A. SCHULMAN THERMOPLASTIC COMPOUNDS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-13 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£10M
-22.3% vs 2023
Employees
94
-4.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£3M
-4.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- A. SCHULMAN THERMOPLASTIC COMPOUNDS LIMITED 2013-10-18 → present
- VITA THERMOPLASTIC COMPOUNDS LIMITED 1995-01-16 → 2013-10-18
- P. E. C. (PLASTICS) LIMITED 1971-07-20 → 1995-01-16
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 | £30,839,000 | £29,566,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£2,928,000 | -£2,910,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,727,000 | -£2,841,000 | |
| Net profit | -£2,554,000 | -£2,922,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,195,000 | £10,274,000 | |
| Net assets | £13,131,000 | £10,209,000 | |
| Equity | £13,131,000 | £10,209,000 | |
| Average employees | 98 | 94 | |
| Wages | £3,703,000 | £3,702,000 |
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 | -9.5% | -9.8% | |
| Net margin | -8.3% | -9.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | -22.2% | -28.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 32.1% | 49.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.69x | 1.73x | |
| Interest cover | -100.97x | -52.91x |
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
“The Company's business activities, together with the factors likely to affect its future development and position are set out in the Strategic report. The Company participates in the Group's centralised treasury arrangements and therefore shares banking arrangements with its parent and fellow subsidiaries. Having considered the financial position of the Group the Directors have no reason to believe that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt about the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern or its ability to fulfil its financial obligations. Thus the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Product line upgrades completed at the back end of 2024 had successfully increased capacity but also fully standardised 6 from 8 of our extruders rewarding us with far more flexibility in planning. One of BSM's main customers in the oil and gas sector has secured a significant number of projecting ensuring that all output from the sites' profile line has been sold for 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 38 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CITCO MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2019-06-17 | — | — |
| ANDREWS, Clinton Howard | Director | 2019-04-01 | Jun 1970 | British |
| KALIDAS, Hitesh Jugdish, Mr. | Director | 2021-01-01 | Nov 1988 | British |
Show 38 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLAKE, Kevin Jude | Secretary | 2016-12-01 | 2019-06-24 |
| BRIDLE, Christopher Anthony | Secretary | 2013-09-02 | 2016-12-01 |
| HODGES, John | Secretary | — | 1995-01-03 |
| STIRZAKER, Mark Robert | Secretary | 2001-10-10 | 2005-12-01 |
| TEAGUE, Alan Richard | Secretary | 1995-01-03 | 2001-10-10 |
| VITA INDUSTRIAL (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-12-01 | 2013-09-02 |
| BHATT, Kanakrai Ramanlal | Director | — | 1995-01-03 |
| BISHOP, Sean Layton | Director | 2017-10-01 | 2019-04-01 |
| BURLEY, Nicholas James | Director | 2007-07-06 | 2011-03-25 |
| CASIMIRO, Isabel | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2016-12-15 |
| CLUYSE, Christoph Jozef | Director | 2017-01-09 | 2018-08-22 |
| COOP, Martin Alan Richard | Director | 2019-06-01 | 2021-01-01 |
| DAVIES, Michael Gomer | Director | 2010-08-26 | 2011-02-11 |
| DEVLIN, Brendan James | Director | 2016-12-01 | 2017-10-01 |
| DOBSON, Roy | Director | 1996-05-03 | 2002-01-01 |
| DURKIN, Thomas Frederick | Director | 1999-06-23 | 2001-03-30 |
| EATON, Francis Joseph | Director | 1995-01-03 | 1998-05-18 |
| FRANCIS, Stephen Ronald William | Director | 2005-07-18 | 2007-07-02 |
| HARRIS, Howard Elliott | Director | 2005-07-15 | 2006-11-01 |
| HAY, Nigel Bruce | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2013-09-02 |
| HAY, Nigel Bruce | Director | 2007-08-29 | 2008-10-21 |
| HAY, Nigel Bruce | Director | 2004-04-02 | 2005-07-15 |
| HOPKINSON, Christopher Paul | Director | 1998-05-08 | 2004-12-07 |
| JOHNSON, David John | Director | 2015-10-02 | 2016-12-01 |
| JOHNSON, David John | Director | 2010-04-16 | 2013-09-02 |
| LINGNAU-SCHNEIDER, Heinrich | Director | 2013-09-02 | 2019-01-31 |
| MAUNDRELL, Graham Lloyd | Director | 2007-05-04 | 2013-09-02 |
| MELTHAM, John David | Director | 2011-04-12 | 2013-09-02 |
| MENENDEZ, Joseph Henry | Director | 2008-01-14 | 2013-09-02 |
| MERCER, Jim | Director | 1995-01-03 | 1996-05-03 |
| O'CONNOR, Calvin James John | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2005-07-15 |
| OLIVER, John Lancaster | Director | 2006-11-10 | 2009-07-13 |
| OUTEN, David Anthony | Director | 2002-09-01 | 2005-07-15 |
| SCHOEPFER, Matthieu | Director | 2013-09-02 | 2015-10-02 |
| TEAGUE, Alan Richard | Director | — | 1995-01-03 |
| VAN BORM, Stefan | Director | 2013-09-02 | 2015-09-01 |
| WOOD, Anthony | Director | 2010-04-16 | 2010-08-26 |
| WRIGHT, Paul Martin | Director | 2010-04-16 | 2013-09-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Schulman, Inc. | Corporate entity | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-09-01 | Ceased 2016-09-01 |
| A. Schulman Gainsborough Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-09-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 260 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-02-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-02-19 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-02-19 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-01-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-03-26 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-03-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2019-07-05 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date |
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
-4.1%
£30,839,000 £29,566,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-22.3%
£13,131,000 £10,209,000
-
Employees
-4.1%
98 94
-
Operating profit
+0.6%
-£2,928,000 -£2,910,000
-
Profit before tax
-4.2%
-£2,727,000 -£2,841,000
-
Wages
0%
£3,703,000 £3,702,000
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