JOHNSON MATTHEY PLC
Listed on the London Stock Exchange, the company is a British multinational manufacturer of speciality chemicals and sustainable technologies, operating across clean air, catalyst technologies, hydrogen technologies, and platinum group metals services.
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Cash
£208m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£2.3bn
Equity attributable
Employees
12,459
Average over period
Profit before tax
£164m
Period ending 2024-03-31
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
1-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £12,843,000,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £261,000,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £164,000,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £108,000,000 | — | |
| Cash | £208,000,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,977,000,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £2,295,000,000 | — | |
| Equity | £2,295,000,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 12,459 | — | |
| Wages | £643,000,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,341,000 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £237,000 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £983,000 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing's period length differs materially from the prior year. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.0% | |
| Net margin | 0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 69.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.45x | |
| Interest cover | 2.84x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In adopting the going concern basis for preparing the accounts, the directors have considered the Group’s principal risks... We remain confident that the Group has sufficient liquidity to fund its obligations in the base and severe but plausible downside scenarios.”
Group structure
- JOHNSON MATTHEY PLC · parent
- Johnson Matthey Investments Limited
- Johnson Matthey Battery Materials (Changzhou) Co., Ltd
- Johnson Matthey (Dalian) Technology Co., Ltd
Significant events
- “Expected to complete the sale of Catalyst Technologies to Honeywell by end of August 2026.”
- “On 22nd May 2025, the Group signed an agreement to acquire CORMETECH Inc.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 50 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRICE, Simon James, Dr | Secretary | 2023-06-07 | — | — |
| CONDON, Liam | Director | 2022-03-01 | Feb 1968 | Irish |
| COSSLETT, Andrew Peter | Director | 2025-07-17 | Apr 1955 | British |
| FORST, Rita | Director | 2021-10-04 | Mar 1955 | German |
| JEREMIAH, Barbara Susanne | Director | 2023-07-01 | Jan 1952 | American |
| JUDGE, Alastair Anthony | Director | 2026-01-01 | May 1968 | British |
| LIU, Xiaozhi, Dr | Director | 2019-04-02 | Mar 1956 | German |
| LYNCH, Sinead Caitlin | Director | 2025-01-01 | Jul 1971 | Irish |
| O'HIGGINS, John Edward | Director | 2017-11-16 | Feb 1964 | Irish |
| PIKE, Richard Neil | Director | 2025-04-01 | Sep 1969 | British |
| WEBB, Douglas Russell | Director | 2019-09-02 | Mar 1961 | British |
Show 50 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRUCE-WATT, Linda | Secretary | 2020-04-01 | 2020-06-22 |
| COOPER, Nicholas Ian | Secretary | 2020-06-22 | 2023-06-06 |
| FARRANT, Simon | Secretary | 1999-05-01 | 2020-03-31 |
| NOOR, Bronwyn | Secretary | 1993-04-13 | 1994-08-01 |
| THORBURN, Ian Gordon | Secretary | — | 1999-05-01 |
| BANHAM, John Michael Middlecott | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2011-07-19 |
| BRAY, Vaughan Grantland | Director | 1993-06-07 | 1995-04-12 |
| BURNELL, Peter Charles Desborough | Director | 1993-06-07 | 1995-10-09 |
| CARSON, Neil Andrew Patrick | Director | 1999-08-01 | 2014-09-30 |
| CLARK, Christopher Richard Nigel | Director | — | 2004-07-20 |
| CLEARE, Michael James | Director | 1995-09-21 | 1999-07-13 |
| COOPER, Brian Sydney | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| DAVIES, David John, Sir | Director | — | 1998-06-09 |
| DEARDEN, Michael Bailey | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2008-03-31 |
| DESFORGES, Odile | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2019-07-17 |
| FERGUSON, Alan Murray | Director | 2011-01-13 | 2020-07-23 |
| FITZGIBBONS, Harry Edward | Director | — | 2002-07-16 |
| GRIFFITHS, Jane Veronica, Dr | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| HARRIS, Thomas George, Sir | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2012-07-25 |
| HAWKER, Pelham Nigel, Doctor | Director | 2003-08-01 | 2009-07-21 |
| JENKINS, Hugh Royston | Director | 1996-01-01 | 2003-07-16 |
| JONES, Dennis Gareth | Director | 2014-06-05 | 2016-07-20 |
| MACKAY, Charles Dorsey | Director | 1999-01-27 | 2008-03-31 |
| MACLEOD, Robert James | Director | 2009-06-22 | 2022-02-28 |
| MANZ, Anna Olive Magdelene | Director | 2016-10-17 | 2020-11-20 |
| MATTHEWS, Colin Stephen | Director | 2012-10-04 | 2017-11-15 |
| MILES, Henry Michael Pearson | Director | — | 2006-03-31 |
| MORGAN, David William | Director | 1999-08-01 | 2009-07-21 |
| MOTTERSHEAD, Christopher John | Director | 2015-01-27 | 2024-01-26 |
| NAIRN, William | Director | 1995-04-12 | 1997-06-10 |
| OXLEY, Stephen Richard | Director | 2021-04-01 | 2025-03-31 |
| PARKER, Charles Herbert | Director | — | 1993-06-07 |
| PENTZ, Lawrence Craig | Director | 2003-08-01 | 2016-03-31 |
| RETIEF, Patrick Frank | Director | 1993-06-07 | 2001-09-30 |
| RONEY, Michael James | Director | 2007-06-01 | 2014-07-23 |
| SANDFORD, William Frederick | Director | 2009-07-21 | 2013-10-09 |
| SHELDRICK, John Nicholas | Director | — | 2009-09-07 |
| STEVENSON, Joseph Aidan | Director | — | 1995-07-11 |
| STEVENSON, Timothy Edwin Paul | Director | 2011-03-29 | 2018-07-26 |
| STRACHAN, Ian Charles | Director | 2002-01-23 | 2009-03-31 |
| THOMAS, Patrick Webster | Director | 2018-06-01 | 2025-07-17 |
| THOMPSON, Dorothy Carrington | Director | 2007-09-01 | 2016-07-20 |
| THOMSON, Alan Matthew | Director | 2002-09-24 | 2011-07-19 |
| THORBURN, Ian Gordon | Director | — | 1999-07-21 |
| TITCOMBE, Douglas Graham | Director | — | 2002-09-24 |
| WAKELING, Richard Keith Arthur | Director | — | 1994-03-31 |
| WALKER, John Francis | Director | 2013-10-09 | 2020-03-31 |
| WALVIS, Robert Joris Willem | Director | 2002-09-24 | 2011-07-19 |
| WELLS, George Douglas | Director | 1998-03-18 | 2000-07-31 |
| WILSON, Geoffrey Hazlitt, The Honourable | Director | — | 1997-11-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 1452 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-08-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-08-19 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-08-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-07-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-08-19 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-08-14 | SH05 | capital | Capital cancellation treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-08-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-08-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-07-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-26 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.