SOLINA COATINGS UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-18 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£411K
-8.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£51M
+11.1% vs 2023
Employees
240
+5.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£6M
+89% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- SOLINA COATINGS UK LIMITED 2024-02-07 → present
- BOWMAN INGREDIENTS LIMITED 2019-02-12 → 2024-02-07
- JAS BOWMAN & SONS LIMITED 1923-05-03 → 2019-02-12
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £73,555,000 | £74,857,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,955,000 | £3,013,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,270,000 | £6,180,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,591,000 | £5,148,000 | |
| Cash | £450,000 | £411,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £49,437,000 | £56,509,000 | |
| Net assets | £46,233,000 | £51,381,000 | |
| Equity | £46,233,000 | £51,381,000 | |
| Average employees | 227 | 240 | |
| Wages | £8,928,000 | £9,484,000 |
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 | 2.7% | 4.0% | |
| Net margin | 3.5% | 6.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.0% | 5.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 30.3% | 23.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.47x | 4.08x | |
| Interest cover | 5.12x | 6.85x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Management has determined that there is no material uncertainty that casts doubt on the entity's ability to continue as a going concern. The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- SOLINA COATINGS UK LIMITED · parent
- James Bowman & Sons Ltd 100%
- Solina Coatings (Poland) Sp Z o o 100%
- Bowman Ingredients (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd 50%
- Bowman Ingredients (Thailand) Co., Ltd 50%
Significant events
- “A new facility was opened in Biggleswade in 2024 which allowed the company to increase capacity and add storage space for finished goods and raw materials.”
- “On the 1st of May 2025 Solina Coatings UK acquired a further 10% of Bowman Ingredients Thailand, taking its overall ownership of this business to 60%, to be treated as a Subsidiary rather than a Joint Venture.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARTLEY, Lorraine Alexandra | Secretary | 2026-04-27 | — | — |
| FRANCHETERRE, Antony Xavier | Director | 2020-10-01 | Mar 1970 | French |
| MULLER, Lorraine | Director | 2026-02-20 | May 1979 | British |
| VAN TROYS, Maria Elza Marleen | Director | 2022-02-02 | Oct 1965 | Belgian |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOWMAN, Anthony Guy | Secretary | 2006-04-01 | 2010-05-27 |
| BOWMAN, Anthony Guy | Secretary | 1997-07-08 | 1998-04-02 |
| BOWMAN, Anthony Guy | Secretary | — | 1993-02-01 |
| CULLEN, Frank | Secretary | 1998-04-02 | 2006-03-31 |
| FOX, Sean David | Secretary | 2011-09-08 | 2016-03-31 |
| FRANCIS, Hugh Roy | Secretary | 2016-03-31 | 2016-09-29 |
| MEAKIN, Jane Susan | Secretary | 2010-05-27 | 2011-09-08 |
| MISCAMPBELL, Ian Alexander Francis | Secretary | 1993-02-01 | 1997-06-30 |
| MULLER, Lorraine | Secretary | 2016-09-29 | 2024-08-19 |
| NEWTON, John | Secretary | 2024-08-19 | 2026-04-27 |
| ARROWSMITH, Michael Richard | Director | 2014-12-04 | 2018-09-30 |
| BARTLETT, Tessa Patricia | Director | 2015-01-15 | 2020-10-01 |
| BOWMAN, Anthony Guy | Director | — | 2020-10-01 |
| BOWMAN, Rory Peter | Director | — | 2021-11-30 |
| BROOKS, David Nicholas | Director | 2011-10-05 | 2014-09-19 |
| CAMPBELL, Hugh Mcgregor | Director | — | 2011-10-31 |
| CULLEN, Frank | Director | 1997-11-27 | 2006-03-31 |
| JONES, Adam | Director | 2021-12-01 | 2026-02-20 |
| KNIGHT, Peter Kevin | Director | — | 1993-05-28 |
| LINSELL, Richard Duncan | Director | — | 1999-01-04 |
| MISCAMPBELL, Ian Alexander Francis | Director | 1994-03-01 | 1997-06-30 |
| OSBORNE, David John | Director | 2013-10-02 | 2018-05-21 |
| PELLY, Philippa Margaret | Director | — | 2020-10-01 |
| PRYCE, George Terry | Director | — | 2015-02-05 |
| VAZ, Bertrand Marie | Director | 2020-10-01 | 2022-02-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solina Coatings Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-03-10 | Active |
| Mr Anthony Guy Bowman | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2020-02-03 |
| Mr Rory Peter Bowman | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-05-26 | Ceased 2020-03-10 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 197 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-02-07 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2024-02-07 CONNOT Change of name notice
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-29 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-03-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-16 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-30 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-07 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-02-07 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2023-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+1.8%
£73,555,000 £74,857,000
-
Cash
-8.7%
£450,000 £411,000
-
Net assets
+11.1%
£46,233,000 £51,381,000
-
Employees
+5.7%
227 240
-
Operating profit
+54.1%
£1,955,000 £3,013,000
-
Profit before tax
+89%
£3,270,000 £6,180,000
-
Wages
+6.2%
£8,928,000 £9,484,000
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