INNOSPEC PERFORMANCE CHEMICALS EUROPE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-29 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+95.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£76M
+31.1% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£20M
+330.6% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £225,020,804 | £240,018,204 | |
| Operating profit | £5,374,480 | £20,476,768 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,557,906 | £19,626,387 | |
| Net profit | £3,449,202 | £18,074,723 | |
| Cash | £537,448 | £1,052,358 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £118,665,915 | £76,172,850 | |
| Net assets | £58,098,128 | £76,172,850 | |
| Equity | £58,098,128 | £76,172,850 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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% | 8.5% | |
| Net margin | 1.5% | 7.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.5% | 26.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.29x | 2.21x | |
| Interest cover | 1.44x | 4.71x |
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
“The directors of the Company have prepared cash flow forecasts for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements which indicate that, taking account of reasonably possible downsides, the Company will have sufficient funds, through funding from its existing facilities, to meet its liabilities as they fall due for that period.”
Significant events
- “During the year the Company has sold its investments in Innospec Performance Chemicals Spain S.L. as part of its strategy of moving its trade and net assets to a fellow Company under common control.”
- “During the year, the company sold its investment in Innospec Performance Chemicals Spain SL to another group company for cash consideration of £121,400,000 generating a profit on disposal of €12,449,000. During the year, a subsidiary undertaking, Innospec Performance Chemicals Belgium B.V.B.A was liquidated and the company received dividend income of €4,038,000.”
- “On 30 March 2025 the trade and assets of the Company were purchased by Innospec Limited at net book value of €47.5m for cash consideration. Innospec Limited is a fellow subsidiary of Innospec Inc.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLAIR, Graeme Thomas | Secretary | 2021-01-15 | — | — |
| BLAIR, Graeme Thomas | Director | 2021-01-15 | Sep 1982 | British |
| CLEMINSON, Ian Philip | Director | 2016-08-12 | Nov 1965 | British |
| KAY, Graeme | Director | 2016-08-12 | Jan 1976 | British |
| NORMAN, Keri Louise | Director | 2017-11-14 | Jun 1981 | British |
| PARSONS, Christopher John | Director | 2016-08-12 | Jul 1976 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WATT, Brian Robert | Secretary | 2016-08-12 | 2021-01-15 |
| CURRAN, Philip Andrew | Director | 2016-08-12 | 2019-08-02 |
| WATT, Brian Robert | Director | 2016-08-12 | 2021-01-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Innospec Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-12-12 | Active |
| Innospec International Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-08-12 | Ceased 2016-12-12 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 29 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-21 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-01-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-01-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-01-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2020-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-10-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2019-08-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
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
+6.7%
£225,020,804 £240,018,204
-
Cash
+95.8%
£537,448 £1,052,358
-
Net assets
+31.1%
£58,098,128 £76,172,850
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+281%
£5,374,480 £20,476,768
-
Profit before tax
+330.6%
£4,557,906 £19,626,387
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