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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-07-17 (in 2mo)

Last made up 2025-07-03

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£6M

+187.4% vs 2023

Net assets

£84M

+0.4% vs 2023

Employees

101

-1% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£4M

-47.9% vs 2023

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

  1. THOR SPECIALITIES (UK) LIMITED 1999-07-15 → present
  2. THOR CHEMICALS (UK) LIMITED 1983-10-14 → 1999-07-15

Accounts

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

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £68,760,000£66,122,000
Operating profit £3,841,000£1,075,000
Profit before tax £6,724,000£3,506,000
Net profit £4,856,000£2,047,000
Cash £1,920,000£5,518,000
Total assets less current liabilities £91,681,000£92,575,000
Net assets £83,998,000£84,371,000
Equity £83,998,000£84,371,000
Average employees 102101
Wages £5,818,000£5,967,000

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 5.6%1.6%
Net margin 7.1%3.1%
Return on capital employed 4.2%1.2%
Current ratio 3.84x8.28x
Interest cover 17.00x34.68x

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
Forvis Mazars LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The Company produces a detailed cashflow forecast which covers more than twelve months from the date of the financial statements and a summarised five-year plan. Based on these, as well as the current financial resources and expected trading patterns, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Therefore, they continue to adopt the going concern basis for accounting in preparing the annual financial statements. In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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

  1. THOR SPECIALITIES (UK) LIMITED · parent
    1. Thor Chemicals India Private Limited 99% · India · started trading in June 2023

Significant events

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

People

3 active · 10 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
HALFORD, Adam Mark Secretary 2025-12-11
HADINGHAM, Timothy Charles, Dr Director 2025-12-15 Jan 1977 British
HEWITT, David Alain Director May 1960 British
Show 10 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
HEWITT, David Alain Secretary 1996-02-21
PEARSON, Simon Secretary 1996-02-21 2010-07-15
SYKES, John David Secretary 2010-07-15 2025-12-11
BETTS, Scott Raymond Director 2013-07-01 2026-01-16
BOWMAN, Christopher Langford Director 1991-10-25 1996-02-01
CHARLTON, Stephen Director 2013-07-01 2026-04-21
COWLEY, Desmond John Director 1992-06-25
GARRARD, George William Director 1999-04-01
SEAL, Kenneth John, Doctor Director 1994-08-01 2013-08-30
WOOD, David Keith Director 1994-05-03 2008-06-30

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Tato Holdings Ltd Corporate entity Shares 75–100% 2016-07-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 160 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-04-21 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-01-29 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-12-15 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-12-11 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2025-12-11 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2025-07-03 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-07-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-06-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-08-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-07-25 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-08-23 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2023-07-18 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-07-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-10-20 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2022-07-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-06-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-07-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-05-05 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-07-16 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-07-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
8

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
2

last 12 months

Officers resigned
3

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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