UPL EUROPE LTD
Company number 02844616 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
UPL Europe Ltd operates as the strategic UK and regional arm of global agrochemical giant UPL Corporation, leveraging its parent's massive scale to compete effectively in the off-patent crop protection market. While the business faces sector-wide headwinds from tightening UK chemical regulations, post-Brexit compliance divergence, and high domestic energy costs, its position within a top-five global agrochemical group affords it significant product portfolio depth and financial resilience. Consequently, it remains a formidable challenger to European incumbents, successfully pivoting toward higher-margin specialty and biological formulations to offset commoditization in its traditional generic pesticide base.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1993-08-13
- Registered office
- The Engine Rooms Birchwood Park, Birchwood, Warrington, Cheshire, England, WA3 6YN
- Postcode
- WA3 6YN
- Capital
- 2 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 3 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-08-13
- Next due by
- 2026-08-27
Nature of business (SIC)
- 20200 Manufacture of pesticides and other agrochemical products
- 20590 Manufacture of other chemical products not elsewhere classified
Officers 3 current · 24 resigned
Group structure 2 subsidiaries
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
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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Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| UNITED PHOSPHORUS LIMITED | 2014-05-28 |
| UNITED PHOSPHOROUS EUROPE LIMITED | 1994-09-21 |
| INHOCO 254 LIMITED | 1993-08-26 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| THE CENTRE BIRCHWOOD PARK, BIRCHWOOD, WARRINGTON, CHESHIRE, WA3 6YN | 2019-03-26 |
| CHADWICK HOUSE, BIRCHWOOD PARK, WARRINGTON, WA3 6AE | 2012-01-25 |
| DENNIS HOUSE, MARSDEN STREET, MANCHESTER, M2 1JD | 1994-09-13 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 125 similar companies in WA — measured against the wider sector, trading since 1993
The class of 1993
49%
of the 25,070 companies incorporated in 1993 are still active today; 48% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 6 titles
- Freehold
- 3
- Leasehold
- 3
- Most recent registration
- 2024-01-26
- Price paid, where recorded
- £2,500,000
- Where
- Greater London (2), Cheshire East (2), Wrekin (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BB31563 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2024-01-26 | — |
| BB27849 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2021-09-13 | — |
| SL267436 | Wrekin | Freehold | 2020-09-28 | £2,500,000 |
| CH653288 | Warrington | Leasehold | 2016-10-31 | — |
| CH170047 | Cheshire East | Freehold | 1994-08-24 | — |
| CH251468 | Cheshire East | Freehold | 1994-08-24 | — |
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