IMCD UK LIMITED
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Cash
£792k
+4.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£134m
+19.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
224
-0.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£29m
+1.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £348,662,000 | £339,327,000 | £330,461,000 | -2.6% | |
| Operating profit | £23,439,000 | £24,408,000 | £24,072,000 | -1.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £23,348,000 | £28,233,000 | £28,649,000 | +1.5% | |
| Net profit | £17,086,000 | £22,591,000 | £21,870,000 | -3.2% | |
| Cash | £1,612,000 | £760,000 | £792,000 | +4.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £102,657,000 | £123,833,000 | £143,902,000 | +16.2% | |
| Net assets | £91,120,000 | £112,410,000 | £134,138,000 | +19.3% | |
| Equity | £91,120,000 | £112,410,000 | £134,138,000 | +19.3% | |
| Average employees | 216 | 225 | 224 | -0.4% | |
| Wages | £14,378,000 | £15,523,000 | £15,645,000 | +0.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £618,000 | £652,000 | £650,000 | -0.3% |
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 | 6.7% | 7.2% | 7.3% | |
| Net margin | 4.9% | 6.7% | 6.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 22.8% | 19.7% | 16.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 41.0% | 32.8% | 26.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.75x | 2.33x | 3.01x | |
| Interest cover | — | 11.96x | — |
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 3 times since incorporation
- IMCD UK LIMITED 2007-03-28 → present
- HONEYWILL & STEIN LIMITED 1998-07-31 → 2007-03-28
- INTOCHEM (UK) LIMITED 1988-11-25 → 1998-07-31
- COHOSH LIMITED 1988-09-19 → 1988-11-25
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have the expectation that the company will continue to be profitable and will have adequate support from its ultimate parent company IMCD N.V. to continue its existing operations for a period of 12 months from the signing of this report. The company has received a letter of support from its ultimate parent, IMCD N.V. The Directors have assessed the ability and intent of the ultimate parent to provide support and based on their review of the medium-term consolidated performance and cash position, the Directors are very sure that the parent has the ability to provide this financial support when required.”
Group structure
- IMCD UK LIMITED · parent
- IMCD Ireland Ltd 100%
- Pethel Marali Limited 100%
- Arena Pharmaceuticals Limited 100%
- O&J UK Limited 90%
- O&J Poland sp zoo 90%
- O&J Polska sp zoo 90%
- O&J Inc* 90%
Significant events
- “On 31 January 2026, the trade and assets of Pethel Marali Limited and its subsidiary Arena Pharmaceuticals Limited ceased trading with effect from that date.”
- “On 29 June 2026, an interim dividend of £28.9 million (EUR 33.5 million/) payable to the parent company, IMCD UK Acquisitions Limited, was proposed and approved.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOOIJMANS, Hendrikus Jacobus Jozef | Secretary | 1999-08-27 | — | Dutch |
| HANBURY, Paul Christopher | Director | 2017-01-10 | May 1976 | British |
| KOOIJMANS, Hendrikus Jacobus Jozef | Director | 1998-06-29 | Feb 1961 | Dutch |
| MELL, Richard John | Director | 2016-07-08 | Jul 1968 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOKMA, Ruurd Alle | Secretary | 1997-06-30 | 1999-08-23 |
| SCHLENZ, Jurgen | Secretary | — | 1997-06-30 |
| FOKMA, Ruurd Alle | Director | 1997-06-30 | 1999-08-23 |
| HENSELMANN, Hans Martin | Director | — | 1997-06-30 |
| MARGUIER, Yvan | Director | 2013-06-18 | 2013-09-01 |
| PRAGER, David Roy | Director | 1998-08-01 | 2008-12-31 |
| ROBINSON, John James | Director | 2009-01-01 | 2017-01-10 |
| SCHLENZ, Jurgen | Director | — | 1997-06-30 |
| VAN DER SLIKKE, Pieter Cornelis Jan | Director | 1997-06-30 | 2016-07-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imcd Uk Acquisitions Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence (as firm) | 2023-12-12 | Active |
| Imcd N.V. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-07-01 | Ceased 2023-11-24 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 145 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-17 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2026-03-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-04 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-05-12 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2022-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.