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Company Number

00041424

Directors

Andrea Jung

Susan Kilsby

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Shareholders

undisclosed

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Industry

Activities of head offices

 

Registered Address

port sunlight, wirral, merseyside, CH62 4ZD

unilever plc Estimated Valuation

£64.9b

Pomanda estimates the enterprise value of UNILEVER PLC at £64.9b based on a Turnover of £51.1b and 1.27x industry multiple (adjusted for size and gross margin).

unilever plc Estimated Valuation

£91.3b

Pomanda estimates the enterprise value of UNILEVER PLC at £91.3b based on an EBITDA of £9.4b and a 9.73x industry multiple (adjusted for size and gross margin).

unilever plc Estimated Valuation

£33.4b

Pomanda estimates the enterprise value of UNILEVER PLC at £33.4b based on Net Assets of £16.8b and 1.99x industry multiple (adjusted for liquidity).

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Unilever Plc Overview

Unilever Plc is a live company located in merseyside, CH62 4ZD with a Companies House number of 00041424. It operates in the activities of head offices sector, SIC Code 70100. Founded in June 1894, it's largest shareholder is undisclosed with a 100% stake. Unilever Plc is a mature, mega sized company, Pomanda has estimated its turnover at £51.1b with healthy growth in recent years.

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Unilever Plc Health Check

Pomanda's financial health check has awarded Unilever Plc a 4.5 rating. We use a traffic light system to show it exceeds the industry average on 6 measures and has 5 areas for improvement. Company Health Check FAQs

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size

Size

annual sales of £51.1b, make it larger than the average company (£21.3m)

£51.1b - Unilever Plc

£21.3m - Industry AVG

growth

Growth

3 year (CAGR) sales growth of 4%, show it is growing at a slower rate (9.7%)

4% - Unilever Plc

9.7% - Industry AVG

production

Production

with a gross margin of 45.1%, this company has a lower cost of product (33.6%)

45.1% - Unilever Plc

33.6% - Industry AVG

profitability

Profitability

an operating margin of 15.5% make it more profitable than the average company (6%)

15.5% - Unilever Plc

6% - Industry AVG

employees

Employees

with 125 employees, this is similar to the industry average (115)

125 - Unilever Plc

115 - Industry AVG

paystructure

Pay Structure

on an average salary of £48.1m, the company has a higher pay structure (£51.4k)

£48.1m - Unilever Plc

£51.4k - Industry AVG

efficiency

Efficiency

resulting in sales per employee of £408.6m, this is more efficient (£209k)

£408.6m - Unilever Plc

£209k - Industry AVG

debtordays

Debtor Days

it gets paid by customers after 25 days, this is earlier than average (44 days)

25 days - Unilever Plc

44 days - Industry AVG

creditordays

Creditor Days

its suppliers are paid after 112 days, this is slower than average (41 days)

112 days - Unilever Plc

41 days - Industry AVG

stockdays

Stock Days

it holds stock equivalent to 56 days, this is more than average (46 days)

56 days - Unilever Plc

46 days - Industry AVG

cashbalance

Cash Balance

has cash to cover current liabilities for 12 weeks, this is less cash available to meet short term requirements (16 weeks)

12 weeks - Unilever Plc

16 weeks - Industry AVG

debtlevel

Debt Level

it has a ratio of liabilities to total assets of 71.7%, this is a higher level of debt than the average (54.6%)

71.7% - Unilever Plc

54.6% - Industry AVG

UNILEVER PLC financials

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Unilever Plc's latest turnover from December 2024 is £51.1 billion and the company has net assets of £16.8 billion. According to their latest financial statements, Unilever Plc has 125 employees and maintains cash reserves of £5.2 billion as reported in the balance sheet.

