IPS ADHESIVES EUROPE LTD

Company number SC056325 ·

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Shareholders' funds

£8,855,294

Balance sheet as at 2021-12-31

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What it does

Unika is the UK’s Leading manufacturer of Installation and Aftercare products for Kitchens and Wood & Laminate Flooring.

The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.

Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
1974-09-06
Employees
71 (2021 accounts · was 57 in 2020)
Registered office
C/O Wright Johnston & Mackenzie Llp The Capital Building, 12 - 13 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH2 2AF
Postcode
EH2 2AF
Capital
6 GBP
Accounts category
Full
Charges
4 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2024-12-30
Next due by
2026-09-30
Financial year end
30 December

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-06-05
Next due by
2027-06-19
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 20520 Manufacture of glues

Officers 6 current · 19 resigned

John PLESS Director
Appointed 2026-07-07
Scott MCDOWELL Director
Appointed 2021-01-01
CEO Appointed 2020-01-16
PRESIDENT Appointed 2020-01-16
LEE ETHERINGTON Secretary
FINANCE DIRECTOR Appointed 2008-09-30

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Group structure

Controlled by SCIGRIP ADHESIVES LIMITED — since 2024-12-30

Controlled by UCP (HOLDINGS) 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 — ZA547506 (Tier 2), registered since 2019.

Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Previous company names

NameDate changed
UNIKA COLOR PRODUCTS LIMITED2022-09-21
SCOTTFENCE LIMITED1990-06-28
SCOTTFRAME LIMITED1986-06-09

Previous registered addresses 4

AddressChanged on
1 RUTLAND SQUARE, EDINBURGH, EH1 2AS2019-01-04
40 CHARLOTTE SQUARE, EDINBURGH, EH2 4HQ2013-06-05
C/O DAVID MILLIGAN @ KPMG, SALTIRE COURT, 20 CASTLE TERRACE, EDINBURGH EH1 2EG1999-10-22
LOCHRIN HOUSE, COATBANK STREET, COATBRIDGE, LANARKSHIRE ML5 3SS1997-01-28

Among its peers

Top 5%

by shareholders' funds, of 56 similar companies in EH — measured against the wider sector

2nd largest employer among its local peers (71 staff).

2nd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1974.

The class of 1974

54%

of the 5,336 companies incorporated in 1974 are still active today; 39% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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Property in England & Wales 1 title

Leasehold
1
Most recent registration
2021-04-21
Where
Tyne And Wear
Title numberCounty Tenure RegisteredPrice paid
TY580322 Tyne And Wear Leasehold 2021-04-21

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