MACDERMID CANNING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-24 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£49K
+6.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£70M
+18.1% vs 2023
Employees
19
-5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£13M
+65.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- MACDERMID CANNING LIMITED 2002-02-25 → present
- ISAAC BENTLEY AND COMPANY LIMITED 1955-10-28 → 2002-02-25
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 | £23,110,000 | £28,951,000 | |
| Operating profit | £7,699,000 | £12,211,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £7,799,000 | £12,929,000 | |
| Net profit | £7,616,000 | £10,925,000 | |
| Cash | £46,000 | £49,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £59,534,000 | £70,413,000 | |
| Net assets | £59,514,000 | £70,263,000 | |
| Equity | £59,514,000 | £70,263,000 | |
| Average employees | 20 | 19 | |
| Wages | £1,156,000 | £1,276,000 |
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 | 33.3% | 42.2% | |
| Net margin | 33.0% | 37.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.9% | 17.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 7.8% | 6.8% | |
| Current ratio | 11.93x | 14.93x |
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
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- MACDERMID CANNING LIMITED · parent
- MacDermid Graphics Solutions Production UK Limited 100%
- MacDermid Europe SAS 100%
Significant events
- “There were no post balance sheet events to disclose”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCONNOR, Stephen Martin | Director | 2003-11-07 | Feb 1968 | British |
| TORKINGTON, Nathan Lee | Director | 2025-11-01 | Feb 1995 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAPPS, John Edward | Secretary | 2017-04-07 | 2017-10-17 |
| DARBY, Kim | Secretary | 1998-06-30 | 2002-02-22 |
| LEWIS, Roger Andrew | Secretary | 1995-06-20 | 1998-06-30 |
| MORRIS, Graham | Secretary | 1993-10-31 | 1995-06-20 |
| RICHARDS, Roger Edward | Secretary | 2002-02-22 | 2017-04-07 |
| WOOD, John James | Secretary | — | 1993-10-31 |
| BROWN, David Macdonald | Director | 1992-08-28 | 1995-07-17 |
| BROWN, Ronald Geoffrey | Director | 1995-06-20 | 1997-02-15 |
| CAPPS, John Edward | Director | 2023-02-15 | 2025-11-01 |
| CHRONISTER, Phyllis | Director | 2002-05-14 | 2016-07-15 |
| CONNOLLY, John Patrick | Director | 2017-04-07 | 2017-10-17 |
| CORDANI, John Louis | Director | 2004-11-01 | 2016-09-14 |
| DARBY, Kim | Director | 1999-02-12 | 2001-06-11 |
| DUDLEY, Alan | Director | 1996-11-20 | 1998-06-30 |
| ECCLES, Peter Terence | Director | 2002-03-06 | 2002-06-18 |
| JOHANSEN, Peter John Sverre | Director | 1998-06-30 | 2000-09-06 |
| LANGLEY, Edward Noel | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| LEWIS, Roger Andrew | Director | 1995-06-20 | 1999-02-12 |
| MCMANUS, Simon Paul | Director | 2002-04-29 | 2019-07-15 |
| MERCALLI, Filippo | Director | 2019-07-15 | 2023-02-15 |
| MONTEIRO, Frank Joseph | Director | 2016-07-15 | 2017-04-07 |
| PHASEY, Lance John Passant | Director | 2001-06-11 | 2003-06-18 |
| PICKENS, Ray | Director | 2002-05-14 | 2004-12-31 |
| ROSE, Michael Leigh | Director | 2000-09-06 | 2002-11-04 |
| SHARD, George Edward | Director | 1993-12-31 | 1995-07-17 |
| WHELDON, Edward Henry | Director | — | 1992-04-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macdermid Continental Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-07-28 | Active |
| Macdermid (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-07-23 | Ceased 2020-07-28 |
| Macdermid Europe Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-07-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 189 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-05 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-03-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-22 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2021-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-07-30 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
+25.3%
£23,110,000 £28,951,000
-
Cash
+6.5%
£46,000 £49,000
-
Net assets
+18.1%
£59,514,000 £70,263,000
-
Employees
-5%
20 19
-
Operating profit
+58.6%
£7,699,000 £12,211,000
-
Profit before tax
+65.8%
£7,799,000 £12,929,000
-
Wages
+10.4%
£1,156,000 £1,276,000
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