UNIFRAX LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-11 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£48K
-59.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£103M
+0.9% vs 2023
Employees
77
-4.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£7M
+0.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- UNIFRAX LIMITED 2000-07-13 → present
- INHOCO 2092 LIMITED 2000-06-02 → 2000-07-13
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £24,693,335 | £22,121,096 | |
| Operating profit | £3,824,600 | £3,306,289 | |
| Profit before tax | £7,086,378 | £7,136,172 | |
| Net profit | £5,949,625 | £6,148,313 | |
| Cash | £119,743 | £48,117 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £97,823,185 | £98,728,207 | |
| Net assets | £102,450,978 | £103,395,291 | |
| Equity | £102,450,978 | £103,395,291 | |
| Average employees | 81 | 77 | |
| Wages | £5,155,347 | £4,677,834 |
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 | 15.5% | 14.9% | |
| Net margin | 24.1% | 27.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.9% | 3.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.04x | 2.03x | |
| Interest cover | 1.15x | 0.94x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company's Balance Sheet has net assets of £103,395k (2023: £102,451k), and at the year end reported net current assets of £85,561k (2023: £84,642k). Although the company has local cash resources, the company's cash is managed as part of the global treasury function and so shares cash resources and intercompany loan arrangements with the global Alkegen Group. The company's forecasts and budgets identify that it is expected to meet its liabilities as they fall due for a period of at least 12 months from the date on which these financial statements are approved. However, a key assumption in the company's forecasts is the continuing availability of funds that are available within the group and the intercompany loans provided by the global Alkegen Group to the company and other UK based fellow subsidiaries. Unifrax Limited has received a letter of financial support from the company's indirect parent company, Unifrax Holding Co, which confirms the global Alkegen Group, if required, will provide financial support to Unifrax Limited and all other UK subsidiaries for the period of at least 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements, and will not recall any of the intercompany loans within this period.”
Group structure
- UNIFRAX LIMITED · parent
- Unifrax India Private Ltd 100%
- Unifrax Italia srl 95%
- IMCO (62000) Limited 100%
- Unifrax (Derby) Ltd 100%
- Unifrax Japan Limited 100%
- Saffil 2011 Limited 100%
- Saffil Limited 100%
- Unifrax Emission Control Europe Limited 100%
- Unifrax Yuksek Isi Izolasyon Cozumleri Ticaret Limited 99.97%
- Unifrax Emission Control South Africa (PTY) Limited 100%
- EURL Saffil Automotive France 100%
Significant events
- “On 28 February 2025, the trustees of the Unifrax UK Pension Plan purchased a bulk annuity policy with the UK insurance company, Aviva, which secured the benefits of all members of the plan. With effect from 31 March 2025 the Unifrax UK Pension Plan closed to future benefit accruals, more details of which can be found in note 22 Employee Benefit Obligations.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2024-03-18 | — | — |
| PIOTROWSKI, William Kaz | Director | 2022-12-30 | Apr 1979 | American |
| WHALLEY, Matthew David | Director | 2025-11-13 | Jan 1988 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARR, Caroline Rowena | Secretary | 2000-10-04 | 2002-06-07 |
| BLACKLEDGE, Peter Louis | Secretary | 2002-06-07 | 2008-05-13 |
| ENGLISH, Barry Alexander | Secretary | 2000-07-13 | 2000-10-04 |
| SMITH, Elaine | Secretary | 2020-01-23 | 2024-05-28 |
| TUPMAN, John Michael | Secretary | 2008-05-13 | 2019-01-23 |
| A B & C SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-06-02 | 2000-07-13 |
| CHAMBON, Vincent | Director | 2012-02-14 | 2022-12-27 |
| DANDOLPH IV, John Charles | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2025-03-05 |
| ENGLISH, Barry Alexander | Director | 2000-07-13 | 2000-10-04 |
| GIBSON, Andrew Victor | Director | 2025-05-01 | 2025-11-01 |
| GRANGER, Robert | Director | 2000-07-13 | 2000-10-04 |
| GREENE, Anthony Bret | Director | 2017-08-01 | 2019-09-30 |
| GROOM, David | Director | 2005-05-26 | 2012-05-16 |
| HORRIGAN, Scott Dennis | Director | 2019-06-30 | 2025-04-30 |
| LAZARD, Roland | Director | 2000-07-18 | 2000-10-04 |
| ROOS, Mark David | Director | 2005-05-26 | 2014-01-01 |
| TERZAGO, Carlo | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2009-03-20 |
| TUPMAN, John Michael | Director | 2005-06-14 | 2019-12-23 |
| TURNER, David Ian | Director | 2025-05-01 | 2026-03-12 |
| VON ARX, Frederic Bernard | Director | 2000-10-04 | 2012-02-14 |
| WOODCOCK, Karl Peter | Director | 2012-05-15 | 2017-03-23 |
| YARDLEY, Edward Duncan Barton | Director | 2000-07-13 | 2019-06-30 |
| INHOCO FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-06-02 | 2000-07-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unifrax Uk Holdco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-07-07 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 147 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-02-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-25 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
-10.4%
£24,693,335 £22,121,096
-
Cash
-59.8%
£119,743 £48,117
-
Net assets
+0.9%
£102,450,978 £103,395,291
-
Employees
-4.9%
81 77
-
Operating profit
-13.6%
£3,824,600 £3,306,289
-
Profit before tax
+0.7%
£7,086,378 £7,136,172
-
Wages
-9.3%
£5,155,347 £4,677,834
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