ZOTEFOAMS PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-15 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-01
Watchouts
Cash
£11M
+67.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£109M
-5.5% vs 2023
Employees
569
+6.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£15M
+19.2% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 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
- ZOTEFOAMS PLC 1992-08-27 → present
- LUDGATE FORTY SIX LIMITED 1992-05-14 → 1992-08-27
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 | £126,975,000 | £147,791,000 | |
| Operating profit | £15,135,000 | £18,130,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £12,860,000 | £15,331,000 | |
| Net profit | £9,242,000 | £12,423,000 | |
| Cash | £6,294,000 | £10,534,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £121,093,000 | £122,833,000 | |
| Net assets | £115,763,000 | £109,357,000 | |
| Equity | £115,763,000 | £109,357,000 | |
| Average employees | 536 | 569 | |
| Wages | £26,882,000 | £29,529,000 |
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 | 11.9% | 12.3% | |
| Net margin | 7.3% | 8.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.5% | 14.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 33.1% | 37.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.40x | 1.51x | |
| Interest cover | 5.96x | 5.76x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PKF Littlejohn LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After due consideration of the range and likelihood of potential outcomes, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and, for this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing this Annual Report.”
Group structure
- ZOTEFOAMS PLC · parent
- Zotefoams International Limited 100%
- Zotefoams Pension Trustees Limited 100%
- Zotefoams Inc 100%
- Zotefoams Midwest LLC 100%
- MuCell Extrusion LLC 100%
- Zotefoams Operations Limited 100%
- Zotefoams Technology Limited 100%
- KZ Trading and Investment Limited 100%
- Zotefoams T-FIT Material Technology (Kunshan) Limited 100%
- Zotefoams France SAS 100%
- T-FIT Insulation Solution Joint Venture Limited 100%
- Zotefoams Danmark ApS 100%
Significant events
- “A refreshed strategy, prioritising innovation and profitable growth.”
- “The Board is proposing a 4% increase in the final dividend.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WOOLLARD, Emma Marie | Secretary | 2025-12-09 | — | — |
| CARLING, Jonathan Douglas | Director | 2018-01-02 | Apr 1965 | British |
| CLARKE, John James | Director | 2025-10-28 | Dec 1965 | British |
| COX, Ronan Michael | Director | 2024-05-22 | Dec 1973 | Irish |
| DRUMMOND, Lynn, Dr | Director | 2023-01-17 | Aug 1959 | British |
| SWIFT, Malcolm Stuart | Director | 2023-09-29 | Mar 1960 | British |
| WALL, Catherine Alison | Director | 2020-05-14 | Oct 1960 | British |
| WRIGHT, Nicholas James | Director | 2025-09-22 | Mar 1976 | British |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMS, James David Seton | Secretary | 2019-04-01 | 2019-06-06 |
| BILLSON, Geoffrey Robert | Secretary | 1992-08-04 | 1997-11-01 |
| HARRATT, Lydia Florinette Gabrielle | Secretary | 2019-06-06 | 2025-05-23 |
| HURST, Clifford Graham | Secretary | 2000-10-02 | 2012-02-10 |
| KINDELL, James William | Secretary | 2012-02-10 | 2018-05-16 |
| MONEY, Andrew | Secretary | 2025-05-23 | 2025-12-09 |
| SMALL, Alex Charles | Secretary | 2018-05-16 | 2019-04-01 |
| STIRLING, David Burns | Secretary | 1997-11-01 | 2000-10-02 |
| BECHI, Gianfranco | Director | 1992-08-04 | 1994-11-23 |
| BILLSON, Geoffrey Robert | Director | 1992-08-04 | 1997-11-01 |
| BROMFIELD, Angela Claire | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2020-05-13 |
| BUCKLEY, Ian Michael | Director | 1995-01-23 | 2002-04-25 |
| CAMPBELL, David Arthur | Director | 2007-02-22 | 2010-11-30 |
| CLAYTON, Marie-Louise Louise | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2017-09-30 |
| CLOWES, Richard John | Director | 2007-07-23 | 2018-05-16 |
| EAVES, David Edward, Dr | Director | 1992-08-04 | 1998-02-28 |
| ELDRETT, Anthony | Director | 1992-08-04 | 2006-03-31 |
| ELMHIRST, Roger Thomas | Director | 1993-02-24 | 1999-04-13 |
| FAIRSERVICE, William Hastie, Dr | Director | 1992-08-04 | 2006-12-31 |
| FIELDING, Alison Margaret, Dr | Director | 2020-05-14 | 2023-09-29 |
| GINGELL, Andrew Clive | Director | 1998-10-01 | 2000-05-03 |
| GOOD, Stephen Paul | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2023-05-24 |
| HOWARD, Nigel Grant | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2016-03-31 |
| HURST, Clifford Graham | Director | 2000-10-02 | 2016-05-16 |
| LAWSON, Roger Hardman | Director | 2002-12-03 | 2012-03-31 |
| LAWSON, Roger Hardman | Director | 1992-10-15 | 1995-08-07 |
| LEWSEY, Michael Peter | Director | 1992-08-04 | 2001-06-15 |
| MARLEY, John Campbell | Director | 1995-08-07 | 2005-12-31 |
| MCGRATH, Gary Christopher | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2025-10-31 |
| REDD, Randall Vann | Director | 1999-08-02 | 2000-07-14 |
| ROBERTSON, Douglas Grant | Director | 2017-08-08 | 2025-12-10 |
| RYAN, Christopher John | Director | 1999-12-01 | 2007-12-31 |
| STIRLING, David Burns | Director | 1997-09-01 | 2024-05-22 |
| WALKER, Alex | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2014-05-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 308 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-05-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-02-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-01-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-12-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-12 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-27 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-05-27 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-04-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-05-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 4
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
+16.4%
£126,975,000 £147,791,000
-
Cash
+67.4%
£6,294,000 £10,534,000
-
Net assets
-5.5%
£115,763,000 £109,357,000
-
Employees
+6.2%
536 569
-
Operating profit
+19.8%
£15,135,000 £18,130,000
-
Profit before tax
+19.2%
£12,860,000 £15,331,000
-
Wages
+9.8%
£26,882,000 £29,529,000
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