BRITISH SALT LIMITED

Active
Company number 06398227Private limited companyIncorporated 2007

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

Comparison with all companies

Where the company stands among all 5,179,256 active companies on the register.

Company age19.1 years
Older than 86% · median 5.7 years

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: BRITISH SALT LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

BRITISH SALT LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 06398227. It was incorporated on 15 Oct 2007. Its status is active. The registered office is in Northwich (CW8). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is extraction of salt (08930), manufacture of other inorganic basic chemicals (20130).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with all 5,179,256 active companies on the register: It is older than 86% of them (median age 5.7 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 3 public contract award notices from 3 public sector buyers since 2023. 2 of the awards are shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements.

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly machinery, optical, medical and measuring instruments, salt, stone and cement. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly salt, stone and cement, live animals. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 61 days to pay suppliers, and 17% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 2 years.

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 14 May 2027.

Public contracts

3 contracts

BRITISH SALT LIMITED is named as a supplier in 3 public contract award notices from 3 public sector buyers since 2023. 2 awards are shared with other suppliers.

Contracts per year
Main buyers3
ANGLIAN WATER SERVICES LIMITED
1 contract
SEVERN TRENT WATER LIMITED
1 contract
YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED
1 contract
Contracts
  1. Supply of SaltSEVERN TRENT WATER LIMITED · shared by 2 suppliers
  2. Salt FrameworkYORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED · shared by 2 suppliers, up to £8,625,000 in total · runs until Nov 2028
  3. Sodium ChlorideANGLIAN WATER SERVICES LIMITED

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. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices1 Apr 2026 – 30 Sep 2026
Average time taken to pay invoices
61 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
17%
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 15%
  • 31 to 60 days 20%
  • After 60 days 65%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Mar 2026
62
15%
15%
30 Sep 2025
67
14%
29%
31 Mar 2025
63
14%
19%
30 Sep 2024
65
15%
15%
31 Mar 2024
65
18%
16%
30 Sep 2023
63
15%
20%
31 Mar 2023
73
11%
20%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Modern slavery statements2
2024
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (TATA CHEMICALS EUROPE LIMITED)
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (TATA CHEMICALS EUROPE LIMITED)

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

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 10 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: machinery, optical, medical and measuring instruments, salt, stone and cement, plastics 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: salt, stone and cement and live animals.

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

6 events
  1. Financial year endedAccounts filed at Companies House
  2. Tce Group Limited registered as a person with significant control
  3. Cheshire Salt Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
  4. Cheshire Salt Limited registered as a person with significant control
  5. Name changed to BRITISH SALT LIMITEDPreviously BROOMCO (4111) LIMITED
  6. 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.