COLGATE-PALMOLIVE (U.K.) LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£31m
-25.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
158
-6% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£23m
-39.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £334,364,000 | £362,324,000 | £388,047,000 | +7.1% | |
| Operating profit | £14,836,000 | £16,724,000 | £14,776,000 | -11.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £32,912,000 | £37,178,000 | £22,530,000 | -39.4% | |
| Net profit | £28,810,000 | £32,502,000 | £18,328,000 | -43.6% | |
| Cash | £1,000 | £19,000 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £36,734,000 | £44,823,000 | £33,500,000 | -25.3% | |
| Net assets | £36,028,000 | £41,401,000 | £30,960,000 | -25.2% | |
| Equity | £36,028,000 | £41,401,000 | £30,960,000 | -25.2% | |
| Average employees | 165 | 168 | 158 | -6% | |
| Wages | £10,089,000 | £11,238,000 | £11,245,000 | +0.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,011,000 | £2,025,000 | £2,453,000 | +21.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £81,000 | £50,000 | £74,000 | +48% | |
| Highest paid director | £1,312,000 | £900,000 | £1,035,000 | +15% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.4% | 4.6% | 3.8% | |
| Net margin | 8.6% | 9.0% | 4.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 40.4% | 37.3% | 44.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 63.5% | 66.2% | 74.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.54x | 1.47x | 1.30x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 95.95x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- COLGATE-PALMOLIVE (U.K.) LIMITED 1996-05-31 → present
- COLGATE-PALMOLIVE LIMITED 1922-01-07 → 1996-05-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors assert the going concern principle in these financial statements given the positive cashflows generated and unrestricted access to the company's cash held in the group cash pooling facility which enables the directors to discharge all liabilities as and when they fall due”
Group structure
- COLGATE-PALMOLIVE (U.K.) LIMITED · parent
- Colgate-Palmolive Investments (UK) Limited 100%
- Colgate-Palmolive (Proprietary) Limited 95.28%
- Colgate-Palmolive Mozambique (Limitada) 23.82%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHEN, Shayna | Director | 2026-09-15 | Jul 1979 | Malaysian |
| PETERSEN, Simon Hagelskjaer | Director | 2024-01-01 | Oct 1978 | Danish |
| POCHKHANAWALA, Sharmine | Director | 2021-05-05 | May 1981 | Canadian |
| STEWART, Ingrid | Director | 2023-01-01 | Mar 1978 | Australian |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARKER, John Montague Arthur | Secretary | — | 1996-02-07 |
| HARPER, Ann Alexandra | Secretary | 1996-02-08 | 2003-07-01 |
| PARSONS, Fiona | Secretary | 2003-07-01 | 2011-02-22 |
| BARKER, John Montague Arthur | Director | — | 1996-02-07 |
| BERGIN, Brian Francis | Director | — | 1993-01-04 |
| BURNISTON, Christopher Robert | Director | 2013-11-01 | 2020-02-04 |
| BURTON, Nigel Bruce | Director | 2000-01-04 | 2002-07-29 |
| COCKRELL, David | Director | — | 1997-03-31 |
| DUROCHER, Philip | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2020-02-01 |
| ENFIELD, David Lucas | Director | — | 1991-12-31 |
| GORDY, James Taylor | Director | 2020-03-01 | 2023-10-30 |
| GRAYLIN, Peter John | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2013-10-01 |
| GUERRA, Karen Jane | Director | 1995-12-04 | 1999-12-31 |
| HARPER, Ann Alexandra | Director | 1996-11-01 | 2003-07-01 |
| HELLICH, Jean Mathieu | Director | 1998-06-22 | 2002-07-29 |
| HERMANN, Astrid | Director | 2014-09-05 | 2016-11-01 |
| HERRERA MUNOZ, Fernando | Director | 2024-03-01 | 2026-09-15 |
| KAUFMAN, Jules Perry | Director | 2002-07-29 | 2007-08-01 |
| KIPKA, Robert, Dr | Director | — | 1995-01-13 |
| KLADOS, Charalabos | Director | 2016-04-01 | 2023-01-01 |
| MALCOLM, Gregory O'Brian | Director | 2010-09-30 | 2014-09-05 |
| MARK, Reuben | Director | — | 1998-06-19 |
| MATHIEU, Valerie | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2018-02-28 |
| MCGINNIS, Marshall Alan | Director | 2020-03-16 | 2021-05-05 |
| PEDERSEN, Christopher Ernest | Director | 2002-09-01 | 2009-10-01 |
| POLI, Massimo | Director | 2012-10-01 | 2016-09-01 |
| PRATT, Dean | Director | 2018-03-01 | 2021-06-01 |
| RAMUNDO, Katherine Elizabeth Hargrove | Director | 2007-08-20 | 2009-10-01 |
| REID, John Telfer | Director | 1992-01-06 | 1996-08-31 |
| SHERWOOD, Scott Lewis | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2012-09-30 |
| SWAYZE, Lee Ann | Director | 2000-09-01 | 2010-09-30 |
| THOMAS, Gareth Bryn | Director | 2014-09-05 | 2016-04-01 |
| TRIGWELL, James Simmonds | Director | 1997-04-06 | 2000-08-31 |
| VOSS, Simon Howard | Director | 2021-06-01 | 2024-02-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colgate-Palmolive Uk Group Limited | Legal person | Shares 75–100% | 2025-04-25 | Ceased 2025-04-25 |
| Colgate-Palmolive Uk Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2025-04-25 | Active |
| Colgate-Palmolive Company | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-04-25 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 198 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-09-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-28 | PSC06 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-25 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-25 | PSC03 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-05-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.