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Company description
3M UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 17 July 1973; registered for 53 years; registered office reported in BERKSHIRE. Its primary declared activity is 20301 · Manufacture of paints, varnishes and similar coatings, mastics and sealants, with 2 additional SIC activities reported.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 20 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
- 3M UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED
- Company number
- 01123045
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 2 total · 0 outstanding · 2 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
19 July 2026Next statement due
2 August 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 18.0%
- Mean bonus gap
- 21.0%
- Women receiving bonus
- 61.0%
- Men receiving bonus
- 65.0%
- Women in top quartile
- 39.0%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 34.0%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 39.0%
- Women in lower quartile
- 29.0%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 1000 to 4999-6.0% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49993.0% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49994.0% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49994.7% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49997.0% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49998.0% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49996.0% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49998.0% 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 July 2024 – 31 December 2024
- Filed
- 22 January 2025
- Shortest standard term
- 60 days
- Longest standard term
- 60 days
- E-invoicing offered
- Yes
- Supply-chain finance
- Offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-1
- Financial period started
- Not supplied
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £0
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 20.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 120 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
Third Party Vendors - 60 days from date of invoice.
Intercompany - EOM, 15days. - Dispute resolution process
We have a dedicated team that handles vendor queries - 3M UK AP Helpdesk. For any concerns raised by the vendors, the AP Helpdesk will work internally with the relevant teams to provide a solution, contact details Telephone: 01344 857377, email: 3mukaphelpdesk@mmm.com
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 87.0 average days to pay23.0% outside terms
- 60.0 average days to pay14.0% outside terms
- 86.0 average days to pay12.0% outside terms
- 77.0 average days to pay15.0% outside terms
- 80.0 average days to pay26.0% outside terms
- 105.0 average days to pay23.0% outside terms
- 98.0 average days to pay19.0% outside terms
- 98.0 average days to pay19.0% outside terms
- 75.0 average days to pay19.0% outside terms
- 63.0 average days to pay23.0% outside terms
- 55.0 average days to pay22.0% 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
- 3M UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED
- Group submission
- Yes
- Statement period
- 1 January 2019 – 31 December 2019
- Approved
- 30 June 2020
- Sectors
- Automotive, machinery and heavy electrical equipment Construction, civil engineering and building products Defence and aerospace Durable consumer goods, including electronics and appliances, home furnishings and other accessories Forestry, timber products, paper and containers and packaging 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
- 1 to 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 30 March 2021
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 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
The Supply of Welders' Headsets
Leidos Supply · ocds-b5fd17-4e47c471-1f06-4eb4-8b2e-b7f3234a398a
- Supplier named in award
- 3M United Kingdom Plc
- Award value
- £1,500,000
- Contract period
- 9 April 2024 – 9 April 2027
- Published
- 22 April 2024
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 42662000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-4e47c471-1f06-4eb4-8b2e-b7f3234a398a-2024-04-22T15:34:51+01:00
Pre-Operative Skin Preparation Equipment and Consumables
NHS Supply Chain · ocds-b5fd17-a8538deb-4082-4a6d-abdf-994da4e730d9
- Supplier named in award
- 3M United Kingdom Plc
- Award value
- £8,300,000
- Contract period
- 3 January 2024 – 3 January 2028
- Published
- 19 March 2024
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 33140000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-a8538deb-4082-4a6d-abdf-994da4e730d9-2024-03-19T13:14:38Z
Electrodes, Ultrasound Gel, Defibrillation and Related Consumables
NHS Supply Chain · ocds-b5fd17-229c9309-b74a-47ad-ba66-06d3dde90069
- Supplier named in award
- 3M United Kingdom Public Limited Company
- Award value
- £55,000,000
- Contract period
- 1 February 2024 – 31 January 2026
- Published
- 20 October 2023
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 24951100
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-229c9309-b74a-47ad-ba66-06d3dde90069-2023-10-20T10:42:57+01:00
Patient Temperature Management
NHS Supply Chain · ocds-b5fd17-5102aa68-4e18-4890-bdbc-d63b00c09cdc
- Supplier named in award
- 3M United Kingdom PLC
- Award value
- £85,000,000
- Contract period
- 20 June 2023 – 19 June 2027
- Published
- 29 June 2023
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 33186200
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-5102aa68-4e18-4890-bdbc-d63b00c09cdc-2023-06-29T15:51:11+01:00
Ongoing Supply of Specialist Filters
CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-7317c0dc-b9ce-4e9f-a5b5-e80353156684
- Supplier named in award
- 3M United Kingdom PLC
- Award value
- £500,000
- Contract period
- 17 January 2022 – 16 January 2026
- Published
- 31 January 2022
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 42514300
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-7317c0dc-b9ce-4e9f-a5b5-e80353156684-2022-01-31T15:36:59Z
Skin Cleansing and Disinfection
NHS Supply Chain · ocds-b5fd17-71c4cc1b-7789-43d6-a7ee-3b60834a594f
- Supplier named in award
- 3M United Kingdom Public Limited Company
- Award value
- £94,750,000
- Contract period
- 3 May 2022 – 2 May 2026
- Published
- 1 February 2022
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 33000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-71c4cc1b-7789-43d6-a7ee-3b60834a594f-2022-02-01T18:05:38Z
Single Use PPE and Medical Protective Consumables
NHS Supply Chain · ocds-b5fd17-5e8d975b-337d-4451-abbe-a2dd91ea0557
- Supplier named in award
- 3M United Kingdom PLC
- Award value
- £5,000,000,000
- Contract period
