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Company description
URENCO UK LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 12 November 1973; registered for 52 years; registered office reported in CHESTER. Its primary declared activity is 20130 · Manufacture of other inorganic basic chemicals.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record. 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.
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01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- URENCO UK LIMITED
- Company number
- 01144899
- 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
12 January 2026Next statement due
26 January 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 0.0%
- Mean bonus gap
- -3.0%
- Women receiving bonus
- 88.5%
- Men receiving bonus
- 89.4%
- Women in top quartile
- 23.9%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 17.0%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 26.6%
- Women in lower quartile
- 31.0%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 500 to 99915.1% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49922.4% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49920.2% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49917.6% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49912.8% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49919.7% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49913.6% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49914.4% 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
- 61 days
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- Reported as used
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
- £48,692,000
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £8,741,000
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £24,772,000
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £772,285
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 13.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 61 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Maximum contractual payment information
n/a
Retention circumstances
Urenco construction contracts are generally delivered on model form contract terms and conditions, such as NEC and IChemE. These model form contracts have retention clauses embedded within them to support robust delivery management of all the contractual obligations, and more importantly proactive defect management. e.g. Urenco will retain a percentage of all application for payments (usually 5% of the application for payment total) until formal completion of the contract. Upon completion of the contract, 50% of the retained monies are released back to the supplier based on successful completion of the contract deliverables, and more importantly with no defects having been identified at the point of contractual completion.
The remaining retention monies (usually 2.5% of the contract sum) is then retained by Urenco for the duration of the defect liability period. The defects liability period is usually 12 months from actual completion of the contract, but this can be negotiated on a contract-by-contract basis. Upon the defect liability period coming to an end; the supplier issues a defects certificate to Urenco confirming that there are no defects. Once this certificate has been confirmed by Urenco, the remaining retention monies (2.5%) are released back to the supplier. This is standard practice for construction contracts to ensure that any identified defects are proactively managed.
Retention release
Urenco construction contracts are generally delivered on model form contract terms and conditions, such as NEC and IChemE. These model form contracts have retention clauses embedded within them to support robust delivery management of all the contractual obligations, and more importantly proactive defect management. e.g. Urenco will retain a percentage of all application for payments (usually 5% of the application for payment total) until formal completion of the contract. Upon completion of the contract, 50% of the retained monies are released back to the supplier based on successful completion of the contract deliverables, and more importantly with no defects having been identified at the point of contractual completion.
The remaining retention monies (usually 2.5% of the contract sum) is then retained by Urenco for the duration of the defect liability period. The defects liability period is usually 12 months from actual completion of the contract, but this can be negotiated on a contract-by-contract basis. Upon the defect liability period coming to an end; the supplier issues a defects certificate to Urenco confirming that there are no defects. Once this certificate has been confirmed by Urenco, the remaining retention monies (2.5%) are released back to the supplier. This is standard practice for construction contracts to ensure that any identified defects are proactively managed.
Retention release stages
Upon completion of the contract, 50% of the retained monies are released back to the supplier based on successful completion of the contract deliverables, and more importantly with no defects having been identified at the point of contractual completion.
The remaining retention monies (usually 2.5% of the contract sum) is then retained by Urenco for the duration of the defect liability period. The defects liability period is usually 12 months from actual completion of the contract, but this can be negotiated on a contract-by-contract basis. Upon the defect liability period coming to an end; the supplier issues a defects certificate to Urenco confirming that there are no defects. Once this certificate has been confirmed by Urenco, the remaining retention monies (2.5%) are released back to the supplier.
- Retention in all contracts
- No
- Retention in standard terms
- No
- Retention threshold
- Not supplied
- Standard retention rate
- 5.0%
- Retention compared with client
- 0.0%
- Retention compared with payments
- 0.0%
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
30 days from receipt of correct invoice.
