KIMBERLY - CLARK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-02 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1K
0% vs 2023
Net assets
£418M
+7.3% vs 2023
Employees
926
+2.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£44M
+15% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £885,562,000 | £835,014,000 | |
| Operating profit | £40,225,000 | £36,914,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £37,981,000 | £43,692,000 | |
| Net profit | £12,006,000 | £34,060,000 | |
| Cash | £1,000 | £1,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £412,492,000 | £436,832,000 | |
| Net assets | £389,464,000 | £418,042,000 | |
| Equity | £389,464,000 | £418,042,000 | |
| Average employees | 904 | 926 | |
| Wages | £58,144,000 | £62,950,000 |
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 | 4.5% | 4.4% | |
| Net margin | 1.4% | 4.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.8% | 8.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.06x | 1.52x | |
| Interest cover | 8.33x | 6.91x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors believe the going concern basis continues to be appropriate in preparing the financial statements (see note 1 for further details).”
Significant events
- “In March 2024, Kimberly-Clark Corporation unveiled a new 3-year Powering Care transformation program aiming to drive a higher level of performance by accelerating pioneering innovation, with increased focus in investment in category shaping technologies to enable us to further elevate and expand our categories.”
- “In June 2024, following the official announcement by the UK government to ban the sale of wet wipes containing plastic by mid-2026, Kimberly-Clark announced its plan to close a manufacturing facility at its Flint site, in the UK. This was completed in August 2025.”
- “In July 2024, Kimberly-Clark Limited sold the trade and assets of its personal protective equipment business for £5,028,000 to an external buyer which has been recorded as a gain in the profit and loss statement.”
- “Kimberly-Clark Corporation announced on June 5, 2025 that it is proposing to enter into an agreement with Suzano to form a strategic partnership, creating a preeminent international tissue and professional products company and sharpening Kimberly-Clark's focus on its higher growth, higher margin businesses.”
- “On 23 July 2025, Kimberly-Clark announced a £125 million strategic investment in green hydrogen energy infrastructure, marking a major step in its sustainability roadmap.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURNISTON, Christopher Robert | Secretary | 2020-05-22 | — | — |
| DHILLON, Kalbander Singh | Director | 2014-05-07 | Nov 1964 | British |
| HOWELL, Daniel Robert | Director | 2021-10-27 | Dec 1980 | British |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AYDINER, Issy | Secretary | 1991-12-09 | 1999-01-04 |
| CASEY, Stuart William | Secretary | 2015-09-14 | 2019-07-02 |
| D LIMA, Franz | Secretary | 1999-01-04 | 1999-10-10 |
| LOVELL, Ray Richard | Secretary | — | 1991-12-09 |
| MAURICE-JONES, Mark Nicholas | Secretary | 1999-10-11 | 2008-03-01 |
| NAZMI, Saiful Chip | Secretary | 2008-03-01 | 2015-09-14 |
| BEN SHAI, Ori | Director | 2019-05-20 | 2021-07-01 |
| BENGI, Gulen | Director | 2018-02-12 | 2018-06-01 |
| CAPPELLINI, Alberto | Director | 2005-09-14 | 2007-06-30 |
| CHILDERS, Gary W | Director | 1994-01-01 | 2000-03-20 |
| CUNNINGHAM, Douglas Stuart | Director | 2021-09-15 | 2024-10-18 |
| FRUEH, Suzan Anita | Director | 2012-09-13 | 2014-05-07 |
| GODFREY-FAUSSETT, Thomas Fermor | Director | — | 1993-07-05 |
| GOODMAN, Kate Louise | Director | 2016-01-07 | 2018-02-12 |
| HAMILTON, Trevor James | Director | — | 2000-01-06 |
| HAMMOND, Raymond James Edward | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| HOWES, Brian John | Director | — | 1998-06-30 |
| HUGGINS, Ronald Wallace | Director | — | 2001-04-01 |
| JONES, Ian Michael | Director | 2001-07-01 | 2008-03-01 |
| MIELKE, Thomas Joe | Director | 2004-04-30 | 2008-03-01 |
| NEGRO, Renato | Director | 2008-07-01 | 2012-09-13 |
| NEWTON, Simon | Director | 2003-02-01 | 2008-07-01 |
| NORTHCROFT, David | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| O NEILL, Brendan Michael | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| OLSEN, Rodney George | Director | 2000-03-20 | 2003-01-31 |
| PAUL, Barbara Herta | Director | 2001-07-01 | 2004-04-30 |
| QUARANTO, Leonard Anthony | Director | 1997-06-03 | 2001-05-01 |
| SMITH, Nicholas Paul | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| UNDERHILL, Kimberly Kay | Director | 2010-06-07 | 2011-09-06 |
| VAN DER MERWE, Robert Peter | Director | 1998-05-14 | 2005-04-22 |
| VAN STEENBERG, John Alan | Director | 1994-01-01 | 1998-05-14 |
| WARFIELD, Troy John | Director | 2008-03-01 | 2010-06-07 |
| WILKINSON, Tristram Otto | Director | 2019-01-07 | 2021-09-15 |
| WILKINSON, Tristram Otto | Director | 2011-09-06 | 2016-01-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kimberly-Clark European Services Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 224 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-10-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-10-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2019-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
-5.7%
£885,562,000 £835,014,000
-
Cash
0%
£1,000 £1,000
-
Net assets
+7.3%
£389,464,000 £418,042,000
-
Employees
+2.4%
904 926
-
Operating profit
-8.2%
£40,225,000 £36,914,000
-
Profit before tax
+15%
£37,981,000 £43,692,000
-
Wages
+8.3%
£58,144,000 £62,950,000
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