FORMICA LIMITED
Company number 00139731 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Formica Limited operates from a position of entrenched market leadership, leveraging over a century of brand equity and a robust £31.4 million capital base within the wood-based panel manufacturing sector. While its multinational leadership and strong corporate backing provide strategic depth, the company's future trajectory depends on mitigating construction market cyclicality and transforming environmental pressures into premium, sustainable product innovations.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1915-03-23
- Registered office
- Coast Road, North Shields, Tyne & Wear, NE29 8RE
- Postcode
- NE29 8RE
- Capital
- 31,481,848 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-12-03
- Next due by
- 2026-12-17
Nature of business (SIC)
- 16210 Manufacture of veneer sheets and wood-based panels
Officers 2 current · 51 resigned
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)).
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z2140257 (Tier 3), registered since 2010.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
28.3%
Women's median hourly pay above men's, 2023/24
Contact details
- Website
- http://www.formica.co.uk
Previous registered addresses 6
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| BTR HOUSE, CARLISLE PLACE, LONDON, SW1P 1BX | 1998-09-10 |
| BTR HOUSE, CARLISLE PLACE, LONDON, SW1P 1BX | 1998-09-10 |
| SILVERTOWN HOUSE, VINCENT SQUARE, LONDON, SW1P 2PL | 1997-07-30 |
| SILVERTOWN HOUSE, VINCENT SQUARE, LONDON, SW1P 2PL | 1997-07-30 |
| COAST ROAD, NORTH SHIELDS, TYNE AND WEAR, NE29 8RE | 1997-01-08 |
| COAST ROAD, NORTH SHIELDS, TYNE AND WEAR, NE29 8RE | 1997-01-08 |
Among its peers
The oldest
of 83 similar companies in NE — measured against the wider sector, trading since 1915
Property in England & Wales 3 titles
- Freehold
- 3
- Most recent registration
- 2019-07-23
- Where
- Tyne And Wear (2), County Durham (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TY567741 | Tyne And Wear | Freehold | 2019-07-23 | — |
| DU156198 | County Durham | Freehold | 2001-09-19 | — |
| TY216480 | Tyne And Wear | Freehold | 1988-12-23 | — |
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