Basic Materials — headcount changes
Year-on-year headcount change for Basic Materials companies that file detailed accounts. A structural signal from filed accounts — not a live jobs feed; figures lag the present by roughly 12–24 months.
Fastest-growing Basic Materials teams · 2026
By year-on-year headcount growth — companies of 20+ staff
| # | Company | Headcount | Growth | Trend | Cost/head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | KAVANGO RESOURCES PLC | 43 107 | +149% | £13k | |
| 02 | POLYNT COMPOSITES UK LIMITED | 38 88 | +132% | £59k | |
| 03 | SCHADES LIMITED | 55 127 | +131% | £26k | |
| 04 | NEXUS PACKAGING LTD. | 44 99 | +125% | £39k | |
| 05 | BIOPAX LIMITED | 24 47 | +96% | — | |
| 06 | UNITED CAST BAR (UK) LIMITED | 257 465 | +81% | £32k | |
| 07 | MUDDLES GREEN LIMITED | 36 65 | +81% | £106k | |
| 08 | TALISMAN GROUP LTD | 72 128 | +78% | £44k | |
| 09 | MIRO FORESTRY DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED | 1,767 3,119 | +77% | £2k | |
| 10 | IPL PLASTICS (UK) LIMITED | 299 524 | +75% | £29k | |
| 11 | WE SODA LTD | 1,439 2,500 | +74% | £72k | |
| 12 | HOVAT LIMITED | 69 118 | +71% | £32k |
Sharpest Basic Materials headcount cuts
By year-on-year headcount decline — talent likely coming onto the market
| # | Company | Headcount | Change | Trend | Cost/head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | ZENITH HYGIENE SYSTEMS LIMITED | 439 130 | -70% | £37k | |
| 02 | J RESOURCES GOLD (UK) LIMITED | 67 23 | -66% | £25k | |
| 03 | UNIVERSAL SEALANTS (U.K.) LIMITED | 81 29 | -64% | £55k | |
| 04 | SGZ CONONISH LIMITED | 96 36 | -63% | — | |
| 05 | NEXON SCM GROUP LIMITED | 48 20 | -58% | — | |
| 06 | NYLACAST LIMITED | 82 36 | -56% | £60k | |
| 07 | SEVERN TRENT GREEN POWER (ANDIGESTION) LIMITED | 40 20 | -50% | £81k | |
| 08 | EXFAVILLA LIMITED | 41 21 | -49% | £72k | |
| 09 | HICKSON LIMITED | 74 38 | -49% | £64k | |
| 10 | BNL (UK) LIMITED | 73 40 | -45% | £61k | |
| 11 | FUJIFILM IMAGING COLORANTS LIMITED | 104 59 | -43% | £128k | |
| 12 | ZEP UK LIMITED | 63 38 | -40% | £57k |
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Headcount drawn from each company's two most recent sets of filed accounts. Companies below 20 staff in either year are excluded, and growth above +300% is treated as a scale or scope artefact and dropped. Figures carry the usual iXBRL / PDF extraction caveats. Snapshot 2026-05-01.