WILLIAM BLYTHE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-05 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-22
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£31M
+12.6% vs 2023
Employees
79
-6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£4M
-5.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The directors have considered the circumstances described above and consider that the change in ownership constitutes a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include the adjustments that would result if the Company was unable to continue as a going concern.
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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
- WILLIAM BLYTHE LIMITED 1991-08-20 → present
- SIMCO 417 LIMITED 1991-07-10 → 1991-08-20
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 | £49,897,000 | £53,449,000 | |
| Operating profit | £4,707,000 | £4,192,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,577,000 | £4,318,000 | |
| Net profit | £4,216,000 | £3,749,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £27,363,000 | £30,799,000 | |
| Net assets | £27,363,000 | £30,799,000 | |
| Equity | £27,363,000 | £30,799,000 | |
| Average employees | 84 | 79 | |
| Wages | £3,818,000 | £3,842,000 |
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 | 9.4% | 7.8% | |
| Net margin | 8.4% | 7.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.2% | 13.6% | |
| Current ratio | 3.24x | 5.08x | |
| Interest cover | 21.49x | 155.26x |
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
- PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The directors have considered the circumstances described above and consider that the change in ownership constitutes a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include the adjustments that would result if the Company was unable to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “On 30th May 2025, the company was sold by the Synthomer Group to H2 Equity Partners as part of the sale of its inorganic chemistry business which included William Blythe Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 43 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUTLER, Michael Francis | Director | 2021-07-06 | Jun 1972 | British |
| CROSSLEY, David | Director | 2017-03-16 | Apr 1980 | British |
| HUDSON, Kevin Charles | Director | 2018-11-18 | Nov 1964 | British |
| ORMEROD, Stephen John | Director | 2026-01-16 | Apr 1973 | British |
Show 43 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATKINSON, Richard | Secretary | 2002-07-26 | 2023-03-15 |
| BISHOP, Brian | Secretary | 1995-04-03 | 1999-02-23 |
| HARNETT, John Arthur | Secretary | 1991-08-16 | 1991-09-12 |
| PEPPER, Teresa Christina | Secretary | 1999-02-23 | 2019-12-31 |
| PRAKASH, Anant | Secretary | 2023-03-15 | 2025-05-30 |
| TAYLOR, Paul Alan | Secretary | 1991-09-12 | 1995-04-03 |
| SIMCO COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1991-07-10 | 1991-08-16 |
| BARRACLOUGH, Craig Robert | Director | 2020-10-15 | 2023-03-15 |
| BAXTER, Paul Leslie, Dr | Director | 1999-07-20 | 2003-05-02 |
| BISHOP, Brian | Director | 1996-01-01 | 1999-02-23 |
| BULL, Geoffrey David | Director | 2003-12-19 | 2009-09-11 |
| CATLOW, Brendan | Director | 2014-05-12 | 2016-06-16 |
| COSTELLO, Robert | Director | 2006-09-01 | 2008-10-31 |
| CUMMINS, Sean Vincent | Director | 2005-12-23 | 2007-03-22 |
| DAVIES, Jason Phillip | Director | 2009-07-06 | 2014-07-21 |
| DAVIS, Stephen John | Director | 2003-08-26 | 2009-02-13 |
| DE PATER, Marc Cornelius George, Dr | Director | 2014-10-14 | 2016-11-22 |
| DIAMOND, Jeremy John | Director | 2017-11-24 | 2018-12-31 |
| DONALDSON, Hugh Montgomery | Director | 1995-01-01 | 1996-05-02 |
| GUNSTON, Richard Antony | Director | 1995-09-14 | 2006-01-31 |
| HAITH, Brian | Director | 1991-08-19 | 1992-07-30 |
| HALE, Pauline | Director | 2023-03-15 | 2025-05-30 |
| HALE, Pauline | Director | 2019-01-17 | 2020-10-14 |
| HAMNETT, John Anthony | Director | 2016-09-16 | 2017-11-24 |
| HARNETT, John Arthur | Director | 1991-08-16 | 1996-07-28 |
| HEATON, John Humphrey | Director | 1992-02-20 | 2003-07-31 |
| HUGHES, Timothy John | Director | 2009-06-22 | 2015-12-31 |
| HURST, Andrew Christopher | Director | 2016-05-23 | 2019-01-17 |
| JOHNSON, Ian Nigel | Director | 1991-08-19 | 1999-04-30 |
| MILNER, Charles William | Director | 2006-09-01 | 2015-10-31 |
| PALMER, Robin John | Director | 1991-08-19 | 1999-01-01 |
| PEAGRAM, Michael John | Director | 1991-08-16 | 1998-02-04 |
| PEPPER, Teresa Christina | Director | 1999-02-23 | 2019-12-31 |
| PICKTHALL, Fitzroy Gerald | Director | 2008-12-19 | 2012-12-31 |
| RAE, Robert Graham | Director | 1996-05-02 | 2007-05-14 |
| SCOTT, Nicholas Graeme | Director | 1996-09-03 | 1997-07-11 |
| SMITH, Graham Robert | Director | 2013-11-05 | 2016-08-31 |
| STEWART, Thomas Ian, Dr | Director | 1992-05-05 | 1997-06-30 |
| TAYLOR, Paul Alan | Director | 1991-08-19 | 1995-06-16 |
| TITHERINGTON, Arthur Robert | Director | 1991-08-19 | 1995-04-28 |
| WHYTE, Derick Blair | Director | 2007-05-21 | 2008-06-20 |
| WILKINSON, Jeffrey | Director | 1991-08-19 | 1991-12-23 |
| SIMCO DIRECTOR A LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1991-07-10 | 1991-08-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamsard 3806 Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-05-30 | Active |
| Synthomer Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-05-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 219 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-06 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-06-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-06 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-06-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-06-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-03 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-06-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-05-06 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-15 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+7.1%
£49,897,000 £53,449,000
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Cash
—
Not reported
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Net assets
+12.6%
£27,363,000 £30,799,000
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Employees
-6%
84 79
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Operating profit
-10.9%
£4,707,000 £4,192,000
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Profit before tax
-5.7%
£4,577,000 £4,318,000
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Wages
+0.6%
£3,818,000 £3,842,000
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