- 1 January 2022 – 1 January 2024
- Published
- 3 December 2021
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 33199000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-5e8d975b-337d-4451-abbe-a2dd91ea0557-2021-12-03T10:53:21Z
General Wound Care
NHS SUPPLY CHAIN · ocds-b5fd17-0afc6338-562d-4d8d-a80a-fac2ea994942
- Supplier named in award
- 3M United Kingdom PLC
- Award value
- £180,068,521
- Contract period
- 20 October 2021 – 19 October 2025
- Published
- 5 October 2021
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 33141110
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-0afc6338-562d-4d8d-a80a-fac2ea994942-2021-10-05T12:29:57+01:00
Advanced Wound Care
NHS SUPPLY CHAIN · ocds-b5fd17-5aac507d-97a7-4586-9aee-d176a7c73cc1
- Supplier named in award
- 3m United Kingdom Public Limited Company
- Award value
- £106,783,361.68
- Contract period
- 1 September 2021 – 31 October 2025
- Published
- 18 June 2021
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 33140000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-5aac507d-97a7-4586-9aee-d176a7c73cc1-2021-06-18T12:10:14+01:00
Wound Closure Products
COLLABORATIVE PROCUREMENT PARTNERSHIP LLP · ocds-b5fd17-49f46a0c-ad1c-4c6c-b7f8-6afea8f93d1a
- Supplier named in award
- 3M UNITED KINGDOM PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
- Award value
- £230,000,000
- Contract period
- 27 October 2021 – 26 October 2023
- Published
- 18 June 2021
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 33140000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-49f46a0c-ad1c-4c6c-b7f8-6afea8f93d1a-2021-06-18T10:39:29+01:00
Diathermy Consumables and Related Accessories
NHS SUPPLY CHAIN · ocds-b5fd17-7779747e-1f79-4ba5-a96b-cb3dd5deb7d4
- Supplier named in award
- 3M United Kingdom Public Limited Company
- Award value
- £36,830,000
- Contract period
- 26 June 2021 – 25 June 2025
- Published
- 14 May 2021
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 31711140
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-7779747e-1f79-4ba5-a96b-cb3dd5deb7d4-2021-05-14T11:18:40+01:00
Purchases of Single Use Theatre Protective Clothing
Collaborative Procurement Partnership LLP · ocds-b5fd17-8ac63305-bc8f-4129-a9d5-4303a01e5460
- Supplier named in award
- 3M UNITED KINGDOM PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
- Award value
- £143,626,374.93
- Contract period
- 1 April 2020 – 29 December 2021
- Published
- 16 June 2021
- Procedure
- Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 33199000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-8ac63305-bc8f-4129-a9d5-4303a01e5460-2021-06-16T16:39:06+01:00
Patient Assessment Devices
NHS SUPPLY CHAIN · ocds-b5fd17-721582aa-b4dc-4866-b61f-c6d3a5f8f88f
- Supplier named in award
- 3M United Kingdom Public Limited Company
- Award value
- £14,114,079
- Contract period
- 1 April 2020 – 31 March 2024
- Published
- 14 April 2020
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 31711400
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-721582aa-b4dc-4866-b61f-c6d3a5f8f88f-2020-04-14T11:43:25+01:00
Electrodes, Ultrasound Gels, Defibrillation and Related Consumables
NHS SUPPLY CHAIN · ocds-b5fd17-82b7871e-2705-4cd2-905f-0432d60d9266
- Supplier named in award
- 3M United Kingdom Public Limited Company
- Award value
- £49,200,000
- Contract period
- 21 November 2019 – 20 November 2023
- Published
- 17 March 2020
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 24951100
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-82b7871e-2705-4cd2-905f-0432d60d9266-2020-03-17T13:16:10Z
3M Information Systems Support
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust · ocds-b5fd17-bd4b88af-f392-48fc-a966-4f58b6a14fab
- Supplier named in award
- 3M UNITED KINGDOM PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
- Award value
- £50,716.91
- Contract period
- 1 October 2019 – 30 September 2020
- Published
- 12 February 2020
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 48517000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-bd4b88af-f392-48fc-a966-4f58b6a14fab-2020-02-12T12:30:18Z
Orthoses Consumables and Orthotic Services Framework
North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative (NOE CPC) · ocds-b5fd17-4176e39f-adca-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b
- Supplier named in award
- 3M UK PLC
- Award value
- £0
- Contract period
- 10 March 2017 – 9 March 2021
- Published
- 19 December 2017
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 33000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-4176e39f-adca-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b-2017-12-19T13:39:19Z
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.
07 Ownership and control
People with significant control
3m Products Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- England & Wales
- Legal authority
- Companies Act 2006
- Legal form
- Private Limited Company
- Place registered
- Companies House (England & Wales)
- Registration number
- 01123347
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
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08 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.
09 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.
10 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.
11 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
Tactical Communications Systems
Government Commercial Agency · updated 9 September 2026
- Tender value
- £8,027,000,000
- Awards
- 3
UVDB Powered by Achilles QUDM for Goods, Works and Services
AFFINITY WATER LIMITED · updated 19 August 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
169_26 Paper Stationery, Office Storage Boxes and Associated Products
Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO · updated 24 July 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 9
155_26 Glues, Adhesives and Adhesive Tapes
Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO · updated 31 March 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 3
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.
12 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.
13 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
Production of abrasive products
Other manufacturing n.e.c.
14 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
4 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.
15 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Detected change
Accounts due date: 2027-06-30 → 2027-09-30
- Detected change
Company name: 3M UNITED KINGDOM PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY → 3M UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
16 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.
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.