SENSCIENT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-05 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£137K
-60.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£854K
-42.3% vs 2023
Employees
20
-9.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£627K
+15% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,087,000 | £3,947,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£712,000 | -£592,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£738,000 | -£627,000 | |
| Net profit | -£738,000 | -£627,000 | |
| Cash | £344,000 | £137,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,578,000 | £957,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,481,000 | £854,000 | |
| Equity | £1,481,000 | £854,000 | |
| Average employees | 22 | 20 | |
| Wages | £1,255,000 | £1,105,000 |
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 | -17.4% | -15.0% | |
| Net margin | -18.1% | -15.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | -45.1% | -61.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 46.6% | 61.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.14x | 1.56x | |
| Interest cover | -27.38x | -16.91x |
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
- Ernst & Young
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company is dependent on the ongoing financial support of its ultimate parent undertaking, MSA Safety Incorporated, which has confirmed it will provide financial support through the going concern period. Directors assessed and concluded upon MSA Safety Inc.'s ability to provide support and prepared these financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “In February 2024 the Company changed his registered address from: Latchways Plc Hopton Park Devizes Wiltshire SN10 2JP to Unit 9, Beeches Road Industrial Estate, Yate BS37 5QT, United Kingdom.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAUGHERTY, James Michael | Director | 2016-09-19 | Aug 1969 | American |
| MARTIN, Gregory L. | Director | 2016-09-19 | Sep 1975 | American |
| MUIR, Simon Andrew | Director | 2015-08-21 | Oct 1964 | British |
| RICHMAN, Lee Paul | Director | 2004-01-14 | Apr 1966 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELL, Geoffrey Arthur William | Secretary | 2015-01-29 | 2017-02-28 |
| RICHMAN, Karen Elizabeth | Secretary | 2004-01-14 | 2015-01-29 |
| ROBBINS, Lynda | Secretary | 2017-03-01 | 2020-01-31 |
| TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-01-14 | 2004-01-14 |
| COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2004-01-14 | 2004-01-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Msa Safety Inc | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2017-01-14 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 84 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-02-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-01-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-03-11 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-03-11 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2021-03-11 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2021-01-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-01-31 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
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
-
Turnover
-3.4%
£4,087,000 £3,947,000
-
Cash
-60.2%
£344,000 £137,000
-
Net assets
-42.3%
£1,481,000 £854,000
-
Employees
-9.1%
22 20
-
Operating profit
+16.9%
-£712,000 -£592,000
-
Profit before tax
+15%
-£738,000 -£627,000
-
Wages
-12%
£1,255,000 £1,105,000
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