I C I FINANCE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-04 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£718M
-2.6% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£25M
-37.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- I C I FINANCE LIMITED 2008-07-03 → present
- I C I FINANCE PLC 1895-10-19 → 2008-07-03
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£18,500,000 | -£25,400,000 | |
| Net profit | -£14,200,000 | -£19,000,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £736,900,000 | £717,900,000 | |
| Equity | £736,900,000 | £717,900,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | 22.69x | 1.54x |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the Directors are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “On 8th February 2024, the Company received a letter from Scottish Agricultural Industries Limited terminating its deposit facility with the Company and requesting the Company pay £11,271,000 as the proceeds of the facility to ICI Chemicals & Polymers Limited as full and final settlement of an intercompany debtor balance between the parties.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 40 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AHUJA, Vaibhav, Mr. | Director | 2025-06-02 | Aug 1992 | Indian |
| RAY, Stephen Bruce | Director | 2015-04-22 | Jun 1962 | British |
Show 40 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARTER, Lynette Jean Cherryl | Secretary | 2017-05-11 | 2018-05-31 |
| DAVIS, Philip Stephen James | Secretary | 2000-08-18 | 2001-03-08 |
| GROSSET, Margaret Wilhelmina | Secretary | 1999-04-23 | 2000-08-18 |
| GROSSET, Margaret Wilhelmina | Secretary | 1997-11-20 | 1998-02-02 |
| MCCARTHY, Anne Patricia | Secretary | 1998-02-02 | 1999-04-23 |
| MUSKER, Graeme Harold Rankine | Secretary | — | 1993-01-25 |
| REVILL, Ian | Secretary | 1993-01-25 | 1994-01-18 |
| SPARKS, Raymond Richard | Secretary | 1994-01-18 | 1997-11-20 |
| THORN-DAVIS, Scott Peter | Secretary | 2001-03-08 | 2003-03-28 |
| TURNER, George St John | Secretary | 2003-03-28 | 2008-06-26 |
| O.H. SECRETARIAT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-06-26 | 2017-05-11 |
| BLACKWOOD, David Charles | Director | 2000-03-31 | 2007-03-29 |
| BLOK, Harm | Director | 2013-03-08 | 2014-12-31 |
| BOLLAND, Christopher | Director | 2008-07-30 | 2009-01-15 |
| CHANDLER, Allan Illingworth | Director | 2001-01-08 | 2001-06-29 |
| CHARLTON, John Michael | Director | 1993-05-28 | 1998-08-03 |
| CRIBB, Nigel Rupert Evelyn | Director | 2001-09-03 | 2008-07-30 |
| GEE, David John | Director | 1996-04-01 | 2007-03-29 |
| GILLETT, Philip John | Director | 1996-01-03 | 2008-04-30 |
| GRAY, Frederick Philp | Director | — | 1994-08-31 |
| HERLIHY, Michael Hugh Creedon | Director | — | 1996-01-03 |
| HIRST, John Raymond | Director | 1995-04-03 | 1996-04-01 |
| LADD, Ian Richard | Director | 2007-03-29 | 2008-04-30 |
| LYLE, Norman | Director | — | 1993-05-28 |
| MARSHALL, Ivan | Director | — | 1993-05-28 |
| O'SHEA, Fergal Joseph | Director | 2015-11-11 | 2018-08-31 |
| RADDER, Helmut Kurt Hans | Director | 1998-08-03 | 2000-04-18 |
| REVILL, Ian | Director | 1994-01-10 | 1995-09-01 |
| ROSS, Robert Leonard Gordon Knox | Director | 2007-03-29 | 2009-12-18 |
| SEARLES, David Arthur | Director | 1994-08-08 | 1995-04-03 |
| SHORT, Colin Maxwell | Director | — | 1994-01-10 |
| SINGH, Brune | Director | 2009-01-15 | 2013-03-08 |
| SMALLEY, Michael | Director | 2009-12-18 | 2024-05-07 |
| SPALL, Alan George | Director | — | 2001-05-23 |
| TURNER, David Allan | Director | 2018-08-31 | 2020-09-01 |
| TURNER, David Allan, Mr. | Director | 2010-12-20 | 2015-04-22 |
| UPTON, David | Director | 2024-05-29 | 2025-03-05 |
| VALLANCE, Christopher, Dr | Director | 1995-08-11 | 2001-04-26 |
| WILLIAMS, Benjamin | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| O.H. DIRECTOR LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2008-04-30 | 2015-02-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ergon Investments Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-05-20 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 238 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-09-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-2.6%
£736,900,000 £717,900,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
-37.3%
-£18,500,000 -£25,400,000
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