BORREGAARD UK LTD
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Cash
£8k
+14.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£3.5m
+15.7% vs 2024
Employees
15
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.2m
+52% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,011,000 | £15,405,000 | +9.9% | |
| Operating profit | £744,000 | £1,167,000 | +56.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £809,000 | £1,230,000 | +52% | |
| Net profit | £571,000 | £909,000 | +59.2% | |
| Cash | £7,000 | £8,000 | +14.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,112,000 | £3,578,000 | +15% | |
| Net assets | £3,027,000 | £3,501,000 | +15.7% | |
| Equity | £3,027,000 | £3,501,000 | +15.7% | |
| Average employees | 15 | 15 | 0% | |
| Wages | £833,000 | £805,000 | -3.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £184,000 | £192,000 | +4.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £52,000 | £60,000 | +15.4% |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.3% | 7.6% | |
| Net margin | 4.1% | 5.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 23.9% | 32.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 42.9% | 36.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.11x | 2.49x |
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
- BORREGAARD UK LTD 1997-01-01 → present
- LIGNOTECH (UK) LTD 1994-01-06 → 1997-01-01
- TRAFFORD CHEMICALS LIMITED 1973-10-24 → 1994-01-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Hurst Accountants Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are satisfied, based on current projections, that the Company has and will continue to have, sufficient cash resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due for the period of at least until 31 December 2027.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUCHANAN, James | Secretary | 2009-03-09 | — | British |
| BUCHANAN, James | Director | 2009-03-02 | Feb 1964 | British |
| JOHANSEN, Elise Thu | Director | 2026-01-02 | May 1992 | Norwegian |
| KALNES, Hilde Merete | Director | 2012-10-11 | Mar 1967 | Norwegian |
| NILSEN, Jon Andre | Director | 2025-11-03 | Jul 1977 | Norwegian |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MILES, Christopher Andrew | Secretary | — | 2006-06-23 |
| O'SHEA, Michael | Secretary | 2006-06-23 | 2009-03-09 |
| AMUNDSEN, Bjorn Erik | Director | 2002-05-22 | 2009-03-02 |
| GRAVERSEN, Peter | Director | 2009-03-02 | 2014-10-01 |
| GRYS, Thomas | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2025-11-03 |
| HARLEM, Morten | Director | 2002-05-22 | 2014-10-01 |
| LEATHER, Joseph Thomas Edward | Director | — | 1991-10-10 |
| LERVIK, Lars Atle | Director | 2000-02-16 | 2002-05-22 |
| LYSO, Erik Scott | Director | — | 1994-10-14 |
| MAWER, Thomas | Director | 1994-10-14 | 1997-10-14 |
| MICHELSEN, Petter | Director | — | 1993-09-27 |
| NYGREN, Peter | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2022-01-03 |
| NYGREN, Peter Ingemar | Director | 1993-01-04 | 2005-12-05 |
| O'SHEA, Michael | Director | 2005-12-05 | 2012-10-11 |
| PETTERSSON, Hans Olof | Director | 1996-10-30 | 2000-02-16 |
| RAMBERG, Pal Espen | Director | 2022-01-03 | 2026-01-01 |
| ROMBERG, Pal | Director | 1996-10-30 | 2002-05-22 |
| ROMBERG, Paul | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2009-03-02 |
| VIKSTROM, Gunnar Olof | Director | — | 2003-01-01 |
| WANG, Arve | Director | 1996-10-30 | 2002-05-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jon Andre Nilsen | Individual | Significant influence, Significant influence (as trust), Significant influence (as firm) | 2025-11-03 | Active |
| Mr Thomas Grys | Individual | Significant influence | 2022-01-03 | Ceased 2025-11-03 |
| Mr Peter Ingemar Nygren | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-09-01 | Ceased 2022-01-03 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 180 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-03 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-09-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-26 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-01-26 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2022-01-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.