ASTON CHEMICALS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-09 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-23
Watchouts
Cash
£5M
+30.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£10M
+2.9% vs 2024
Employees
38
-5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£307K
-78% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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6 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ASTON CHEMICALS LIMITED 1990-04-02 → present
- GRIDQUICK LIMITED 1990-02-23 → 1990-04-02
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,267,994 | £13,915,977 | |
| Operating profit | £1,380,845 | £272,275 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,393,734 | £306,516 | |
| Net profit | £1,062,629 | £224,654 | |
| Cash | £3,798,105 | £4,945,605 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,552,944 | £9,827,188 | |
| Net assets | £9,552,944 | £9,827,188 | |
| Equity | £9,552,944 | £9,827,188 | |
| Average employees | 40 | 38 | |
| Wages | £2,018,214 | £1,862,456 |
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 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.0% | 2.0% | |
| Net margin | 6.2% | 1.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.5% | 2.8% | |
| Current ratio | 5.06x | 6.13x | |
| Interest cover | 28180.51x | — |
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
- Hillier Hopkins LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have concluded that the Company should be able to operate within its current cash resources for the foreseeable future and therefore believe it is appropriate to prepare these financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the year end, on 29 August 2025, the company was acquired by DKSH Great Britain Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOUGHRAN, Danielle Sasha, Dr | Director | 2008-11-20 | Nov 1970 | British |
| ROEMLING, John-Henrik | Director | 2025-08-29 | Jan 1969 | German |
| YOUNG, Jill Anne | Director | 2025-08-29 | Jan 1974 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MACGREGOR, Andrew John | Secretary | 2003-09-15 | 2025-08-29 |
| MOULIN, Louis Charles | Secretary | — | 2003-09-15 |
| BAER, Claire | Director | — | 1994-06-06 |
| HOFFMANN, Barbara | Director | 1994-06-24 | 2025-08-29 |
| KAY, David Timothy | Director | 2006-07-13 | 2025-08-29 |
| MACGREGOR, Andrew John | Director | 2002-08-01 | 2025-08-29 |
| MOULIN, Louis Alban | Director | — | 2025-08-29 |
| SMITH, James Robert | Director | 2021-08-20 | 2025-08-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dksh Great Britain Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-08-29 | Active |
| Mr Louis Alban Moulin | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-08-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 153 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-09-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-10 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-06 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 15
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 6
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 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30
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Turnover
-19.4%
£17,267,994 £13,915,977
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Cash
+30.2%
£3,798,105 £4,945,605
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Net assets
+2.9%
£9,552,944 £9,827,188
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Employees
-5%
40 38
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Operating profit
-80.3%
£1,380,845 £272,275
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Profit before tax
-78%
£1,393,734 £306,516
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Wages
-7.7%
£2,018,214 £1,862,456
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers