DOW SILICONES UK LIMITED
ActiveKey figures
† DOW SILICONES 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.
DOW SILICONES UK LIMITED does not disclose its turnover in its latest accounts; the profit for the year is as stated in the accounts.
Ratios
2024Sector comparison
SIC 20130Where the company stands among the 287 active companies whose first SIC code is 20130 (Manufacture of other inorganic basic chemicals).
- PETROINEOS EUROPE LIMITED£566.4m
- MACDERMID PERFORMANCE SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED£485.6m
- URENCO UK LIMITED£367.6m
- DOW SILICONES UK LIMITED£268.1m
- DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY LIMITED£228.8m
- LANXESS HOLDING UK UNLIMITED£165.7m
- INEOS FLUOR LIMITED£142.2m
- HONEYWELL CT UK LIMITED£119.3m
- MAGNESIUM ELEKTRON LIMITED£111.9m
- RHODIA LIMITED£102m
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 287. The line on each bar marks the median.
Summary: DOW SILICONES UK LIMITED
What kind of company is it?
DOW SILICONES UK LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 00486170. It was incorporated on 8 Sep 1950. Its status is active. The registered office is in Barry (CF63). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of other inorganic basic chemicals (20130).
How is the company doing financially?
The latest accounts in the database are for 2024 (period ending 31 Dec 2024); the company files full accounts. Loss for the year was £6,102,000. Net assets were £268,140,000. Total assets were £356,315,000 and total liabilities £87,930,000.
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 287 active companies whose first SIC code is 20130: By net assets it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £1,110,548). By total assets it ranks higher than 96% of them (median £2,269,570). It is older than 94% of them (median age 15.5 years).
What do public registers and reports show?
HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly inorganic chemicals, organic chemicals, paints, dyes and inks. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly organic chemicals, paints, dyes and inks, miscellaneous chemicals. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 65 days to pay suppliers, and 3% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 5% higher than for men.
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 16 Oct 2027.
Filed accounts2024
| 2024 † | |
|---|---|
| Profit for the year | -6,102,000 |
| Total assets | 356,315,000 |
| Total liabilities | 87,930,000 |
| Net assets / total equity | 268,140,000 |
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.
Statutory reporting
- Average time taken to pay invoices
- 65 days
- Invoices not paid within agreed terms
- 3%
- Member of a payment code
- No
- Within 30 days 6%
- 31 to 60 days 24%
- After 60 days 70%
Earlier periods (7)
- Period ending
- Days to pay
- Within 30 days
- Late
- 31 Dec 2024
- 63
- 6%
- 3%
- 30 Jun 2024
- 65
- 6%
- 5%
- 31 Dec 2023
- 64
- 5%
- 4%
- 30 Jun 2023
- 65
- 5%
- 5%
- 31 Dec 2022
- 65
- 7%
- 4%
- 30 Jun 2022
- 66
- 7%
- 5%
- 31 Dec 2021
- 64
- 5%
- 3%
- Median hourly pay
- women 5% higher
- Mean hourly pay
- women 5.3% higher
- Median bonus pay
- women 25.3% higher
- Employer size
- 500 to 999 employees
Earlier years (8)
- Year
- Median hourly pay
- Mean hourly pay
- 2024/25
- women 10.7% lower
- women 3.2% lower
- 2023/24
- women 0.6% lower
- women 2.1% lower
- 2022/23
- women 0.4% lower
- women 2% lower
- 2021/22
- women 8.5% lower
- women 0.1% higher
- 2020/21
- women 8.7% lower
- women 1.2% higher
- 2019/20
- women 2.7% lower
- women 3% higher
- 2018/19
- women 0.7% higher
- women 8.4% higher
- 2017/18
- women 13.1% higher
- women 6.6% higher
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. This report was submitted after the deadline. View on the Gender pay gap service
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
Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: inorganic chemicals, organic chemicals, paints, dyes and inks, miscellaneous chemicals and plastics.
Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: organic chemicals, paints, dyes and inks, miscellaneous chemicals, plastics and inorganic chemicals.
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
7 events- Financial year endedAccounts filed at Companies House
- Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: net assets £268.1m
- Name changed to DOW SILICONES UK LIMITEDPreviously DOW CORNING LIMITED
- Dow Inc. registered as a person with significant control
- The Dow Chemical Company ceased to be a person with significant control
- The Dow Chemical Company registered as a person with significant control
- Company incorporatedPrivate limited company
Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.