacture and distribution of office products
    7. NOBO Office supplies Limited 100% · UK · manufacture and distribution of office products
    8. Leitz Holding GmbH 100% · Germany · manufacture and distribution of office products
    9. Leitz Deutschland GmbH 100% · Germany · manufacture and distribution of office products
    10. Leitz ACCO Brands GmbH & Co KG 100% · Germany · manufacture and distribution of office products

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 47 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
HOPKINSON, Christopher Neil, Mr. Director 2015-07-08 Feb 1969 British
TEMMERMAN, Marc Alphons Director 2019-02-01 Mar 1966 Belgian
WILKINSON, Mark George Director 2014-07-04 May 1972 British
Show 47 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BUCKINGHAM, Norman James Secretary 1997-09-19 1998-08-31
GEDDIE, Richard Mark Secretary 2003-04-01 2019-09-23
O REILLY, Patrick John Secretary 1999-09-06 2003-04-01
PAGE, Andrew Stephen Secretary — 1992-12-22
PRIOR, Katherine Alexandra Secretary 2019-09-23 2022-01-17
WILSON, Kenneth Young Secretary 1998-08-31 1999-09-06
WILSON, Kenneth Young Secretary 1992-12-22 1997-09-19
AUSTIN, Robert Director 1992-12-22 1996-05-27
BIRRELL, William Stuart Director 2007-07-12 2008-06-30
BUCKINGHAM, Norman James Director — 1992-12-22
CHAPMAN, Paul Guy Director 2004-10-01 2006-05-02
CHIPPERTON, Jonathan Charles Director 1992-12-22 2002-03-01
COX, Michael Neill Director — 1992-12-22
CULLUMBINE, James Anthony Director 1992-12-22 1995-05-31
DAVIES, Emma Susan Director 2008-01-30 2011-04-20
DENT, Brian Walter Director 2007-07-12 2007-12-04
FENWICK, Neal Vernon Director 1997-05-13 2000-01-31
FOOT, George Lee, Mr. Director 2016-03-04 2020-12-31
FORREST, Robert James Director — 2003-06-30
FRANEY, Christopher Myles Director 2011-03-22 2013-11-19
GUEST, Richard Hamilton Director 2006-05-02 2007-02-13
JONES, Robert Arthur Director 1992-12-22 2009-03-31
LANGFORD, Barry James Director 1992-12-22 1998-04-27
LISMONDE, Tristan Gilbert Roger Director 1992-12-22 1996-11-29
LOFFLER, Stephen John Director 1992-12-22 1998-04-09
MITCHELL, James Blalock Director 2013-04-02 2016-04-29
MONAGHAN, Philip Joseph Director 2007-07-12 2011-07-08
MOODIE, Gordon Murray Director 1999-09-06 2003-01-03
MOSELEY, Elizabeth Violet Director 2010-02-10 2014-01-27
MUNK, Peter Director 2006-04-03 2010-07-28
O'NEILL, Philip David Director 2007-07-12 2009-09-30
PAGE, Andrew Stephen Director 2011-04-20 2016-03-04
PAGE, Andrew Stephen Director 2002-12-17 2006-11-30
PAGE, Andrew Stephen Director — 1993-02-10
PETTICAN, Charles William Director 1997-05-13 2005-03-31
RICHARDS, Andrew Melroy Director 2014-01-15 2015-08-20
SCULLY, Andrew Peter Director 2014-01-27 2014-07-04
SHIELDS, Adam Jonathan Director 2014-01-15 2014-10-03
SLATER, Stephen John Director — 1997-08-31
STRANDERS, Michael Howard O'Connell Director 2014-10-03 2020-12-31
TEMPEST, Simon Roy Director 2007-07-12 2011-10-20
THOMAS, Walter Joe, Dr Director 2017-02-01 2020-05-22
THOMSON, Hugh Watt Director 1992-12-22 2007-07-12
TRUSSLER, Gary John Director — 2001-10-31
WELLS, Simon Howard George Director 2011-10-20 2017-03-14
WELLS, Simon Howard George Director 2007-07-12 2010-04-01
WILSON, Kenneth Young Director 1992-12-22 2002-12-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Acco-Rexel Group Services Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2026-04-08 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 268 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-04-15 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2026-04-15 PSC09 persons-with-significant-control Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement PDF
2025-09-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-05-19 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-10-07 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-05-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-05-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-01-11 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2023-10-07 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-05-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-09-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-09-01 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2022-05-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-01-17 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2021-10-01 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-06-18 CH03 officers Change person secretary company with change date PDF
2021-05-05 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-01-14 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2021-01-13 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2021-01-12 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
4

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

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

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

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