SUMITOMO CHEMICAL (UK) LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-01 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£608K
-68.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£22M
+3.8% vs 2024
Employees
28
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+26.2% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2024-10-01
- SUMITOMO CHEMICAL (UK) LTD 2024-10-01 → present
- SUMITOMO CHEMICAL (UK) PLC 2024-10-01 → 2024-10-01
- SUMITOMO CHEMICAL (U.K.) PLC 1988-02-03 → 2024-10-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £42,206,563 | £43,464,422 | |
| Operating profit | £1,276,227 | £578,720 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,270,489 | £1,603,343 | |
| Net profit | £945,588 | £1,284,830 | |
| Cash | £1,954,040 | £608,494 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £21,273,124 | £22,020,169 | |
| Net assets | £21,153,481 | £21,965,518 | |
| Equity | £21,153,481 | £21,965,518 | |
| Average employees | 28 | 28 | |
| Wages | £2,492,282 | £2,648,446 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.0% | 1.3% | |
| Net margin | 2.2% | 3.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.0% | 2.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 31.8% | 39.1% | |
| Current ratio | 3.06x | 2.47x | |
| Interest cover | 5317.61x | 119.23x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the directors are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- SUMITOMO CHEMICAL (UK) LTD · parent
- Sumitomo Chemical Turkey 50%
Significant events
- “The name of the Company was changed from Sumitomo Chemical (U.K.) Plc to Sumitomo Chemical (UK) Ltd.”
- “The directors note that the Company has ceased the finance functions provided to some group companies. Those has been transferred to another company within the Sumitomo Group. Hence, the risks and concerns regarding finance function does not longer exist. Therefore, the Company has terminated any financial facilities with local banks to support the cash pooling activities.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 40 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WATTS, Jude Anthony, Dr | Secretary | 2019-07-01 | — | — |
| AOKI, Hirofumi | Director | 2026-04-01 | May 1975 | Japanese |
| HEMMI, Kotoba | Director | 2026-04-21 | Jun 1981 | Japanese |
| SAKUMA, Masayuki | Director | 2022-04-28 | Oct 1965 | Japanese |
Show 40 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABE, Hideki | Secretary | 1999-07-08 | 2003-04-30 |
| IKEDA, Nobunari | Secretary | — | 1995-01-17 |
| KOBAYASHI, Masaru | Secretary | 2007-09-01 | 2011-07-29 |
| NAKASHIMA, Masahiro | Secretary | 1995-01-17 | 1995-08-04 |
| NISHIDA, Yasushi | Secretary | 2003-04-30 | 2007-09-01 |
| OKUNO, Takeo | Secretary | 2014-09-25 | 2019-07-01 |
| SHIBAYAMA, Hisashi | Secretary | 1995-08-04 | 1999-07-08 |
| TAKAMI, Hisashi | Secretary | 2011-07-29 | 2014-09-25 |
| ABE, Hideki | Director | 1999-07-08 | 2003-04-30 |
| DAVIS, Philip | Director | 2005-06-24 | 2006-06-30 |
| ENAMI, Takatsugu | Director | 2002-06-27 | 2005-06-24 |
| HASHIZUME, Masaya | Director | 2020-04-07 | 2021-08-02 |
| HERN, Murray Denis | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2026-04-01 |
| HIROSE, Yukihiro, Dr | Director | 2021-07-28 | 2024-03-21 |
| IKEDA, Nobunari | Director | — | 1995-01-17 |
| IKEDA, Tomokazu | Director | 2024-10-01 | 2026-04-01 |
| IMAI, Shinichiro | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2018-01-01 |
| ITO, Kiyotaka | Director | 2024-04-01 | 2024-10-01 |
| KOBAYASHI, Akio | Director | — | 1992-06-26 |
| KOBAYASHI, Masaru | Director | 2007-09-01 | 2011-07-29 |
| KOMAKI, Norio | Director | 1995-05-19 | 1996-08-27 |
| MARTIN, Robert, Dr. | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2019-07-01 |
| MARTIN, Robert, Dr. | Director | 2008-12-01 | 2019-04-01 |
| MATSUO, Shinichiro | Director | — | 1992-04-26 |
| MOROISHI, Mitsuhiro | Director | — | 1995-05-19 |
| NAGAO, Masaaki | Director | 1996-08-27 | 2002-06-27 |
| NAKASHIMA, Masahiro | Director | 1995-01-17 | 1999-10-28 |
| NISHIDA, Yasushi | Director | 2003-04-30 | 2007-09-01 |
| NISHIOKA, Fumio | Director | 2008-06-20 | 2013-01-01 |
| NOZAKI, Kunio | Director | 1995-01-17 | 1995-08-04 |
| OKUNO, Takeo | Director | 2014-06-20 | 2020-04-07 |
| SHIBAYAMA, Hisashi | Director | 1995-08-04 | 1999-07-08 |
| TAKADA, Shigeho | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2019-05-01 |
| TAKAMI, Hisashi | Director | 2011-07-29 | 2014-06-20 |
| TANIUCHI, Akira | Director | 2019-05-01 | 2022-05-06 |
| TSUDA, Kosuke | Director | 1992-04-26 | 1995-01-17 |
| TSUDA, Shigenori | Director | 2006-06-30 | 2008-12-01 |
| WADA, Hideo | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2015-04-01 |
| WADA, Hideo | Director | 1999-10-28 | 2005-06-24 |
| YASUKAWA, Tsuyoshi | Director | 2005-06-24 | 2008-06-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 202 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-10-07 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-10-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-10-01 CERT11 Certificate change of name re registration public limited company to private
- 2024-10-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-10-01 RR02 Reregistration public to private company
- 2024-10-01 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2024-10-01 CONNOT Change of name notice
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-19 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-07 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-01 | CERT11 | change-of-name | Certificate change of name re registration public limited company to private | |
| 2024-10-01 | MAR | incorporation | Re registration memorandum articles | |
| 2024-10-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-01 | RR02 | change-of-name | Reregistration public to private company | |
| 2024-10-01 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-10-01 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2024-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+3%
£42,206,563 £43,464,422
-
Cash
-68.9%
£1,954,040 £608,494
-
Net assets
+3.8%
£21,153,481 £21,965,518
-
Employees
0%
28 28
-
Operating profit
-54.7%
£1,276,227 £578,720
-
Profit before tax
+26.2%
£1,270,489 £1,603,343
-
Wages
+6.3%
£2,492,282 £2,648,446
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