- Other payment-term information
n/a
- Dispute resolution process
All contracts have standard DR clauses and an accompanying additional process should disputes not be resolved at contract level.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 32.0 average days to pay13.0% outside terms
- 36.0 average days to pay0.0% outside terms
- 33.0 average days to pay11.0% outside terms
- 33.0 average days to pay18.0% outside terms
- 33.0 average days to pay14.0% outside terms
- 34.0 average days to pay11.0% outside terms
- 33.0 average days to pay12.0% outside terms
- 35.0 average days to pay15.0% outside terms
- 34.0 average days to pay13.0% outside terms
- 31.0 average days to pay7.0% outside terms
- 31.0 average days to pay6.0% 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
- URENCO UK LIMITED
- Group submission
- Yes
- Parent organisation
- URENCO LIMITED
- Statement period
- 1 January 2020 – 31 December 2020
- Approved
- 8 July 2021
- Sectors
- Mining, metals, chemicals and resources (including oil and gas) Waste management and recycling Other
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
- 20 August 2021
Policies described
Prohibits any threat of violence, harassment and intimidation Prohibits child labour
Training described
Your front line staff Human resources Executive-level staff Procurement staff
Worker engagement and working conditions
Your suppliers Workers within your organisation Workers within your supply chain
Social audits
Audit conducted by your staff
Grievance mechanisms
Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app Through trade unions or other worker representative groups
Demonstrated progress
Due diligence had primarily focused on Commercial / uranics counterparties and suppliers. During 2020 we broadened the scope to other critical suppliers such as procurement, information technology and maintenance and continue to assess the modern slavery risks that may arise within these areas. The Enterprise Risk Management processes have been updated to ensure keys risks associated with modern slavery are identified and reviewed on an annual basis.
Reported risks and mitigations
- Risk: Processing uranium which originated in mines in high risk countries where children could be exploited. , including countries such as Niger and Namibia.
- Area: Within your supply chains
- Tier: Tier 1 suppliers Tier 2 suppliers Tier 3 suppliers and below
- Group: Migrants Refugees Children
- Location: Niger
- Mitigation: Perform continual risk assessments and ongoing screening on all commercial counterparties/third parties . We screen for any reported instances of convictions or investigations by law enforcement agencies for offences across 240 countries and territories relating to migrant smuggling, human trafficking, slave labour and the sexual exploitation of children. In order to raise awareness of modern slavery in our organisation we provide on-line training to all relevant staff.
- Risk: Third party transporters of our main end product (enriched uranium) to our customers. We use hauliers/shipping companies to transport the product to regions e.g. Asia, South America and South Africa.
- Tier: Tier 1 suppliers Tier 2 suppliers
- Group: Other vulnerable groups
- Mitigation: In order to raise awareness of modern slavery risks in our supply chain, on-line modern slavery training to all relevant staff, which included HR, transport and logistics.
- Risk: N/A
- Area: Please refer to Statement
- Mitigation: Please refer to Statement
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06 Environmental regulation
Environment Agency records
URENCO UK LIMITED
EPR/WP3939SC · CH1 6ER
- Permit or record holder
- URENCO UK LIMITED
- Record date
- 17 July 2006
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Regulated site or public record address
- CAPENHURST WORKS, Capenhurst Works EPR/WP3939SC, CHESTER, CHESHIRE, CH1 6ER
- Activity
- Directly Associated Activity (Included)|Inorganic Chemicals; Using Halogens Etc If Release To Air/Water (Unless Otherwise Prescribed) (Unless Chlorination Of Water) - 4.2 A(1) b)
- Grid reference
- SJ3650074500
- Easting
- 336500.000
- Northing
- 374500.000
- All populated source fields
- Permission Number: EPR/WP3939SC; Name: URENCO UK LIMITED; Activity Type Description: Directly Associated Activity (Included)|Inorganic Chemicals; Using Halogens Etc If Release To Air/Water (Unless Otherwise Prescribed) (Unless Chlorination Of Water) - 4.2 A(1) b); Site Address: CAPENHURST WORKS, Capenhurst Works EPR/WP3939SC, CHESTER, CHESHIRE, CH1 6ER; Site Postcode: CH1 6ER; Site Grid Reference: SJ3650074500; Easting: 336500; Northing: 374500; Local Authority: Cheshire West and Chester; Permission Date: 2006-07-17
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07 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Urenco Enrichment Company Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- England
- Legal authority
- Companies Act
- Legal form
- Company
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 04696557
- Notified
- 25 July 2016
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08 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
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09 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
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10 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
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11 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
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12 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
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13 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
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
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.
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15 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: URENCO (CAPENHURST) LIMITED
- 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.
Candidate permit and enforcement associations based on a unique exact holder-name and postcode match.
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.
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