COMPASS MINERALS UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-19 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+16.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£35M
+18.6% vs 2024
Employees
111
+0.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£8M
+504% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- COMPASS MINERALS UK LIMITED 2014-08-01 → present
- SALT UNION LIMITED 1991-12-13 → 2014-08-01
- PRECIS (1120) LIMITED 1991-10-16 → 1991-12-13
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £29,374,000 | £39,301,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,255,000 | £8,138,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,377,000 | £8,317,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,045,000 | £6,074,000 | |
| Cash | £3,127,000 | £3,646,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £48,525,000 | £54,708,000 | |
| Net assets | £29,783,000 | £35,312,000 | |
| Equity | £29,783,000 | £35,312,000 | |
| Average employees | 110 | 111 | |
| Wages | £6,261,000 | £6,570,000 |
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 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.3% | 20.7% | |
| Net margin | 3.6% | 15.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.6% | 14.9% | |
| Current ratio | 4.42x | 5.23x | |
| Interest cover | 59.76x | 198.49x |
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
- PKF Smith Cooper Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Accordingly, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and, therefore, continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On June 16, 2025, the Ultimate Parent Company entered into the fifth amendment to its 2023 Credit Agreement, as of April 20, 2016, as amended and restated as of November 26, 2019... On June 17, 2025, $350.0 million of the 2027 Notes were redeemed...”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRADSHAW, Matthew Robert | Secretary | 2025-06-01 | — | — |
| BRADSHAW, Matthew Robert | Director | 2026-02-02 | Nov 1991 | British |
| HEYWOOD, Christopher James | Director | 2018-09-01 | May 1978 | British |
| SINCLAIR, Gary | Director | 2018-09-01 | Aug 1961 | British |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DONAHUE, Richard James | Secretary | 1991-12-12 | 1995-12-13 |
| GORDON, Ian Peter | Secretary | 2006-07-01 | 2013-12-31 |
| JOHNSON, Paul James | Secretary | 1999-09-22 | 2006-07-01 |
| MADDOCK, Alan | Secretary | 1995-12-13 | 1999-09-22 |
| MCALINDON, Caroline Elizabeth | Secretary | 2014-01-01 | 2017-08-21 |
| THOMSON, Richard Stewart | Secretary | 2017-08-21 | 2025-05-31 |
| OFFICE ORGANIZATION & SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1991-12-04 | 1991-12-12 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1991-10-16 | 1991-12-04 |
| BOYCE, Michael Ross | Director | 1992-04-09 | 1995-12-08 |
| BRISIMITZAKIS, Angelo | Director | 2006-12-01 | 2012-12-31 |
| CLARK, Robert F | Director | 1998-04-23 | 2002-10-18 |
| CORTAZZI, William Julian | Director | 1992-04-09 | 1995-12-05 |
| DONAHUE, Richard James | Director | 1992-04-29 | 1995-12-13 |
| DUCEY, Michael Elliot | Director | 2005-08-24 | 2006-05-11 |
| DUCEY, Michael Elliot | Director | 2002-04-01 | 2003-10-14 |
| DUNN, Brian Gordon | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2024-05-17 |
| GOADBY, David John | Director | 1994-09-21 | 2016-07-29 |
| GORDON, Ian Peter | Director | 2006-07-01 | 2014-12-29 |
| HARRIS, Donald George | Director | 1991-12-12 | 1996-05-13 |
| HYNES, Mary Ann | Director | 2001-10-05 | 2001-11-28 |
| JAMES, Harold | Director | 2007-02-12 | 2013-12-31 |
| JAMES, Jacob Bradford | Director | 2000-04-20 | 2001-10-05 |
| JOHNSON, Paul James | Director | 2003-10-14 | 2006-07-01 |
| JONES, Emlyn Murray | Director | 1992-04-16 | 1995-12-09 |
| MADDOCK, Alan | Director | 1992-04-22 | 1995-12-05 |
| MCALINDON, Caroline Elizabeth | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2017-08-21 |
| MCCONNELL, Peter | Director | 1996-05-13 | 1998-04-23 |
| MCCONNELL, Peter | Director | 1992-04-09 | 1995-12-09 |
| MURPHY, Gerald | Director | 1992-04-16 | 1995-12-08 |
| NICK, Richard J | Director | 1996-05-13 | 1998-03-31 |
| NICK, Richard James | Director | 1992-04-29 | 1995-12-13 |
| PETROCELLI, Anthony Joseph | Director | 1991-12-12 | 1996-05-13 |
| THOMSON, Richard Stewart | Director | 2017-08-21 | 2025-05-31 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1991-10-16 | 1991-12-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compass Minerals Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 217 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-06-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-28 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-22 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-12-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-29 | EH04 | persons-with-significant-control | Elect to keep the persons with significant control register information on the public register | |
| 2022-09-27 | EH05 | capital | Elect to keep the members register information on the public register | |
| 2022-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-16 | EH02 | officers | Elect to keep the directors residential address register information on the public register |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
-
Turnover
+33.8%
£29,374,000 £39,301,000
-
Cash
+16.6%
£3,127,000 £3,646,000
-
Net assets
+18.6%
£29,783,000 £35,312,000
-
Employees
+0.9%
110 111
-
Operating profit
+548.4%
£1,255,000 £8,138,000
-
Profit before tax
+504%
£1,377,000 £8,317,000
-
Wages
+4.9%
£6,261,000 £6,570,000
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