Data source: Companies HousePomanda Estimates

Dec 2024Dec 2023Dec 2022Dec 2021Dec 2020Dec 2019Dec 2018Dec 2017Dec 2016Dec 2015Dec 2014Dec 2013Dec 2012Dec 2011Dec 2010Dec 2009
Turnover51,072,539,29650,100,025,21652,287,405,34445,148,071,62543,667,355,37244,249,595,64145,625,559,33446,526,634,90746,106,008,92244,837,976,60137,611,430,34649,797,000,00041,672,620,98139,583,439,81638,653,392,71733,961,282,620
Other Income Or Grants
Cost Of Sales28,066,739,51428,939,228,37731,252,502,39426,049,414,60124,693,526,17124,773,984,84730,766,557,13431,472,403,77731,092,841,66130,531,817,76826,045,894,62229,065,000,00029,011,204,58627,609,392,54920,132,739,499
Gross Profit23,005,799,78121,160,796,84021,034,902,95119,098,657,02518,973,829,20119,475,610,79414,859,002,20015,054,231,13015,013,167,26114,306,158,83311,565,535,72520,732,000,00012,661,416,39411,974,047,26718,520,653,218
Admin Expenses15,104,648,23012,958,729,09211,673,774,91511,607,265,84011,825,929,75212,062,654,2942,558,210,3147,382,511,7718,783,542,9097,980,933,6845,368,921,34413,215,000,0006,996,427,7616,494,023,41512,984,892,149-4,199,164,724
Operating Profit7,901,151,5518,202,067,7489,361,128,0367,491,391,1857,147,899,4497,412,956,50012,300,791,8867,671,719,3596,229,624,3526,325,225,1496,196,614,3817,517,000,0005,664,988,6335,480,023,8525,535,761,0694,199,164,724
Interest Payable939,732,706903,589,140711,985,377422,692,837626,721,763698,901,847642,563,093481,593,764496,807,487434,306,877388,259,0461,290,000,000427,086,716460,005,111428,783,5121,213,542,555
Interest Receivable432,041,691495,082,793282,879,275126,549,586199,724,517190,686,983120,816,180135,989,605100,586,022121,201,91990,852,616763,000,000110,425,46278,371,24167,243,035725,737,676
Pre-Tax Profit7,454,820,5437,849,878,1218,997,301,7677,365,702,4796,883,608,8157,056,269,68611,061,392,5187,061,931,5726,532,843,5236,076,929,5515,937,257,3387,114,000,0005,304,481,9755,319,873,9255,354,990,8304,192,392,973
Tax-2,101,370,093-1,848,365,134-1,799,982,592-1,665,805,785-1,655,475,207-1,926,449,306-2,301,771,971-1,443,915,115-1,681,098,574-1,650,534,467-1,654,760,056-1,851,000,000-1,377,882,429-1,381,719,056-1,339,620,994-1,071,976,804
Profit After Tax5,353,450,4506,001,512,9867,197,319,1755,699,896,6945,228,133,6095,129,820,3808,759,620,5485,618,016,4574,851,744,9494,426,395,0854,282,497,2825,263,000,0003,926,599,5453,938,154,8684,015,369,8373,120,416,169
Dividends Paid598,470,203437,925,5273,791,452,6943,837,809,9173,701,790,6343,594,960,4153,652,228,3873,148,779,8482,865,078,6972,481,751,8252,981,000,0002,189,022,4102,118,579,0952,016,417,7801,796,008,869
Retained Profit4,229,637,7245,014,709,5912,860,127,0781,369,662,5341,102,789,2561,193,496,2124,732,414,5345,242,962,3211,385,463,1331,561,316,3881,533,623,2331,861,000,0001,357,583,6311,503,535,2241,998,952,0571,077,946,444
Employee Costs6,014,121,2075,777,086,6616,107,581,1655,297,004,1325,248,794,7665,439,686,7295,863,611,9565,813,772,1965,705,414,1525,517,212,3564,701,040,5346,194,000,0005,117,733,0304,553,198,7394,889,529,2994,454,204,332
Number Of Employees125128138149150153,000158165169171173174172169165168
EBITDA*9,377,994,4519,528,452,55111,003,568,6308,624,311,2948,491,735,5369,100,195,79413,354,129,9939,003,897,7917,510,128,1577,478,326,7407,308,588,2908,668,000,0006,638,518,9994,603,458,5576,402,934,2415,068,173,763

* Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation

Dec 2024Dec 2023Dec 2022Dec 2021Dec 2020Dec 2019Dec 2018Dec 2017Dec 2016Dec 2015Dec 2014Dec 2013Dec 2012Dec 2011Dec 2010Dec 2009
Tangible Assets16,520,971,67415,044,128,77220,440,421,27317,706,611,57015,525,998,62318,522,175,87514,444,245,57012,906,886,09813,217,878,07212,248,968,94210,487,653,36212,487,000,00010,006,495,6159,632,847,7729,086,542,6607,809,994,883
Intangible Assets34,379,255,27433,173,068,84135,241,535,38233,222,279,61430,080,061,98326,414,403,67826,394,308,21624,600,259,85323,994,577,10121,091,658,95117,218,512,19120,904,000,00017,633,972,06918,666,837,03915,961,924,72314,537,779,294
Investments & Other1,320,500,9661,164,999,5791,824,353,7296,276,687,3273,898,932,506744,019,7492,120,995,166584,668,687588,646,8992,292,736,301555,210,436407,189,709647,279,549
Debtors (Due After 1 year)5,392,115,6594,879,381,3564,620,941,7701,261,191,4601,268,939,3933,755,001,276
Total Fixed Assets50,900,226,94748,217,197,61251,061,014,88349,667,699,72444,337,121,21241,181,578,27540,838,553,78537,507,145,95037,212,455,17333,340,627,89327,706,165,55333,391,000,00027,640,467,68428,299,684,81125,048,467,38222,347,774,177
Stock & work in progress4,351,517,1894,302,765,4035,162,329,1844,296,659,7794,085,743,8013,544,734,8253,849,114,0143,431,788,6533,741,800,0523,648,682,7703,236,527,4113,937,000,0003,601,818,7723,919,413,9193,762,990,1313,051,338,904
Trade Debtors3,552,996,5543,381,524,7543,955,087,4753,083,677,6862,955,406,3364,184,898,2723,892,965,8132,978,778,6922,911,746,6982,455,180,5402,195,216,6492,852,000,0002,267,781,7472,467,842,2352,219,020,1731,973,392,461
Group Debtors
Misc Debtors1,499,537,6981,472,640,1612,186,439,2021,584,022,0381,296,487,6031,514,429,2151,908,000,7151,544,391,5111,550,774,0751,588,250,1471,709,892,8401,979,000,0001,334,037,0251,376,607,8881,392,018,164950,878,389
Cash5,157,602,7563,495,839,2873,765,340,7602,939,910,4684,776,170,7983,562,611,7302,890,638,9832,873,105,2402,958,103,7341,937,547,3441,670,290,4172,285,000,0002,001,461,5132,967,884,8282,022,530,7832,253,112,740
misc current assets1,117,928,8901,454,988,6531,249,020,803995,179,063695,592,287772,112,0291,311,079,2913,882,200,087981,369,7191,047,891,592775,741,5751,069,000,000657,681,0651,442,201,2101,505,545,367990,960,259
total current assets16,133,479,02815,047,490,96416,674,210,11415,245,351,24014,153,753,44413,986,549,75713,851,798,81914,710,264,18412,143,794,28010,677,552,3959,587,668,89312,122,000,0009,862,780,12312,173,950,08110,902,104,6209,219,682,756
total assets67,033,705,97563,264,688,57667,735,224,99764,913,050,96458,490,874,65655,168,128,03254,690,352,60452,217,410,13449,356,249,45344,018,180,28837,293,834,44645,513,000,00037,503,247,80740,473,634,89235,950,572,00231,567,456,933
Bank overdraft469,840,702456,592,639491,000,000
Bank loan2,167,531,7701,765,908,510
Trade Creditors 8,622,341,7678,703,874,9269,661,415,2677,658,402,2047,209,882,9207,823,274,0278,162,699,12311,629,276,7437,514,213,2426,982,577,2245,929,492,1576,995,000,0005,751,867,4895,764,545,5325,254,562,9203,395,872,420
Group/Directors Accounts
other short term finances4,026,559,972113,656,703132,073,8213,653,517,6263,037,000,0003,109,293,806
hp & lease commitments349,024,52110,094,73514,000,00013,629,781
other current liabilities12,588,047,40511,054,887,78312,470,188,87313,937,672,17410,761,880,1636,008,342,5536,770,180,7748,446,080,55210,333,245,8669,867,014,5585,202,671,2196,845,000,0007,089,152,3204,619,643,9206,627,368,7876,495,821,248
