ELEMIS LIMITED
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† ELEMIS 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.
Ratios
2024/25Sector comparison
SIC 20420Where the company stands among the 2,435 active companies whose first SIC code is 20420 (Manufacture of perfumes and toilet preparations).
- ISLESTARR HOLDINGS LIMITED£208.4m
- ELEMIS LIMITED£117.6m
- GILLETTE U.K. LIMITED£107.3m
- CPL AROMAS LIMITED£64.7m
- FRAGRANCE OILS (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED£58m
- COTY MANUFACTURING UK LIMITED£50.3m
- PROFESSIONAL BEAUTY SYSTEMS LIMITED£42.2m
- KAO (UK) LIMITED£28.3m
- FIRMENICH UK LIMITED£27.9m
- POTTER & MOORE PLC£25.9m
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 2,435. The line on each bar marks the median.
Summary: ELEMIS LIMITED
What kind of company is it?
ELEMIS LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 02279688. It was incorporated on 22 Jul 1988. Its status is active. The registered office is in Bristol (BS34). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of perfumes and toilet preparations (20420), manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products (21100).
How is the company doing financially?
The latest accounts in the database are for 2024/25 (period ending 31 Mar 2025); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £138,146,066. Profit for the year was £12,851,647. Net assets were £117,596,651, up 12.8% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £1,263,533. Total assets were £149,224,727 and total liabilities £31,628,076. The company had an average of 554 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2023/24–2024/25).
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 2,435 active companies whose first SIC code is 20420: By turnover it ranks higher than 97% of the 39 that publish turnover (median £16,549,976). By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £540). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £14,817). By cash it ranks higher than 91% of them (median £23,559). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 1). It is older than 98% of them (median age 1.6 years).
Has it received government grants?
It is recorded as the recipient of one central government grant worth £19.4k, from Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
What do public registers and reports show?
HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly perfumery and cosmetics, miscellaneous manufactures, soaps and waxes. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly perfumery and cosmetics, soaps and waxes, paper and paperboard. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 37 days to pay suppliers, and 29% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 26.9% 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 Dec 2026. The next confirmation statement is due by 31 Aug 2027.
Filed accounts2023/24–2024/25
| 2023/24 † | 2024/25 † | |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | 138,146,066 |
| Profit for the year | — | 12,851,647 |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 566,880 | 1,263,533 |
| Total assets | 131,115,729 | 149,224,727 |
| Total liabilities | 26,895,568 | 31,628,076 |
| Net assets / total equity | 104,220,163 | 117,596,651 |
| Average number of employees | 534 | 554 |
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
1 grantELEMIS LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 1 central government grant, worth £19.4k.
- Valorisation of waste/byproduct plant biomass to produce circular biodegradable materials including single use packagingDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £19,356 · UKRI - Innovate UK - 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
- 37 days
- Invoices not paid within agreed terms
- 29%
- Member of a payment code
- No
- Within 30 days 62%
- 31 to 60 days 24%
- After 60 days 14%
Earlier periods (7)
- Period ending
- Days to pay
- Within 30 days
- Late
- 30 Sep 2025
- 37
- 65%
- 31%
- 31 Mar 2025
- 38
- 66%
- 31%
- 30 Sep 2024
- 37
- 59%
- 35%
- 31 Mar 2024
- 34
- 67%
- 32%
- 30 Sep 2023
- 38
- 60%
- 32%
- 31 Mar 2023
- 61
- 45%
- 52%
- 30 Sep 2022
- 41
- 24%
- 72%
- Median hourly pay
- women 26.9% lower
- Mean hourly pay
- women 30.6% lower
- Median bonus pay
- women 86.2% higher
- Employer size
- 500 to 999 employees
Earlier years (7)
- Year
- Median hourly pay
- Mean hourly pay
- 2024/25
- women 30% lower
- women 34% lower
- 2023/24
- women 15.9% lower
- women 60.9% higher
- 2022/23
- women 0.8% lower
- women 17% higher
- 2021/22
- women 27% higher
- women 76% higher
- 2020/21
- women 27% higher
- women 29% higher
- 2018/19
- women 18.4% higher
- women 13% lower
- 2017/18
- women 0.9% lower
- women 21.2% 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
Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: perfumery and cosmetics, miscellaneous manufactures, soaps and waxes, paper and paperboard and optical, medical and measuring instruments.
Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: perfumery and cosmetics, soaps and waxes, paper and paperboard, electrical equipment and special woven fabrics.
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
8 events- Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: turnover £138.1m, net assets £117.6m, 554 employees
- Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: net assets £104.2m, 534 employees
- Mr Reinold Geiger registered as a person with significant control
- L’Occitane International Sa registered as a person with significant control
- L’Occitane International Sa ceased to be a person with significant control
- Nemo (Uk) Holdco, Ltd ceased to be a person with significant control
- Nemo (Uk) Holdco, Ltd 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.