TXT In plain English
Company description
BORAX EUROPE LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 5 May 1892; registered for 134 years; registered office reported in LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM. Its primary declared activity is 46180 · Agents specialized in the sale of other particular products.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 28 trade marks. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- BORAX EUROPE LIMITED
- Company number
- 00036374
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- AUDIT EXEMPTION SUBSIDIARY
- Mortgage charges
- 0 total · 0 outstanding · 0 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 December 2024Next accounts due
30 September 2026Last statement made up to
5 March 2026Next statement due
19 March 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 January 2026 – 30 June 2026
- Filed
- 16 July 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 30 days
- Longest standard term
- Not supplied
- E-invoicing offered
- Yes
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 1 January 2026
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £41,922,875
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £29,934
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £0
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £272,419
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 1.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 30 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
Rio Tinto has in place standard payment terms of “Within 30 days Due net” from receipt of a valid invoice for external suppliers who supply Rio Tinto’s businesses in the UK. Rio Tinto has differing payment terms in other jurisdictions and for other circumstances. Intercompany payments are assigned individual terms.
- Dispute resolution process
Any disputes relating to payment are initially directed to the Accounts Payable Service desk for resolution. Typical response time of the Accounts Payable Service Desk is within 48 hours. Where the dispute cannot be resolved by the Accounts Payable Service Desk, the concern can be escalated through to the Sourcing Category Owner for assistance in resolution.
The Accounts Payable Service Desk & invoice submission contact details are found on the Purchase Order distributed to the supplier.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 25.0 average days to pay5.0% outside terms
- 25.0 average days to pay5.0% outside terms
- 27.0 average days to pay1.0% outside terms
- 33.0 average days to pay12.0% outside terms
- 29.0 average days to pay6.0% outside terms
- 29.0 average days to pay3.0% outside terms
- 29.0 average days to pay8.0% outside terms
- 33.0 average days to pay6.0% outside terms
- 35.0 average days to pay27.0% outside terms
- 47.0 average days to pay41.0% outside terms
- 44.0 average days to pay16.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
04 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- BORAX EUROPE LIMITED
- Group submission
- Yes
- Parent organisation
- RIO TINTO PLC
- Statement period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Approved
- 5 May 2026
- Sectors
- Mining, metals, chemicals and resources (including oil and gas)
Organisation structure
Covered in the statement
Policies
Covered in the statement
Risk assessment
Covered in the statement
Due diligence
Covered in the statement
Training
Covered in the statement
Goals and KPIs
Covered in the statement
Full statement information supplied to the registry
- Reported turnover band
- Over £500 million
- Years producing statements
- More than 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 22 May 2026
Policies described
Freedom of workers to terminate employment Freedom of movement Freedom of association Prohibits any threat of violence, harassment and intimidation Prohibits the use of worker-paid recruitment fees Prohibits compulsory overtime Prohibits child labour Prohibits discrimination Prohibits confiscation of workers' original identification documents Provides access to remedy, compensation and justice for victims of modern slavery
Training described
Your whole organisation Executive-level staff Procurement staff Your suppliers
Worker engagement and working conditions
Professional auditors Workers within your organisation
Social audits
Audit conducted by your staff Third party audit arranged by your organisation
Grievance mechanisms
Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app
Other monitoring
Working conditions are monitored through human rights risk assessments, value chain due diligence, value chain welfare assessments (transport and logistics) and worker welfare assessments.
Actions addressing ILO indicators
Other
Demonstrated progress
Page 2 outlines our Impact and Evaluation methodology over time. We also demonstrate progress on commitments in Appendix 1: Our performance.
Reported risks and mitigations
- Risk: See page 10 (Risks in our operations), noting risks related to contractor workers’ right to safe and decent work, namely pay practices, working hours and access to grievance mechanisms.
- Area: Within your supply chains
- Tier: Tier 1 suppliers
- Group: Other vulnerable groups
- Mitigation: Please see page 11 (Risks in our operations continued) and page 21 (Responding to modern slavery).
- Risk: See above.
A registry entry records what the organisation declared in its statement. It is not an independent audit. Group statements can cover several companies; BritDB preserves each exact source-supplied company-number link and excludes approver names and email addresses.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
OPTIBOR
Owner Borax Europe Limited · classes 1
- Filed / designated
- 15 December 1998
- Valid until / renewal due
- 15 December 2008
BORAX
Owner Borax Europe Limited · classes 1,2,5
- Filed / designated
- 4 December 1997
- Valid until / renewal due
- 4 December 2007
GRANUBOR
Owner Borax Europe Limited · classes 1
- Filed / designated
- 11 March 1993
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 March 2010
CARI-BOR
Owner Borax Europe Limited · classes 19
- Filed / designated
- 20 June 1992
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 June 1999
CTB
Owner Borax Europe Limited · classes 19
- Filed / designated
- 20 June 1992
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 June 1999
AGROBOR
Owner Borax Europe Limited · classes 1
- Filed / designated
- 1 August 1991
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 August 2008
MATSAFE
Owner Borax Europe Limited · classes 1
- Filed / designated
- 1 August 1991
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 August 1998
BOROGARD
Owner Borax Europe Limited · classes 2
- Filed / designated
- 9 November 1990
- Valid until / renewal due
- 9 November 2007
TIMBOR
Owner Borax Europe Limited · classes 2
- Filed / designated
- 12 July 1989
- Valid until / renewal due
- 12 July 2006
CALBOR
Owner Borax Europe Limited · classes 21
- Filed / designated
- 31 October 1980
- Valid until / renewal due
- 31 October 2001
LURON
Owner Borax Europe Limited · classes 3
- Filed / designated
- 6 November 1964
- Valid until / renewal due
- 6 November 1999
Ambor
Owner Borax Europe Limited · classes 2
- Filed / designated
- 14 October 1963
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 October 1998
AMBOR
Owner Borax Europe Limited · classes 1
- Filed / designated
- 7 October 1963
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 October 1998
20 MULE TEAM
Owner Borax Europe Limited · classes 1
- Filed / designated
- 11 February 1963
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 February 2008
BORATEEM
Owner Borax Europe Limited · classes 3
- Filed / designated
- 29 June 1962
- Valid until / renewal due
- 29 June 1997
TIMBORISED
Owner Borax Europe Limited · classes 19
- Filed / designated
- 17 May 1961
- Valid until / renewal due
- 17 May 2006
20 MULE TEAM
Owner Borax Europe Limited · classes 1,2,3,5
- Filed / designated
- 5 August 1960
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 August 2005
Figurative mark
Owner Borax Europe Limited · classes 1,2,3,5
- Filed / designated
- 5 August 1960
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 August 2005
LIQUIBOR
Owner Borax Europe Limited · classes 1
- Filed / designated
- 26 November 1958
- Valid until / renewal due
- 26 November 2017
SOLUBOR
Owner Borax Europe Limited · classes 1
- Filed / designated
- 16 August 1957
- Valid until / renewal due
- 16 August 2006
CALBOR
Owner Borax Europe Limited · classes 1
- Filed / designated
- 5 October 1956
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 October 2005
POLYBOR
Owner Borax Europe Limited · classes 5
- Filed / designated
- 18 June 1956
- Valid until / renewal due
- 18 June 2005
RASORITE
Owner Borax Europe Limited · classes 1
- Filed / designated
- 30 September 1955
- Valid until / renewal due
- 30 September 2004
UREABOR
Owner Borax Europe Limited · classes 1
- Filed / designated
- 7 September 1955
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 September 2004
NEOBOR
Owner Borax Europe Limited · classes 1
- Filed / designated
- 28 September 1951
- Valid until / renewal due
- 28 September 2010
F E R T I B O R
Owner Borax Europe Limited · classes 1
- Filed / designated
- 2 December 1949
- Valid until / renewal due
- 2 December 2008
D E H Y B O R
Owner Borax Europe Limited · classes 1
- Filed / designated
- 1 October 1948
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 October 1997
TIMBORITE
Owner Borax Europe Limited · classes 2
- Filed / designated
- 4 March 1914
- Valid until / renewal due
- 4 March 1998
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
05 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Rio Tinto International Holdings Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- England And Wales
- Legal authority
- United Kingdom (England And Wales)
- Legal form
- Limited By Shares
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 425864
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
06 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
07 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
08 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
09 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
Find a Tender did not explicitly identify this Companies House number in a procurement party. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
10 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
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11 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
12 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
0 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
13 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
14 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.