PILKINGTON UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-07 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£661K
+352.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£71M
+1,544.3% vs 2024
Employees
505
-2.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£36M
-60.7% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- PILKINGTON UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED 1996-04-01 → present
- PILKINGTON GLASS LIMITED 1983-11-28 → 1996-04-01
- PILKINGTON FLAT GLASS LIMITED 1979-02-27 → 1983-11-28
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £131,068,000 | £121,437,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£18,582,000 | -£30,797,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£22,641,000 | -£36,388,000 | |
| Net profit | -£23,624,000 | -£36,388,000 | |
| Cash | £146,000 | £661,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £72,137,000 | £90,744,000 | |
| Net assets | £4,332,000 | £71,233,000 | |
| Equity | £4,332,000 | £71,233,000 | |
| Average employees | 519 | 505 | |
| Wages | £23,673,000 | £23,162,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -14.2% | -25.4% | |
| Net margin | -18.0% | -30.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -25.8% | -33.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 96.5% | 50.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.94x | 0.83x | |
| Interest cover | -4.28x | -4.94x |
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 directors have considered the financial position and future prospects of the company. In addition, the directors have made enquiries of NSG UK Enterprises Limited, (an intermediate holding company being the lead company within the NSG Group pool of liquidity that the company operates within), in order to satisfy themselves that financial support would be available from this company should it be needed. In addition the directors have received a letter of financial support from the intermediate parent company, NSG UK Enterprises Limited. Based on their considerations and enquiries, the directors have concluded that the company continues as a going concern for the period to 30 November 2026 and have prepared these accounts on this basis.”
Group structure
- PILKINGTON UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED · parent
- Pilkington AG Limited 100%
- Pilkington Automotive Finland Oy 100%
- Pilkington Sverige AB 100%
- Pilkington Automotive Sweden AB 100%
- Pilkington Norge AS 100%
- Pilkington Autoglass Oy 100%
Significant events
- “No post balance sheet events which would require adjustment or disclosure in these accounts have been identified since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 46 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, Iain Michael, Mr. | Secretary | 2008-07-01 | — | British |
| LAWRIE-SIMMONS, Amanda Jayne | Director | 2020-09-01 | May 1980 | British |
| NEAL, Emma Jane | Director | 2019-03-29 | Mar 1978 | British |
| RAVENSCROFT, Paul Joseph | Director | 2016-09-30 | Dec 1970 | British |
| SHARPLES, Michael Anthony | Director | 2024-03-06 | Mar 1966 | British |
| SMITH, Iain Michael | Director | 2015-11-17 | Jul 1972 | British |
| SYDER, Neil Christopher | Director | 2020-01-27 | Dec 1970 | British |
Show 46 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHADWICK, Geoffrey Murray | Secretary | 1994-07-20 | 1999-02-16 |
| FITZPATRICK, Henry | Secretary | 1994-04-01 | 1994-07-20 |
| LENNON, Sheila Elizabeth | Secretary | 1999-02-16 | 2008-06-30 |
| MAYKELS, Allan Henry | Secretary | — | 1991-10-01 |
| SMITH, Ernest Frank | Secretary | 1991-10-01 | 1994-04-01 |
| BALLANTYNE, Emma Louise | Director | 2017-06-27 | 2019-03-29 |
| BUCKLEY, Matthew Alexander | Director | 2011-04-08 | 2021-12-31 |
| CHALMERS, Kristian | Director | 2021-06-25 | 2024-03-06 |
| CHAMBERS, Stuart John | Director | 1997-12-17 | 1998-03-10 |
| CHARLTON, Gary | Director | 2011-04-08 | 2019-12-31 |
| CLARKE, Roy | Director | 1994-04-29 | 1997-09-30 |
| CRUISE, Vincent Henry | Director | — | 1993-03-31 |
| DOVE, Michael Leslie | Director | — | 1995-04-30 |
| ELLISON, Nicola Jane | Director | 2013-02-25 | 2016-09-19 |
| FARROW, Michael James | Director | 2017-06-27 | 2020-09-11 |
| GANGE, Stephen Maurice, Mr. | Director | 1998-03-10 | 2010-09-30 |
| HAMILTON, Ronald, Mr. | Director | 1999-03-10 | 2011-04-08 |
| HAVARD, Alan David, Dr | Director | 1996-04-16 | 1997-06-29 |
| HAVARD, Alan David, Dr | Director | 1993-09-01 | 1995-12-01 |
| HOLDEN, Stephen | Director | 1994-04-29 | 1997-07-01 |
| JONES, Robert William Raimes | Director | — | 1993-06-02 |
| KEARSLEY, Derek Robert | Director | 1996-06-24 | 1999-03-10 |
| KNAPPE, Clemens | Director | — | 1993-06-01 |
| LEDWITH, Anthony, Professor | Director | — | 1994-04-29 |
| MAIER, Michael | Director | 2006-11-16 | 2010-03-31 |
| MARKS, Ian George | Director | 1994-04-29 | 1995-01-31 |
| MAYKELS, Allan Henry | Director | 1994-04-29 | 1996-06-26 |
| MAYKELS, Allan Henry | Director | — | 1993-03-31 |
| MCDONALD, Philip James, Mr. | Director | 2009-08-03 | 2012-04-30 |
| MCDOWELL, Andrew David, Mr. | Director | 2012-04-01 | 2021-06-25 |
| MCKENDRICK, Alan Scott | Director | — | 1995-09-30 |
| MCKEON, Paul Kenneth | Director | 2003-01-07 | 2006-11-16 |
| MCKITTRICK, Ian William | Director | — | 1997-10-31 |
| NORMAN, Derek Anthony | Director | — | 1994-04-29 |
| PARDOE, George William Fischer | Director | 1995-10-01 | 2003-01-07 |
| PILLING, Brian Joseph, Mr. | Director | 2010-10-01 | 2017-04-04 |
| PINDER, David Stuart | Director | 2006-11-16 | 2012-03-31 |
| RHODES, Fiona Elizabeth, Mrs. | Director | 2012-05-01 | 2013-02-08 |
| SCHNEIDER, Ernst Wilhelm | Director | 1996-04-16 | 1997-03-07 |
| SHARPLEY, John Bernard | Director | 1995-12-01 | 1997-08-31 |
| SHORE, Nicholas Anthony Lithgow | Director | 2004-03-08 | 2006-11-16 |
| STANSFIELD, Rodney | Director | — | 1993-08-31 |
| STRINGER, Kenneth | Director | 1994-04-29 | 1995-06-29 |
| THOMPSON, John William | Director | — | 1993-06-01 |
| TRIMBOY, Rodney Bruce | Director | 1994-04-29 | 1996-06-27 |
| WILKES, Peter | Director | 1996-10-07 | 1998-02-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pilkington Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 244 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-11 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-01-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-25 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-06-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-06-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-06-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 1
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-7.3%
£131,068,000 £121,437,000
-
Cash
+352.7%
£146,000 £661,000
-
Net assets
+1,544.3%
£4,332,000 £71,233,000
-
Employees
-2.7%
519 505
-
Operating profit
-65.7%
-£18,582,000 -£30,797,000
-
Profit before tax
-60.7%
-£22,641,000 -£36,388,000
-
Wages
-2.2%
£23,673,000 £23,162,000
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