BYK ADDITIVES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-24 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-10
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
-63% vs 2023
Net assets
£27M
-10.4% vs 2023
Employees
107
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£856K
+65.6% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- BYK ADDITIVES LIMITED 2013-10-03 → present
- ROCKWOOD ADDITIVES LIMITED 2001-04-06 → 2013-10-03
- BRIDLEVIEW LIMITED 2000-08-10 → 2001-04-06
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 | £22,832,000 | £25,044,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£2,525,000 | -£843,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,485,000 | -£856,000 | |
| Net profit | -£2,545,000 | -£3,130,000 | |
| Cash | £4,545,000 | £1,682,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £31,974,000 | £31,119,000 | |
| Net assets | £30,211,000 | £27,081,000 | |
| Equity | £30,211,000 | £27,081,000 | |
| Average employees | 107 | 107 | |
| Wages | £5,935,000 | £6,309,000 |
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 | -11.1% | -3.4% | |
| Net margin | -11.1% | -12.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -7.9% | -2.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 12.8% | 23.2% | |
| Current ratio | 6.29x | 3.43x | |
| Interest cover | -93.52x | -38.32x |
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
- DSG Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis as the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate cash resources for a period of at least 12 months from the date of the approval of the financial statements and there are no material uncertainties to disclose.”
Significant events
- “During 2024, the ultimate holding company underwent a restructuring, and the shareholding is now equally distributed among three new shareholders: Skion Primus GmbH, SKion Secundus GmbH, and SKion Tertia GmbH.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TMF CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-10-15 | — | — |
| AVERY, Alison Jane | Director | 2019-03-01 | Apr 1972 | American |
| DOYLE, Jane | Director | 2022-05-01 | Dec 1967 | British |
| MOSSMER, Stefan | Director | 2016-12-31 | Dec 1968 | German |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLIFFORD CHANCE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2000-08-10 | 2009-10-15 |
| BYRNE, Robin | Director | 2016-12-31 | 2022-12-31 |
| FISHER, Todd Andrew | Director | 2000-11-08 | 2002-10-01 |
| GILHULY, Edward | Director | 2000-11-08 | 2002-10-01 |
| GINGUE, Robert Norman | Director | 2000-11-08 | 2011-01-07 |
| GLANDER, Stephan Christian | Director | 2015-08-13 | 2019-10-08 |
| KENNY, Michael Joseph | Director | 2000-11-08 | 2002-10-01 |
| LAYTON, Matthew Robert | Nominee Director | 2000-08-10 | 2000-11-08 |
| MANSFELD, Volker | Director | 2013-09-25 | 2016-12-31 |
| RICHARDS, Martin Edgar | Nominee Director | 2000-08-10 | 2000-11-08 |
| RIORDAN, Thomas James | Director | 2000-11-08 | 2013-09-25 |
| ROSS, Andrew Martin | Director | 2010-11-01 | 2013-09-25 |
| SCHEIBER, Silke Christina | Director | 2000-11-08 | 2001-02-14 |
| SCHLUENKEN, Christoph Andreas | Director | 2013-09-25 | 2015-06-30 |
| SJODIN, Fredrik | Director | 2000-11-08 | 2002-10-01 |
| STOCKER, David Clifford | Director | 2000-11-08 | 2002-10-01 |
| SUMNER, Vernon | Director | 2002-10-01 | 2010-09-27 |
| VON HEBEL, Albert | Director | 2013-09-25 | 2019-03-01 |
| WRIGHT, Frank Brian John | Director | 2002-10-01 | 2016-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Susanne Klatten | Individual | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-07-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 166 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-22 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-08-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-18 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-22 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2022-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
-
Turnover
+9.7%
£22,832,000 £25,044,000
-
Cash
-63%
£4,545,000 £1,682,000
-
Net assets
-10.4%
£30,211,000 £27,081,000
-
Employees
0%
107 107
-
Operating profit
+66.6%
-£2,525,000 -£843,000
-
Profit before tax
+65.6%
-£2,485,000 -£856,000
-
Wages
+6.3%
£5,935,000 £6,309,000
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