UNILEVER PLC
United Kingdom - Registry no. 00041424 - Port Sunlight, Wirral, Merseyside, CH62 4ZD
- Registry profile
- Officers
- Ownership (persons with significant control)
- Charges and secured debt
- Sanctions screening
- Adverse media and enforcement
- What we could not check
- Sources
Assessment
No compliance red flags identified at company level from free public sources. Active, long-established (1894) listed consumer-goods group. Regulatory matters identified in the sampled window relate to overseas subsidiaries, not the plc itself, and are disclosed below.
- Registry status: active; accounts and confirmation statement up to date.
- No sanctions-list match on the OFAC SDN list or the FCDO UK Sanctions List (downloaded and screened 2026-10-25).
- No charges registered on the Companies House charges register.
- Ownership: PSC register exempt because shares are listed on a UK regulated market.
- Subsidiary-level tax and advertising matters in India disclosed under adverse media.
1.Registry profile Clear
Companies House, the UK official company register.
Status
Active. Public limited company.[1]
Source: find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-10-25
Incorporated
21 June 1894.[1]
Source: find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-10-25
Registered office
Port Sunlight, Wirral, Merseyside, CH62 4ZD.[1]
Source: find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-10-25
Industry (SIC)
70100 - Activities of head offices.[1]
Source: find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-10-25
Accounts and filings
Last accounts made up to 31 Dec 2025; next accounts to 31 Dec 2026 (due 30 Jun 2027). Confirmation statement current (last 9 Jun 2026). Latest filing 14 Jul 2026 (SH03, purchase of own shares into treasury).[2]
Source: find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-10-25
2.Officers Info
Officers on record
82 officers on record, 71 of them historic resignations.[3]
Source: find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-10-25
Serving officers (examples)
Prakash Kakkad (Secretary); Fernando Fernandez; Adrian Hennah; Susan Kilsby; Ian Meakins; Srinivas Phatak. Serving directors are listed at the source.[3]
Source: find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-10-25
3.Ownership (persons with significant control) Info
PSC register
Exempt from PSC disclosure since 21 May 2018 because voting shares are admitted to trading on a UK regulated market. Ownership is via the public float.[4]
Source: find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-10-25
4.Charges and secured debt Clear
Charges register Clear
No charges registered on the Companies House charges register.[5]
Source: find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-10-25
5.Sanctions screening Clear
Exact and fuzzy name match against the lists as downloaded on 2026-10-25 (OFAC SDN file published 2026-10-20; UK Sanctions List file dated 2026-10-16). The UN consolidated list is not screened (its terms allow personal, non-commercial use only); the EU list is not yet covered.
6.Adverse media and enforcement Info
Public sources only. Searched for fraud, bribery, insolvency, winding-up and sanctions news. Unilever operates through subsidiaries in around 190 countries; matters below concern subsidiaries, not the plc.
India - tax order (subsidiary) Info
In January 2026 Hindustan Unilever, the group's listed Indian subsidiary, received an income-tax order reported at about $174 million. Tax disputes of this scale are routine for large multinationals; the order is at subsidiary level.[9]
Source: sg.finance.yahoo.com · retrieved 2026-10-25
India - advertising claims notice (subsidiary) Info
In October 2026 India's food regulator FSSAI issued a notice to Unilever's Indian arm and a competitor alleging misleading health claims on certain products, per trade press. The matter was unresolved in the sampled window.[10]
Source: just-food.com · retrieved 2026-10-25
UK - CMA environmental claims review (closed) Clear
The UK Competition and Markets Authority's review of Unilever's environmental claims closed in November 2024 on administrative-priority grounds after changes to product claims, with no finding on consumer-law compliance.[8]
Source: gov.uk · retrieved 2026-10-25
Company-level findings Clear
No enforcement actions, sanctions designations, insolvency events or winding-up petitions against UNILEVER PLC itself found in the sources searched.[1]
Source: find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-10-25
What we could not check
These areas are not covered by this report. Absence from this report is not evidence that nothing exists.
- Court records and civil litigation - No free, reusable court-records source is covered. Civil claims would not necessarily appear here.
- Politically exposed persons (PEP) screening - Requires a paid PEP database, which this service does not use.
- Beneficial ownership beyond the register - The PSC register is exempt for listed companies, so shareholders above the public float are not shown.
- Credit score, payment behaviour, financial strength - Credit data is commercial. Only filing dates are reported, not accounts analysis.
- Identity verification of individuals, and personal background of officers - This service covers companies, not personal profiling.
- UN Security Council and EU consolidated sanctions lists - UN terms allow personal, non-commercial use only, so the UN list is not screened in a paid report; an EU list source route is not yet covered.
- Group structure and subsidiaries - Not extracted from the register for this report.
Sources
- Companies House - company overview (UNILEVER PLC) - https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00041424 (retrieved 2026-10-25)
- Companies House - filing history - https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00041424/filing-history (retrieved 2026-10-25)
- Companies House - officers - https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00041424/officers (retrieved 2026-10-25)
- Companies House - persons with significant control - https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00041424/persons-with-significant-control (retrieved 2026-10-25)
- Companies House - charges - https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00041424/charges (retrieved 2026-10-25)
- OFAC Sanctions List Search (US Treasury) - https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/ (retrieved 2026-10-25)
- UK Sanctions List (FCDO) - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-uk-sanctions-list (retrieved 2026-10-25)
- UK CMA - misleading environmental claims case page (FMCG) - https://www.gov.uk/cma-cases/fast-moving-consumer-goods-fmcg (retrieved 2026-10-25)
- Yahoo Finance - Unilever's India arm gets $174 million tax order (8 Jan 2026) - https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/unilevers-india-arm-gets-174-144749411.html (retrieved 2026-10-25)
- just-food - India regulator accuses Nestle, Unilever of misleading health claims (19 Oct 2026) - https://www.just-food.com/news/nestle-unilever-india-fssai-notice/ (retrieved 2026-10-25)
Free public sources only; no paid databases, no credit scoring, no identity verification beyond registry data. Informational only, not legal, financial or investment advice. Findings reflect the sources on the retrieval date shown.