total current liabilities21,210,389,17419,758,762,71322,131,604,14321,596,074,38017,971,763,08517,858,176,55618,032,933,59620,075,357,29817,979,532,93116,849,591,78515,252,368,38017,382,000,00012,841,019,81215,273,021,55211,881,931,7099,891,693,672
loans21,069,177,10320,622,846,09520,817,303,50619,697,830,57819,665,977,96140,410,317,52641,389,833,54114,258,986,5749,748,097,6128,293,914,6536,132,939,89614,982,000,0006,142,416,3687,436,749,2966,338,311,0646,559,781,681
hp & lease commitments1,423,841,059144,432,365190,000,000160,149,927
Accruals and Deferred Income125,241,65792,460,284122,726,08599,599,897263,110,792101,001,59959,000,00088,691,796
other liabilities537,110,195346,305,79123,500,739364,152,892330,578,512200,051,076202,255,235708,531,831583,398,932229,778,638418,543,252237,000,000405,975,966464,264,417418,304,078122,804,025
provisions10,266,453,7269,982,348,49011,680,738,09612,512,052,33910,647,382,9199,968,502,5959,305,530,6949,425,725,42012,386,950,05610,015,991,9189,934,772,47911,058,000,00010,328,028,57910,629,525,5118,289,232,3798,427,426,230
total long term liabilities26,864,755,82026,052,786,41726,715,118,80926,318,009,64225,320,247,93325,489,061,03625,813,495,61519,680,381,11716,524,971,57313,632,690,85010,965,988,50713,316,000,00011,712,406,62512,489,990,62910,901,231,33310,984,990,619
total liabilities48,075,144,99445,811,549,13048,846,722,95247,914,084,02243,292,011,01843,347,237,59243,846,429,21139,755,738,41534,504,504,50430,482,282,63526,218,356,88730,698,000,00024,553,426,43727,763,012,18122,783,163,04220,876,684,291
net assets16,802,555,26615,215,600,57116,555,836,01714,727,100,55113,142,217,63111,230,101,30310,199,570,43111,805,110,43714,304,207,12012,994,697,41610,600,248,48614,344,000,00012,497,564,14512,175,653,80412,649,550,25810,289,101,143
total shareholders funds16,802,555,26615,215,600,57216,555,836,01714,727,100,55113,142,217,63111,230,101,30210,199,570,43111,805,110,43714,304,207,12012,994,697,41610,600,248,48614,344,000,00012,497,564,14412,175,653,80412,649,550,25810,289,101,143
Dec 2024Dec 2023Dec 2022Dec 2021Dec 2020Dec 2019Dec 2018Dec 2017Dec 2016Dec 2015Dec 2014Dec 2013Dec 2012Dec 2011Dec 2010Dec 2009
Operating Activities
Operating Profit7,901,151,5518,202,067,7489,361,128,0367,491,391,1857,147,899,4497,412,956,50012,300,791,8867,671,719,3596,229,624,3526,325,225,1496,196,614,3817,517,000,0005,664,988,6335,480,023,8525,535,761,0694,199,164,724
Depreciation1,161,637,3881,134,739,850885,194,534897,038,5671,057,162,5341,372,265,2591,053,338,1061,016,024,2531,009,358,873923,322,953735,362,634984,000,000800,584,605-713,859,784715,221,378725,737,677
Amortisation315,205,513191,644,952757,246,061235,881,542286,673,553314,974,035316,154,179271,144,931229,778,638376,611,275167,000,000172,945,761-162,705,511151,951,794143,271,362
Tax-2,101,370,093-1,848,365,134-1,799,982,592-1,665,805,785-1,655,475,207-1,926,449,306-2,301,771,971-1,443,915,115-1,681,098,574-1,650,534,467-1,654,760,056-1,851,000,000-1,377,882,429-1,381,719,056-1,339,620,994-1,071,976,804
Stock48,751,786-859,563,781865,669,405210,915,978541,008,976-304,379,189417,325,361-310,011,39993,117,282412,155,359-700,472,589335,181,228-317,595,147156,423,788711,651,2273,051,338,904
Debtors711,103,640-1,028,922,1764,833,577,263408,057,852-3,933,495,4313,653,362,2341,277,796,32660,649,430419,090,086138,321,198-925,890,5111,229,181,228-242,631,351233,411,786686,767,4862,924,270,851
