COLORCON LIMITED

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Ernst & Young LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Based on the current financial projections and available financial resources, the directors believe that the Company has sufficient liquid capital to meet its operational needs for the period through July 2026. The Company has no material commitments or contingencies that are expected to adversely affect its financial condition or ability to meet its obligations when they fall due. In accordance with this, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparation of the financial statements.”

Group structure

1. COLORCON LIMITED · parent
   1. Colorcon Asia Private Limited 100% · India · Supply of dispersions and excipients to the pharmaceutical industry

Significant events

• “At the end of October the company ceased its distribution of products supplied and manufactured by IFF (International Flavors and Fragrances Inc.). While this did not have a material impact on sales for 2024, the loss of this business is expected to result in a decline in turnover for the coming year. At the same time the company entered into an agreement to distribute similar products as a distributor for Lotte Corporation and other similar agreements with other excipient manufacturers are being negotiated.”
• “The war in Ukraine and ensuing UK and European sanctions caused the company to reconsider and cease its supplies to Belarussia even though all products supplied legitimately qualify for licenced sale into the country leading to a marginal reduction in sales.”
• “On 16 June 2023 the High Court issued a ruling in respect of Virgin Media v NTL Pension Trustees II Limited (and others) calling into question the validity of rule amendments made to defined benefit pension schemes contracted-out on a Reference Scheme Test basis between 6 April 1997 and 5 April 2016. Amendments to these pension schemes over this time required confirmation from the Scheme Actuary that the Reference Scheme Test would continue to be met. In the absence of such a confirmation, the Rule amendment would be void. On 25 July 2024 the Court of Appeal dismissed appeals against the decision of the High Court.”
• “On 5 June 2025, the Department for Work and Pensions announced that the government will introduce legislation enabling affected pension schemes to retrospectively obtain written actuarial confirmation that historic benefit changes met the required standards. Scheme obligations will remain unaffected.”

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

Filings

2

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.

• Turnover

  -5.5%

  £201,778,854 → £190,626,266

• Cash

  +42.4%

  £17,983,081 → £25,600,383

• Net assets

  +5.2%

  £61,223,823 → £64,413,710

• Employees

  -2%

  297 → 291

• Operating profit

  -13.5%

  £69,061,949 → £59,711,187

• Profit before tax

  +5.1%

  £94,804,398 → £99,652,512

• Wages

  -0.5%

  £15,504,189 → £15,421,583

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers