LANXESS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-09 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-26
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£16M
+0.5% vs 2023
Employees
36
-5.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£237K
+107.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- LANXESS LIMITED 2004-07-01 → present
- W. HAWLEY & SON LIMITED 1998-05-29 → 2004-07-01
- INTERCEDE 1309 LIMITED 1998-01-26 → 1998-05-29
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 | £31,759,000 | £32,705,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,024,000 | -£251,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,075,000 | £237,000 | |
| Net profit | -£2,878,000 | £82,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,119,000 | £16,152,000 | |
| Net assets | £16,066,000 | £16,148,000 | |
| Equity | £16,066,000 | £16,148,000 | |
| Average employees | 38 | 36 | |
| Wages | £2,303,000 | £2,419,000 |
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 | -3.2% | -0.8% | |
| Net margin | -9.1% | 0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -6.4% | -1.6% | |
| Current ratio | 3.54x | 2.57x | |
| Interest cover | -341.33x | -31.38x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The cash flows necessary for the day-to-day running of the company are secured by the LANXESS cash pooling arrangements which support the going concern assertion. The company's forecasts and projections, taking account of reasonably possible changes in trading performance, show that the company is expected to be cash generative, and should be expected to be a net depositor into, rather than borrower from, the LANXESS cash pooling facility.”
Significant events
- “On 1 July 2023, LANXESS Limited acquired the business and undertakings together with the goodwill and assets of Nutrition and Biosciences UK Ltd a fellow group undertaking (registered in England), for a purchase price of £3,357,155. This process included the transfer of net liabilities to LANXESS Limited of £536,966.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RISINO, Anthony, Mr. | Director | 2020-06-15 | Aug 1968 | British |
| THOMPSON, Steven | Director | 2021-11-04 | Apr 1964 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DICKSON, Trevor James | Secretary | 2004-03-18 | 2005-01-31 |
| FLETT, Christopher James | Secretary | 2007-11-30 | 2020-06-15 |
| NEWSON, Martin David | Secretary | 2005-01-31 | 2007-12-31 |
| NEWSON, Martin David | Secretary | 1998-03-25 | 2004-03-18 |
| MITRE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1998-01-26 | 1998-03-25 |
| ABERG, Lennart Thorsten | Director | 1998-03-25 | 2002-12-31 |
| COURTH, Lambert | Director | 2002-12-05 | 2005-01-31 |
| HASS, Dietrich Jurgen | Director | 2000-09-15 | 2001-12-06 |
| HELLWIG, Olaf Joerg | Director | 2008-02-06 | 2017-12-01 |
| HUPPELER, Holger | Director | 2017-12-01 | 2020-06-15 |
| KLAEREN, Aloys | Director | 2000-09-15 | 2001-12-06 |
| KOEMM, Ulrich, Dr | Director | 1998-03-25 | 2000-09-15 |
| KRUEGER, Ralf Guenther | Director | 2020-06-15 | 2023-11-27 |
| LLOYD, Terence Leslie, Dr | Director | 2000-09-15 | 2006-06-30 |
| O'CONNOR, Kiern Mark | Director | 2006-05-15 | 2018-10-31 |
| PEREZ, Jacques Louis Albert | Director | 2018-10-31 | 2021-11-04 |
| PETINAUX, Marcel, Dr | Director | 2002-01-31 | 2002-12-31 |
| PRENDERVILLE, Liam Seamus | Director | 1998-03-25 | 2000-05-23 |
| REEVES, Barbara | Director | 1998-01-26 | 1998-03-25 |
| RICH, Michael William | Director | 1998-01-26 | 1998-03-25 |
| SCHMITZ, Wolfgang | Director | 2003-02-20 | 2008-02-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lanxess Deutschland Gmbh | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2017-01-26 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 149 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-11-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-01 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2021-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2021-10-08 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2021-10-08 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2021-02-05 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2021-01-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2021-01-06 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
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Turnover
+3%
£31,759,000 £32,705,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+0.5%
£16,066,000 £16,148,000
-
Employees
-5.3%
38 36
-
Operating profit
+75.5%
-£1,024,000 -£251,000
-
Profit before tax
+107.7%
-£3,075,000 £237,000
-
Wages
+5%
£2,303,000 £2,419,000
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