SCOTT BADER COMPANY LIMITED
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Cash
£33m
+80.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£86m
-12.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
701
-12.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£13m
-221.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
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Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £273,344,000 | £252,342,000 | £231,927,000 | -8.1% | |
| Operating profit | £1,242,000 | -£3,240,000 | -£12,386,000 | -282.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £749,000 | -£4,036,000 | -£12,993,000 | -221.9% | |
| Net profit | -£126,000 | -£5,185,000 | -£13,851,000 | -167.1% | |
| Cash | £15,703,000 | £18,272,000 | £33,013,000 | +80.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £112,635,000 | £103,863,000 | £89,004,000 | -14.3% | |
| Net assets | £106,922,000 | £99,115,000 | £86,295,000 | -12.9% | |
| Equity | £106,922,000 | £99,115,000 | £86,295,000 | -12.9% | |
| Average employees | 834 | 800 | 701 | -12.4% | |
| Wages | £34,027,000 | £34,508,000 | £30,489,000 | -11.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,057,000 | £1,343,000 | £964,000 | -28.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £159,000 | £63,000 | £64,000 | +1.6% | |
| Highest paid director | £366,000 | £531,000 | £265,000 | -50.1% |
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 —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.5% | -1.3% | -5.3% | |
| Net margin | -0.0% | -2.1% | -6.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.1% | -3.1% | -13.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 37.7% | 39.4% | 42.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.67x | 1.56x | 1.57x | |
| Interest cover | 0.85x | -1.50x | -7.85x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having considered the financial forecasts and the mitigating actions available to adequately preserve cash and reduce cost, should this be necessary, the Directors are confident that the Scott Bader Group remains a going concern, and that the results within this document represent a true and fair view of the position of the Group.”
Group structure
- SCOTT BADER COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- Scott Bader UK Limited 100%
- Scott Bader SAS 100%
- Scott Bader Middle East Ltd 100%
- Scott Bader d.o.o. 100%
- Scott Bader (Pty) Ltd 100%
- Scott Bader ATC Inc. 100%
- Scott Bader Scandinavia AB 100%
- Scott Bader Eastern Europe 100%
- Scott Bader Iberica SL 100%
- Scott Bader Inc 100%
- Scott Bader (Shanghai) Trading Company Ltd 100%
- Scott Bader Japan KK 100%
- Synthetic Resins Limited 100%
- Boldhelp Limited 100%
- Scott Bader Brazil Limited 100%
- Scott Bader North America Inc 100%
- Scott Bader Community Fund Trustee Limited 100%
- Scott Bader Ireland Ltd 100%
- Scott Bader Australia Pty Ltd 100%
- Polymer Mimetics Limited 80%
Significant events
- “In July 2025, as a consequence of a shift in the underlying economic demands seen in its target markets, the group announced the closure of its US manufacturing facility in Mocksville, NC.”
- “During the year the group ran a voluntary redundancy scheme which contributed to the reduction in employee numbers from 759 at the start of the year to 660 at the year end and a total one-off cost of £3.0m.”
- “Additionally, the Group took the decision to discontinue the work on a new ERP system which resulted in an impairment to the previously capitalised work done of £2.7m.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 74 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MUTTER, Jeremy | Secretary | 2021-03-17 | — | — |
| BOUSTRED, Samuel David | Director | 2022-07-01 | Sep 1987 | British |
| COURT, Martin Lindsay, Dr. | Director | 2026-01-01 | May 1961 | British |
| DAWSON, Janet Kathleen | Director | 2024-01-11 | Jun 1955 | British |
| FERRAN, Jean-Marc | Director | 2021-07-01 | Nov 1967 | French |
| FINDLAY-WILSON, Michael | Director | 2023-03-17 | Jul 1967 | British |
| HACKETT, Benjamin Dennis, Mr. | Director | 2026-01-01 | Apr 1968 | British |
| JONES, Timothy Roy Treleaven | Director | 2026-01-01 | May 1956 | British |
| PENN, Bruce Waverley | Director | 2023-06-01 | Sep 1969 | South African |
| RODGERS, Andrew John | Director | 2025-01-24 | Jun 1976 | British |
| RYAN, Janet Catherine | Director | 2024-10-01 | May 1963 | British |
Show 74 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLLINS, Matthew Ian | Secretary | 2018-07-01 | 2021-03-17 |
| FORRESTER, Andrew John | Secretary | 2009-10-01 | 2018-06-30 |
| GUNN, Andrew David Stewart | Secretary | — | 2002-06-30 |
| RUPAREL, Vanessa Frances | Secretary | 2005-09-01 | 2007-12-31 |
| SAYER, Denise | Secretary | 2002-07-01 | 2005-08-31 |
| WHIFFEN, Stephen John | Secretary | 2008-01-01 | 2009-10-01 |
| ABRAHAM, John David | Director | 1999-12-01 | 2002-11-30 |
