URENCO LIMITED

Active
Company number 01022786Private limited companyIncorporated 1971

No accounts in digital format (iXBRL) since 2019. Paper or PDF accounts are available at Companies House.

Sector comparison

SIC 70100

Where the company stands among the 25,710 active companies whose first SIC code is 70100 (Activities of head offices).

Company age55.2 years
Older than 95% · median 16.6 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
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  2. BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (2012) LIMITED£68.8bn
  3. ASTRAZENECA TREASURY LIMITED£48.3bn
  4. BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C.£48.1bn
  5. ASTRAZENECA UK LIMITED£42.3bn
  6. NATIONAL GRID PLC£39.3bn
  7. RIO TINTO INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED£39.2bn
  8. BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (1998) LIMITED£34.1bn
  9. GLAXOSMITHKLINE HOLDINGS LIMITED£25.2bn
  10. BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO (HOLDINGS) LIMITED£24.7bn

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. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: URENCO LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

URENCO LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 01022786. It was incorporated on 31 Aug 1971. Its status is active. The registered office is in London (W2). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is activities of head offices (70100).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 25,710 active companies whose first SIC code is 70100: It is older than 95% of them (median age 16.6 years).

Has it received government grants?

It is recorded as the recipient of 9 central government grants worth £5.9m, from Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.

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 machinery, electrical equipment, miscellaneous metal articles. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly machinery, electrical equipment. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 34 days to pay suppliers, and 23% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. It has a modern slavery statement on the government registry.

Who runs and controls the company?

3 persons with significant control are registered.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 19 Jul 2027.

Government grants

9 grants

URENCO LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 9 central government grants since 2023, together worth £5.9m.

Grants
  1. HALEU_001 Urenco LimitedDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero · £1,082,761 · High Assay Low Enriched Uranium Enrichment (HALEU) Direct Award
  2. Medical Radionuclide Innovation Programme (MRIP)Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · £83,883
  3. MRIP_04 Urenco LimitedDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero · £83,883 · Medical Radionuclide Innovation Programme (MRIP)
  4. Nuclear Fuel Fund (NFF)Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · £150,684
  5. NFF_009 Urenco LimitedDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero · £1,476,915 · Nuclear Fuel Fund (NFF)
Show 4 more
  1. Nuclear Fuel Fund (NFF)Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · £92,902
  2. NFF_010 Urenco LimitedDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero · £158,088 · Nuclear Fuel Fund (NFF)
  3. Nuclear Fuel Fund (NFF)Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · £365,722
  4. NFF_011 Urenco LimitedDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero · £2,438,810 · Nuclear Fuel Fund (NFF)

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

Payment practices1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Average time taken to pay invoices
34 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
23%
Standard payment terms
0–61 days
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 77%
  • 31 to 60 days 19%
  • After 60 days 4%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Dec 2025
34
78%
22%
30 Jun 2025
34
72%
0%
31 Dec 2024
31
83%
17%
30 Jun 2024
30
82%
17%
31 Dec 2023
35
86%
12%
30 Jun 2023
34
82%
18%
31 Dec 2022
33
90%
10%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Modern slavery statements1
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement

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 11 of the last 12 months on record, most recently July 2026. Main goods: machinery, electrical equipment, miscellaneous metal articles, rubber and tools and cutlery.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 5 of the last 12 months on record, most recently May 2026. Main goods: machinery and electrical equipment.

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

9 events
  1. Financial year endedAccounts filed at Companies House
  2. Dutch Government registered as a person with significant control
  3. Ultra-Centrifuge Nederland N.V. registered as a person with significant control
  4. Ultra-Centrifuge Nederland N.V. ceased to be a person with significant control
  5. Ultra-Centrifuge Nederland Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
  6. Uranit Uk Limited registered as a person with significant control
  7. Enrichment Investments Limited registered as a person with significant control
  8. Ultra-Centrifuge Nederland Limited registered as a person with significant control
Earlier events (1)
  1. 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.