FUCHS LUBRICANTS (UK) PLC

Active
Company number 02412689Public limited companyIncorporated 1989

Key figures

£72,852,000+1.7%
Net assets 2025
+1.7%
Average annual growth 2024–2025
020 m40 m60 m80 m20242025

† FUCHS LUBRICANTS (UK) PLC 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

2025

Sector comparison

SIC 19209

Where the company stands among the 130 active companies whose first SIC code is 19209 (Other treatment of petroleum products (excluding petrochemicals manufacture)).

Net assets£72,852,000
Higher than 96% · median £112,786
Total assets£99,577,000
Higher than 95% · median £605,711
Cash£15,854,000
Higher than 93% · median £100,658
Employees352
Higher than 97% · median 1
Company age37.3 years
Older than 85% · median 8.9 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. MOOVE LUBRICANTS LIMITED£182.2m
  2. TOTALENERGIES MARKETING UK LIMITED£86.7m
  3. PATERSON ENTERPRISES LIMITED£73.1m
  4. FUCHS LUBRICANTS (UK) PLC£72.9m
  5. EXOL (HOLDINGS) LIMITED£23.3m
  6. R.S.CLARE & CO.,LIMITED£19.1m
  7. OIL SALVAGE LIMITED£17.1m
  8. MILLERS OILS LIMITED£16.9m
  9. CORYTON ADVANCED FUELS LIMITED£16m
  10. GRANVILLE OIL & CHEMICALS LIMITED£14.7m

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 130. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: FUCHS LUBRICANTS (UK) PLC

What kind of company is it?

FUCHS LUBRICANTS (UK) PLC is a public limited company registered with Companies House under company number 02412689. It was incorporated on 10 Aug 1989. Its status is active. The registered office is in Stoke on trent (ST1). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is other treatment of petroleum products (excluding petrochemicals manufacture) (19209).

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. Turnover was £173,897,000. Profit for the year was £9,690,000. Net assets were £72,852,000, up 1.7% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £15,854,000. Total assets were £99,577,000 and total liabilities £23,109,000. The company had an average of 352 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024–2025).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 130 active companies whose first SIC code is 19209: By net assets it ranks higher than 96% of them (median £112,786). By total assets it ranks higher than 95% of them (median £605,711). By cash it ranks higher than 93% of them (median £100,658). By number of employees it ranks higher than 97% of them (median 1). It is older than 85% of them (median age 8.9 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 25 public contract award notices from 20 public sector buyers since 2015. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £76.9m. Its most frequent buyer is HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL (3 contracts). 7 of the awards are shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements. It is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants worth £591.9k, mainly from Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

What do public registers and reports show?

It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Skilled Worker). HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly wood, iron and steel articles, fats and oils. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly mineral fuels and oils, soaps and waxes, miscellaneous chemicals. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 36 days to pay suppliers, and 39% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 8.6% lower than for men. It has a modern slavery statement on the government registry.

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 Jun 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 26 Jul 2027.

Filed accounts2024–2025
2024 †2025 †
Turnover167,862,000173,897,000
Profit for the year9,202,0009,690,000
Cash at bank and in hand9,338,00015,854,000
Total assets94,839,00099,577,000
Total liabilities20,091,00023,109,000
Net assets / total equity71,601,00072,852,000
Average number of employees341352

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

25 contracts

FUCHS LUBRICANTS (UK) PLC is named as a supplier in 25 public contract award notices from 20 public sector buyers since 2015. The 18 contracts awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £76.9m. 7 awards are shared with other suppliers and not counted in that total.

