UNIVAR EUROPE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-23 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5K
+25% vs 2023
Net assets
£7M
-54.2% vs 2023
Employees
271
-5.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£845K
-92.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- UNIVAR EUROPE LIMITED 2003-05-19 → present
- ELLIS & EVERARD (MANAGEMENT SERVICES) LIMITED 1983-03-22 → 2003-05-19
- VARNGLADE LIMITED 1973-08-21 → 1983-03-22
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £46,517,000 | £32,304,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,340,000 | £1,559,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £10,754,000 | £845,000 | |
| Net profit | £9,015,000 | £1,187,000 | |
| Cash | £4,000 | £5,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £18,231,000 | £8,828,000 | |
| Net assets | £16,263,000 | £7,450,000 | |
| Equity | £16,263,000 | £7,450,000 | |
| Average employees | 288 | 271 | |
| Wages | £18,504,000 | £16,219,000 |
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 | 5.0% | 4.8% | |
| Net margin | 19.4% | 3.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.8% | 17.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.15x | 1.66x | |
| Interest cover | 4.19x | 1.63x |
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
“The company has net current assets of £2,630,000 (2023: £780,000). The company participates in the group's centralised treasury arrangements and so shares banking arrangements with its parent and fellow subsidiaries. The company has therefore 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 EUROPE LIMITED · parent
- Univar Specialty Consumables Limited
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 25 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 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCNAMARA, Bernard John | Secretary | 2008-04-30 | 2008-04-30 |
| 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 |
| CARR, Jeffrey William | Director | 2017-05-20 | 2020-02-17 |
| DUYFJES, Sabine | Director | 2012-05-11 | 2021-11-22 |
| HAYES, Richard Nigel | Director | 2012-09-11 | 2024-09-15 |
| HEINZ, Peter Danser | Director | 2008-04-30 | 2010-12-01 |
| HILL, Warren Terry | Director | 2008-04-30 | 2015-08-15 |
| JEUSSE, Christophe | Director | 2009-08-21 | 2012-05-11 |
| LANDSMAN, Stephen Neil | Director | 2013-06-14 | 2017-05-20 |
| MCKENZIE, John Joseph | Director | 2004-10-06 | 2008-04-30 |
| MCNAMARA, Bernard John | Director | 2008-04-30 | 2009-04-14 |
| MORLEY, Christopher John | Director | 2001-03-16 | 2008-04-30 |
| PERKINS, Noelle | Director | 2020-02-17 | 2023-07-01 |
| PHILLPOTTS, John Nicholas | Director | 2001-01-17 | 2008-04-30 |
| SAMUEL, John Andrew Walter | Director | 1994-08-01 | 2001-01-17 |
| SMITH, Stephen Brian | Director | 2003-02-10 | 2006-07-17 |
| SYMMONS, Paul Thomas | Director | 2004-10-06 | 2008-04-30 |
| TAYLOR, Timothy Rupert | Director | 2009-04-14 | 2009-08-21 |
| WEAVER FISHER, Amy Elizabeth | Director | 2010-12-01 | 2013-06-14 |
| WOOD, Peter Scott | Director | — | 2001-03-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Univar Solutions Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 156 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 | |
| 2025-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-02 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2023-11-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-28 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2023-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-07-12 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2021-04-30 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-04-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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
-30.6%
£46,517,000 £32,304,000
-
Cash
+25%
£4,000 £5,000
-
Net assets
-54.2%
£16,263,000 £7,450,000
-
Employees
-5.9%
288 271
-
Operating profit
-33.4%
£2,340,000 £1,559,000
-
Profit before tax
-92.1%
£10,754,000 £845,000
-
Wages
-12.3%
£18,504,000 £16,219,000
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