BUNZL UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-07 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£271M
+2.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£184M
-12.4% vs 2023
Employees
3,437
+0.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£91M
+16.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- BUNZL UK LIMITED 2006-06-30 → present
- BUNZL OUTSOURCING SERVICES UK LIMITED 2003-07-01 → 2006-06-30
- BUNZL DISPOSABLES UK LIMITED 1998-12-29 → 2003-07-01
- ALPHA SUPPLIES LIMITED 1994-03-14 → 1998-12-29
- YORKCO 131 LIMITED 1994-02-25 → 1994-03-14
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,179,610,000 | £1,145,641,000 | |
| Operating profit | £76,564,000 | £86,977,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £78,675,000 | £91,490,000 | |
| Net profit | £63,254,000 | £71,132,000 | |
| Cash | £263,892,000 | £271,157,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £332,328,000 | £328,075,000 | |
| Net assets | £210,546,000 | £184,492,000 | |
| Equity | £210,546,000 | £184,492,000 | |
| Average employees | 3,432 | 3,437 | |
| Wages | £105,007,000 | £130,649,000 |
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 | 6.5% | 7.6% | |
| Net margin | 5.4% | 6.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 23.0% | 26.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 77.3% | 80.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.32x | 1.29x | |
| Interest cover | 9.89x | 7.71x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company meets its day-to-day working capital requirements through cash reserves. After reviewing forecasts and projections, 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 the financial statements. Going concern assessment reviewed up until the end of 2026.”
Group structure
- BUNZL UK LIMITED · parent
- Yorse No. 1 Limited
Significant events
- “On 30 September 2024 the Company acquired the trade, assets and liabilities of Packaging Environmental Limited, at their respective book values.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
14 active · 47 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRINKWORTH-BELL, Laura Michelle | Secretary | 2025-09-01 | — | — |
| BURTON, John Richard Spencer | Director | 2022-01-01 | Feb 1967 | British |
| COUSINS, David Leslie | Director | 2018-04-24 | Apr 1966 | British |
| CRINNEGAN, Sean Gerard | Director | 2023-12-14 | Jun 1982 | British |
| HEAHER, Lee Adrian | Director | 2025-11-05 | Oct 1984 | British |
| HILL, Laurence Walter | Director | 2013-05-07 | Oct 1980 | British |
| MCLAUGHLIN, Alastair Paul | Director | 2011-01-13 | May 1965 | Irish |
| NIGHTINGALE, Craig | Director | 2022-10-02 | May 1970 | British |
| NORRIS, Steven Robert | Director | 2011-10-10 | Sep 1979 | British |
| ROBERTS, Daniel Mark | Director | 2022-10-02 | Nov 1984 | British |
| SPENCER-SPEAK, Mark Jonathan | Director | 2022-10-02 | Jun 1977 | British |
| STOKES, Dale David | Director | 2024-06-30 | Aug 1978 | British |
| TYRRELL, Shane | Director | 2021-10-01 | Sep 1973 | Irish |
| WAKEMAN, Christopher George | Director | 2020-01-01 | Oct 1973 | British |
Show 47 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRADLEY, Wayne Keefe | Secretary | 1994-03-14 | 1994-10-13 |
| HUSSEY, Paul Nicholas | Secretary | 1996-04-30 | 2020-10-01 |
| JEFFERIES, Suzanne Isabel | Secretary | 2020-10-01 | 2025-09-01 |
| WATT, Paul Charles | Secretary | 1994-10-13 | 1996-04-30 |
| YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-02-25 | 1994-03-14 |
| BALL, Andrew James | Director | 2006-02-15 | 2007-01-30 |
| BALL, Andrew James | Director | 1998-12-29 | 2002-11-08 |
| BRADFORD, Christopher Derrick | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2004-11-26 |
| BRADLEY, Wayne Keefe | Director | 1994-03-14 | 1996-04-30 |
| BROAD, Darren | Director | 2015-07-16 | 2016-12-05 |
| BUDGE, Charles Paul | Director | 2001-11-19 | 2016-06-15 |
| BURTON, John Richard Spencer | Director | 2006-01-24 | 2018-10-05 |
| COCKERHAM, Helen Ruth | Director | 2022-10-02 | 2024-03-01 |
| CUNNINGHAM, James Alan | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2009-06-30 |
| DENNING, Roland John | Director | 1994-09-05 | 1996-04-30 |
| DOBBS, Neil Stoker | Director | 2001-06-01 | 2007-01-30 |
| ETHELSTON, William Frederick | Director | 2015-07-16 | 2017-09-03 |
| GARNER, Brian Stephen | Director | 2006-11-01 | 2008-12-23 |
| GREENWAY, Richard Ian | Director | 2008-06-09 | 2011-10-10 |
| HOLDWAY, Peter James | Director | 1998-12-29 | 2001-03-31 |
| JOHNSON, Matthew Ronald | Director | 2004-08-09 | 2022-10-02 |
| KELLY, Richard Darragh | Director | 2011-01-13 | 2021-10-01 |
| KENNY, Michael John Patrick | Director | 2009-10-12 | 2017-12-01 |
| LIDDIARD, Carolyn Jane | Director | 2004-11-26 | 2006-04-03 |
| MAY, Brian Michael | Director | 1996-12-16 | 2006-04-03 |
| MOONEY, Andrew John | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2013-02-01 |
| NIEDUSZYNSKI, Paul Anthony James | Director | 2013-11-07 | 2018-11-09 |
| REDDYHOUGH, David | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2004-12-31 |
| REVELL, Michael John | Director | 2001-03-15 | 2002-11-01 |
| ROGERS, Nik | Director | 2018-11-01 | 2020-02-01 |
| SANDER, Christoph Paul | Director | 1996-04-30 | 2000-12-21 |
| SERGEANT, James John Holroyd | Director | 2002-11-08 | 2008-03-30 |
| SMITH, Georgina Dunn Robertson | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2006-01-24 |
| STOKES, Dale David | Director | 2016-07-13 | 2020-01-01 |
| STUBBS, Michael David | Director | 1994-03-14 | 2006-04-13 |
| TARRATT, George David Nicholas | Director | 2007-04-10 | 2022-01-01 |
| TEDBURY, Andrew James | Director | 2006-11-01 | 2024-06-30 |
| THOMPSON, Georgina Alexandra Elizabeth | Director | 2013-02-01 | 2015-05-08 |
| VAN ZANTEN, Frank Andre | Director | 2000-09-21 | 2001-11-01 |
| WAKEMAN, Christopher George | Director | 2009-10-16 | 2013-01-14 |
| WALLWORK, David Melvyn | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2005-10-20 |
| WATT, Paul Charles | Director | 2003-03-05 | 2018-11-30 |
| WATT, Paul Charles | Director | 1994-10-13 | 1999-10-01 |
| WILKIE, Lindsay Alexander | Director | 2022-10-02 | 2025-04-25 |
| WILLIAMS, David Michael | Director | 1996-04-30 | 1996-12-16 |
| WRIGHT, Adam David | Director | 2018-10-12 | 2023-09-11 |
| YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-02-25 | 1994-03-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bunzl Holding Lce Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 288 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-11 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-09-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
-2.9%
£1,179,610,000 £1,145,641,000
-
Cash
+2.8%
£263,892,000 £271,157,000
-
Net assets
-12.4%
£210,546,000 £184,492,000
-
Employees
+0.1%
3,432 3,437
-
Operating profit
+13.6%
£76,564,000 £86,977,000
-
Profit before tax
+16.3%
£78,675,000 £91,490,000
-
Wages
+24.4%
£105,007,000 £130,649,000
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