BOSTIK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-15 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+24.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£116M
+5.4% vs 2024
Employees
444
+6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£6M
+169.2% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- BOSTIK LIMITED 2004-10-01 → present
- BOSTIK FINDLEY LIMITED 2000-12-11 → 2004-10-01
- BOSTIK LIMITED 1900-12-17 → 2000-12-11
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £160,330,000 | £148,172,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£4,765,000 | £7,268,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£9,395,000 | £6,498,000 | |
| Net profit | -£10,746,000 | £4,898,000 | |
| Cash | £2,285,000 | £2,854,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £118,596,000 | £124,520,000 | |
| Net assets | £109,644,000 | £115,532,000 | |
| Equity | £109,644,000 | £115,532,000 | |
| Average employees | 419 | 444 | |
| Wages | £19,056,000 | £19,774,000 |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -3.0% | 4.9% | |
| Net margin | -6.7% | 3.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -4.0% | 5.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.53x | 1.80x | |
| Interest cover | -0.87x | 4.86x |
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
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the Directors consider to be appropriate. The Company is part of the Intra Group Treasury Agreement, with Arkema France, which has confirmed available funding of up to £125,000,000 until 31 December 2027.”
Significant events
- “The prior year results included a £14,950,000 impairment of goodwill.”
- “The prior year included the issue of £70,000,000 of share capital to its parent company.”
- “The Directors approved a final dividend of £7,000,000 on 19 March 2026.”
- “The Company is aware that the Government confirmed in June 2025 that it will legislate to address the effect of the Virgin Media decision (pension scheme).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KANE, Karen Maria | Secretary | 2020-11-30 | — | — |
| CHAN, Shuk Yee | Director | 2026-02-26 | Feb 1963 | French |
| GARREAU, Laetitia Maud | Director | 2026-02-26 | Mar 1976 | French |
| LATRILLE, Julien | Director | 2021-03-01 | Sep 1972 | French |
| MASSEY, Robert Peter | Director | 2020-12-17 | Feb 1974 | Irish |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOYLE, John Owen | Secretary | 2011-01-01 | 2013-10-11 |
| CHARLESWORTH, Kenneth John | Secretary | 1998-02-23 | 2010-12-31 |
| HUDSON, Paul Anthony | Secretary | 2013-10-11 | 2020-11-30 |
| LEAKE, David Richard | Secretary | — | 1997-10-31 |
| MURRAY, Henry | Secretary | 1997-11-01 | 1998-02-23 |
| ALBERS, Roland | Director | 2014-12-18 | 2021-02-23 |
| BOYLE, John Owen | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2013-10-11 |
| BRODDLE, Donald James | Director | — | 1996-05-31 |
| CHARLESWORTH, Kenneth John | Director | 1998-02-23 | 2010-12-31 |
| CHAUSSERIE-LAPREE, Patrick | Director | 2014-12-18 | 2015-08-14 |
| CLARE-HAY, Arthur John | Director | 1994-01-01 | 1998-08-28 |
| DAVISON, Anthony Paul | Director | 2007-02-01 | 2012-07-31 |
| DEE, Gary Jonathan | Director | 2017-10-01 | 2020-11-20 |
| DERBY, Philip Joseph | Director | 2007-02-01 | 2014-12-18 |
| DIGBY, Gerald Edward | Director | 1998-02-23 | 2001-07-31 |
| DURAND-DELACRE, Xavier Jean Joseph | Director | 2021-12-15 | 2025-12-31 |
| EYLES, Amanda Jane | Director | 1995-12-01 | 1998-02-13 |
| EYLES, Amanda Jane | Director | 1994-01-01 | 1995-05-31 |
| HUDSON, Paul Anthony | Director | 2013-10-11 | 2015-08-14 |
| LEAKE, David Richard | Director | — | 1997-10-31 |
| LEPINAY, Frederique Marie-Pierre | Director | 2015-08-14 | 2020-06-15 |
| MCCALL, Robert Vincent | Director | — | 1994-03-31 |
| MICHOT, Jon Herve Roger | Director | 2020-06-15 | 2021-12-15 |
| MURRAY, Henry | Director | 1996-06-03 | 2007-02-01 |
| O'DRISCOLL, Ciaran | Director | 2014-12-18 | 2017-10-19 |
| PATERSON, Allan David | Director | 1994-01-01 | 1997-04-22 |
| ROCLE, Florence | Director | 2020-12-17 | 2021-12-15 |
| RUSHTON, John William | Director | 1998-02-23 | 2001-07-31 |
| THOMAS, Geoffrey William | Director | 1991-11-29 | 2000-07-14 |
| TISSEUIL, Jean-Marie Andre Edmond | Director | 2021-12-15 | 2026-01-20 |
| WALKER, Jason | Director | 2015-08-14 | 2020-06-01 |
| WILKINSON, Charles Leslie | Director | 1998-02-23 | 1999-03-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkema Holding Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 187 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-11-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-12-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
-7.6%
£160,330,000 £148,172,000
-
Cash
+24.9%
£2,285,000 £2,854,000
-
Net assets
+5.4%
£109,644,000 £115,532,000
-
Employees
+6%
419 444
-
Operating profit
+252.5%
-£4,765,000 £7,268,000
-
Profit before tax
+169.2%
-£9,395,000 £6,498,000
-
Wages
+3.8%
£19,056,000 £19,774,000
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