BOC LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-04 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£300K
0% vs 2023
Net assets
£747M
-15.7% vs 2023
Employees
2,286
-3.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£418M
+18.8% vs 2023
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 | £1,143,600,000 | £1,131,400,000 | |
| Operating profit | £333,800,000 | £389,400,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £352,100,000 | £418,400,000 | |
| Net profit | £358,200,000 | £410,700,000 | |
| Cash | £300,000 | £300,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £995,300,000 | £857,900,000 | |
| Net assets | £885,800,000 | £746,500,000 | |
| Equity | £885,800,000 | £746,500,000 | |
| Average employees | 2,374 | 2,286 | |
| Wages | £132,800,000 | £124,600,000 |
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 | 29.2% | 34.4% | |
| Net margin | 31.3% | 36.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 33.5% | 45.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 36.9% | 39.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.40x | 2.15x | |
| Interest cover | 77.63x | 74.88x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company has net assets and net current assets, generates sustained profitability and strong operating cash generation, and can therefore support itself for the foreseeable future. The use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate because, in the opinion of the directors, there are no material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt about the ability of the company to continue as a going concern.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 44 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KELLY, Susan Kathleen | Secretary | 2007-12-21 | — | British |
| ALLEN, Jennifer Frances Huihana | Director | 2025-02-14 | Oct 1984 | British |
| BLAND, Julian Michael | Director | 2018-05-17 | Apr 1967 | British |
| COSSINS, Christopher James | Director | 2013-05-16 | Nov 1966 | British |
| SACHTLEBEN, Sebastian | Director | 2025-11-13 | Jan 1981 | German |
| THOMPSON, Stephen James | Director | 2025-02-24 | Nov 1967 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Sally Ann | Director | 2015-12-14 | Aug 1970 | British |
Show 44 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAKER, Ian Kenneth Hood | Secretary | 1994-12-02 | 1995-07-03 |
| BRACKFIELD, Andrew Christopher | Secretary | 2007-07-20 | 2007-12-21 |
| HUNT, Carol Anne | Secretary | 1999-02-12 | 2006-10-02 |
| LARKINS, Sarah Louise | Secretary | 2006-10-03 | 2007-07-20 |
| PAVEY, David Gordon | Secretary | — | 1994-12-02 |
| SMALL, Jeremy Peter | Secretary | 1995-07-03 | 1999-02-12 |
| AIKEN, Philip Stanley | Director | — | 1995-02-28 |
| BEECROFT, Barry Ian | Director | 1995-02-28 | 2001-03-31 |
| BOTELLO ALBARRAN, Armando | Director | 2024-02-01 | 2025-10-31 |
| BRACKFIELD, Andrew Christopher | Director | 2007-08-24 | 2018-12-31 |
| CLUBB, Ian Mcmaster | Director | — | 1994-09-30 |
| DENNIS, Michael | Director | 2009-07-01 | 2012-04-10 |
| DENNIS, Michael | Director | 2009-03-18 | 2009-03-18 |
| DEVERS, Dorian Kevin Thomas | Director | 2013-01-21 | 2017-07-28 |
| FAIRLIE, John Cairns | Director | — | 1998-11-23 |
| FERGUSON, Alan Murray | Director | 2005-09-15 | 2007-02-23 |
| FINKEN, Thorben, Dr | Director | 2008-12-22 | 2013-01-20 |
| FORD, James Alexander | Director | 2000-07-31 | 2007-01-31 |
| GEARING, Richard John Newton | Director | 2009-03-18 | 2018-01-17 |
| GHASEMI, Seifollah | Director | 1996-09-05 | 1997-12-05 |
| GRAHAM JOHNSTON, Susan Patton | Director | 2015-07-20 | 2017-07-10 |
| GRANT, Richard Stanley | Director | 1998-04-20 | 2002-12-31 |
| GREEN, Brian Charles | Director | — | 1997-12-31 |
| HARVEY, Andrew John | Director | 2017-07-12 | 2019-07-19 |
| HUGGON, Michael Stewart | Director | 2007-05-16 | 2015-05-28 |
| HUNTON, Nigel David | Director | 2006-10-27 | 2007-05-31 |
| HUNTON, Nigel David | Director | 2003-02-12 | 2006-03-22 |
| ISAAC, Anthony Eric | Director | 1994-10-17 | 2006-10-31 |
| LEWIS, Nigel Andrew | Director | 2008-08-22 | 2009-06-30 |
| MASTERS JR, Jerry Kent | Director | 2005-03-01 | 2011-09-30 |
| MEDORI, Rene | Director | 2000-07-31 | 2005-05-31 |
| MERCER, James Andrew | Director | 2021-01-05 | 2023-09-04 |
| MOSTYN, Gareth | Director | 2007-12-05 | 2008-08-22 |
| PALMER, Nathan | Director | 2012-04-10 | 2016-04-15 |
| PANIKAR, John Mathew | Director | 2019-06-20 | 2020-12-31 |
| PATTERSON, Benjamin | Director | 2013-11-11 | 2024-10-09 |
| PFANN, Oliver Christian | Director | 2017-07-12 | 2019-03-01 |
| RAJAGOPAL, Krishnamurthy, Dr | Director | 1996-02-01 | 2006-10-27 |
| ROSENKRANZ, Franklin Daniel | Director | — | 1999-08-31 |
| SAITH, Vijay Kumar | Director | — | 2002-11-20 |
| SMITH, Graham | Director | 2006-03-22 | 2006-12-22 |
| SPENCE, Patrick Charles Gordon | Director | 2002-11-20 | 2007-12-21 |
| WALSH, John Lawrence | Director | 2004-03-31 | 2005-03-01 |
| WEISSBERG, Michael | Director | 2009-03-18 | 2013-03-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boc Netherlands Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 281 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-08-09 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-06 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-02-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-08-09 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
-1.1%
£1,143,600,000 £1,131,400,000
-
Cash
0%
£300,000 £300,000
-
Net assets
-15.7%
£885,800,000 £746,500,000
-
Employees
-3.7%
2,374 2,286
-
Operating profit
+16.7%
£333,800,000 £389,400,000
-
Profit before tax
+18.8%
£352,100,000 £418,400,000
-
Wages
-6.2%
£132,800,000 £124,600,000
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