| BAKER, Deborah Ann | Director | 2020-04-01 | 2023-03-31 |
| BELL, Eric Allan Hill | Director | 1999-09-01 | 2005-04-30 |
| BELL, Samantha | Director | 1998-06-01 | 2000-05-31 |
| BENGTSSON, Agne | Director | 2009-08-01 | 2015-06-30 |
| BHANGRA, Satwant Singh | Director | 1992-06-01 | 1995-05-31 |
| BROWN, Steven Lochiel | Director | 2016-06-30 | 2022-06-30 |
| BRUCE, Philip James | Director | 2005-03-01 | 2015-06-30 |
| BUGG, Dean | Director | 2010-07-01 | 2016-07-01 |
| CHEASMAN, Keith | Director | — | 1993-11-30 |
| COLLINS, Matthew Ian | Director | 2018-07-01 | 2022-06-30 |
| CONIFF, Darren | Director | 2001-06-01 | 2004-05-31 |
| COOPER, Mark Graham | Director | 2004-12-01 | 2008-12-31 |
| COXON, Robert | Director | 2004-04-01 | 2007-12-31 |
| CROMBIE, Graeme Henry | Director | 2003-06-01 | 2010-05-31 |
| DACOMBE, Carolyn Jean | Director | 2005-11-30 | 2007-06-15 |
| DE GOEDE, Adrian Michael | Director | 2016-06-30 | 2016-11-30 |
| FORRESTER, Andrew John | Director | 2005-12-01 | 2018-06-30 |
| FORSYTH, Malcolm William | Director | 2011-11-01 | 2019-07-30 |
| FUNKE, Karl-Heinz | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2019-07-31 |
| GARNER, Robert | Director | 2009-05-01 | 2010-05-31 |
| GECEG, Ruzica | Director | 2018-07-01 | 2021-06-30 |
| GOODALL, Robert Christopher | Director | 2006-11-28 | 2010-11-30 |
| GRACE, Keith Frederick | Director | 2004-02-01 | 2005-08-31 |
| GREENACRE, Roger Wilfred | Director | — | 1998-12-30 |
| HARRIS, James | Director | 2000-06-01 | 2001-05-31 |
| HARTILL, Peter James Norman | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| HENDERSON, Ian | Director | — | 1999-09-01 |
| KHAN, Liyaqatali | Director | 2010-12-01 | 2013-05-21 |
| LEES, William Arthur, Dr | Director | 1998-05-01 | 2004-04-30 |
| LEWIS, Michael | Director | 1996-12-01 | 2000-11-30 |
| MANLEY, Graeme | Director | 2005-10-01 | 2007-05-18 |
| MARKS, Terry Edwin | Director | — | 1992-11-30 |
| MATHON, Didier | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2018-06-30 |
| MATTHEWS, Kevin Roger Kenneth, Dr | Director | 2019-07-31 | 2024-12-31 |
| MATTHEWS, Richard | Director | 1992-12-01 | 1996-11-30 |
| MCKEEVER, Joseph John | Director | 2004-08-01 | 2006-09-15 |
| MCTAGGART, James | Director | 2020-04-01 | 2021-02-28 |
| MILLER, Neil Julian | Director | 2023-01-25 | 2024-10-31 |
| MITCHELL, Raymond Thomas | Director | — | 1994-03-30 |
| MUIR, Derek Peter | Director | 1995-07-01 | 2001-12-31 |
| NEIDERT, Bjorn Christer | Director | 2004-02-01 | 2005-09-07 |
| NOBLE, Phillip | Director | 2004-02-01 | 2006-01-31 |
| NOE, Edovard Albert Jean | Director | 2007-11-01 | 2009-05-31 |
| NORWOOD, Leslie Stanley, Dr | Director | 2000-12-01 | 2004-11-30 |
| NORWOOD, Leslie Stanley, Dr | Director | — | 1995-11-30 |
| NOTT, Gillian | Director | 1994-06-01 | 1998-01-31 |
| O'BRIEN, James Joseph | Director | — | 1994-12-31 |
| O'CONNOR, Calvin James John | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2020-01-01 |
| O'KEEFE, Charles Michael | Director | 1995-06-01 | 1998-05-31 |
| PHILLIPS, Timothy | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2010-12-31 |
| PIERRE, Jean-Claude | Director | 2015-06-15 | 2019-08-22 |
| PINDER, Mary Hilary | Director | 1998-12-01 | 2004-12-31 |
| PITCHER, Leslie Edward | Director | 1996-12-01 | 1999-11-30 |
| ROSE, Anthony John Alexander | Director | — | 1993-06-02 |
| ROSSOUW, David | Director | 2016-12-01 | 2023-05-31 |
| RUTTERFORD, Janette Marie | Director | 1997-09-01 | 2003-05-31 |
| SCOTT, Roger John | Director | 1993-12-01 | 1996-11-30 |
| SEEAR, David | Director | 1999-12-01 | 2004-07-31 |
| SENOUCI, Ahmed | Director | 2007-09-18 | 2010-03-29 |
| SENOUCI, Ahmed | Director | 2004-06-01 | 2005-09-30 |
| SMITH, Paul Leonard | Director | 2020-01-13 | 2026-01-12 |
| STILLWELL, Richard Nathan | Director | 2008-05-12 | 2014-05-31 |
| TAYLOR, Dalton | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2016-03-31 |
| THORBURN, Juliet Mary | Director | 2021-03-17 | 2023-03-17 |
| WALKER, Dianne Gillian Davies | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2024-09-30 |
| WILES, Jonathan | Director | 1995-12-01 | 1999-11-30 |
| WOJAKOWSKI, John Allan, Director | Director | 2002-12-01 | 2005-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Scott Bader Commonwealth Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% (as trust), Voting 75–100% (as trust), Appoints directors (as firm) | 2020-10-14 | Active |
| Mr Matthew Ian Collins | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-07-01 | Ceased 2020-10-14 |
| Mr Andrew John Forrester | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-12-01 | Ceased 2018-06-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 311 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-07-08 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-08 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-01-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.