STEPAN UK LIMITED
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Cash
£12m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£59m
Equity attributable
Employees
108
lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£5.3m
Period ending 2025-12-31
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 | £140,511,000 | £138,958,000 | £130,811,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £6,456,000 | £6,827,000 | £4,820,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £6,148,000 | £7,230,000 | £5,272,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £4,471,000 | £5,448,000 | £3,912,000 | — | |
| Cash | £18,807,000 | £11,195,000 | £11,658,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £70,343,000 | £62,041,000 | £62,287,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £57,692,000 | £59,327,000 | £59,101,000 | — | |
| Equity | £57,692,000 | £59,327,000 | £59,101,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 119 | 110 | 108 | — | |
| Wages | £5,372,000 | £5,297,000 | £5,304,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £348,000 | £225,000 | £259,000 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 24 months versus 24 months prior. 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 | 4.6% | 4.9% | 3.7% | |
| Net margin | 3.2% | 3.9% | 3.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.2% | 11.0% | 7.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 34.0% | 25.0% | — | |
| Current ratio | 3.56x | 3.19x | 3.37x | |
| Interest cover | 16.14x | 33.14x | — |
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
- STEPAN UK LIMITED 2001-09-25 → present
- MANRO PERFORMANCE CHEMICALS LIMITED 1996-11-19 → 2001-09-25
- BROOMCO (1142) LIMITED 1996-10-17 → 1996-11-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making such enquiries, the directors have developed a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources available to continue in operation for the foreseeable future. Thus, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Significant events
- “After the reporting date, in April 2026, the company ceased operations on one of its production lines as part of ongoing operational and capacity planning.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAZUREK, Wojciech | Director | 2017-01-01 | Sep 1966 | Polish |
| NASTASI, Philippe | Director | 2022-12-31 | Jan 1969 | French |
| STUBBS, Roger | Director | 2022-12-31 | Apr 1965 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIES, Iain Robert | Secretary | 2013-10-01 | 2015-05-01 |
| HALMAN, Alan Leonard | Secretary | 1996-11-05 | 1997-04-24 |
| MULLINER, David Samuel | Secretary | 2001-11-15 | 2012-04-27 |
| SMALES, Stephen David | Secretary | 2016-09-20 | 2022-12-31 |
| WALKER, Mark Howard | Secretary | 1997-04-24 | 2001-11-15 |
| DLA SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-10-17 | 1996-11-05 |
| BROLL, Georges | Director | 2001-09-13 | 2007-02-22 |
| BUENING, Edward | Director | 2001-09-13 | 2006-03-31 |
| HALMAN, Alan Leonard | Director | 1996-11-05 | 2001-09-13 |
| HAMPSHIRE, Darrell | Director | 1996-11-05 | 2006-09-22 |
| HIBBS, John | Director | 1996-11-05 | 2005-03-07 |
| HURLBUTT, James Edward | Director | 2001-09-13 | 2009-07-20 |
| MARTIN, Anthony | Director | 2006-03-31 | 2016-12-31 |
| MULLINER, David Samuel | Director | 2009-07-24 | 2012-04-27 |
| RAY, Didier | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2022-12-31 |
| ROYLE, Graham | Director | 2000-09-27 | 2001-09-13 |
| SMALES, Stephen David | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2022-12-31 |
| SNOWDEN, Roger | Director | 1999-08-23 | 2000-09-25 |
| STEFANINI, Francisco Peter | Director | 1996-11-05 | 1999-07-20 |
| STEPAN, Frank Quinn | Director | 2001-09-13 | 2009-07-20 |
| WALKER, Mark Howard | Director | 1997-04-24 | 2001-11-15 |
| DLA NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-10-17 | 1996-11-05 |
| DLA SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-10-17 | 1996-11-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stepan Europe S.A | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 132 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-01-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2020-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.