BRENNTAG SPECIALTIES LUBRICANTS UK LTD.
Operating as a subsidiary of the Brenntag Group, the company formulates, blends, and distributes fuel and lubricant additives, base oils, and speciality chemicals for industrial and automotive applications.
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Cash
£2m
-52.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£12m
-15.1% vs 2024
Employees
60
-16.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.7m
-93.8% lowest 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 | £64,148,000 | £52,838,000 | £52,312,000 | -1% | |
| Operating profit | £6,281,000 | £1,242,000 | £1,085,000 | -12.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £22,377,000 | £59,685,000 | £3,696,000 | -93.8% | |
| Net profit | £21,048,000 | £59,669,000 | £3,542,000 | -94.1% | |
| Cash | £6,781,000 | £4,104,000 | £1,954,000 | -52.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £52,467,000 | £14,198,000 | £12,297,000 | -13.4% | |
| Net assets | £4,304,000 | £13,775,000 | £11,696,000 | -15.1% | |
| Equity | £4,304,000 | £13,775,000 | £11,696,000 | -15.1% | |
| Average employees | 71 | 72 | 60 | -16.7% | |
| Wages | £4,172,000 | £3,941,000 | £3,864,000 | -2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £623,000 | £680,000 | £608,000 | -10.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £20,000 | £37,000 | £22,000 | -40.5% | |
| Highest paid director | £433,000 | £480,000 | £261,000 | -45.6% |
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 | 9.8% | 2.4% | 2.1% | |
| Net margin | 32.8% | 112.9% | 6.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.0% | 8.7% | 8.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 93.0% | 40.5% | 44.3% | |
| Current ratio | 6.51x | 2.07x | 1.86x | |
| Interest cover | 2.20x | 0.51x | 17.22x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- BRENNTAG SPECIALTIES LUBRICANTS UK LTD. 2026-09-30 → present
- MULTISOL LIMITED 1968-05-03 → 2026-09-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- BRENNTAG SPECIALTIES LUBRICANTS UK LTD. · parent
- Multisol Group Limited 100%
- Multisol Europe Limited 100%
- Multisol Mauritius Limited 100%
- Multisol South Africa (Pty) Limited 100%
- OOO Multisol 100%
Significant events
- “The future of the Company's indirect subsidiary, OOO Multisol, is in progress to reduce the operation in line with Russian law following the decision to discontinue business in Russia and Belarus.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Thomas Edward | Secretary | 2025-12-22 | — | — |
| BROWN, Thomas Edward | Director | 2025-12-16 | Jan 1983 | British |
| HOPKINSON, David Garnett | Director | 2015-08-01 | Feb 1964 | British |
| WRIGHT, Kevin Eamonn | Director | 2017-12-19 | Apr 1964 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRATTON, Martin | Secretary | 2011-11-30 | 2025-12-22 |
| TOMS, Sandra | Secretary | — | 2009-01-20 |
| AFFORD ASTBURY BOND TRUSTEES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-01-29 | 2011-11-30 |
| BANNER, Alison Hilary | Director | 1999-07-28 | 2008-04-05 |
| BANNER, Christopher Victor | Director | — | 2002-07-13 |
| BERRY, Paul Stephen | Director | 2009-01-20 | 2010-01-31 |
| GRATTON, Martin | Director | 2011-11-30 | 2025-12-16 |
| HANDS, Richard | Director | 2011-04-04 | 2011-11-30 |
| OLIPHANT, Paul | Director | 1997-06-01 | 2011-11-30 |
| PEPPER, Keith Howard | Director | 2010-07-01 | 2011-11-30 |
| RUSHTON, Michael Paul | Director | 1999-04-06 | 2011-11-30 |
| STEEL, Alison | Director | 2010-04-20 | 2015-05-06 |
| THOMAS, David | Director | — | 1996-11-25 |
| TOMS, Sandra | Director | 1996-12-01 | 2008-04-05 |
| WALTER, Philip Stewart | Director | 1995-12-01 | 2008-04-05 |
| WATERS, Clare Marie | Director | 2011-11-30 | 2015-03-31 |
| WILKINS, Andrew John | Director | 2000-09-01 | 2015-08-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Kevin Mark | Director | 2013-09-05 | 2016-07-01 |
| WILLIAMS, Kevin Mark | Director | 2009-04-27 | 2011-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brenntag Uk Holding Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2017-06-12 | Active |
| Multisol Chemicals Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-06-12 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 209 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-09-30 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2026-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-13 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-01-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.