SYENSQO SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-03 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£219M
-40.1% vs 2023
Employees
143
-3.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£8M
+8.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 5 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-09-11
- SYENSQO SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED 2025-09-11 → present
- SOLVAY SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED 2014-07-31 → 2025-09-11
- RHODIA UK LIMITED 2004-09-30 → 2014-07-31
- RHODIA CONSUMER SPECIALTIES LIMITED 2000-03-10 → 2004-09-30
- ALBRIGHT & WILSON UK LIMITED 1995-01-27 → 2000-03-10
- ALBRIGHT & WILSON LIMITED 1892-07-15 → 1995-01-27
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £37,658,000 | £27,893,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£9,498,000 | -£3,215,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£9,096,000 | -£8,290,000 | |
| Net profit | -£9,301,000 | -£8,290,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£168,847,000 | -£181,968,000 | |
| Net assets | -£156,140,000 | -£218,735,000 | |
| Equity | -£156,140,000 | -£218,735,000 | |
| Average employees | 148 | 143 | |
| Wages | £10,608,000 | £10,317,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -25.2% | -11.5% | |
| Net margin | -24.7% | -29.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.6% | 1.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 502.8% | 893.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.07x | 0.03x | |
| Interest cover | -10.97x | -1.93x |
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
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Thus, with the letter of support in place, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements for a period to 31 December 2026.”
Group structure
- SYENSQO SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED · parent
- Marchon Products Limited 100%
- Oldbury Energy Solutions (UK) Ltd. 100%
- Syensqo Pensions Trust Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Following the split from the Solvay S.A. group to the newly formed Syensqo S.A. group in 2023, the company changed its name on the 11th September 2025, from Solvay Solutions UK Limited to Syensqo Solutions UK Limited.”
- “Early 2025, the group has publicly announced its intention to divest its Oil and Gas business.”
- “On 31 October 2025, Syensqo S.A. announced that it had entered into an agreement to divest its Oil & Gas business unit to SNF Group, a specialty chemical company headquartered in France and a global leader in polyacrylamide production. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, completion of local consultation processes with employee representatives and regulatory approval. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2026.”
- “On 8 April 2024, Proban Limited and Holmes Chapel Trading Limited were liquidated.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 49 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARLAND, Shima Rad | Secretary | 2024-03-23 | — | — |
| DAIN, Mark St.John | Director | 2022-07-19 | Jun 1967 | British |
| DOCHERTY, Gordon Findlay | Director | 2022-07-19 | Sep 1971 | British |
Show 49 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEASLEY, Christopher Ernest | Secretary | 2001-01-01 | 2004-02-29 |
| CALLAGHAN, Lee Patrick | Secretary | 1999-11-01 | 2001-05-30 |
| CREE, Andrew Peter | Secretary | — | 1999-10-31 |
| IAPICHINO, Alex | Secretary | 2023-03-09 | 2024-03-22 |
| MURPHY, Alison | Secretary | 2007-09-14 | 2022-01-01 |
| PALMER, Jane Ann | Secretary | 2004-02-29 | 2007-09-14 |
| RAD, Shima | Secretary | 2022-01-01 | 2023-03-09 |
| ADSETTS, John Robert, Dr | Director | — | 1998-05-31 |
| AULAGNON, Marie Christine | Director | 2000-03-23 | 2000-06-12 |
| BERTHIAUME, Jean-Francois | Director | 2012-08-08 | 2016-04-15 |
| BLACK, Geoffrey Ian | Director | 1995-10-06 | 1998-12-31 |
| BLAKE, Paul Imsland | Director | 2000-06-12 | 2002-10-01 |
| BRENNAN, Paul Leigh | Director | 2003-04-16 | 2004-06-30 |
| CONNOR, David | Director | 1998-06-01 | 2000-03-23 |
| COX, Alastair Stuart | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2022-06-30 |
| DOWNWARD, Brian | Director | 2010-06-07 | 2017-12-31 |
| DUTTON, Tom | Director | 2008-02-11 | 2024-09-30 |
| ECKERT, David D | Director | 2000-03-23 | 2000-06-12 |
| FIELDING, David | Director | 2000-06-12 | 2001-06-04 |
| FIELDING, David | Director | 1998-06-01 | 2000-03-23 |
| FRYER, Ian William | Director | 2019-09-09 | 2026-01-02 |
| GILLETT, Lance Dominic | Director | 2005-03-01 | 2006-03-31 |
| HAMNETT, John Anthony | Director | 2008-02-11 | 2014-05-31 |
| HAMPSON, Stephen | Director | 2006-04-24 | 2010-09-30 |
| HAMPSON, Stephen | Director | 2004-12-09 | 2005-05-11 |
| HOEY, Thomas | Director | 2019-08-08 | 2021-04-30 |
| HOLLAND, Michael Neil | Director | 2013-12-05 | 2021-04-30 |
| IMRIE, Christopher David | Director | 2000-06-12 | 2003-12-16 |
| JENNINGS, Hamlet Grey | Director | 1998-06-01 | 2000-03-23 |
| KOW, Gabriel Choon Mooi | Director | 2000-03-23 | 2001-03-31 |
| LOBO, Kevin Anthony | Director | 2001-07-19 | 2003-03-28 |
| LOTTIG, Hans | Director | — | 1995-02-16 |
| MAUPU, Michel Marie Paul Fernand | Director | 2000-03-23 | 2000-06-12 |
| MEAD, Dana George | Director | 1992-09-01 | 1995-02-16 |
| MERFIELD, Graham Frederick | Director | 2005-03-01 | 2006-07-27 |
| MILES, Beverley Ann | Director | 2008-02-11 | 2012-12-31 |
| MILLS, Nathan | Director | 2016-05-10 | 2019-08-01 |
| MILNER, Barry | Director | 2008-02-11 | 2013-12-31 |
| MURPHY, Alison | Director | 2007-06-01 | 2022-08-30 |
| PAUL, Robert Cameron, Dr | Director | — | 1997-07-31 |
| PERON, Guillaume Luc Nicolas | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2018-08-31 |
| PODGER, Francis Hugh Champeney | Director | — | 1993-03-31 |
| SCOTT, John Michael | Director | 2000-06-12 | 2007-09-28 |
| SCOTT, John Michael | Director | 1998-06-01 | 2000-03-23 |
| STEEL, Alistair James | Director | 2000-06-12 | 2005-12-16 |
| TULLY, Kevin Patrick | Director | 1998-06-01 | 2000-03-23 |
| TYLER, Robert William | Director | 2001-02-07 | 2014-11-30 |
| VIDAL, Philippe | Director | 2000-06-12 | 2001-12-21 |
| WINSTANLEY, William Michael | Director | — | 1996-08-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syensqo Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 287 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-09-11 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
- 2023-12-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-11 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-05-06 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-11 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-12-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-11-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-25 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-03-25 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-11-24 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-10-31 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-10-04 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-08-10 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-25.9%
£37,658,000 £27,893,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-40.1%
-£156,140,000 -£218,735,000
-
Employees
-3.4%
148 143
-
Operating profit
+66.2%
-£9,498,000 -£3,215,000
-
Profit before tax
+8.9%
-£9,096,000 -£8,290,000
-
Wages
-2.7%
£10,608,000 £10,317,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers