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Company description
MERCK SHARP & DOHME (UK) LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 29 September 1928; registered for 98 years; registered office reported in LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM. Its primary declared activity is 70100 · Activities of head offices.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 4 procurement records. 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
- MERCK SHARP & DOHME (UK) LIMITED
- Company number
- 00233687
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- 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 2025Next accounts due
30 September 2027Last statement made up to
15 July 2026Next statement due
29 July 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 20.7%
- Mean bonus gap
- 24.6%
- Women receiving bonus
- 91.8%
- Men receiving bonus
- 91.5%
- Women in top quartile
- 45.9%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 58.9%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 58.4%
- Women in lower quartile
- 58.6%
Earlier reporting years (5)
- 1000 to 499911.6% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99911.9% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99913.7% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99914.1% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 4999-8.4% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 January 2026 – 30 June 2026
- Filed
- 16 July 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 0 days
- Longest standard term
- 90 days
- 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
- £25,928,111
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £3,733,249
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £10,375,024
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £4,751,804
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 10.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 90 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
standard payment terms are 90
- Dispute resolution process
All enquiries and complains can be logged with our dedicated helpdesk. Issues generally relate to the correct invoice submissions including incorrect amounts, incorrect/missing PO and VAT numbers. The metrics of the help desk are reviewed for quality and effectiveness quarterly.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 36.0 average days to pay67.0% outside terms
- 41.0 average days to pay15.0% outside terms
- 37.0 average days to pay8.0% outside terms
- 40.0 average days to pay9.0% outside terms
- 41.0 average days to pay28.0% outside terms
- 58.0 average days to pay30.0% outside terms
- 57.0 average days to pay21.0% outside terms
- 64.0 average days to pay25.0% outside terms
- 67.0 average days to pay19.0% outside terms
- 64.0 average days to pay20.0% outside terms
- 14.0 average days to pay3.0% 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.
05 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- MERCK SHARP & DOHME (UK) LIMITED
- Group submission
- Yes
- Statement period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Approved
- 13 April 2026
- Sectors
- Healthcare and pharmaceuticals
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
- 24 April 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
Procurement staff
Worker engagement and working conditions
Your suppliers Professional auditors Workers within your organisation Businesses in your industry or sector
Social audits
Third party audit arranged by your organisation Announced audit
Grievance mechanisms
Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app
Other monitoring
Global, annual Employee Pulse Surveys
Demonstrated progress
We use these measures for our performance:- # of reported concerns/complaints related to modern slavery. # of supplier assessments conducted, as part of supplier due diligence. # of supplier labour and human rights audits performed. # of supplier labour and human rights audit findings. # of supplier labour and human rights audit findings remediated. # of procurement staff trained on modern slavery and human trafficking.
Earlier linked statements (2)
- MERCK SHARP & DOHME (UK) LIMITED31 December 2023
- MERCK SHARP & DOHME (UK) LIMITED31 December 2020
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.
06 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Merck Sharp & Dohme (Uk) Limited
Registration ZA770330
- Registered from
- 8 July 2020
- Current end date
- 7 July 2027
- Trading names
- Peloton Therapeutics
This is a candidate association, not an official Companies House link. The ICO file supplies no company number. The organisation name and postcode uniquely matched this company in the current snapshot. BritDB excludes all DPO contact fields and does not publish unmatched personal entries.
07 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
NHS Framework, North of England, Branded Medicines-Tranche A and Annual Tranche
NHS England · ocds-b5fd17-711f74f7-430c-4b80-a5e0-b3ce69f928b9
- Supplier named in award
- Merck Sharpe & Dohme (UK) Limited
- Award value
- £1
- Contract period
- 1 March 2021 – 28 February 2023
- Published
- 13 May 2021
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 33600000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-711f74f7-430c-4b80-a5e0-b3ce69f928b9-2021-05-13T10:21:38+01:00
NHS Framework for the Midlands and East, Branded Medicines - Tranche B
NHS England · ocds-b5fd17-a3813112-7a5b-461b-9e42-ccdb117c93ef
- Supplier named in award
- Merck Sharpe & Dohme (UK) Limited
- Award value
- £228,156,862
- Contract period
- 1 March 2021 – 28 February 2023
- Published
- 30 April 2021
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 33600000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-a3813112-7a5b-461b-9e42-ccdb117c93ef-2021-04-30T13:00:26+01:00
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
08 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Schering-Plough Holdings Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- United Kingdom
- Legal authority
- England
- Legal form
- Limited
- Place registered
- United Kingdom
- Registration number
- 02297208
- 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.
09 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.
10 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.
11 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.
12 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
NHS National Framework for Etravirine 200mg tablets, Raltegravir 400mg tablets, Ritonavir 100mg tablets
NHS England · updated 2 September 2026
- Tender value
- £5,400,000
- Awards
- 1
Generic, Branded Generic & Proprietary Medicinal Products - Group 18
Regional Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service · updated 3 July 2026
- Tender value
- £1,800,000,000
- Awards
- 214
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.
13 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.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
14 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
15 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
2 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.
16 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
- Company name
Previous name: MERCK SHARP & DOHME (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
17 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
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.