MEXICHEM SPECIALTY COMPOUNDS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-13 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£13M
-4.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£165M
+1.8% vs 2023
Employees
199
-12.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£4M
+1,627.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- MEXICHEM SPECIALTY COMPOUNDS LIMITED 2016-02-15 → present
- ALPHAGARY LIMITED 1999-08-26 → 2016-02-15
- LAPORTE ALPHAGARY LIMITED 1997-04-28 → 1999-08-26
- EVODE PLASTICS LIMITED 1981-12-31 → 1997-04-28
- ERIELAKE LIMITED 1981-07-06 → 1981-12-31
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 | £79,389,876 | £74,967,261 | |
| Operating profit | -£478,640 | £3,420,219 | |
| Profit before tax | -£253,248 | £3,867,452 | |
| Net profit | £43,584 | £2,968,192 | |
| Cash | £13,554,851 | £12,942,393 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £166,429,920 | £168,015,145 | |
| Net assets | £161,765,882 | £164,734,074 | |
| Equity | £161,765,882 | £164,734,074 | |
| Average employees | 227 | 199 | |
| Wages | £9,564,076 | £8,320,189 |
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 | -0.6% | 4.6% | |
| Net margin | 0.1% | 4.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.3% | 2.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 9.0% | 7.1% | |
| Current ratio | 3.26x | 3.49x | |
| Interest cover | -3.33x | 28.40x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the assessment carried out, the directors have, at the time of approving the financial statements, a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements. For this reason and the letter of support received from the ultimate parent company, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- MEXICHEM SPECIALTY COMPOUNDS LIMITED · parent
- Vestolit GmbH 100%
- SynComp Materials India Private Limited 32.5%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARCHIBALD, Euan James | Secretary | 2024-06-28 | — | — |
| MUSANTE, William | Director | 2022-07-01 | Oct 1964 | American |
| NIVARTHY, Gautam Satyamurthy | Director | 2018-07-23 | Apr 1973 | American |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEASLEY, Christopher Ernest | Secretary | 1993-03-05 | 1998-05-13 |
| SMITH, Nicholas Handran | Secretary | 1998-05-13 | 2000-08-01 |
| SULLIVAN, Colin Robert | Secretary | — | 1993-03-05 |
| WALKER-ARNOTT, Ellen | Secretary | 2023-01-30 | 2024-06-28 |
| WHALLEY, Amanda | Secretary | 2000-08-01 | 2000-11-17 |
| CLIFFORD CHANCE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2000-11-17 | 2009-10-09 |
| TMF CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-10-09 | 2020-11-20 |
| ARMSTRONG, Kenneth Francis | Director | — | 1993-04-30 |
| BEASLEY, Christopher Ernest | Director | 1993-02-26 | 1998-05-13 |
| BEVERIDGE, Colin | Director | 2006-10-06 | 2011-01-07 |
| BROWN, John Allan | Director | 1997-06-24 | 2000-11-17 |
| BROWN, Terry | Director | — | 2000-11-17 |
| CAPDEPON, Andres Eduardo | Director | 2011-01-07 | 2014-04-21 |
| CARRILLO RULE, Antonio | Director | 2014-04-21 | 2016-02-29 |
| DELISLE, Daniel Jean | Director | 2018-07-23 | 2025-12-12 |
| FUNDERBURG, Michael Ray | Director | 2018-07-23 | 2022-07-01 |
| GINGUE, Robert Norman | Director | 2000-11-20 | 2010-01-07 |
| GUITERREZ MUNOZ, Ricardo | Director | 2011-01-07 | 2014-04-21 |
| GUZMAN PERERA, Rodrigo | Director | 2014-04-21 | 2018-07-23 |
| HUBBARD, Simon Adrian Godfrey | Director | 2002-10-01 | 2006-07-03 |
| KENNY, Michael Joseph | Director | 2000-11-20 | 2002-10-01 |
| LAW, John Derek | Director | 1993-02-26 | 1993-03-31 |
| LAW, John Derek | Director | — | 1998-06-26 |
| LAWTON, Derek | Director | — | 1993-03-31 |
| LETMAN, George Edward | Director | 2000-11-22 | 2002-10-01 |
| MANRIQUE ROCHA, Barbaro Carlos | Director | 2014-04-21 | 2018-07-23 |
| PRATT, Edward John | Director | — | 1993-03-05 |
| RAMIREZ PEREZ, Enrique | Director | 2011-01-07 | 2018-07-23 |
| RIORDAN, Thomas James | Director | 2000-11-20 | 2011-01-07 |
| SCULL, Andrew James | Director | 1993-02-26 | 1997-06-25 |
| SIMON, Andrew Henry | Director | — | 1993-07-12 |
| SMITH, Nicholas Handran | Director | 1998-05-13 | 2000-11-17 |
| SOTO GONZALEZ, Alvaro | Director | 2014-04-21 | 2018-07-23 |
| TWENTYMAN, Judith | Director | 1998-07-01 | 2000-11-17 |
| VALLEJO GOMEZ, Armando | Director | 2011-01-07 | 2014-04-21 |
| WINTERBOTTOM, David Stuart | Director | — | 1993-02-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 254 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-11-22 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-11-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-12 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-07-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-12 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-01-11 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-04-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-12-29 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2022-12-28 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2022-11-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-11-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-11-21 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-11-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
-5.6%
£79,389,876 £74,967,261
-
Cash
-4.5%
£13,554,851 £12,942,393
-
Net assets
+1.8%
£161,765,882 £164,734,074
-
Employees
-12.3%
227 199
-
Operating profit
+814.6%
-£478,640 £3,420,219
-
Profit before tax
+1,627.1%
-£253,248 £3,867,452
-
Wages
-13%
£9,564,076 £8,320,189
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