Contracts per year
Main buyers20
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
3 contracts · £176k
Derbyshire County Council
2 contracts · £492k
ESPO
2 contracts
Leidos Supply Limited
2 contracts
THE ASSOCIATION OF NORTH EAST COUNCILS LIMITED
1 contract · £75m
Contracts
  1. The Supply of Vehicle Oils and Lubricants to Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Norfolk and Suffolk Police‡The Police, Fire, and Crime Commissioner for Essex, The Police and Crime Commissioners fo… · £685,000 · runs until Aug 2031
  2. Oils and Lubricants‡Carmarthenshire County Council · £20,000
  3. YAS 91 2025_26 (DA FW) Oils & Lubricants‡Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust · £71,099
  4. Vehicle Parts, Tyres, Lubricants & Workshop EquipmentTHE ASSOCIATION OF NORTH EAST COUNCILS LIMITED · £75,000,000
  5. Supply of Oil & LubricantsPolice, Fire & Crime Commissioner for Staffordshire · £24,500
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  1. PLACE414 Supply of lubricants and Oils 106_23 Lubricating Oils, Greases & Antifreeze‡Derbyshire County Council · £300,000
  2. Oils & LubricantsNORTH YORKSHIRE POLICE · £42,000 · runs until Jan 2027
  3. Oils and LubricantsNorth Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service · £48,000 · runs until Jan 2028
  4. Provision of Oils and LubricantsDEVON & SOMERSET FIRE & RESCUE SERVICE · £45,000 · runs until Dec 2028
  5. Supply of Vehicle Oils and Lubricants to Lincolnshire PoliceTHE POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER FOR LINCOLNSHIRE · £66,000 · runs until Jun 2027
  6. Vehicle Oils & LubricantsLANCASHIRE CONSTABULARY · £72,000 · runs until Jun 2027
  7. Provision Of Lubricating Oils, Greases & Antifreeze for Hampshire Transport ManagementHAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · £100,000 · runs until Jun 2027
  8. A National Framework for Oils and Lubricants‡BlueLight Commercial · shared by 2 suppliers, up to £4,000,000 in total · runs until May 2027
  9. 106_23 Lubricating Oils, Greases & AntifreezeESPO · shared by 4 suppliers, up to £30,000,000 in total
  10. Lubricating Oils, Greases and Antifreeze‡Doncaster Council · £60,000 · runs until Mar 2027
  11. The Supply of Oils, Lubricants, Greases & Additives‡Leidos Supply Limited · shared by 8 suppliers, up to £29,932,000 in total
  12. The Supply of Oils, Lubricants, Greases and Additives‡Leidos Supply · shared by 8 suppliers, up to £29,932,000 in total
  13. Oils and Lubricants for Hampshire ConstabularyHAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · £36,000
  14. Oils and Lubricants for Hampshire Transport ManagementHAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · £40,000
  15. Supply of Vehicle Lubricating Oils, Greases & Anti-Freeze‡Leeds City Council · £40,000
  16. NEPO208 Vehicle Parts & LubricantsAssociation Of North East Councils · shared by 15 suppliers, up to £4,000,000 in total
  17. Provision of Lubrication Oils, Greases and Antifreeze‡Doncaster MBC · £80,000
  18. 106_19 - Lubricating Oils, Greases & Antifreeze‡ESPO · shared by 3 suppliers, up to £20,000,000 in total
  19. Future Lubricants Project 3‡LEIDOS SUPPLY, LIMITED · shared by 11 suppliers, up to £27,031,808 in total
  20. ETE7511 The Supply of Lubricants, Oils and Greases‡DERBYSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · £192,000

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.

Government grants

2 grants

FUCHS LUBRICANTS (UK) PLC is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants since 2019, together worth £591.9k.

Funders
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
1 grant · £472.9k
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
1 grant · £118.9k
Grants
  1. Compact EDU with Advanced-Technology (CompETe)Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £472,933 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme 22/23
  2. Compact EDU with Advanced-Technology (CompETe)Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £118,944 · 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

Payment practices1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Average time taken to pay invoices
36 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
39%
Standard payment terms
30–60 days
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 56%
  • 31 to 60 days 37%
  • After 60 days 7%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Dec 2025
36
57%
39%
30 Jun 2025
41
45%
22%
31 Dec 2024
39
52%
4%
30 Jun 2024
39
51%
4%
31 Dec 2023
39
44%
4%
30 Jun 2023
40
48%
5%
31 Dec 2022
36
51%
8%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 8.6% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 12.6% lower
Median bonus pay
women 25.6% lower
Employer size
250 to 499 employees
Lower pay quarter21.4% womenLower middle18.9% womenUpper middle14.4% womenUpper pay quarter12.2% women
Earlier years (8)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 0.8% lower
women 10.3% lower
2023/24
women 8.5% lower
women 17.1% lower
2022/23
women 7.1% lower
women 16.6% lower
2021/22
women 1.9% lower
women 15.1% lower
2020/21
women 7.4% lower
women 18.9% lower
2019/20
women 13.1% lower
women 22.9% lower
2018/19
women 15.4% lower
women 25.3% lower
2017/18
women 8.6% lower
women 32.4% 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 statements1
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)
Route
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: wood, iron and steel articles, fats and oils, mineral fuels and oils and organic chemicals.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: mineral fuels and oils, soaps and waxes, miscellaneous chemicals, tools and cutlery and paints, dyes and inks.

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

5 events
  1. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: turnover £173.9m, net assets £72.9m, 352 employees
  2. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £167.9m, net assets £71.6m, 341 employees
  3. Fuchs Se registered as a person with significant control
  4. Name changed to FUCHS LUBRICANTS (UK) PLCPreviously FUCHS (UK) PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
  5. Company incorporatedPublic 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.