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Essity UK Limited

Essity UK Limited is an active UK company (number 03226403), incorporated 1996, with 3 current directors including Karen Beaton Mcnamara and Lee Anthony Doherty. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.

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Who leads it

Previous officers 32

  1. David Hall 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Daniel Paul Richard Minney 2019-2022 Director View profile
  3. Kevin John Starr 2017-2025 Director View profile
  4. Christina Maria Rydebrink 2013-2019 Director View profile
  5. Antony Darren Richards 2013-2024 Director View profile
  6. Philip John Warner 2010-2012 Director View profile
  7. Colin John Platt 2010-2011 Director View profile
  8. Mischa Franz 2009-2013 Director View profile
  9. Sally Anne Barker 2009-2017 Director View profile
  10. Peter Czekirda 2009-2013 Director View profile
  11. Carl-Magnus Stensson 2006-2009 Director View profile
  12. Patrick Cagnioncle 2002-2008 Director View profile
  13. Thomas Lars Wulkan 2001-2002 Director View profile
  14. Ulf Peter Dahlquist 2001-2009 Director View profile
  15. Gunter Kaske 2001-2013 Director View profile
  16. Andreas Pier 2001-2006 Director View profile
  17. Peter Mcnamara 2000-2003 Director View profile
  18. Willem Emmen 2000-2003 Director View profile
  19. James Bradley 1998-2000 Director View profile
  20. Dag Billington 1998-1999 Director View profile
  21. Melvyn Sullivan 1997-2001 Director View profile
  22. Reinhold Schadler 1997-1998 Director View profile
  23. Nils Petter Lindholm 1997-2001 Director View profile
  24. Bo Ason Feltner 1997-1998 Director View profile
  25. Harry Albert Tintner 1997-1998 Director View profile
  26. Bertil Stromberg 1996-1997 Director View profile
  27. Sven Anders Michael Bertorp 1996-1997 Director View profile
  28. Timothy Richard Black Anderson 1996-1996 Director View profile
  29. Jonathan Peter Watmough 1996-1996 Director View profile
  30. Mark John Whitfield Noble 1998-2001 Secretary View profile
  31. Reynolds Porter Chamberlain 1997-1998 Corporate-secretary View profile
  32. John Raymond Davis 1996-1997 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

8 contracts · £419,688,567 total

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

  • Continence Products and Home Delivery Buyer: Camrbridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust £13,805,136 2026-08-12 CPV 85142400 Source: Contracts Finder

    ESSITY Continence and Home Delivery - SBS10015 - Acute and Community Health and Social Care Equipment Products and Services

  • Advanced Wound Care & Lymphoedema Products and Services Buyer: Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust £150,000 2026-07-01 CPV 18315000 Source: Contracts Finder

    The framework agreement supports the NHS to reduce the nursing time required to manage wound care in the community. It provides a wide choice of high-quality dressings, including dressings, bandages, hosiery, dressing packs, haemostats an…

  • Surgical Dressings Buyer: Belfast Health & Social Care Trust £1,414,603 2026-06-25 Source: Find a Tender

    This tendering exercise aims at renewing the compliant and effective framework for the supply and delivery of Surgical Dressings and Miscellaneous Products [3508540] which is due to expire on 31st October 2026. This new framework will also …

    Framework
  • Wound Closure Buyer: Supply Chain Coordination Limited £400,000,000 2025-09-30 CPV 24911200 Source: Contracts Finder

    The scope of the framework covers the full range of various sizes and types of products that are used to close wounds or tissue approximation. Including: sutures, haemostats, tissue adhesives, suture needles, skin staplers and wound closure…

  • Provision of a Community Adult Bladder and Bowel Service (Continence Delivery and Supply) Buyer: County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust £4,318,828 2025-08-15 CPV 85142400 Source: Contracts Finder

    CDD Services on behalf of County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust have appointed Essity UK Ltd via following the conclusion of a further competition utilising Shared Business Services Framework, Acute and Community Health and Soci…

  • Orthotic Consumables Buyer: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS) Value not published Date not published CPV 33140000 Source: Find a Tender

    Orthotic support products to be used in bed to reduce pressure. Body support products to provide support out of bed.

    Framework
  • Dressings Buyer: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland ) (PSDS) Value not published Date not published CPV 33141110 Source: Find a Tender

    The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as National Services Scotland) (‘the Authority’) acting through its division National Procurement, is undertaking this procurement of Dressings (‘Products’) as outlined further below on behalf…

    Framework
  • YPO - 001137 Paper Hygiene and Associated Dispensers Buyer: Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation Value not published Date not published CPV 33760000 Source: Find a Tender

About

Incorporated
12/07/1996

Ownership

Owned by (2) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

Group

  1. Essity UK Limited is controlled by Kevin John Starr
    Evidence
    ceased significant influence · notified 2017-03-07, ceased 2024-07-18 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Kevin John Starr.

3 other companies in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Grants received

3 grants · £155,138 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Education · £155,138 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Education £136,6382023-04-01
  • Department for Education £5,0002020-04-01
  • Department for Education £13,5002020-04-01
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

3 directors on the board

1.1y median 1.5y
average tenure
1.5y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (3)

0
also govern a charity
1
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Professional services 9Finance 2Retail and trade 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
03226403
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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