SYNTHOMER TRADING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-02 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£45M
-41.9% vs 2023
Employees
7
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£39M
-145.7% vs 2023
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 | £601,603,675 | £971,141,644 | |
| Operating profit | -£14,405,340 | -£33,790,742 | |
| Profit before tax | -£15,683,946 | -£38,539,355 | |
| Net profit | -£11,803,051 | -£32,131,588 | |
| Cash | — | £1,782,247 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £78,190,014 | £45,901,526 | |
| Net assets | £76,775,312 | £44,643,724 | |
| Equity | £76,775,312 | £44,643,724 | |
| Average employees | 7 | 7 | |
| Wages | £649,272 | £815,707 |
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 | -2.4% | -3.5% | |
| Net margin | -2.0% | -3.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -18.4% | -73.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.90x | 1.48x | |
| Interest cover | -1.88x | -1.92x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based upon the above, the Directors believe that the Company can continue to operate for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements and therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis of preparation. Furthermore, the Company has received a letter of support from Synthomer plc, the ultimate parent company. Synthomer plc has provided a statutory guarantee against any and all outstanding liabilities of the Company as at the balance sheet date for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CATHROW, Stuart James | Director | 2018-03-16 | Oct 1971 | British |
| LIU, Lili | Director | 2022-07-01 | Feb 1972 | British |
| PRAKASH, Anant | Director | 2023-02-24 | Sep 1985 | British |
| WARD, Andrew John | Director | 2024-08-01 | Feb 1976 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATKINSON, Richard | Secretary | 2016-04-15 | 2023-02-24 |
| ATKINSON, Richard | Director | 2016-04-15 | 2023-02-24 |
| BENNETT, Stephen Guy | Director | 2016-04-15 | 2022-07-01 |
| BLACKBURN, Stephen Richard, Dr | Director | 2019-01-23 | 2024-07-19 |
| BURNETT, Andrew David | Director | 2016-04-15 | 2017-04-05 |
| MORGAN, Brian | Director | 2018-03-16 | 2022-08-22 |
| RASHID, Shahid-Fraz | Director | 2019-08-22 | 2020-01-31 |
| RASHID, Shahid-Fraz | Director | 2017-04-05 | 2019-01-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Synthomer Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-15 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 63 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-28 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-04-28 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-01-06 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-08-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 1
- 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
+61.4%
£601,603,675 £971,141,644
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-41.9%
£76,775,312 £44,643,724
-
Employees
0%
7 7
-
Operating profit
-134.6%
-£14,405,340 -£33,790,742
-
Profit before tax
-145.7%
-£15,683,946 -£38,539,355
-
Wages
+25.6%
£649,272 £815,707
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