TESA UK LTD
Get an alert when TESA UK LTD files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-01 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
+19.2% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£7M
+4.8% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
39
+14.7% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£378K
-40.7% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £3,433,731 | — | £22,518,142 | £23,781,566 | £24,561,239 | |
| Operating profit | — | £559,882 | — | £1,468,885 | £1,501,919 | £1,328,067 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £581,279 | — | £1,328,768 | £637,584 | £378,269 | |
| Net profit | — | £459,897 | — | £1,033,023 | £553,438 | £229,092 | |
| Cash | — | £3,057,086 | — | £4,117,154 | £4,258,466 | £5,076,790 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £5,351,957 | — | £6,757,859 | £6,867,217 | £7,485,687 | |
| Net assets | — | £5,037,734 | — | £6,362,757 | £6,566,945 | £6,879,287 | |
| Equity | £4,310,847 | £5,037,734 | £5,037,734 | £6,362,757 | £6,566,945 | £6,879,287 | |
| Average employees | — | 35 | — | 35 | 34 | 39 | |
| Wages | — | £1,701,508 | — | £1,822,051 | £1,925,272 | £2,539,684 |
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 | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 16.3% | — | 6.5% | 6.3% | 5.4% | |
| Net margin | — | 13.4% | — | 4.6% | 2.3% | 0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 10.5% | — | 21.7% | 21.9% | 17.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.60x | 0.69x | |
| Interest cover | — | 136.39x | — | 9.53x | 1.61x | 1.33x |
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
- Rödl & Partner Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company with support of its parent, tesa SE has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period until 30 June 2026. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Effective from 1st January 2022 tesa UK Limited changed its business model from a Limited Risk Distributor model to a Buy and Sell model.”
- “All warehouse operations have successfully been moved to the third party provider and head office operations have moved to a new rental building.”
- “2025/2026 - tesa UK Limited has agreed to the sale of the building to a buyer, completion is subject to planning permission but is expected to complete Q4 2025/Early Q1 2026.”
- “The checks to determine whether any amendments to section 9(2B) rights were made to the Pension Scheme that were not in accordance with Section 37 is not yet completed. As the full review has not been performed as of the date of the issuance of the financial statements, it is therefore not possible to estimate its potential impact, if any such amendments were not made in accordance with Section 37 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993. This matter is considered a key source of estimation uncertainty.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QUARRY, Marianne | Secretary | 2024-12-16 | — | — |
| FRISCHMUTH, Stephan | Director | 2021-03-01 | Dec 1961 | German |
| WOMERSLEY, Paul | Director | 2024-12-16 | Nov 1973 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BONES, Kenneth | Secretary | — | 1993-11-01 |
| DUNN, Richard John | Secretary | 1997-06-30 | 2000-07-19 |
| FORD, Timothy John | Secretary | 2000-10-13 | 2006-05-01 |
| LEADBEATER, Robert Gordon | Secretary | 1996-06-06 | 1997-06-27 |
| MISURACA, Maria Salvatrice | Secretary | 2009-09-14 | 2022-11-14 |
| PERRY, Janet | Secretary | 2006-05-01 | 2009-09-03 |
| THORPE, David William James | Secretary | 2000-07-19 | 2000-10-13 |
| WILSON, Stephen Neville | Secretary | 1993-11-04 | 1996-05-03 |
| BOCHERT, Alexander Carlos | Director | 2006-10-16 | 2008-08-01 |
| DAHLGAARD, Lone | Director | 2008-10-13 | 2012-02-13 |
| DUNN, Richard John | Director | 2000-07-19 | 2001-03-12 |
| GERMAIN, Daniel | Director | 2017-10-16 | 2021-02-12 |
| HAUBER, Stephen Ronald | Director | 2013-01-07 | 2015-12-31 |
| HOVLAND DIEMER, Tine | Director | 2020-06-01 | 2024-12-16 |
| LIGHTOWLERS, Ian Richard | Director | 1996-06-05 | 1999-03-31 |
| PEDERSEN, Jan | Director | 2000-10-11 | 2012-02-13 |
| PLASTOW, Stephen Julian | Director | 2016-04-01 | 2020-05-31 |
| PLASTOW, Stephen Julian | Director | 2000-07-19 | 2013-04-05 |
| QUARRY, Marianne | Director | 2021-03-01 | 2024-12-16 |
| THORPE, David William James | Director | 1999-03-31 | 2000-10-13 |
| ZINTGRAF, Reinhold Gustav | Director | 2012-02-20 | 2017-09-30 |
| TUCK TAPE LTD | Corporate Director | — | 2000-07-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beiersdorf Ag | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2021-05-19 | Active |
| Beiersdorf Ag | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2021-03-17 | Ceased 2021-05-19 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 166 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-13 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2024-12-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-24 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-07-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-23 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened |
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
+3.3%
£23,781,566 £24,561,239
highest in 4 filed years
-
Cash
+19.2%
£4,258,466 £5,076,790
highest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
+4.8%
£6,566,945 £6,879,287
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
+14.7%
34 39
highest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
-11.6%
£1,501,919 £1,328,067
-
Profit before tax
-40.7%
£637,584 £378,269
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Wages
+31.9%
£1,925,272 £2,539,684
highest in 4 filed years
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers