ORICA UK LIMITED
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Cash
£1.6m
+46.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£64m
+1.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
69
-8% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.5m
-61.2% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £18,468,000 | £14,860,000 | £15,873,000 | +6.8% | |
| Operating profit | -£1,577,000 | -£4,060,000 | -£3,943,000 | +2.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,142,000 | £9,028,000 | £3,503,000 | -61.2% | |
| Net profit | -£2,288,000 | £9,608,000 | £4,158,000 | -56.7% | |
| Cash | £2,543,000 | £1,077,000 | £1,578,000 | +46.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £55,089,000 | £65,260,000 | £64,327,000 | -1.4% | |
| Net assets | £52,214,000 | £62,798,000 | £63,945,000 | +1.8% | |
| Equity | £52,214,000 | £62,798,000 | £63,945,000 | +1.8% | |
| Average employees | 83 | 75 | 69 | -8% | |
| Wages | £2,024,000 | £2,136,000 | £1,811,000 | -15.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £333,000 | £322,000 | £295,000 | -8.4% |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -8.5% | -27.3% | -24.8% | |
| Net margin | -12.4% | 64.7% | 26.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -2.9% | -6.2% | -6.1% | |
| Current ratio | 3.61x | 9.40x | 7.08x | |
| Interest cover | -13.59x | -2.85x | -31.05x |
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
- ORICA UK LIMITED 2001-09-10 → present
- ORICA EUROPE LIMITED 1998-01-30 → 2001-09-10
- TRUSHELFCO (NO.2308) LIMITED 1998-01-26 → 1998-01-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101 Reduced Disclosure Framework
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the directors are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- ORICA UK LIMITED · parent
- Orica Securities UK Limited 100%
- Orica Kazakhstan Closed joint stock company 51%
- Dyno Nobel VH LLC 0%
- Orica Blast and Quarry Surveys Ltd 75%
- Orica Mining Services Namibia (Proprietary) Limited 100%
- Orica Africa Holdings Limited 100%
- Orica Europe Verwaltungs GmbH 100%
Significant events
- “On 3 April 2025, the Trustees of the Orica Pension Plan entered into a bulk purchase annuity policy (known as buy-in) with Aviva Life & Pensions UK Limited covering the benefits of all pension plan members.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2011-04-01 | — | — |
| BONNOR, James Kenneth | Director | 2021-06-18 | Oct 1967 | New Zealander |
| DUMARESQ, Eric | Director | 2025-04-08 | Jun 1986 | Canadian |
| TASKER, Ian | Director | 2024-12-11 | Jan 1969 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DWF SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2002-11-10 | 2011-03-31 |
| TRUSEC LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-01-26 | 2002-11-10 |
| BORNHEIM, Thomas | Director | 2007-11-21 | 2011-09-21 |
| BROWN, Richard Ian | Director | 2016-09-14 | 2020-10-12 |
| CONNOLLY, Stephen Patrick | Director | 1998-10-27 | 2011-09-12 |
| COURT, Jeffery Arnold | Director | 2014-05-30 | 2016-06-28 |
| DUCKER, Carol Ann | Director | 2011-09-20 | 2016-09-14 |
| FERGUSON, John | Director | 2009-09-03 | 2020-02-24 |
| GILES, Richard Hartley | Director | 1998-01-30 | 2000-05-18 |
| HACKETT, James Albert | Director | 2007-11-21 | 2009-09-03 |
| HARRISON, Nicholas William | Director | 2022-08-08 | 2025-04-08 |
| KANTO, Christer | Director | 2007-11-27 | 2011-09-21 |
| KENNEDY, Patrick Stephen Gerard, Dr | Director | 2001-08-21 | 2007-11-21 |
| LEVEUGLE, Stéphane | Director | 2021-03-12 | 2024-04-19 |
| MORALES BAEZA, Victor Enrique | Director | 2020-03-06 | 2022-08-08 |
| OTTERBORG, Peter Klas | Director | 2011-09-21 | 2013-05-02 |
| POVEY, Philip Clifton | Director | 2016-09-14 | 2017-10-06 |
| REES, Antonia Rachel | Director | 1998-01-30 | 1998-01-30 |
| REYNOLDS, William Oswald | Director | 1998-01-30 | 2003-01-14 |
| ROWE, Drusilla Charlotte Jane | Nominee Director | 1998-01-26 | 1998-01-30 |
| STAUBER, Helmut | Director | 2003-10-27 | 2007-11-21 |
| STERN, Robert Charles | Director | 1998-01-30 | 1998-01-30 |
| STUART, Ross Frazer | Director | 2011-09-21 | 2014-05-30 |
| SWISS, Adam David Radcliffe | Director | 2020-03-06 | 2021-06-18 |
| TIERNEY, David | Director | 2000-05-18 | 2003-05-01 |
| ZUERCHER, Eleanor Jane | Nominee Director | 1998-01-26 | 1998-01-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 175 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-03-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-09-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.