EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-23 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-09
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£522M
+13.5% vs 2023
Employees
412
-24.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£55M
+3.8% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Energy median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £984,000,000 | £956,000,000 | |
| Operating profit | £42,000,000 | £41,000,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £53,000,000 | £55,000,000 | |
| Net profit | £43,000,000 | £40,000,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £540,000,000 | £602,000,000 | |
| Net assets | £460,000,000 | £522,000,000 | |
| Equity | £460,000,000 | £522,000,000 | |
| Average employees | 544 | 412 | |
| Wages | £43,000,000 | £34,000,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
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
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-2.8%
£984,000,000 £956,000,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+13.5%
£460,000,000 £522,000,000
-
Employees
-24.3%
544 412
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Operating profit
-2.4%
£42,000,000 £41,000,000
-
Profit before tax
+3.8%
£53,000,000 £55,000,000
-
Wages
-20.9%
£43,000,000 £34,000,000
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.3% | 4.3% | |
| Net margin | 4.4% | 4.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.8% | 6.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 31.5% | 30.1% | |
| Current ratio | 3.81x | 3.97x |
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
- EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL LIMITED 2000-09-28 → present
- EXXON CHEMICAL LIMITED 1986-11-01 → 2000-09-28
- ESSO CHEMICAL LIMITED 1965-12-21 → 1986-11-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Company has a cash deposit position and financing facility arrangements held with another ExxonMobil group undertaking which the directors believe will be sufficient to cover any reasonably possible net liability and cash outflow position arising in the normal course of business and in a severe but plausible downside scenario. Based on this, the directors are satisfied that the Company will be a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from the issuance of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “In April 2025, the Company declared and paid a dividend of £150M to its immediate parent company, ExxonMobil Chemical Investment Company Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 47 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GILBERT, Elizabeth Sarah | Secretary | 2024-10-07 | — | — |
| CASSAR, Teresa Nicole | Director | 2025-08-15 | Aug 1978 | Canadian |
| D'USSEL, Amaury Anne Marie | Director | 2026-03-01 | Oct 1973 | French |
| MIZEN, Joel Mark | Director | 2025-06-01 | Sep 1985 | Canadian |
Show 47 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATHA, Jill Caroline Florence | Secretary | 1995-04-07 | 1997-03-31 |
| BOYDELL, John Nicholas | Secretary | 2004-06-18 | 2008-07-23 |
| BOYDELL, John Nicholas | Secretary | 2000-01-14 | 2000-05-18 |
| BRENNAN, Kevin Dominic Hall | Secretary | 2000-05-18 | 2004-06-18 |
| CLARKE, Andrew Terence | Secretary | 2008-07-23 | 2014-01-16 |
| COLEMAN, Richard Henry | Secretary | 1993-12-01 | 1995-04-07 |
| HARNESS, Fiona | Secretary | 2011-12-01 | 2023-04-17 |
| MULLIGAN, Katrina Jane | Secretary | 2023-04-17 | 2024-10-07 |
| PLATT, Malcolm James | Secretary | — | 1993-12-01 |
| SMITH, Anthony Martin | Secretary | 1997-04-01 | 2000-01-14 |
| ALEXANDER, James | Director | 2009-11-30 | 2011-10-01 |
| ALEXANDER, James | Director | 2006-09-01 | 2007-10-08 |
| BANHAM, Robert Edward | Director | 2002-07-15 | 2004-09-30 |
| BINGHAM, Sonia | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2018-12-01 |
| BONE, Nicholas Paul | Director | 2022-02-01 | 2025-05-31 |
| BURRELL, Martin | Director | 2020-12-01 | 2023-04-01 |
| COCKERHAM, David William | Director | — | 1993-07-01 |
| COLEMAN, Richard Henry | Director | 2007-10-08 | 2009-11-30 |
| COLEMAN, Richard Henry | Director | 1995-04-07 | 2002-07-15 |
| DON, William Assheton Eardley Douglas | Director | 2017-03-01 | 2019-03-01 |
| FEICK, April Louise | Director | 2013-06-01 | 2015-07-01 |
| HAMBLIN, Toby | Director | 2023-04-01 | 2025-08-15 |
| HARTGERINK, Derk Jan | Director | 2000-02-01 | 2005-07-31 |
| HAYES, Andrew Brian | Director | 2011-10-01 | 2013-11-05 |
| HENDERSON, Richard Robert | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2022-02-01 |
| HOLLOWAY, John George | Director | — | 1996-01-01 |
| HOLTON, Robert Douglas, Dr | Director | 1995-09-01 | 1998-12-31 |
| HOLTON, Robert Douglas, Dr | Director | — | 1992-07-07 |
| HUDSON, John Carlton | Director | 2002-06-21 | 2009-04-28 |
| JOHNSON, Andrew Mark | Director | 2019-03-01 | 2023-04-01 |
| KEMP, John William | Director | 1992-07-07 | 1994-08-08 |
| KENNEDY, Shaun Malcolm | Director | 1996-01-08 | 2000-01-31 |
| KROTZER, Karl | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2015-02-01 |
| LANE, Michael John | Director | 1993-09-02 | 2002-06-20 |
| MCALISTER, Larry Jacob | Director | 2018-12-01 | 2020-12-01 |
| MOORE, Daniel James Edward | Director | 2015-02-01 | 2016-07-01 |
| NAETS, Jan | Director | 2005-08-01 | 2006-11-30 |
| O'CONNELL, Daniel | Director | 2006-12-01 | 2011-04-01 |
| OLDFIELD, Steven Adam | Director | 2023-04-01 | 2026-03-01 |
| PAUL, Howard Cochran | Director | 2009-04-28 | 2013-06-01 |
| RIDING, Michael George | Director | 2013-11-05 | 2015-03-01 |
| STEDMAN, Timothy Michael | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2014-01-01 |
| STEVENS, Timothy William | Director | 2015-06-01 | 2017-03-01 |
| TAYLOR, Malcolm Graves | Director | 1994-08-08 | 1995-09-01 |
| TITMAN, Colin Richard | Director | — | 1993-08-26 |
| WARD, Catherine Elizabeth | Director | 2015-03-01 | 2015-06-01 |
| WARD, Catherine Elizabeth | Director | 2004-10-01 | 2006-09-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exxonmobil Chemical Investment Company Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-12-13 | Active |
| Exxonmobil Chemical Holdings Uk Llc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-12-13 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 218 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-13 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-01-08 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-08 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-25 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.