UBE URETHANES UK LTD.
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-23 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-09
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£28M
+7.2% vs 2023
Employees
74
+2.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+83.5% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2026-01-19
- UBE URETHANES UK LTD. 2026-01-19 → present
- LANXESS URETHANES UK LTD 2017-06-12 → 2026-01-19
- BAXENDEN CHEMICALS LIMITED 1986-06-09 → 2017-06-12
- BAXENDEN CHEMICAL CO.,LIMITED(THE) 1917-05-24 → 1986-06-09
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 | £20,698,000 | £23,531,000 | |
| Operating profit | £621,000 | £1,555,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,360,000 | £2,495,000 | |
| Net profit | £830,000 | £2,482,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £28,814,000 | £30,782,000 | |
| Net assets | £26,533,000 | £28,433,000 | |
| Equity | £26,533,000 | £28,433,000 | |
| Average employees | 72 | 74 | |
| Wages | £2,650,000 | £3,054,000 |
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 | 3.0% | 6.6% | |
| Net margin | 4.0% | 10.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.2% | 5.1% | |
| Current ratio | 6.53x | 10.82x | |
| Interest cover | 621.00x | 1555.00x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”
Significant events
- “LANXESS AG completed the sale of its Urethane Systems business to Japanese UBE Corporation on April 1, 2025. LANXESS Urethanes UK Ltd was included in the sale. UBE Corporation is a global manufacturer of chemical products and listed at the Tokyo Stock Exchange.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 47 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEUTSCH, Stephan Franz Heinrich, Dr | Director | 2025-04-01 | Dec 1965 | German |
| KAMEZAWA, Seijiro | Director | 2025-04-01 | Mar 1974 | Japanese |
| LOYARTE SALAZAR, Daniel | Director | 2025-04-01 | Sep 1975 | Spanish |
Show 47 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRITTON, John Alan | Secretary | — | 2009-07-27 |
| ANDREUZZI, Denis Mario | Director | — | 1993-05-07 |
| BATES, George Edwin | Director | 1995-03-02 | 1999-02-01 |
| BULL, Geoffrey David | Director | 2001-03-30 | 2004-06-16 |
| CALARCO, Vincent Anthony | Director | 1999-12-15 | 2004-06-16 |
| COOK, Elbert Gary, Dr | Director | 1996-08-21 | 1999-12-15 |
| CRESSEY, Stanley | Director | — | 1992-05-01 |
| FENNEY, Albert Roy | Director | 1999-02-01 | 2001-03-30 |
| FICKENSCHER, Gerald Heriberto | Director | 1999-12-15 | 2004-06-16 |
| FLAHERTY, Billie Schrecker | Director | 2009-03-10 | 2017-04-21 |
| FLETT, Christopher James | Director | 2017-04-21 | 2020-06-15 |
| FULLWOOD, Michael David | Director | 1993-05-07 | 1996-08-21 |
| GEE, Norman Martin | Director | 1998-03-05 | 2006-06-16 |
| GUM, Mary | Director | 2002-01-24 | 2004-06-16 |
| HOPKINS, Keith George Grant, Dr | Director | — | 1999-02-01 |
| HUGHES, Timothy John | Director | 2006-06-16 | 2009-06-19 |
| HUMPHREY, Michael | Director | 1996-04-24 | 2008-02-29 |
| KATZ, Gerald | Director | 1997-03-18 | 1999-12-15 |
| KATZ, Gerald | Director | — | 1995-03-02 |
| KELLY, Thomas | Director | 2009-06-19 | 2010-02-08 |
| KRUEGER, Ralf Guenther | Director | 2020-06-15 | 2023-11-27 |
| LEWIS, Stephen | Director | 2012-01-27 | 2013-12-31 |
| LOEWRIGKEIT, Peter | Director | 1995-03-02 | 1997-03-18 |
| LORD, John Peter | Director | 2009-06-19 | 2020-06-15 |
| MAHONEY, William Edward | Director | — | 1996-08-21 |
| MANN, Janet Eileen | Director | 2006-02-26 | 2007-06-01 |
| MATHER, Derek | Director | — | 1995-03-02 |
| MILLER, Matthew Kerr | Director | 2010-02-08 | 2012-01-27 |
| MYERS, Graham Lloyd | Director | 2007-05-29 | 2008-02-29 |
| NUTBROWN, Kevin Mark | Director | 2006-04-01 | 2008-02-29 |
| O'CONNOR, Kiern Mark | Director | 2017-04-21 | 2018-10-31 |
| ODANIELL, Myles Steven | Director | 2004-06-16 | 2006-02-26 |
| PEREZ, Jacques Louis Albert | Director | 2018-10-31 | 2021-10-18 |
| REICH, Edgar | Director | 1996-08-21 | 1998-03-05 |
| RICHMOND, Barbara Mary | Director | 1999-02-01 | 2006-03-31 |
| RISINO, Anthony, Mr. | Director | 2020-06-15 | 2025-04-01 |
| RUCK, Walter Kenneth | Director | 2004-06-16 | 2006-01-05 |
| SCHEFSKY, Lynn Allen | Director | 2006-01-05 | 2009-01-19 |
| SHER, Jaimes | Director | 2008-08-01 | 2009-11-20 |
| SHINNERS, Frederick Adrian | Director | 1998-03-05 | 1999-12-15 |
| STEFANINI, Francisco Peter | Director | 1995-03-02 | 1995-12-04 |
| STEPHENSON, William Arthur | Director | 1999-12-15 | 2002-01-24 |
| TAYLOR, Alan | Director | — | 1998-04-27 |
| THOMPSON, Steven | Director | 2021-10-18 | 2025-04-01 |
| TOLLER, William R | Director | 1993-05-07 | 1996-08-21 |
| WEDINGER, Robert | Director | 2007-06-01 | 2009-06-19 |
| WILDMAN, Andrew Ellison | Director | — | 1991-07-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ube Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2025-04-01 | Active |
| Lanxess Solutions Uk Ltd | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2019-03-14 | Ceased 2025-04-01 |
| Chemtura Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-03-14 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 216 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-01-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-01-29 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-01-19 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-01-29 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-01-19 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2026-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-14 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-04 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2024-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
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Turnover
+13.7%
£20,698,000 £23,531,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+7.2%
£26,533,000 £28,433,000
-
Employees
+2.8%
72 74
-
Operating profit
+150.4%
£621,000 £1,555,000
-
Profit before tax
+83.5%
£1,360,000 £2,495,000
-
Wages
+15.2%
£2,650,000 £3,054,000
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