CEMEX UK OPERATIONS LIMITED
Operating as the British arm of the Mexican multinational Cemex group, the company manufactures and supplies building materials including cement, ready-mixed concrete, and aggregates for the construction industry.
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Cash
£10M
-69.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£3.4B
+8.6% vs 2023
Employees
1,841
+0.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£240M
+43% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £772,445,000 | £731,421,000 | -5.3% | |
| Operating profit | £75,488,000 | £78,723,000 | +4.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £167,880,000 | £240,113,000 | +43% | |
| Net profit | £155,118,000 | £224,815,000 | +44.9% | |
| Cash | £33,910,000 | £10,308,000 | -69.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,846,847,000 | £4,011,429,000 | +4.3% | |
| Net assets | £3,116,836,000 | £3,383,425,000 | +8.6% | |
| Equity | £3,116,836,000 | £3,383,425,000 | +8.6% | |
| Average employees | 1,831 | 1,841 | +0.5% | |
| Wages | £88,898,000 | £93,824,000 | +5.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,161,000 | £2,304,000 | +6.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.8% | 10.8% | |
| Net margin | 20.1% | 30.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.0% | 2.0% | |
| Current ratio | 9.17x | 9.40x | |
| Interest cover | 2.05x | 2.25x |
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 5 times since incorporation
- CEMEX UK OPERATIONS LIMITED 2005-07-22 → present
- RMC (UK) LIMITED 1999-03-01 → 2005-07-22
- RMC ROMBUS MATERIALS LIMITED 1999-02-24 → 1999-03-01
- RMC ROMBUS MATERIALS LIMITED 1998-10-30 → 1999-02-24
- ROMBUS MATERIALS LIMITED 1979-12-31 → 1998-10-30
- READYMIXED CONCRETE (TRANSITE) LIMITED 1960-05-06 → 1979-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“We have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”
Group structure
- CEMEX UK OPERATIONS LIMITED · parent
- Ash Resources Limited 100%
- Blackwater Aggregates Limited 100%
- Blackwater Aggregates Partnership 50%
- Boulton & Paul (Building Services) Limited 100%
- Cemex BH d o o 100%
- Cemex Hrvatska d d 80%
- Cemex MONTENEGRO AD 99%
- Cemex Scottish Investments Limited 100%
- Cemex Scottish Limited Partnership 100%
- Cemex Seament Limited 100%
- Cemex SRB d o o 100%
- Combined Management Services Corporation Limited 65%
- Crowwood Grange Estates Limited 50%
- DALMACIJACEMENT d o o 100%
- Humber Sand & Gravel Limited 50%
- Island Barn Aggregates Limited 50%
- Isle of Wight Aggregates Limited 50%
- John Carr (SBK) Limited 100%
- KONSTRUKTOR-INZENJERING d d 14%
- MAKSIMIR CEMENT d o o 50%
- Mersey Sand Suppliers (partnership) 50%
- Mineral and Energy Resources (UK) Ltd 65%
- Procon Readymix Limited 100%
- RECIKLATOR d o o 75%
- RMC Russell Limited 100%
- Rugby Joinery Limited 100%
- Russell Concrete Products Limited 100%
- Russell Developments Limited 100%
- The Barnington Light Railway Company Limited 100%
- The Rugby Group Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the balance sheet date, on 1 February 2025, as detailed in note 15, the loan repayable from Cemex UK Limited with a balance of £2,209,794,222 at 31 December 2024 and an end date of 31 January 2025 was renegotiated. A new interest rate of 5 82% and an end date of 1 February 2027 were agreed.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 56 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POWELL, Alice Louise | Secretary | 2025-04-30 | — | — |
| BAYNES-CLARKE, Philip John Simon | Director | 2019-02-18 | Mar 1979 | British |
| LYNN, Michael David | Director | 2019-10-01 | Jul 1966 | British |
| MONTGOMERY, Damon Lee | Director | 2024-08-01 | May 1976 | British |
| PURI, Vishal | Director | 2016-10-22 | Mar 1974 | British |
| RUSSELL, Lex Hunter | Director | 2007-10-31 | Nov 1965 | British |
| WILLIAMSON, Craig John | Director | 2018-12-12 | May 1969 | British |
Show 56 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASHENDEN, Emma Jayne | Secretary | 2019-12-20 | 2023-02-02 |
