ESSITY UK LIMITED

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  1 PSC ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

1. ESSITY UK LIMITED 2018-01-02 → present
2. SCA HYGIENE PRODUCTS UK LIMITED 1998-07-10 → 2018-01-02
3. SCA HYGIENE UK LIMITED 1996-07-12 → 1998-07-10

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 101

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Ernst & Young LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The company is profitable and has net assets and net current assets at the balance sheet date. The company has access to significant cash reserves which are administered by the Essity group treasury function through its cash pool, which could be drawn upon by the company if needed. The Group continues to trade profitably and remains in a strong position. The directors have received confirmation that the intermediate parent company, Essity Group Holding BV, intends to support the company for a period of 12 months from signing the financial statements.”

Significant events

• “On 10 January 2024, the company announced the shut-down of one paper machine at its Oakenholt plant. Then, on 1 September 2024, the company closed the Tawd paper mill, with the demand for TAD paper to be managed through existing capacity at other Essity sites.”
• “On 28 June 2024 the pension obligations of its sister company Essity Operations Manchester Limited were transferred to the company.”
• “On 1 September 2024 the company acquired the net assets and trade of its sister company Essity Operations Manchester Limited, which was already selling all its production of finished goods to Essity UK Limited as part of its business with external customers. The consideration for the acquired assets/liabilities equalled their book values of £42,766,000.”
• “On 1 September 2024 the company acquired the trade and certain assets of its sister company BSN Medical Limited. The total consideration was £20,408,000.”
• “Additionally, on 1 September 2024 the Company acquired inventories from fellow group company Essity Distribution B.V. for £1,735,000.”
• “In 2024, an insurance policy was taken out with an independent insurance company to reduce the risk of the pension obligation.”
• “On 3 September 2025, the company sold the land, buildings, plant and machinery, equipment and inventories at the Tawd Paper Mill, which had been closed in September 2024. Net proceeds from the sale amounted to £8,300,000. This will result in the recognition of a gain on disposal in 2025 of £3,481,000 as the value of the site had been partially written down on its closure in 2024.”
• “In response to a reduction in future business in the Consumer Goods business unit, the company announced the closure of two paper converting lines in October 2025. This is expected to result in an income statement impact in 2025 of £5,900,000 resulting from fixed asset and inventory write downs and redundancy costs.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -2.1%

  £918,535,000 → £899,141,000

• Cash

  +0.4%

  £193,031,000 → £193,855,000

• Net assets

  +19.1%

  £323,287,000 → £385,194,000

• Employees

  +7.1%

  1,355 → 1,451

• Operating profit

  +60%

  £42,480,000 → £67,956,000

• Profit before tax

  +55.5%

  £49,272,000 → £76,595,000

• Wages

  +17%

  £68,478,000 → £80,136,000

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