CHURCH & DWIGHT UK LIMITED
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Cash
£17m
-31.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£74m
-5.9% vs 2024
Employees
469
+2% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£15m
-29.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Health Care 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 | £231,728,000 | £204,189,000 | £190,616,000 | -6.6% | |
| Operating profit | £24,338,000 | £20,536,000 | £14,566,000 | -29.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £24,338,000 | £20,536,000 | £14,566,000 | -29.1% | |
| Net profit | £18,455,000 | £15,633,000 | £10,388,000 | -33.6% | |
| Cash | £14,754,000 | £24,529,000 | £16,775,000 | -31.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £75,831,000 | £82,361,000 | £78,790,000 | -4.3% | |
| Net assets | £72,907,000 | £78,540,000 | £73,928,000 | -5.9% | |
| Equity | £72,907,000 | £78,540,000 | £73,928,000 | -5.9% | |
| Average employees | 439 | 460 | 469 | +2% | |
| Wages | £19,562,000 | £24,252,000 | £25,870,000 | +6.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £628,000 | £588,000 | £600,000 | +2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £70,000 | £39,000 | £42,000 | +7.7% | |
| Highest paid director | £214,000 | £332,000 | £339,000 | +2.1% |
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 | 10.5% | 10.1% | 7.6% | |
| Net margin | 8.0% | 7.7% | 5.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 32.1% | 24.9% | 18.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 41.0% | 42.8% | 42.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.03x | 1.87x | 1.85x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 95.20x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- CHURCH & DWIGHT UK LIMITED 2004-11-01 → present
- CARTER PRODUCTS LIMITED 2002-01-17 → 2004-11-01
- CARTER-WALLACE LIMITED 1942-08-27 → 2002-01-17
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the directors are of the opinion that, at the time of approving the financial statements, there is a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAIR, Paul | Secretary | 2018-06-15 | — | — |
| DANCY, Robert David | Director | 2016-01-04 | Jan 1962 | British |
| READ, Michael Glenn | Director | 2021-10-01 | Oct 1974 | Canadian |
| ROBINSOHN, Michael | Director | 2016-06-10 | May 1968 | French |
| UPTON, David James | Director | 2013-11-29 | May 1977 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COCKER, Howard Ernest | Secretary | — | 1996-05-02 |
| FOWLER, Colin Charles | Secretary | 2021-01-22 | 2026-09-17 |
| GILHAM, Peter John | Secretary | 1996-05-02 | 2013-11-29 |
| GILHAM, Peter John | Secretary | 1996-05-02 | 2000-02-18 |
| UPTON, David James | Secretary | 2013-11-29 | 2021-01-22 |
| MITRE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-12-16 | 2013-11-29 |
| BARNES, Brian Harold | Director | — | 2000-02-18 |
| BOMHARD, Britta Beate | Director | 2013-08-26 | 2016-01-04 |
| BRUNO, Barry Allen | Director | 2021-01-22 | 2021-10-01 |
| COCKER, Howard Ernest | Director | — | 2009-11-19 |
| CUGINE, Steven Paul | Director | 2013-06-30 | 2021-01-22 |
| FERNANDEZ, Miguel | Director | — | 1996-04-30 |
| FORSELL, Andrew | Director | 2001-09-28 | 2001-12-17 |
| GILHAM, Peter John | Director | 2000-05-15 | 2013-11-29 |
| HOYT, Charles Orcutt | Director | — | 1995-11-01 |
| HUNS, Adrian John Linford | Director | — | 2013-06-30 |
| ROUTLEY, Andrew John | Director | 2009-11-23 | 2013-03-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Church & Dwight Co. Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-07-29 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 147 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-22 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-01-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-01-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-01-22 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.