ACCO UK LIMITED

Active
Company number 00197754Private limited companyIncorporated 1924

Key figures

£120,595,000
Net assets 2025

† ACCO UK LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

ACCO UK LIMITED does not disclose its turnover in its latest accounts; the profit for the year is as stated in the accounts.

Ratios

2025

Sector comparison

SIC 17230

Where the company stands among the 846 active companies whose first SIC code is 17230 (Manufacture of paper stationery).

Net assets£120,595,000
Higher than 99% · median £10,783
Total assets£138,372,000
Higher than 99% · median £62,501
Cash£229,000
Higher than 80% · median £36,953
Employees233
Higher than 99% · median 1
Company age102.5 years
Older than 99% · median 8.2 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. ACCO UK LIMITED£120.6m
  2. OPUS TRUST MARKETING LIMITED£22.4m
  3. ADARE SEC LIMITED£21.1m
  4. JAMES HAMILTON & COMPANY (LURGAN) LIMITED£8.5m
  5. LOXLEYS PRINT LIMITED£7.1m
  6. CRITIQOM LIMITED£7.1m
  7. PAGE BROS. (NORWICH) LIMITED£6.7m
  8. TAG SYSTEMS UK LIMITED£5.9m
  9. TAYROL LIMITED£5.4m
  10. HERITAGE ENVELOPES LIMITED£5m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 846. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: ACCO UK LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

ACCO UK LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 00197754. It was incorporated on 6 May 1924. Its status is active. The registered office is in Aylesbury (HP21). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of paper stationery (17230), manufacture of office machinery and equipment (except computers and peripheral equipment) (28230).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files full accounts. Profit for the year was £1,844,000. Net assets were £120,595,000. Cash at bank and in hand was £229,000. Total assets were £138,372,000 and total liabilities £15,050,000. The company had an average of 233 employees.

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 846 active companies whose first SIC code is 17230: By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £10,783). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £62,501). By cash it ranks higher than 80% of them (median £36,953). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 1). It is older than 99% of them (median age 8.2 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 38 public contract award notices from 10 public sector buyers since 2015. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £24m. Its most frequent buyer is YPO (9 contracts). 36 of the awards are shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements.

What do public registers and reports show?

It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker). HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly miscellaneous manufactures, toys, games and sports goods, furniture and lighting. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly paints, dyes and inks, plastics, paper and paperboard. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 33 days to pay suppliers, and 56% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2023/24 shows median hourly pay for women 16.1% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 4 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 21 May 2027.

Filed accounts2025
2025 †
Profit for the year1,844,000
Cash at bank and in hand229,000
Total assets138,372,000
Total liabilities15,050,000
Net assets / total equity120,595,000
Average number of employees233

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Public contracts

38 contracts

ACCO UK LIMITED is named as a supplier in 38 public contract award notices from 10 public sector buyers since 2015. The 2 contracts awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £24m. 36 awards are shared with other suppliers and not counted in that total.

