HUHTAMAKI (UK) LIMITED
Company number 00956315 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Huhtamaki (UK) Limited serves as a capital-rich, strategically essential manufacturing node for its global parent, leveraging a £63.7M capital base and decades of legacy to maintain a dual-material foothold in paper and plastics. The company's future trajectory hinges on its ability to pivot its manufacturing capabilities toward fiber-based alternatives to capture sustainable packaging demand, while aggressively mitigating the regulatory and margin risks threatening its legacy plastics operations.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1969-06-17
- Registered office
- Rowner Road, Holbrook, Gosport, Hampshire, PO13 0PR
- Postcode
- PO13 0PR
- Capital
- 63,769,696 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
- 2026-07-22
- Next due by
- 2027-08-05
Nature of business (SIC)
- 17219 Manufacture of other paper and paperboard containers
- 22220 Manufacture of plastic packing goods
Officers 4 current · 42 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by HUHTAMAKI LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZB600845 (Tier 3), registered since 2023.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
66.4%
Women's median hourly pay above men's, 2025/26 · in the bottom 10% for parity
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| HUHTAMAKI VAN LEER LIMITED | 2001-05-01 |
| POLARCUP LTD | 2000-04-03 |
| SWEETHEART INTERNATIONAL LIMITED | 1993-01-01 |
| SWEETHEART INTERNATIONAL (GOSPORT) LIMITED | 1981-12-31 |
| SWEETHEART PLASTICS LIMITED | 1979-12-31 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| REGISTERED OFFICE CHANGED | 1979-11-24 |
| GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED | 1979-11-24 |
Among its peers
The oldest
of 15 similar companies in PO — measured against the wider sector, trading since 1969
Property in England & Wales 3 titles
- Freehold
- 1
- Leasehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2017-12-06
- Where
- Hampshire (2), Portsmouth (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PM33182 | Portsmouth | Leasehold | 2017-12-06 | — |
| HP420817 | Hampshire | Leasehold | 2004-06-09 | — |
| HP258148 | Hampshire | Freehold | 1984-06-26 | — |
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