Creditors-81,533,160-957,540,3402,003,013,063448,519,284-613,391,107-339,425,096-3,466,577,6204,115,063,501531,636,0181,053,085,067-1,065,507,8431,243,132,511-12,678,043509,982,6121,858,690,5003,395,872,420
Accruals and Deferred Income1,565,940,995-1,445,566,891-1,344,757,2163,175,792,0114,653,937,713-925,349,116-1,412,788,986-1,887,165,314365,229,7094,765,344,938-1,701,328,781-185,152,3202,469,508,400-2,007,724,86742,855,7436,584,513,044
Deferred Taxes & Provisions284,105,236-1,698,389,606-831,314,2431,864,669,420678,880,324662,971,901-120,194,726-2,961,224,6362,370,958,13881,219,439-1,123,227,521729,971,421-301,496,9322,340,293,132-138,193,8518,427,426,230
Cash flow from operations8,285,282,0045,467,076,5363,331,280,97511,828,512,39414,948,173,7143,222,961,1324,357,675,0027,076,018,1968,584,646,07911,176,965,1603,390,127,1897,040,589,1567,976,196,4933,674,454,8045,428,246,92616,428,398,898
Investing Activities
capital expenditure-4,159,872,2366,138,374,239-6,395,506,065-6,455,750,687-2,013,317,141-5,785,265,061-4,384,745,941-1,626,869,209-5,152,331,085-6,787,563,9314,572,860,538-6,901,532,316-314,313,239-2,374,652,134-3,567,866,378-23,216,783,216
Change in Investments155,501,387-659,354,150-4,452,333,5982,377,754,8213,154,912,757-1,376,975,4171,536,326,479-3,978,212-1,704,089,4021,737,525,865555,210,436-407,189,709407,189,709-647,279,549647,279,549
cash flow from investments-4,315,373,6236,797,728,389-1,943,172,467-8,833,505,508-5,168,229,898-4,408,289,644-5,921,072,420-1,622,890,997-3,448,241,683-8,525,089,7964,017,650,102-6,901,532,31692,876,470-2,781,841,843-2,920,586,829-23,864,062,765
Financing Activities
Bank loans-2,167,531,7702,167,531,770-1,765,908,5101,765,908,510
Group/Directors Accounts
Other Short Term Loans -4,026,559,9723,912,903,269113,656,703-132,073,821132,073,821-3,653,517,626616,517,6263,037,000,000-3,109,293,8063,109,293,806
Long term loans446,331,008-194,457,4111,119,472,92831,852,617-20,744,339,565-979,516,01527,130,846,9674,510,888,9621,454,182,9592,160,974,757-8,849,060,1048,839,583,632-1,294,332,9281,098,438,232-221,470,6176,559,781,681
Hire Purchase and Lease Commitments-1,772,865,5801,772,865,580-154,527,100-49,472,900204,000,000-173,779,708173,779,708
other long term liabilities190,804,404322,805,052-340,652,15333,574,380130,527,436-2,204,159-506,276,596125,132,899353,620,294-188,764,614181,543,252-168,975,966-58,288,45145,960,339295,500,053122,804,025
share issue-2,642,683,030-6,354,945,036-1,031,391,612215,220,386809,327,072-162,965,341-6,337,954,540-7,742,059,003-75,953,429833,132,542-5,277,374,747-14,564,144-1,035,673,290-1,977,431,678361,497,0589,211,154,699
interest-507,691,015-408,506,347-429,106,102-296,143,251-426,997,246-508,214,864-521,746,913-345,604,159-396,221,465-313,104,958-297,406,430-527,000,000-316,661,254-381,633,870-361,540,477-487,804,879
cash flow from financing-2,513,238,633-6,635,103,742-681,676,939-15,495,868-24,258,042,275-1,680,394,46023,818,922,971-3,583,715,1221,467,702,180-1,315,806,999-13,675,253,30311,370,043,522-7,753,937,9473,834,315,04773,986,01715,405,935,526
cash and cash equivalents
cash1,661,763,469-269,501,473825,430,292-1,836,260,3301,213,559,068671,972,74717,533,743-84,998,4941,020,556,390267,256,927-614,709,583283,538,487-966,423,315945,354,045-230,581,9572,253,112,740
overdraft-469,840,702469,840,702-456,592,639-34,407,361491,000,000
change in cash1,661,763,469-269,501,473825,430,292-1,836,260,3301,213,559,0681,141,813,449-452,306,959-84,998,4941,020,556,390723,849,566-580,302,222-207,461,513-966,423,315945,354,045-230,581,9572,253,112,740

