IPS ADHESIVES EUROPE LTD
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Shareholders' funds
£8,855,294
Balance sheet as at 2021-12-31
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
Nature of business (SIC)
- 20520 Manufacture of glues
Officers 6 current · 19 resigned
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
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| UNIKA COLOR PRODUCTS LIMITED | 2022-09-21 |
| SCOTTFENCE LIMITED | 1990-06-28 |
| SCOTTFRAME LIMITED | 1986-06-09 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 1 RUTLAND SQUARE, EDINBURGH, EH1 2AS | 2019-01-04 |
| 40 CHARLOTTE SQUARE, EDINBURGH, EH2 4HQ | 2013-06-05 |
| C/O DAVID MILLIGAN @ KPMG, SALTIRE COURT, 20 CASTLE TERRACE, EDINBURGH EH1 2EG | 1999-10-22 |
| LOCHRIN HOUSE, COATBANK STREET, COATBRIDGE, LANARKSHIRE ML5 3SS | 1997-01-28 |
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.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2021-04-21
- Where
- Tyne And Wear
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TY580322 | Tyne And Wear | Leasehold | 2021-04-21 | — |
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