ESTEE LAUDER COSMETICS LIMITED
ActiveKey figures
† ESTEE LAUDER COSMETICS 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.
ESTEE LAUDER COSMETICS LIMITED does not disclose its turnover in its latest accounts; the profit for the year is as stated in the accounts.
Ratios
2024/25Sector comparison
SIC 46450Where the company stands among the 6,049 active companies whose first SIC code is 46450 (Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics).
- ESTEE LAUDER COSMETICS LIMITED£507.1m
- SHANEEL ENTERPRISES LIMITED£127.9m
- BOOTS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED£108.4m
- DECIEM UK LTD.£98.3m
- WARPAINT LONDON PLC£74.7m
- PER-SCENT LIMITED£59.5m
- KENVUE UK LIMITED£54.4m
- BEIERSDORF UK LTD.£49.8m
- ORIGINAL ADDITIONS (BEAUTY PRODUCTS) LIMITED£49.2m
- S A DESIGNER PARFUMS LIMITED£48.6m
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 6,049. The line on each bar marks the median.
Summary: ESTEE LAUDER COSMETICS LIMITED
What kind of company is it?
ESTEE LAUDER COSMETICS LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 00659213. It was incorporated on 16 May 1960. Its status is active. The registered office is in London (W1T). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is wholesale of perfume and cosmetics (46450).
How is the company doing financially?
The latest accounts in the database are for 2024/25 (period ending 30 Jun 2025); the company files full accounts. Loss for the year was £304,337,000. Net assets were £507,086,000. Cash at bank and in hand was £7,007,000. Total assets were £1,445,259,000 and total liabilities £950,857,000. The company had an average of 4,439 employees.
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 6,049 active companies whose first SIC code is 46450: By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £1,541). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £22,766). By cash it ranks higher than 98% of them (median £14,289). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 1). It is older than 99% of them (median age 2.6 years).
Has it received government grants?
It is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants worth £116.7k, from Department for Work and Pensions.
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 furniture and lighting, miscellaneous manufactures, machinery. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly miscellaneous manufactures, perfumery and cosmetics, soaps and waxes. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 13 days to pay suppliers, and 5% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 10% lower 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 31 Mar 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 14 Jan 2027.
Filed accounts2024/25
| 2024/25 † | |
|---|---|
| Profit for the year | -304,337,000 |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 7,007,000 |
| Total assets | 1,445,259,000 |
| Total liabilities | 950,857,000 |
| Net assets / total equity | 507,086,000 |
| Average number of employees | 4,439 |
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.
Government grants
2 grantsESTEE LAUDER COSMETICS LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants since 2021, together worth £116.7k.
- ESTEE LAUDER COSMETICS LIMITEDDepartment for Work and Pensions · £3,099 · Kickstart Scheme
- ESTEE LAUDER COSMETICSDepartment for Work and Pensions · £113,603 · Kickstart Scheme
From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.
Statutory reporting
- Average time taken to pay invoices
- 13 days
- Invoices not paid within agreed terms
- 5%
- Member of a payment code
- No
- Within 30 days 90%
- 31 to 60 days 5%
- After 60 days 5%
Earlier periods (7)
- Period ending
- Days to pay
- Within 30 days
- Late
- 31 Dec 2025
- 13
- 90%
- 4%
- 30 Jun 2025
- 17
- 83%
- 8%
- 31 Dec 2024
- 42
- 52%
- 20%
- 30 Jun 2024
- 36
- 54%
- 19%
- 31 Dec 2023
- 33
- 58%
- 16%
- 30 Jun 2023
- 31
- 60%
- 10%
- 31 Dec 2022
- 32
- 54%
- 14%
- Median hourly pay
- women 10% lower
- Mean hourly pay
- women 32% lower
- Median bonus pay
- women 45% lower
- Employer size
- 1000 to 4999 employees
Earlier years (8)
- Year
- Median hourly pay
- Mean hourly pay
- 2024/25
- women 10% lower
- women 32% lower
- 2023/24
- women 14% lower
- women 27% lower
- 2022/23
- women 23% lower
- women 34% lower
- 2021/22
- women 21.8% lower
- women 20.1% lower
- 2020/21
- women 25.3% lower
- women 36.6% lower
- 2019/20
- women 23% lower
- women 34.3% lower
- 2018/19
- women 21.1% lower
- women 36.6% lower
- 2017/18
- women 21% lower
- women 36.3% 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
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
- 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.
Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: furniture and lighting, miscellaneous manufactures, machinery, tools and cutlery and electrical equipment.
Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: miscellaneous manufactures, perfumery and cosmetics, soaps and waxes, paper and paperboard and plastics.
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- Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: net assets £507.1m, 4,439 employees
- Estee Lauder Uk Holdings Limited 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 persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.