Reckitt Benckiser Healthcare (UK): version 1
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# Reckitt Benckiser Healthcare (UK) <!--company-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Reckitt Benckiser Healthcare (UK)
disambiguation: Slough operating company of the Reckitt group, Companies House 00261312, formerly Reckitt & Colman Products Limited
summary: Slough company that holds Reckitt's UK medicine licences, among them those for the Strepsils throat lozenges
legal_name: Reckitt Benckiser Healthcare (UK) Limited
registered_address: 103-105 Bath Road, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 3UH
country: GB
register_ids: GB-CH:00261312
founded: 1931-12-22
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ---------- | ----------------------------------------- | ------ | ---------- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by | company/reckitt-benckiser-health-holdings | | 2020-12-21 | | | sourced | ^ch-rbhuk-psc | Notified 21 December 2020 as holding 75% or more of the shares and voting rights |
| parent_org | company/reckitt | | | | | derived | ^ch-rbhuk-psc | Through Reckitt Benckiser (Health) Holdings Limited and Reckitt Benckiser Limited, each a notified person with significant control |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ----------------------------------------- | ----- | ------ | ---------- | ---------- |
| Reckitt Benckiser Healthcare (UK) Limited | legal | | 2001-04-02 | |
| Reckitt & Colman Products Limited | legal | | 1995-04-25 | 2001-04-02 |
| Westminster Laboratories Limited | legal | | 1931-12-22 | 1995-04-25 |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------- | -------- | ---------- | --------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| ch-rbhuk | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00261312 | Reckitt Benckiser Healthcare (UK) Limited: overview and previous names | 2026-09-21 | Companies House | registry | | 00261312 | Registered office; incorporation; previous company names | | | |
| ch-rbhuk-psc | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00261312/persons-with-significant-control | Reckitt Benckiser Healthcare (UK) Limited: persons with significant control | 2026-09-21 | Companies House | registry | | 00261312 | Active and ceased controlling companies | | | |
| emc-strepsils-extra | https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/product/5601/smpc | Strepsils Extra Triple Action Blackcurrant Lozenges: Summary of Product Characteristics | 2026-09-21 | Datapharm emc | registry | 2021-08-25 | 5601 | The company named on the record | | | |
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## About <!--about-->
Reckitt Benckiser Healthcare (UK) Limited is a private limited company registered in England and Wales under number 00261312, with its registered office at 103-105 Bath Road, Slough; Companies House records it as a manufacturer of pharmaceutical preparations and of household and toilet goods.[^ch-rbhuk] It was incorporated on 22 December 1931 as Westminster Laboratories Limited, became Reckitt & Colman Products Limited in April 1995 and took its present name on 2 April 2001.[^ch-rbhuk] It is the company named on the summaries of product characteristics for Reckitt's Strepsils throat lozenges in the United Kingdom, so it holds their marketing authorisations.[^emc-strepsils-extra] Reckitt Benckiser (Health) Holdings Limited was notified on 21 December 2020 as holding 75% or more of its shares and voting rights, in place of Reckitt Benckiser (Grosvenor) Holdings Limited, which had been notified in April 2016.[^ch-rbhuk-psc]
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