| BROWN, Charles Bennett | Secretary | 1999-03-01 | 2000-05-26 |
| COLLINS, Michael Leslie | Secretary | 2000-06-30 | 2015-03-31 |
| KALIA, Narinder Nath | Secretary | — | 1999-03-01 |
| MURRAY, Daphne Margaret | Secretary | 2016-11-01 | 2018-06-30 |
| PURI, Vishal | Secretary | 2015-08-01 | 2016-11-01 |
| SMALLEY, Jason Alexander | Secretary | 2015-03-31 | 2015-08-01 |
| STANDISH, Frank James | Secretary | 2000-05-26 | 2000-06-30 |
| WRIGHT, Rebecca Juliet | Secretary | 2018-06-30 | 2019-12-20 |
| ALLEN, Damien Jeffrey | Director | 2022-11-03 | 2025-09-09 |
| ANDRE, Michel Robert Daniel | Director | 2017-07-11 | 2018-12-12 |
| BARTLES-SMITH, Allan Rex | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| BECK, David Jeremy | Director | 2020-11-23 | 2024-08-01 |
| BROWN, Andrew Martin | Director | 2001-07-09 | 2003-12-11 |
| CLARK, Graham Edward | Director | 1997-01-01 | 2000-03-28 |
| COLLINS, Michael Leslie | Director | 2001-12-19 | 2002-01-21 |
| COOPER, John Brian | Director | 1995-01-13 | 1995-12-31 |
| COOPER, John Brian | Director | — | 1994-12-31 |
| DAGLEY, Laurence Burdett | Director | 2018-06-22 | 2024-11-04 |
| DAVIES, Stewart John Rodney | Director | 2002-11-27 | 2005-06-14 |
| DURANT, Alan Sidney James | Director | — | 1992-06-15 |
| EASTWOOD, Stephen John | Director | 2002-01-16 | 2002-10-02 |
| FERNANDEZ, Ignacio Madridejos | Director | 2008-03-01 | 2016-01-01 |
| FOSTER, Michael George | Director | 2000-03-28 | 2004-08-06 |
| GALINDO GOUT, Gonzalo | Director | 2008-03-01 | 2011-07-05 |
| GONZALEZ HERRERA, Jesus Vicente | Director | 2011-07-05 | 2017-06-30 |
| HALLING, Michael John | Director | 2001-07-09 | 2003-10-03 |
| HART, David Alec | Director | 2018-12-12 | 2025-07-31 |
| HEPBURN, Graham George | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2005-09-23 |
| HOOSON, Peter Duncan | Director | 2001-07-09 | 2005-06-29 |
| HORN, Stephanie Frances | Director | 2020-11-23 | 2025-10-30 |
| JONES, Scott Frederick | Director | 2022-11-03 | 2025-07-31 |
| LANGVAD, Martin Kusk | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2015-12-18 |
| LEESE, Christopher Arthur | Director | 2007-07-31 | 2018-12-12 |
| MILLER, Brian Dermot | Director | 2001-07-09 | 2003-07-14 |
| MOORES, Gareth | Director | 2005-11-01 | 2006-08-31 |
| NEAVE, David Sidney | Director | 2004-08-11 | 2005-03-04 |
| NEAVE, David Sidney | Director | 1996-03-22 | 2004-02-17 |
| NORRIS, Barrington Michael John | Director | 1998-07-28 | 2000-12-29 |
| O'DONNELL, Derek Michael John | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2015-07-30 |
| OAKLEY, Clive Lyndon | Director | 2005-11-01 | 2008-04-30 |
| OGDEN, Michael Alan | Director | 2004-10-18 | 2007-10-31 |
| ORNSBY, John Sidney | Director | — | 1995-12-31 |
| ORTIZ MARTIN, Ignacio | Director | 2005-04-22 | 2008-03-01 |
| OWEN, Precel James | Director | — | 1995-12-31 |
| PLATT, Carl Lindsay | Director | 2019-02-18 | 2022-09-01 |
| ROBERTSHAW, Michael Anthony | Director | 1998-07-28 | 1999-12-31 |
| ROBINSON, John Anthony | Director | 1997-07-04 | 2004-04-01 |
| RUSSELL, Graham Nicholas George | Director | 2007-10-31 | 2010-09-01 |
| SHUTES, Anthony Alexander | Director | 1997-01-01 | 1999-12-31 |
| SMALLEY, Jason Alexander | Director | 2012-10-08 | 2016-10-22 |
| SWINSON, David Richard | Director | — | 2000-06-30 |
| TASSINARI ELDRIDGE, Hector | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2018-06-22 |
| URUCHURTU BUSTAMANTE, Carlos Gabriel | Director | 2009-03-26 | 2018-09-27 |
| YOUNG, Peter Lance | Director | 1994-03-24 | 2000-06-30 |
| ZEA BETANCOURT, Larry Jose | Director | 2009-03-26 | 2019-10-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cemex Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 302 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-11-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-02-02 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 4
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.