Contracts per year
Main buyers10
YPO
9 contracts · £24m
ESPO
9 contracts
Hampshire County Council
9 contracts
East Riding of Yorkshire
3 contracts
Kent County Council (t/a KCS)
3 contracts
Contracts
  1. 169_26 Paper Stationery, Office Storage Boxes and Associated ProductsLeicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO · shared by 6 suppliers, up to £400,000 in total · runs until Mar 2027
  2. YPO 001294 The supply of Premium PencilsYorkshire Purchasing Organisation · shared by 3 suppliers, up to £12,000,000 in total · 2 lots · runs until Apr 2030
  3. Framework Agreement for the Supply of Office StationeryHampshire County Council · shared by 18 suppliers, up to £15,070,000 in total · 5 lots
  4. Framework for the Supply of Office Stationery. - AWARD‡Hampshire County Council · shared by 36 suppliers, up to £465,000 in total · runs until Jan 2029
  5. 280_25 Laminating Pouches and Binding ProductsESPO · shared by 2 suppliers, up to £200,000 in total
Show 33 more
  1. Framework Agreement for the Supply of Office Machines. - AWARD‡Hampshire County Council · shared by 6 suppliers, up to £258,333 in total · runs until Sep 2028
  2. Framework Agreement for the Supply of Office MachinesHAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · shared by 6 suppliers, up to £630,000 in total
  3. 157_24 Pencils, Erasers, Sharpeners and Sketching MaterialsESPO · shared by 15 suppliers, up to £10,920,000 in total · 2 lots
  4. YPO - 1219 The Supply of Filing Products‡YPO · £20,000,000
  5. 172_24 Stationery and Office Sundries (Including Scissors and Calculators for Educational Use)ESPO · shared by 3 suppliers, up to £746,760 in total · 2 lots
  6. YPO - 001182 Staplers, Hole Punches and Tackers‡YPO · shared by 3 suppliers, up to £4,000,000 in total
  7. YPO - 001182 Staplers, Hole Punches & Tackers‡YPO · £4,000,000
  8. 273_23 Document Presentation Equipment and Office MachinesESPO · shared by 3 suppliers, up to £5,000,000 in total · 5 lots
  9. 50_23 Office Filing, Presentation and Storage ProductsESPO · shared by 11 suppliers, up to £2,606,609 in total · 4 lots
  10. YPO - 001152 The Supply of Office Machines‡YPO · shared by 8 suppliers, up to £4,000,000 in total
  11. Office Machinery - Y23032‡Kent County Council (t/a KCS) · shared by 7 suppliers, up to £1,000,000 in total
  12. HCC 04/19- Framework Agreement For The Supply of Laminating Pouches - AWARD‡Hertfordshire County Council - Resources · shared by 6 suppliers, up to £1,600,000 in total
  13. H C C 04/19- Framework Agreement For The Supply of Laminating Pouches‡Simon Hastings (HCC) · shared by 6 suppliers, up to £3,200,000 in total · 2 lots
  14. The Supply of Staplers, Staples, Perforators and Desk Top Plastics Framework - AWARD‡Hampshire County Council · shared by 8 suppliers, up to £1 in total
  15. Invitation to Tender for Stationery and Office Consumables - Y22002‡Kent County Council (t/a KCS) · shared by 16 suppliers, up to £2,500,000 in total
  16. 178_21 - Office Storage Boxes and Filing Modules‡ESPO · shared by 4 suppliers, up to £520,000 in total
  17. Framework Agreement for the Supply of Office Machines - AWARD‡Hampshire County Council · shared by 8 suppliers, up to £1 in total
  18. HCC - 10/19 - The Supply of Office Books and Pads - AWARD‡Supply Hertfordshire · shared by 9 suppliers
  19. 2267-20 Pencils‡East Riding of Yorkshire · shared by 8 suppliers, up to £67,900 in total
  20. 172_20 Stationery and Office Sundries‡ESPO · shared by 17 suppliers, up to £3,000,000 in total
  21. 280_20 Laminating Pouches and Binding Products‡ESPO · shared by 4 suppliers, up to £2,000,000 in total
  22. YPO - 000984 Premium Colouring Pencils‡YPO · shared by 7 suppliers, up to £11,000,000 in total
  23. Framework for the Supply of Office Stationery - AWARD‡Hampshire County Council · shared by 38 suppliers, up to £1 in total
  24. Office Filing & PVC Stationery - Y20006‡Kent County Council (t/a KCS) · shared by 14 suppliers, up to £6,000,000 in total
  25. YPO - 000945 The Supply of Laminating Consumables‡YPO · shared by 3 suppliers
  26. YPO - 000915 The Supply of All Filing Products Plastic and Manilla‡YPO · shared by 13 suppliers, up to £12,000,000 in total
  27. 2267-18 Pencils‡East Riding of Yorkshire · shared by 7 suppliers, up to £125,000 in total
  28. YPO - 000773 The Supply of Office Machines, Document Presentation and Supplies‡YPO · shared by 6 suppliers, up to £2,500,000 in total
  29. Framework Agreement for the Supply of Pencils, Sharpeners and Erasers - AWARD‡Hampshire County Council · shared by 9 suppliers
  30. Supply of Office Machines - AWARD‡Hampshire County Council · shared by 10 suppliers, up to £1 in total
  31. 172_16 Stationery and Office Sundries (Including Scissors and Calculators for Educational Use)‡Espo · shared by 18 suppliers, up to £3,600,000 in total
  32. 1007-15 Stationery & Office Products‡East Riding of Yorkshire · shared by 17 suppliers, up to £289,571 in total
  33. YPO - 000659 Supply of Pencils‡YPO · shared by 6 suppliers, up to £9,000,000 in total

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Average time taken to pay invoices
33 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
56%
Standard payment terms
30–120 days
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 64%
  • 31 to 60 days 29%
  • After 60 days 7%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Dec 2025
30
65%
56%
30 Jun 2025
31
65%
58%
31 Dec 2024
43
65%
57%
30 Jun 2024
36
64%
52%
31 Dec 2023
33
64%
48%
30 Jun 2023
68
59%
49%
31 Dec 2022
43
64%
41%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2023/24
Median hourly pay
women 16.1% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 27% lower
Median bonus pay
women 89% lower
Employer size
250 to 499 employees
Lower pay quarter50% womenLower middle43.3% womenUpper middle43.3% womenUpper pay quarter30% women
Earlier years (6)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2022/23
women 21.9% lower
women 31% lower
2021/22
women 24.1% lower
women 25.9% lower
2020/21
women 13.9% lower
women 34.8% lower
2019/20
women 10.4% lower
women 27.3% lower
2018/19
women 12% lower
women 23.4% lower
2017/18
women 11.3% lower
women 22.6% lower

A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service

Modern slavery statements4
2026
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (ACCO BRANDS EUROPE LIMITED)
2023
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2022
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
Earlier years (1)
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

Sponsor licence‡
Licence type and rating
Worker (A rating)
Routes
Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker

On the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, which lists organisations licensed to sponsor workers from overseas.

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: miscellaneous manufactures, toys, games and sports goods, furniture and lighting, plastics and leather goods and bags.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: paints, dyes and inks, plastics, paper and paperboard, miscellaneous metal articles and machinery.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

3 events
  1. Acco-Rexel Group Services Limited registered as a person with significant control
  2. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: net assets £120.6m, 233 employees
  3. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.