MACDERMID AUTOTYPE LIMITED
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Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£22m
-12.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
224
+1.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£8.4m
+236.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
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 | £33,246,000 | £36,144,000 | £35,922,000 | -0.6% | |
| Operating profit | -£5,875,000 | -£6,173,000 | -£2,918,000 | +52.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,086,000 | -£6,172,000 | £8,424,000 | +236.5% | |
| Net profit | £1,935,000 | -£6,835,000 | £8,102,000 | +218.5% | |
| Cash | — | £110,000 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £33,161,000 | £26,748,000 | £23,526,000 | -12% | |
| Net assets | £32,518,000 | £25,683,000 | £22,417,000 | -12.7% | |
| Equity | £32,518,000 | £25,683,000 | £22,417,000 | -12.7% | |
| Average employees | — | 220 | 224 | +1.8% | |
| Wages | £8,503,000 | £9,843,000 | £9,673,000 | -1.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £39,000 | £32,000 | £316,000 | +887.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £2,000 | £1,000 | £7,000 | +600% | |
| Highest paid director | £39,000 | £32,000 | £316,000 | +887.5% |
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 | -17.7% | -17.1% | -8.1% | |
| Net margin | 5.8% | -18.9% | 22.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -17.7% | -23.1% | -12.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 11.7% | 19.7% | 17.7% | |
| Current ratio | 8.38x | 4.79x | 4.88x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | -85.82x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- MACDERMID AUTOTYPE LIMITED 2005-08-11 → present
- AUTOTYPE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1976-12-31 → 2005-08-11
- AUTOTYPE COMPANY LIMITED(THE) 1923-10-01 → 1976-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have considered forecasts of trading and cashflows for the company, which are subject to a group cash pooling process which are available on call to the company, and have determined that the company has, or can expect to have, sufficient working capital for its needs for at least the next 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. This was supported by a letter of support from the ultimate parent company, Element Solutions Inc.”
Group structure
- MACDERMID AUTOTYPE LIMITED · parent
- MacDermid Autotype (Asia) Pte Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “On 6 July 2026, Element Solutions Inc announced that it is being acquired by Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. As per the announcement, the transaction is expected to complete in the first half of 2027 and is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory and shareholder approvals. The directors consider this to have no impact on the going concern assessment and therefore consider it appropriate to prepare the accounts on the going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRICKE, Richard Louis | Director | 2024-12-01 | Apr 1971 | American |
| LIND, Caroline Simonne | Director | 2024-12-01 | May 1973 | American |
| MCCLINTOCK, Jeffrey Leo | Director | 2024-12-01 | Sep 1968 | American |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATTERBY, John Robert | Secretary | — | 1993-09-16 |
| CURTIS, David Michael | Secretary | 2005-08-31 | 2016-06-20 |
| CURTIS, David Michael | Secretary | 1993-09-16 | 2005-06-14 |
| RICHARDS, Roger Edward | Secretary | 2005-06-14 | 2005-08-31 |
| ABBOTT, Steven John, Prof | Director | 1992-10-05 | 2005-06-14 |
| ALCOCK, Robert Harding | Director | 1993-04-01 | 1996-04-30 |
| BENNETT, Alan | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2005-06-14 |
| BRAHAM, Jeffrey William | Director | 2014-02-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| BRAHAM, Jeffrey William | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2005-06-14 |
| CAPPS, John Edward | Director | 2022-01-14 | 2025-11-01 |
| CAPPS, John Edward | Director | 2019-03-31 | 2019-10-18 |
| COLTART, David Frank | Director | 1993-09-20 | 1996-11-01 |
| CONNOLLY, John Patrick | Director | 2017-04-07 | 2019-03-31 |
| COOPER, Graham | Director | 1996-09-01 | 2005-06-14 |
| COOPER, Graham | Director | — | 1993-07-16 |
| CORDANI, John Louis | Director | 2005-06-14 | 2016-09-14 |
| CURTIS, David Michael | Director | 1994-04-04 | 2016-06-20 |
| D'AMBRISI, Joseph James | Director | 2023-03-20 | 2024-12-01 |
| GODDING, David Alan | Director | — | 2001-07-31 |
| HAMILTON, David William | Director | 2001-06-12 | 2005-06-14 |
| HEADON, Joe | Director | 2016-07-07 | 2023-03-31 |
| JORDAN, Peter John | Director | — | 1993-04-01 |
| KELSALL, Nicholas Paul | Director | 2001-06-12 | 2005-06-14 |
| LEVINSOHN, Peter Douglas | Director | — | 2014-02-28 |
| MADSEN, Claus Hjorth | Director | 1997-02-19 | 2001-04-26 |
| MATTHEWS, Joseph | Director | 1996-04-30 | 2005-06-14 |
| MCCARTHY, James Bernard | Director | 1997-02-19 | 2000-10-31 |
| MERCALLI, Filippo | Director | 2020-03-31 | 2023-02-15 |
| MONTEIRO, Frank Joseph | Director | 2016-07-07 | 2017-04-07 |
| OSBORNE, Stephen James | Director | 1997-10-01 | 2005-06-14 |
| PARKER, Raymond | Director | — | 1994-05-31 |
| PHASEY, Lance John Passant | Director | 2005-06-14 | 2014-12-18 |
| RICHARDS, Roger Edward | Director | 2005-06-14 | 2016-07-07 |
| ROSATI, Stefano | Director | 2016-07-07 | 2020-03-31 |
| WALLACH, Michael | Director | — | 1993-03-31 |
| WONG, Ko Siong | Director | 2001-01-18 | 2005-06-14 |
| WRIGHT, Timothy Neil | Director | 2014-02-01 | 2016-07-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macdermid Continental Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-07-28 | Active |
| Macdermid (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-07-23 | Ceased 2020-07-28 |
| Macdermid Europe Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-07-21 | Ceased 2020-07-23 |
| Surface Treatments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-07-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 237 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-05 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.