SUN CHEMICAL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-11 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£81M
+14.6% vs 2023
Employees
566
-4.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£6M
+1,204% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SUN CHEMICAL LIMITED 1991-11-26 → present
- MOBILEFOLLOW LIMITED 1991-09-19 → 1991-11-26
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 | £169,344,000 | £165,940,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,947,000 | £6,043,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £477,000 | £6,220,000 | |
| Net profit | -£3,431,000 | £6,291,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £123,476,000 | £136,361,000 | |
| Net assets | £70,523,000 | £80,802,000 | |
| Equity | £70,523,000 | £80,802,000 | |
| Average employees | 591 | 566 | |
| Wages | £29,403,000 | £30,504,000 |
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 | 1.1% | 3.6% | |
| Net margin | -2.0% | 3.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.6% | 4.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.22x | 1.22x | |
| Interest cover | 0.09x | 0.33x |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on current trading position and group support in place, and after making enquiries our parent company, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue to operate for at least 12 months from the date of signing of these accounts. Accordingly, the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- SUN CHEMICAL LIMITED · parent
- ECG Holdings (UK) Limited 100%
- Sun Branding Solutions Limited 100%
- Sun Branding Solutions (India) Private Limited 99%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PEACH, David Christopher | Secretary | 2025-01-01 | — | — |
| DENCH, Jon Kenneth | Director | 2020-02-01 | Nov 1971 | British |
| FROST, Mark Patrick | Director | 2021-04-28 | Oct 1966 | British |
| SAUNDERS, Peter Mark | Director | 2019-04-22 | Sep 1970 | British |
| SCHOONENBERG, Martjin Jan Charles Marie | Director | 2015-06-19 | Aug 1977 | Dutch |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEARCE, Margaret Julia | Secretary | 2005-05-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| SINCLAIR, Simon | Secretary | 1991-10-17 | 1991-12-04 |
| SMITH, Graham Baskerville | Secretary | 1998-03-31 | 2005-05-01 |
| TULLOCH, William Mitchell | Secretary | 1991-12-04 | 1998-03-31 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1991-09-19 | 1991-10-17 |
| ASPINALL, David John | Director | 1991-10-17 | 1992-01-03 |
| BABER, Terrence John Overton | Director | 1991-12-13 | 1998-03-31 |
| COVA, Andrew Norman | Director | 1991-12-13 | 1997-05-12 |
| COX, Melvin Monroe | Director | 1998-03-31 | 2010-01-21 |
| DICKINSON, Stephen Michael | Director | 2004-07-12 | 2005-10-31 |
| DYNER, Henri | Director | 1991-12-22 | 2003-01-10 |
| FOSTER, Sally Ann | Director | 2014-03-31 | 2023-06-30 |
| FROST, Graham Richard | Director | 2001-11-01 | 2006-03-31 |
| HAYES, Gregory William | Director | 2011-06-13 | 2015-07-03 |
| HAYES, Gregory William | Director | 2011-06-13 | 2011-06-13 |
| HEPWORTH, Peter Roy | Director | 2012-01-27 | 2014-12-31 |
| HEYNES, Charles Allen | Director | 2006-05-17 | 2020-01-31 |
| JURGENS, Gideon Rudolf Erik | Director | 2010-01-21 | 2015-06-19 |
| LAW, John Philip | Director | 2007-06-30 | 2019-04-22 |
| MARTIN, Richard Vincent Robert | Director | 2006-04-01 | 2007-06-30 |
| MURRAY, Charles | Director | 1997-04-10 | 2011-06-13 |
| PALMER, Anthony Robert | Director | 2012-01-27 | 2015-07-09 |
| PETTIFOR, Richard Bowman | Director | 1997-04-14 | 2004-07-12 |
| SALTZMAN, William Harold | Director | 1991-12-13 | 1998-03-31 |
| SINCLAIR, Simon | Director | 1991-10-07 | 1991-12-13 |
| SMITH, Nicholas James Sheridan | Director | 2012-01-27 | 2014-03-31 |
| TULLOCH, William Mitchell | Director | 1991-12-13 | 1998-03-31 |
| VIGNOLO, Biagio Nicholas | Director | 1998-03-31 | 2001-08-31 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1991-09-19 | 1991-10-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dic Corporation | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 178 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-05-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-08 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-01-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-07 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-07-07 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2021-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
-
Turnover
-2%
£169,344,000 £165,940,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+14.6%
£70,523,000 £80,802,000
-
Employees
-4.2%
591 566
-
Operating profit
+210.4%
£1,947,000 £6,043,000
-
Profit before tax
+1,204%
£477,000 £6,220,000
-
Wages
+3.7%
£29,403,000 £30,504,000
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