BRENNTAG UK LIMITED
Company number 05262170 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Brenntag UK Limited is in fair financial health – profitable and well-capitalised, but showing clear signs of a cyclical downturn with falling sales and margins. Cash reserves are low, though group support mitigates immediate risk. The prognosis is stable provided management tightens working capital and protects profitability in a challenging market.
Shareholders' funds
£150,828
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
What it does
distribution of chemicals
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2004-10-18
- Employees
- 820 (2025 accounts · was 831 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Alpha House, Lawnswood Business Park, Redvers Close, Leeds, England, LS16 6QY
- Postcode
- LS16 6QY
- Capital
- 88,801,654 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 4 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
- 2026-08-30
- Next due by
- 2027-09-13
Nature of business (SIC)
- 20140 Manufacture of other organic basic chemicals
- 20590 Manufacture of other chemical products not elsewhere classified
- 49410 Freight transport by road
Officers 3 current · 15 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by BRENNTAG UK HOLDING LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
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BRENNTAG PACKED CHEMICALS LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 5
£8,972,999 total awarded value where published.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Contracts Finder).
Patents 1
Patent publications naming Brenntag UK Limited as applicant.
Patent data from the European Patent Office (Open Patent Services).
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
Matched by registered name to the register of licensed sponsors (Home Office, updated daily) — check the register itself before relying on it. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2026 (period to 2025-12-31) as part of the BRENNTAG UK HOLDING LIMITED group statement — 6 years on the registry.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z3150680 (Tier 3), registered since 2012.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
11.59%
Women's median hourly pay above men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- http://www.brenntag.co.uk
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| ALBION CHEMICALS LIMITED | 2009-02-26 |
| ALBION CHEMICALS 100 LIMITED | 2004-12-14 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| ALBION HOUSE, RAWDON PARK GREEN LANE, YEADON LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE, LS19 7XX | 2016-10-26 |
| 12 GREAT JAMES STREET, LONDON, WC1 3DR | 2004-11-16 |
At this address
The largest employer
of 47 similar companies in LS — measured against the wider sector, with 820 staff.
The class of 2004
36%
of the 135,823 companies incorporated in 2004 are still active today; 61% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 17 titles
- Freehold
- 6
- Leasehold
- 11
- Most recent registration
- 2026-02-05
- Price paid, where recorded
- £13,513,947
- Where
- West Yorkshire (5), Leicestershire (4), Swansea (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| K729094 | Kent | Freehold | 2026-02-05 | £1,235,947 |
| MAN451510 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2025-02-10 | — |
| YY194939 | West Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2024-06-20 | — |
| CH726376 | Cheshire East | Leasehold | 2023-08-17 | — |
| YY183041 | West Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2023-06-23 | — |
| LT545399 | Leicestershire | Leasehold | 2023-03-31 | — |
| LT511215 | Leicestershire | Freehold | 2023-01-10 | £10,800,000 |
| WYK297631 | West Yorkshire | Freehold | 2019-01-17 | — |
| TY558074 | Tyne And Wear | Leasehold | 2018-07-25 | £170,000 |
| WYK282754 | West Yorkshire | Freehold | 2017-07-14 | £228,000 |
| YY75094 | West Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2016-11-03 | — |
| LT441529 | Leicestershire | Leasehold | 2015-12-02 | £1,080,000 |
| CYM582605 | Swansea | Leasehold | 2013-03-08 | — |
| LT300342 | Leicestershire | Freehold | 2013-03-04 | — |
| HS365701 | North Lincolnshire | Leasehold | 2012-04-05 | — |
| CYM498537 | Swansea | Leasehold | 2010-07-05 | — |
| CH312197 | Halton | Freehold | 2006-06-15 | — |
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