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Unilever Plc Competitor Analysis

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unilever plc directors

Unilever Plc currently has 10 directors. The longest serving directors include Ms Andrea Jung (May 2018) and Mrs Susan Kilsby (Aug 2019).

officercountryagestartendrole
Ms Andrea JungEngland66 years May 2018- Director
Mrs Susan KilsbyUnited Kingdom66 years Aug 2019- Director
Rong LuEngland54 years Nov 2021- Director
Mr Adrian HennahEngland67 years Nov 2021- Director
Mr Nelson PeltzEngland82 years Jul 2022- Director
Mr Ian MeakinsEngland68 years Sep 2023- Director
Mr Fernando FernandezUnited Kingdom58 years Jan 2024- Director
Ms Judith McKennaEngland59 years Mar 2024- Director
Mr Benoit PotierUnited Kingdom67 years Jan 2025- Director
Ms Zoe YujnovichUnited Kingdom50 years Mar 2025- Director

P&L

December 2024

turnover

51.1b

+2%

operating profit

7.9b

-4%

gross margin

45.1%

+6.65%

turnover

Turnover, or revenue, is the amount of sales generated by a company within the financial year.

Balance Sheet

December 2024

net assets

16.8b

+0.1%

total assets

67b

+0.06%

cash

5.2b

+0.48%

net assets

Total assets minus all liabilities

unilever plc company details

company number

00041424

Type

Public limited with Share Capital

industry

70100 - Activities of head offices

incorporation date

June 1894

age

131

incorporated

UK

ultimate parent company

None

accounts

Group

last accounts submitted

December 2024

previous names

unilever plc (October 2009)

lever brothers & unilever limited (March 1952)

accountant

-

auditor

KPMG LLP

address

port sunlight, wirral, merseyside, CH62 4ZD

Bank

-

Legal Advisor

-

unilever plc Charges & Mortgages

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unilever plc Companies House Filings - See Documents

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