BÜHLER UK LIMITED
Company number 00434274 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Bühler UK Limited presents a mixed risk profile characterised by a strong heritage and parent company backing against a backdrop of deteriorating financial metrics in the most recent available data. The 79% cash decline and 20% net asset erosion between 2018 and 2019 are material concerns that require explanation through more recent financial information. The company's status as a subsidiary of the Bühler Group provides structural support, but the five-year gap in available financial data represents a significant analytical limitation. Obtaining 2020-2024 accounts is essential before any investment commitment.
Shareholders' funds
£36,113,280
Balance sheet as at 2019-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company is the design, manufacture and global distribution of cleaning and sorting machinery as well as the supply of machinery and complete plants for the flour and feed milling, cereal processing, chocolate, printing ink, die casting, mechanical and pneumatic conv
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1947-05-01
- Employees
- 339 (2019 accounts · was 320 in 2018)
- Registered office
- 20 Atlantis Avenue, London, E16 2BF
- Postcode
- E16 2BF
- Capital
- 1,250,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-04-23
- Next due by
- 2027-05-07
Nature of business (SIC)
- 28990 Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery not elsewhere classified
Officers 11 current · 39 resigned
Public contracts won 1
£32,267 total awarded value where published.
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Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2020 (period to 2020-06-30).
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z5731177 (Tier 1), registered since 2001.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
15.9%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| BUHLER SORTEX LIMITED | 2017-01-05 |
| SORTEX LIMITED | 2007-07-09 |
| GUNSON'S SORTEX LIMITED | 1985-10-31 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| PUDDING MILL LANE, STRATFORD, LONDON, E15 2PJ | 2007-07-31 |
| 46 52 FAIRFIELD ROAD, BOW, LONDON E3 2QQ | 1986-12-03 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 12 similar companies in E
The largest employer among its local peers (339 staff).
2nd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1947.
Competitors London
This company ranks 1 among manufacture of other special-purpose machinery not elsewhere classified in London.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Leasehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2017-04-21
- Where
- Greater London (1), Greater Manchester (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EGL499699 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2017-04-21 | — |
| MAN262542 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2017-02-13 | — |
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