HYPERLAST LIMITED — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-10-24 (in 5mo)

Last made up 2025-10-10

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

—

Latest balance sheet

Net assets

£79M

+4.1% vs 2023

Employees

Average over period

Profit before tax

£4M

+19.3% vs 2023

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Material uncertainty over going concern

In light of the transfer of business activities on 2 May 2016 and the directors' intention to liquidate the Company once its lease expires or is novated to another group company, the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern (see note 1 to the financial statements).

Name history

Renamed 2 times since incorporation

HYPERLAST LIMITED 1995-07-11 → present
KEMIRA POLYMERS LIMITED 1995-06-28 → 1995-07-11
VOM 94191 LIMITED 1994-07-11 → 1995-06-28

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median

HYPERLAST LIMITED·Basic Materials median · n=623

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	£415,000	£445,000
Operating profit	£20,000	£21,000
Profit before tax	£3,449,000	£4,113,000
Net profit	£2,638,000	£3,085,000
Cash	—	—
Total assets less current liabilities	£75,917,000	£79,002,000
Net assets	£75,917,000	£79,002,000
Equity	£75,917,000	£79,002,000
Average employees	0	0
Wages	—	—

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	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	4.8%	4.7%
Net margin	635.7%	693.3%
Return on capital employed	0.0%	0.0%
Current ratio	60.50x	35.29x

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: Deloitte LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Material uncertainty disclosed
“In light of the transfer of business activities on 2 May 2016 and the directors' intention to liquidate the Company once its lease expires or is novated to another group company, the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern (see note 1 to the financial statements).”

Significant events

“On 2 May 2016, Hyperlast Limited (the 'Company') ceased its business activities and transferred materially all assets and obligations to Dow Chemical Company Limited, a fellow group company. The Company retained the lease of its Birch Vale premises, which it continues to recharge the costs of to another group company.”
“The Directors do not propose a dividend in respect of the year ended 31 December 2024 (2023: £nil), and no dividends were declared post year-end.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 33 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
JENKINS, Cathrine Anne	Secretary	2016-07-06	—	—
CASE, John Edward	Director	2019-04-01	Feb 1976	British
LANEY, Andrew Robert	Director	2023-09-01	Jan 1985	American

Show 33 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
CRACKNELL, Louise	Secretary	2010-07-20	2013-09-09
DANCE, Iona Lorraine	Secretary	2007-04-30	2010-07-20
FOX, Kim Lesley, Mrs.	Secretary	2013-09-09	2016-07-06
MILLER, Matthew Kerr	Secretary	1995-06-29	1998-06-18
STIRZAKER, Mark Robert	Secretary	2001-10-10	2005-12-01
TEAGUE, Alan Richard	Secretary	1998-06-18	2001-10-10
VITA SERVICES LIMITED	Corporate Secretary	2005-12-01	2007-04-30
WINTERS SERVICES LIMITED	Corporate Secretary	1994-07-11	1995-06-29
BERRY-SOLOMON, Pamela	Director	2021-03-31	2023-09-01
BROWN, Paul Andrew	Director	1995-03-16	1995-07-03
DOBSON, Roy	Director	1998-06-18	2002-01-01
EGAN, Trevor Aubrey	Director	1995-11-21	1998-06-18
EPHGRAVE, Nicola Jayne	Director	2007-12-05	2015-05-13
FINKEMEYER, Geoffrey Colin	Director	2007-04-30	2008-06-01
FRANCIS, Stephen Ronald William	Director	2005-07-18	2007-04-30
GADEA, Eduardo Antonio	Director	2018-04-27	2021-03-31
GOOD, Jonathan William	Director	2015-05-13	2018-04-30
HANMAN, David	Director	1994-07-11	1995-03-16
HARRIS, Howard Elliott	Director	2005-07-15	2006-11-01
JONES, Andrew Michael	Director	2016-04-19	2019-04-01
LAWSON, Roger Hardman	Director	1995-11-21	1998-06-18
MARTIN, Ian Anthony Donovan	Director	1995-06-20	1995-07-14
MERCER, Jim	Director	1998-06-18	2000-03-15
MILLER, Matthew Kerr	Director	1995-06-29	2005-07-15
MOSELEY, John Peter	Director	1995-07-03	2004-12-31
MURPHY, James	Director	2000-03-15	2002-02-01
O'CONNOR, Calvin James John	Director	2002-01-01	2005-07-15
OLIVER, John Lancaster	Director	2006-11-10	2007-04-30
PARKS, Brian Richard	Director	1995-06-29	1999-12-31
ROSTRON, James	Director	1995-07-03	1999-12-31
WEST, Johanna	Director	2012-12-17	2016-04-19
WIGGINS, Keith Alan	Director	2007-04-30	2012-12-17
WRIGHT, Anthony	Director	1995-07-03	2002-02-01

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Dow Inc.	Corporate entity	Significant influence	2017-09-01	Active
Dow Chemical Company Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%	2016-06-01	Ceased 2017-09-01

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 220 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-10-10	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-10-04	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-10-14	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-08-27	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-11-16	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-10-12	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-09-07	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-09-07	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2022-10-19	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-10-04	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-01-05	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2021-10-11	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-04-09	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2021-04-09	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2020-12-17	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2020-11-09	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2019-10-18	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2019-10-01	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2019-04-04	PSC05	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF
2019-04-01	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

+7.2%

£415,000 £445,000
Cash

—

Not reported
Net assets

+4.1%

£75,917,000 £79,002,000
Employees

—

Not reported
Operating profit

+5%

£20,000 £21,000
Profit before tax

+19.3%

£3,449,000 £4,113,000

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

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