JOHNSON MATTHEY PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-08 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£696M
+26.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£2B
-11.2% vs 2024
Employees
10,747
+0.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£486M
+196.3% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £12,843,000,000 | £11,674,000,000 | |
| Operating profit | £580,000,000 | £538,000,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £164,000,000 | £486,000,000 | |
| Net profit | £108,000,000 | £373,000,000 | |
| Cash | £550,000,000 | £696,000,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,523,000,000 | £3,511,000,000 | |
| Net assets | £2,295,000,000 | £2,038,000,000 | |
| Equity | £2,295,000,000 | £2,038,000,000 | |
| Average employees | 10,659 | 10,747 | |
| Wages | £64,000,000 | £60,000,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.5% | 4.6% | |
| Net margin | 0.8% | 3.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 23.0% | 15.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 62.9% | 66.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.45x | 1.42x | |
| Interest cover | 3.97x | 3.79x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PwC
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have reviewed a range of scenario forecasts for the group and consider it appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- JOHNSON MATTHEY PLC · parent
- Johnson Matthey Holdings Limited
- Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
- Johnson Matthey Inc
Significant events
- “On 22nd May 2025, the group announced the agreement of the sale of its Catalyst Technologies business to Honeywell International Inc... The transaction is expected to complete in the first half of calendar year 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 50 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRICE, Simon James, Dr | Secretary | 2023-06-07 | — | — |
| CONDON, Liam | Director | 2022-03-01 | Feb 1968 | Irish |
| COSSLETT, Andrew Peter | Director | 2025-07-17 | Apr 1955 | British |
| FORST, Rita | Director | 2021-10-04 | Mar 1955 | German |
| JEREMIAH, Barbara Susanne | Director | 2023-07-01 | Jan 1952 | American |
| JUDGE, Alastair Anthony | Director | 2026-01-01 | May 1968 | British |
| LIU, Xiaozhi, Dr | Director | 2019-04-02 | Mar 1956 | German |
| LYNCH, Sinead Caitlin | Director | 2025-01-01 | Jul 1971 | Irish |
| O'HIGGINS, John Edward | Director | 2017-11-16 | Feb 1964 | Irish |
| PIKE, Richard Neil | Director | 2025-04-01 | Sep 1969 | British |
| WEBB, Douglas Russell | Director | 2019-09-02 | Mar 1961 | British |
Show 50 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRUCE-WATT, Linda | Secretary | 2020-04-01 | 2020-06-22 |
| COOPER, Nicholas Ian | Secretary | 2020-06-22 | 2023-06-06 |
| FARRANT, Simon | Secretary | 1999-05-01 | 2020-03-31 |
| NOOR, Bronwyn | Secretary | 1993-04-13 | 1994-08-01 |
| THORBURN, Ian Gordon | Secretary | — | 1999-05-01 |
| BANHAM, John Michael Middlecott | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2011-07-19 |
| BRAY, Vaughan Grantland | Director | 1993-06-07 | 1995-04-12 |
| BURNELL, Peter Charles Desborough | Director | 1993-06-07 | 1995-10-09 |
| CARSON, Neil Andrew Patrick | Director | 1999-08-01 | 2014-09-30 |
| CLARK, Christopher Richard Nigel | Director | — | 2004-07-20 |
| CLEARE, Michael James | Director | 1995-09-21 | 1999-07-13 |
| COOPER, Brian Sydney | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| DAVIES, David John, Sir | Director | — | 1998-06-09 |
| DEARDEN, Michael Bailey | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2008-03-31 |
| DESFORGES, Odile | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2019-07-17 |
| FERGUSON, Alan Murray | Director | 2011-01-13 | 2020-07-23 |
| FITZGIBBONS, Harry Edward | Director | — | 2002-07-16 |
| GRIFFITHS, Jane Veronica, Dr | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| HARRIS, Thomas George, Sir | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2012-07-25 |
| HAWKER, Pelham Nigel, Doctor | Director | 2003-08-01 | 2009-07-21 |
| JENKINS, Hugh Royston | Director | 1996-01-01 | 2003-07-16 |
| JONES, Dennis Gareth | Director | 2014-06-05 | 2016-07-20 |
| MACKAY, Charles Dorsey | Director | 1999-01-27 | 2008-03-31 |
| MACLEOD, Robert James | Director | 2009-06-22 | 2022-02-28 |
| MANZ, Anna Olive Magdelene | Director | 2016-10-17 | 2020-11-20 |
| MATTHEWS, Colin Stephen | Director | 2012-10-04 | 2017-11-15 |
| MILES, Henry Michael Pearson | Director | — | 2006-03-31 |
| MORGAN, David William | Director | 1999-08-01 | 2009-07-21 |
| MOTTERSHEAD, Christopher John | Director | 2015-01-27 | 2024-01-26 |
| NAIRN, William | Director | 1995-04-12 | 1997-06-10 |
| OXLEY, Stephen Richard | Director | 2021-04-01 | 2025-03-31 |
| PARKER, Charles Herbert | Director | — | 1993-06-07 |
| PENTZ, Lawrence Craig | Director | 2003-08-01 | 2016-03-31 |
| RETIEF, Patrick Frank | Director | 1993-06-07 | 2001-09-30 |
| RONEY, Michael James | Director | 2007-06-01 | 2014-07-23 |
| SANDFORD, William Frederick | Director | 2009-07-21 | 2013-10-09 |
| SHELDRICK, John Nicholas | Director | — | 2009-09-07 |
| STEVENSON, Joseph Aidan | Director | — | 1995-07-11 |
| STEVENSON, Timothy Edwin Paul | Director | 2011-03-29 | 2018-07-26 |
| STRACHAN, Ian Charles | Director | 2002-01-23 | 2009-03-31 |
| THOMAS, Patrick Webster | Director | 2018-06-01 | 2025-07-17 |
| THOMPSON, Dorothy Carrington | Director | 2007-09-01 | 2016-07-20 |
| THOMSON, Alan Matthew | Director | 2002-09-24 | 2011-07-19 |
| THORBURN, Ian Gordon | Director | — | 1999-07-21 |
| TITCOMBE, Douglas Graham | Director | — | 2002-09-24 |
| WAKELING, Richard Keith Arthur | Director | — | 1994-03-31 |
| WALKER, John Francis | Director | 2013-10-09 | 2020-03-31 |
| WALVIS, Robert Joris Willem | Director | 2002-09-24 | 2011-07-19 |
| WELLS, George Douglas | Director | 1998-03-18 | 2000-07-31 |
| WILSON, Geoffrey Hazlitt, The Honourable | Director | — | 1997-11-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 1441 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-26 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-03-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-02-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-13 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-02-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-9.1%
£12,843,000,000 £11,674,000,000
-
Cash
+26.5%
£550,000,000 £696,000,000
-
Net assets
-11.2%
£2,295,000,000 £2,038,000,000
-
Employees
+0.8%
10,659 10,747
-
Operating profit
-7.2%
£580,000,000 £538,000,000
-
Profit before tax
+196.3%
£164,000,000 £486,000,000
-
Wages
-6.3%
£64,000,000 £60,000,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers