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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-09-01 (in 4mo)

Last made up 2025-08-18

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£68K

Latest balance sheet

Net assets

£106M

+7.5% vs 2023

Employees

417

+0.2% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£9M

+1.8% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 8 times since incorporation

  1. SYNTHOMER (UK) LIMITED 2012-12-04 → present
  2. SYNTHOMER LIMITED 2002-12-20 → 2012-12-04
  3. E-CATTO.COM LIMITED 2001-03-20 → 2002-12-20
  4. TEMPLEFIELDS 504 LIMITED 2000-05-22 → 2001-03-20
  5. COX BUILDING PRODUCTS LIMITED 1998-12-01 → 2000-05-22
  6. COXDOME LIMITED 1988-02-29 → 1998-12-01
  7. RINVEST LTD. 1985-12-16 → 1988-02-29
  8. REVERTEX INVESTMENTS OVERSEAS LIMITED 1979-12-31 → 1985-12-16
  9. REVERTEX INVESTMENTS LIMITED 1966-02-24 → 1979-12-31

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £189,056,000£141,884,000
Operating profit £8,273,000£8,165,000
Profit before tax £9,144,000£9,308,000
Net profit £8,618,000£8,360,000
Cash £0£68,000
Total assets less current liabilities £109,201,000£110,956,000
Net assets £98,194,000£105,556,000
Equity £98,194,000£105,556,000
Average employees 416417
Wages £27,888,000£31,711,000

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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 4.4%5.8%
Net margin 4.6%5.9%
Return on capital employed 7.6%7.4%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 33.8%32.5%
Current ratio 3.04x2.75x
Interest cover 5.11x7.01x

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
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“Based upon the above, the Directors believe that the Company can continue to operate for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements and therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis of preparation. Furthermore, the Company has received a letter of support from Synthomer plc, the ultimate parent company. Synthomer plc has provided a statutory guarantee against any and all outstanding liabilities of the Company as at the balance sheet date for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

4 active · 33 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
LIU, Lili Director 2022-07-01 Feb 1972 British
LYNEN, Stephan Director 2023-05-01 Nov 1970 German
PRAKASH, Anant Director 2023-02-02 Sep 1985 British
TUPKER, Robert Marcus Director 2018-10-15 Jul 1967 Dutch
Show 33 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
ATKINSON, Richard Secretary 1998-09-22 2023-02-02
BIRD, Kenneth Rodney Ferne Secretary 1997-07-21
GRANT, Robert Murray Secretary 1997-07-21 1997-12-31
MCLEISH, Allister Patrick Secretary 1998-01-01 1998-09-22
ANDREW, Robert, Mr. Director 2004-01-02 2005-04-08
ATKINSON, Richard Director 2013-01-18 2023-02-02
BELL, John Director 2003-11-01 2004-03-31
BENNETT, Stephen Guy Director 2017-03-30 2022-07-01
BLACKWOOD, David Charles Director 2012-11-30 2015-07-30
BREUCKER, Christoph Director 2015-07-30 2018-10-15
BURNETT, Andrew David Director 2002-12-06 2004-02-28
CARTWRIGHT, Glyn Director 1997-06-30 2000-05-04
CUMMINS, Sean Vincent Director 2000-05-04 2007-03-22
FIELD, Stephen John Director 1994-03-07 1997-02-14
GILMOUR, John Director 1991-11-01 1992-06-15
GRIBBON, David John Director 1991-07-31
HUGHES, Timothy John Director 2015-07-30 2023-02-02
LANHAM, Andrew John Director 2007-03-01 2010-05-25
LEACH, Roger John Director 1994-06-30
MADDY, Alan John Director 2003-11-01 2008-08-22
MORRISON, Keith John Director 1992-10-20 1995-02-06
MURPHY, John William Director 1994-04-01 1996-12-31
SANDERS, Clive Guy Director 1996-01-08 2001-05-21
SIMPSON, Christopher Vincent John Director 1994-09-01 1996-01-08
SLADE, Michael James Director 2000-05-04
STONELL, John William Director 2000-05-04
WALKER, Alexander Director 2001-05-21 2006-08-17
WALTON, Athol Director 1992-10-20 1992-12-15
WATTERS, David Barrie Director 1993-09-30
WHITFIELD, Adrian Michael Director 2006-08-17 2015-01-22
WHITLEY, Neil Director 2017-03-30 2023-02-02
WHYTE, Derick Blair Director 2009-06-30 2014-08-15
WOOD, David Victor Director 1991-11-01 1992-12-07

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Synthomer Holdings Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 209 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2025-08-18 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-07-23 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-05-07 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-05-06 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-05-06 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2024-09-18 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-09-02 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-12-18 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-12-18 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2023-11-23 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-08-04 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-07-17 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-06-29 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2023-05-03 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-02-02 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-02-02 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2023-02-02 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-02-02 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-02-02 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2022-08-04 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
5

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

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

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

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