BOSTIK ADHESIVES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-03 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-20
Watchouts
Cash
£16K
-99.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£40M
-58.5% vs 2023
Employees
0
-100% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£6M
+120.3% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
On 1 January 2024, the company transferred its trade and assets to a UK sister company within the Arkema SA group. The company is no longer trading and is prepared on a basis other than going concern. It is the directors' intention to dissolve the company. Arkema France has confirmed funding will be available through to 30 September 2026 to meet its liabilities.
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 | £32,066,000 | £0 | |
| Operating profit | -£30,074,000 | -£2,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£28,820,000 | £5,840,000 | |
| Net profit | -£22,531,000 | £4,301,000 | |
| Cash | £2,308,000 | £16,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £95,274,000 | £39,575,000 | |
| Net assets | £95,274,000 | £39,575,000 | |
| Equity | £95,274,000 | £39,575,000 | |
| Average employees | 58 | 0 | |
| Wages | £2,473,000 | £0 |
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 | -93.8% | — | |
| Net margin | -70.3% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | -31.6% | -0.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 6.3% | 39.4% | |
| Current ratio | 11.84x | 2.54x | |
| Interest cover | -10024.67x | — |
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 LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“On 1 January 2024, the company transferred its trade and assets to a UK sister company within the Arkema SA group. The company is no longer trading and is prepared on a basis other than going concern. It is the directors' intention to dissolve the company. Arkema France has confirmed funding will be available through to 30 September 2026 to meet its liabilities.”
Significant events
- “On 1 January 2024, Bostik Adhesives Limited ceased to trade following the sale of trade and assets to a sister company, Bostik Limited. This was considered the principal decision in the year. Prior research and development activities were also transferred to Bostik Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KANE, Karen Maria | Secretary | 2021-12-01 | — | — |
| CHAN, Shuk Yee | Director | 2026-02-26 | Feb 1963 | French |
| GARREAU, Laetitia Maud | Director | 2026-02-26 | Mar 1976 | French |
| LATRILLE, Julien | Director | 2021-10-21 | Sep 1972 | French |
| MASSEY, Robert Peter | Director | 2021-10-21 | Feb 1974 | Irish |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DURAND-DELACRE, Xavier Jean Joseph | Director | 2021-10-21 | 2025-12-31 |
| TISSEUIL, Jean-Marie André Edmond | Director | 2021-10-21 | 2026-01-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkema Holding Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-10-21 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 20 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-12-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-21 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2023-12-21 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2023-12-21 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2023-12-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-01 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2022-07-27 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-12-08 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-11-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-10-21 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
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Turnover
-100%
£32,066,000 £0
-
Cash
-99.3%
£2,308,000 £16,000
-
Net assets
-58.5%
£95,274,000 £39,575,000
-
Employees
-100%
58 0
-
Operating profit
+100%
-£30,074,000 -£2,000
-
Profit before tax
+120.3%
-£28,820,000 £5,840,000
-
Wages
-100%
£2,473,000 £0
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