ORICA UK LIMITED

1. ORICA UK LIMITED 2001-09-10 → present
2. ORICA EUROPE LIMITED 1998-01-30 → 2001-09-10
3. TRUSHELFCO (NO.2308) LIMITED 1998-01-26 → 1998-01-30

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 Reduced Disclosure Framework

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

KPMG LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“At the balance sheet date, the Company has net assets of £62,798,000 and net current assets of £53,132,000 which includes £33,376,000 of amounts due after more than one year. Included in net current assets is cash at bank and in hand of £1,077,000. The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons: The directors have prepared cash flow forecasts for a period of twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements which indicate that, taking account of reasonably possible downsides, the company will have sufficient funds through its available cash balances to meet its liabilities as they fall due for that period, under both base case and downside scenarios.”

Group structure

1. ORICA UK LIMITED · parent
   1. Orica Securities UK Limited 100% · England
   2. Orica Kazakhstan Closed joint stock company 51% · Republic of Kazakhstan
   3. Orica Blast and Quarry Surveys Ltd 75% · Belfast
   4. Orica Mining Services Namibia (Proprietary) Limited 100% · Namibia
   5. Orica Africa Holdings Limited 100% · UK
   6. Orica Europe Verwaltungs GmbH 100% · Germany

Significant events

• “On April 3 2025, the Trustees of Orica UK Defined benefit Pension Scheme entered into an agreement (known as buy-in) with Aviva (insurer) insuring all future defined benefit pension payments for all the remaining members of the fund. The buy-in agreement is secured by paying a premium of £25,894,002 out of the plan assets of the fund.”

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

Filings

3

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  -19.5%

  £18,468,000 → £14,860,000

• Cash

  -57.6%

  £2,543,000 → £1,077,000

• Net assets

  +20.3%

  £52,214,000 → £62,798,000

• Employees

  -9.6%

  83 → 75

• Operating profit

  -157.5%

  -£1,577,000 → -£4,060,000

• Profit before tax

  +690.5%

  £1,142,000 → £9,028,000

• Wages

  +5.5%

  £2,024,000 → £2,136,000

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