STANLEY BLACK & DECKER UK LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£32m
+87.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
372
+2.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£16m
+5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £430,379,000 | £434,329,000 | £435,281,000 | +0.2% | |
| Operating profit | £12,220,000 | £12,188,000 | £12,161,000 | -0.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £9,299,000 | £15,227,000 | £15,991,000 | +5% | |
| Net profit | £10,819,000 | £15,033,000 | £14,736,000 | -2% | |
| Cash | £72,000 | £19,000 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £24,872,000 | £16,905,000 | £31,641,000 | +87.2% | |
| Net assets | £24,872,000 | £16,905,000 | £31,641,000 | +87.2% | |
| Equity | £24,872,000 | £16,905,000 | £31,641,000 | +87.2% | |
| Average employees | 364 | 363 | 372 | +2.5% | |
| Wages | £15,321,000 | £16,610,000 | £17,823,000 | +7.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £579,000 | £955,000 | £893,000 | -6.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £10,000 | £10,000 | £10,000 | 0% | |
| Highest paid director | £381,000 | £529,000 | £549,000 | +3.8% |
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 | 2.8% | 2.8% | 2.8% | |
| Net margin | 2.5% | 3.5% | 3.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 49.1% | 72.1% | 38.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 88.1% | 92.3% | 87.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.98x | 0.95x | 1.02x |
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
- STANLEY BLACK & DECKER UK LIMITED 2012-04-02 → present
- BLACK & DECKER (UK) MARKETING LIMITED 2009-10-28 → 2012-04-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditor
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Taking into account the position of the ultimate parent company the directors are of the view, to the best of their current knowledge, that there are no events expected to have a material adverse impact on the company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- STANLEY BLACK & DECKER UK LIMITED · parent
- Stanley Healthcare Solutions Limited 100%
- Stanley Black & Decker UK Holdings Limited 100%
- Stanley Black & Decker Deutschland GmbH 100%
- Advanced Turf Technology Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 29 January 2026 the company paid an interim dividend of £25,000,000 payable in cash to its parent company Stanley Black & Decker Holdings Sarl.”
- “On 6 February 2026 the company sold its investment holding in Advanced Turf Technology Limited for $1.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COSTELLO, Steven John | Secretary | 2024-03-26 | — | — |
| SMILEY, Mark Richard | Director | 2016-04-04 | Aug 1977 | British |
| SOOD, Amit Kumar | Director | 2024-07-15 | Mar 1978 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MITRE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-10-28 | 2024-03-26 |
| ALLAN, Michael J | Director | 2011-07-12 | 2011-08-05 |
| ALLAN, Michael J | Director | 2009-10-28 | 2011-07-12 |
| BRENNAN, Erica Lynn | Director | 2018-05-09 | 2022-03-01 |
| COGZELL, Matthew James | Director | 2011-08-31 | 2012-06-01 |
| COWLEY, John Mitchell | Director | 2011-08-31 | 2014-12-19 |
| DUNLOP, Simon | Director | 2022-03-01 | 2024-07-15 |
| JOHNSTON, Gavin Henry Robert | Director | 2009-10-28 | 2011-08-31 |
| SOOD, Amit Kumar | Director | 2011-08-08 | 2018-05-09 |
| STUBBS, Susan | Director | 2012-06-01 | 2016-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanley Black & Decker Inc. | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 73 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-13 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-11-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-26 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-03-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-08 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-12-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-03-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.