Who owns UK companies in Manufacture of dyes and pigments?
54 of the 160 companies registered under SIC 20120 (Manufacture of dyes and pigments) filed a list of shareholders with their most recent confirmation statement. Between them, those lists name 198 individual shareholders and 56 companies, trusts and other entities.
In this industry:
- 19% file full, group or medium-sized accounts, a sign of larger businesses, compared with 8.2% of all UK companies — about 2 times the national rate.
- 9.3% file micro-entity accounts, compared with 38% of all UK companies — less than half the national rate.
- 57% have at least one company among their shareholders, compared with 33% of all UK companies — about twice the national rate.
- The median company is 25.7 years old, against 8.5 years across all UK companies.
How companies in this industry are owned
| Share of companies | This industry | All UK companies |
|---|---|---|
| Single shareholder | 35% | 23% |
| 2 to 5 shareholders | 46% | 68% |
| 6 or more shareholders | 19% | 9.6% |
| Owned only by individuals | 41% | 66% |
| At least one company shareholder | 57% | 33% |
| Majority-owned by a company* | — | 22% |
| Largest shareholder holds 50% or more* | — | 88% |
| Largest shareholder holds 75% or more* | — | 60% |
| A non-UK entity among shareholders | 5.6% | 2.2% |
| A trust, fund or pension scheme among shareholders | 1.9% | 1.8% |
| A nominee among shareholders | 1.9% | 0.7% |
* Among the 19 companies in this industry that have a single class of shares and state the number of shares allotted, where a holding's share of the company can be read directly from the filing. A dash means fewer than 30 companies, too few to report.
Company size and age
The median company in this industry was incorporated 25.7 years ago (all UK companies: 8.5 years).
| Latest accounts filed | This industry | All UK companies |
|---|---|---|
| Full, group or medium-sized accounts | 19% | 8.2% |
| Small-company accounts | 57% | 40% |
| Micro-entity accounts | 9.3% | 38% |
| Dormant-company accounts | 15% | 10% |
| No accounts filed yet, or other | 0.0% | 4.3% |
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Corporate shareholders in this industry
All 55 companies and other entities named as shareholders on the latest confirmation statements of companies under SIC 20120, ranked by how many of those companies they hold shares in. 2 of them hold shares in more than one company in this industry. Trusts and individuals are not named.
| # | Shareholder | Type | Companies House no. | Companies held in this industry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CREAMBAY LIMITED | UK company | 04050413 | 2 |
| 2 | IMPERIAL COLLEGE INNOVATIONS LIMITED | UK company | 03918307 | 2 |
| 3 | 1000535300 ONTARIO INC. | Company | — | 1 |
| 4 | ALEX ROBINSON | UK company | 07783787 | 1 |
| 5 | BLACKOX VENTURES LIMITED | UK company | 13410281 | 1 |
| 6 | BLANKNEY ESTATES LIMITED | UK company | 00362871 | 1 |
| 7 | CHALFONT VALE LIMITED | UK company | 16727272 | 1 |
| 8 | COLORMATRIX UK HOLDINGS LTD | UK company | 05796842 | 1 |
| 9 | CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY | UK company | RC000151 | 1 |
| 10 | DAVID KEMP | UK company | 11341235 | 1 |
| 11 | EGUCHI IWAO EUROPE LIMITED | UK company | 12073366 | 1 |
| 12 | EVENLODE IMPACT LIMITED | UK company | 13673026 | 1 |
| 13 | FASHION FOR GOOD B.V. | Non-UK entity | — | 1 |
| 14 | FINELINE MARKET RESEARCH | UK company | 09217340 | 1 |
| 15 | GOBIA GROUP LTD | Company | — | 1 |
| 16 | GRAHAM TAYLOR | UK company | 09487019 | 1 |
| 17 | HERMESA ANGEL SYNDICATE LIMITED | UK company | 14027009 | 1 |
| 18 | HICKSON INTERNATIONAL LTD | UK company | 00499821 | 1 |
| 19 | JAMES POLLARD | UK company | 02597614 | 1 |
| 20 | JAMES ROBINSON GROUP LTD | UK company | 11481333 | 1 |
| 21 | JARMEEN LIMITED | Company | — | 1 |
| 22 | JOHN HOGG & CO.LTD | UK company | R0000419 | 1 |
| 23 | JOHN HOGG TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS LTD | UK company | 00147014 | 1 |
| 24 | JOHN HUDSON | UK company | 13522060 | 1 |
| 25 | JOHN SWANSBURY LIMITED | UK company | 06302165 | 1 |
| 26 | KCP NOMINEES LTD | UK company | 10830297 | 1 |
| 27 | LORAMA GROUP INC. | Company | — | 1 |
| 28 | MARK SHEPHERD | UK company | 07613173 | 1 |
| 29 | METAFLAKE TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITED | UK company | SC867060 | 1 |
| 30 | NIGEL DAVIES | UK company | 04510236 | 1 |
| 31 | NOVARTIS UK LIMITED | UK company | 00398071 | 1 |
| 32 | O'SULLIVANS GROUP SARL | Non-UK entity | — | 1 |
| 33 | OCTOPUS FIRST CHEQUE 1 GP LLP | Company | — | 1 |
| 34 | ODIN INVESTMENTS LIMITED | UK company | 13399980 | 1 |
| 35 | OMDI GROUP CO., LIMITED | UK company | 15922483 | 1 |
| 36 | OWEN JONES | UK company | 10962637 | 1 |
| 37 | PDS VENTURES LIMITED | UK company | 11446095 | 1 |
| 38 | PETER BLAKE | UK company | 00502229 | 1 |
| 39 | PETER DIXON | UK company | 11036170 | 1 |
| 40 | PICASSO VALE HOLDINGS LIMITED | UK company | 16727271 | 1 |
| 41 | PIGMENT SERVICES INC. | Company | — | 1 |
| 42 | POINTING HOLDINGS LTD | UK company | 02700455 | 1 |
| 43 | PRISMA COLOUR (HOLDINGS) LIMITED | UK company | 08496418 | 1 |
| 44 | PROCTER JOHNSON HOLDINGS LIMITED | UK company | 12023726 | 1 |
| 45 | SBC SUSTAINABILITY 2123 B.V | Non-UK entity | — | 1 |
| 46 | SENSIENT WISCONSIN CORPORATION | Company | — | 1 |
| 47 | SFC NOMINEES LTD | UK company | 10836528 | 1 |
| 48 | SHARDA CROPCHEM LIMITED | Company | — | 1 |
| 49 | SPARXELL INC | Company | — | 1 |
| 50 | SPECTRUM BLUE AS | Non-UK entity | — | 1 |
| 51 | THE DYERS COMPANY | UK company | RC000911 | 1 |
| 52 | THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF DYERS | Company | — | 1 |
| 53 | UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM | UK company | RC000645 | 1 |
| 54 | W.G.BALL HOLDINGS LIMITED | UK company | 14219923 | 1 |
| 55 | WCS NOMINEES LIMITED | UK company | 06002307 | 1 |
About this data
Figures come from the shareholder lists in each company's most recent Companies House confirmation statement (form CS01) that contained one, filed between 3 September 2021 and 5 June 2026. They are as filed and are not restated for later share transfers. Shares held in treasury are excluded. Shareholders are classed as individuals, companies, non-UK entities, trusts or nominees from the names as filed.
Every company's own shareholder register, officers, filings and accounts are available through the OpenRegistry API and MCP server, live from Companies House.