ESSITY UK LIMITED
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Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1996-07-12
- Registered office
- Southfields Road, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, LU6 3EJ
- Postcode
- LU6 3EJ
- Capital
- 288,325,190 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 3 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
- 2026-07-02
- Next due by
- 2027-07-16
Nature of business (SIC)
- 17120 Manufacture of paper and paperboard
- 17220 Manufacture of household and sanitary goods and of toilet requisites
Officers 6 current · 33 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by ESSITY HOLDING UK LIMITED — since 2024-07-18
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 11
£1,314,730,928 total awarded value where published.
Showing the 5 most recent of 11.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Contracts Finder).
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker (Worker (A rating)), Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
Matched by registered name to the register of licensed sponsors (Home Office, updated daily) — check the register itself before relying on it. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2026 (period to 2025-12-31) — 6 years on the registry.
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 — Z6189908 (Tier 3), registered since 2001.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Political donations 1
£2,000 in registered political donations since 2021.
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Mr Guy Opperman MP
Source: the Electoral Commission's register of donations — this company's full record, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Gender pay gap
19.71%
Women's median hourly pay above men's, 2025/26 · in the bottom quarter for parity
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| SCA HYGIENE PRODUCTS UK LIMITED | 2018-01-02 |
| SCA HYGIENE UK LIMITED | 1998-07-10 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 278-282 HIGH HOLBORN, CHICHESTER HOUSE LONDON, WC1 7HA | 1998-03-11 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 17 similar companies in LU — measured against the wider sector, trading since 1996
The class of 1996
45%
of the 41,233 companies incorporated in 1996 are still active today; 52% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 25 titles
- Freehold
- 15
- Leasehold
- 10
- Most recent registration
- 2025-11-27
- Price paid, where recorded
- £25,919,536
- Where
- Greater Manchester (8), Lancashire (7), Northumberland (4)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA583204 | Lancashire | Freehold | 2025-11-27 | — |
| MAN122930 | Greater Manchester | Freehold | 2024-09-12 | £23,787,633 |
| YEA99854 | East Riding Of Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2024-09-12 | — |
| MAN428795 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2024-05-22 | — |
| CYM866009 | Flintshire | Freehold | 2023-03-30 | — |
| MAN418607 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2023-03-24 | — |
| MAN403142 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2022-06-24 | — |
| ND86235 | Northumberland | Leasehold | 2016-05-09 | £2,031,903 |
| SYK630934 | South Yorkshire | Freehold | 2015-08-21 | £100,000 |
| GM602676 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2014-05-14 | — |
| GM620294 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2014-05-14 | — |
| GM662996 | Greater Manchester | Freehold | 2014-04-30 | — |
| LA497113 | Lancashire | Freehold | 2014-04-30 | — |
| LA508752 | Lancashire | Freehold | 2014-04-30 | — |
| LA701397 | Lancashire | Freehold | 2014-04-30 | — |
| MAN209753 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2013-06-05 | — |
| BD288129 | Central Bedfordshire | Leasehold | 2013-05-09 | — |
| LA800054 | Lancashire | Leasehold | 2013-04-18 | — |
| LA583728 | Lancashire | Freehold | 2005-12-07 | — |
| LA776468 | Lancashire | Freehold | 2005-12-01 | — |
Showing 20 of 25.
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