DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£209K
-11.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£229M
-36.5% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£5M
-57.1% 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 | £323,294,000 | £289,804,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£499,000 | -£4,148,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £12,573,000 | £5,392,000 | |
| Net profit | £8,835,000 | £3,201,000 | |
| Cash | £237,000 | £209,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £373,626,000 | £239,838,000 | |
| Net assets | £360,614,000 | £228,815,000 | |
| Equity | £360,614,000 | £228,815,000 | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.2% | -1.4% | |
| Net margin | 2.7% | 1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.1% | -1.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.72x | 1.11x | |
| Interest cover | -0.27x | -1.80x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Group has provided confirmation to the Company that it will provide support for at least 24 months from the date of approval of these financial statements and will assist in meeting the liabilities of the Company as and when they fall due.”
Group structure
- DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- Dow Services Trustees UK Ltd 100%
- Cheadle Performance Materials UK Ltd 100%
- Hyperlast Ltd 100%
- Dow Chemical Services UK Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “The geopolitical conflict between Ukraine and Russia has continued during 2024. As of the time of this report being issued, the conflict has not had and is not expected to have a material impact on the trade and financial condition of the company.”
- “During the year 2024 the Dewsbury site is no longer operational and being demolished, which indicates the decreased energy intensity compared to the year 2023.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JENKINS, Cathrine Anne | Secretary | 2016-07-06 | — | — |
| CASE, John Edward | Director | 2019-04-01 | Feb 1976 | British |
| LANEY, Andrew Robert | Director | 2023-09-01 | Jan 1985 | American |
| SPINDLER, Mona | Director | 2023-08-31 | Aug 1982 | German |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AROZENA, Fernando | Secretary | 1992-07-06 | 1996-02-07 |
| CRACKNELL, Louise | Secretary | 2010-07-20 | 2013-09-09 |
| DANCE, Iona Lorraine | Secretary | 1996-02-07 | 2010-07-20 |
| FOX, Kim Lesley | Secretary | 2013-09-09 | 2016-07-06 |
| WALES, William Wesley | Secretary | — | 1992-07-06 |
| BERRY-SOLOMON, Pamela | Director | 2021-03-31 | 2023-09-01 |
| DANN, Geoffrey William | Director | 1999-03-22 | 2006-03-31 |
| DANN, Geoffrey William | Director | 1992-09-01 | 1994-11-30 |
| EPHGRAVE, Nicola Jayne | Director | 2008-06-01 | 2015-05-13 |
| FINKEMEYER, Geoffrey Colin | Director | 1993-05-17 | 2008-06-01 |
| FOX, Graham | Director | 1994-12-01 | 1997-12-05 |
| GADEA, Eduardo Antonio | Director | 2018-04-27 | 2021-03-31 |
| GOOD, Jonathan William | Director | 2015-05-13 | 2018-04-30 |
| HELFENSTEIN, Jack Gerald | Director | — | 1994-11-30 |
| JONES, Andrew Michael | Director | 2016-04-19 | 2019-04-01 |
| NICKLIN, Hugh Giles | Director | 1997-12-05 | 2000-09-14 |
| NICKLIN, Hugh Giles | Director | — | 1992-09-30 |
| TAYLORSON, Brian Geoffrey | Director | 1991-06-30 | 1993-04-30 |
| TOMSON, William Theodore | Director | — | 1991-06-30 |
| VAN POORTEN, Gino Eduardus Angela | Director | 2018-05-01 | 2023-08-31 |
| WEST, Johanna | Director | 2012-12-17 | 2016-04-19 |
| WIGGINS, Keith Alan | Director | 2006-03-31 | 2012-12-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dow Inc. | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-06-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 189 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 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
- 2
- 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
-
Turnover
-10.4%
£323,294,000 £289,804,000
-
Cash
-11.8%
£237,000 £209,000
-
Net assets
-36.5%
£360,614,000 £228,815,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-731.3%
-£499,000 -£4,148,000
-
Profit before tax
-57.1%
£12,573,000 £5,392,000
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