MACDERMID PERFORMANCE SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Material uncertainty over going concern

We are responsible for concluding on the appropriateness of the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern.
Going-concern uncertainty disclosed

Net assets

3-year trend · vs Basic Materials median

MACDERMID PERFORMANCE SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED·Basic Materials median · n=1472

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31	Δ vs prior
Turnover	£32,943,000	£29,006,000	£29,845,000	+2.9%
Operating profit	£1,275,000	£1,887,000	£1,452,000	-23.1%
Profit before tax	£72,486,000	£95,837,000	£60,942,000	-36.4%
Net profit	£72,555,000	£95,292,000	£60,499,000	-36.5%
Cash	£42,416,000	£43,000	£73,000	+69.8%
Total assets less current liabilities	£492,304,000	£464,982,000	£486,213,000	+4.6%
Net assets	£492,044,000	£464,659,000	£485,572,000	+4.5%
Equity	£492,044,000	£464,659,000	£485,572,000	+4.5%
Average employees	94	91	91	0%
Wages	£4,494,000	£4,654,000	£4,670,000	+0.3%
Directors' remuneration	£368,000	£401,000	£402,000	+0.2%
Directors' pension contributions	£25,000	£26,000	£26,000	0%
Highest paid director	£156,000	£148,000	£182,000	+23%

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	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31
Operating margin	3.9%	6.5%	4.9%
Return on capital employed	0.3%	0.4%	0.3%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	0.9%	0.9%	1.3%
Current ratio	10.65x	9.22x	8.87x
Interest cover	91.07x	89.86x	55.85x

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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Name history

Renamed 5 times since incorporation

MACDERMID PERFORMANCE SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED 2017-03-01 → present
MACDERMID LIMITED 2012-06-25 → 2017-03-01
MACDERMID PLC 2000-09-01 → 2012-06-25
MACDERMID CANNING PLC 1999-06-01 → 2000-09-01
WM.CANNING LIMITED 1994-01-06 → 1999-06-01
W. CANNING MATERIALS LIMITED 1976-12-16 → 1994-01-06

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis: FRS 102
Reporting scope: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: Grant Thornton UK LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Material uncertainty disclosed
“We are responsible for concluding on the appropriateness of the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern.”

Group structure

MACDERMID PERFORMANCE SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED · parent
1. MacDermid Holdings B. V. 100%
2. MacDermid Hong Kong Ltd 100% · Hong Kong
3. MacDermid Panyu Specialty Co Ltd 100% · China

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
BRAY, Paul Andrew	Director	2012-06-15	Jun 1969	British
DAVIES, Roger Keith	Director	2021-03-30	Jan 1963	British
SHEFFIELD, Steven Geoffrey	Director	2014-12-24	Sep 1962	British

Show 37 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
CAPPS, John Edward	Secretary	2017-04-07	2018-01-01
DARBY, Kim	Secretary	1998-02-18	2002-05-20
DUDLEY, Alan	Secretary	—	1998-02-18
RICHARDS, Roger Edward	Secretary	2002-05-20	2017-04-07
ALLEN, Howard John	Director	2000-05-01	2001-08-31
ALLWOOD, John	Director	—	1993-12-31
BROWN, David Macdonald	Director	1996-01-02	1999-11-29
BROWN, Ronald Geoffrey	Director	1994-01-01	1997-02-15
BUCKLEY, Robert Ian, Dr	Director	1997-07-07	1999-04-01
CAPPS, John Edward	Director	2019-03-31	2019-10-18
CAPPS, John Edward	Director	2017-04-07	2018-01-01
CLARKE, Terence Joseph	Director	1999-04-01	2021-03-29
CONNOLLY, John Patrick	Director	2017-04-07	2019-03-31
CORDANI, John Louis	Director	2002-01-17	2016-09-14
DEE, Gerald Philip	Director	1994-01-01	1994-08-01
DUDLEY, Alan	Director	—	1993-12-31
GARDNER, Robert William	Director	—	1993-01-01
GREEN, Graham John	Director	—	1998-09-25
HANNAM, Peter	Director	1994-09-01	1998-05-21
HANNAM, Peter	Director	—	1993-12-31
HULME, Jack	Director	1999-04-30	2000-07-31
JOHANSEN, Peter John Sverre	Director	1998-02-18	2000-09-06
JOHNSON, Brian Frederick	Director	—	1993-03-31
JOHNSON, Scott Charles	Director	1999-04-01	2000-08-30
KENNEDY, Michael Vincent	Director	2000-08-23	2001-12-03
MONTEIRO, Frank Joseph	Director	2011-12-05	2017-04-07
O'NEILL, David Denis	Director	1998-03-30	1999-02-26
PHASEY, Lance John Passant	Director	1999-04-01	2014-12-31
PROBERT, David Henry	Director	1994-10-24	1998-12-31
RICHARDS, Roger Edward	Director	2002-03-01	2017-04-07
ROSE, Michael Leigh	Director	2000-09-06	2005-08-08
SHARD, George Edward	Director	1994-09-01	1999-12-31
SHARPE, Gillian Thomasina	Director	—	1992-12-04
SIGSTON, Ronald William George	Director	—	1992-11-13
WAKE, Simon John	Director	1996-01-02	2003-01-31
WAKE, Simon John	Director	—	1993-12-31
YOULE, Peter James	Director	1993-04-05	1998-05-18

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	2018-08-13	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 244 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-08-26	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2026-08-21	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2026-08-20	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2026-08-07	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2026-08-07	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2026-08-06	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2026-08-06	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2026-08-06	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2026-08-06	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-09-22	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-08-14	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-10-08	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-09-16	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-09-05	AD02	address	Change sail address company with old address new address	PDF
2023-08-25	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-08-22	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-06-14	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-10-03	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-07-22	AD02	address	Change sail address company with new address	PDF
2022-06-24	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 9
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.