STEPAN UK LIMITED

1. STEPAN UK LIMITED 2001-09-25 → present
2. MANRO PERFORMANCE CHEMICALS LIMITED 1996-11-19 → 2001-09-25
3. BROOMCO (1142) LIMITED 1996-10-17 → 1996-11-19

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Deloitte LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“After making enquiries and based on the assumptions outlined in note 1 of the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company 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 the financial statements. In light of the current economic environment we, the directors, have assessed the ability of the company to continue as a going concern. Demand increased in 2024, and is expected to continue in 2025. The company also has sufficient cash reserves and secured trading contracts, therefore the directors of Stepan UK Limited have remained confident that the company has adequate financial resources for the foreseeable future, for a period of no less than 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements, having taken into account reasonable downside sensitivities in their cash flow projections.”

Significant events

• “An interim dividend of £4,211,700 (£1,403,900 per ordinary share) was paid in May 2025 to the ordinary shareholders on the register.”

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

Filings

2

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -1.1%

  £140,511,000 → £138,958,000

• Cash

  -40.5%

  £18,807,000 → £11,195,000

• Net assets

  +2.8%

  £57,692,000 → £59,327,000

• Employees

  -7.6%

  119 → 110

• Operating profit

  +5.7%

  £6,456,000 → £6,827,000

• Profit before tax

  +17.6%

  £6,148,000 → £7,230,000

• Wages

  -1.4%

  £5,372,000 → £5,297,000

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