THOR SPECIALITIES (UK) LIMITED
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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
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
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THOR SPECIALITIES (UK) LIMITED 1999-07-15 → present
- THOR CHEMICALS (UK) LIMITED 1983-10-14 → 1999-07-15
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 | £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 | 102 | 101 | |
| 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.6% | 1.6% | |
| Net margin | 7.1% | 3.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.2% | 1.2% | |
| Current ratio | 3.84x | 8.28x | |
| Interest cover | 17.00x | 34.68x |
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
- THOR SPECIALITIES (UK) LIMITED · parent
- Thor Chemicals India Private Limited 99%
Significant events
- “Earlier sales between Thor UK and Indian customers were transferred to the new subsidiary Thor India who supplied the market.”
- “group investments into sustainability and compliance management.”
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 | |
| 2026-01-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-11 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-07-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
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Turnover
-3.8%
£68,760,000 £66,122,000
-
Cash
+187.4%
£1,920,000 £5,518,000
-
Net assets
+0.4%
£83,998,000 £84,371,000
-
Employees
-1%
102 101
-
Operating profit
-72%
£3,841,000 £1,075,000
-
Profit before tax
-47.9%
£6,724,000 £3,506,000
-
Wages
+2.6%
£5,818,000 £5,967,000
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