GEO SPECIALTY CHEMICALS UK LIMITED
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Cash
£3.8m
+11.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£33m
+53.2% vs 2024
Employees
148
+5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£16m
-167.3% vs 2024
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 Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £77,843,893 | £69,575,730 | -10.6% | |
| Operating profit | -£3,092,232 | -£9,778,199 | -216.2% | |
| Profit before tax | -£6,118,777 | -£16,355,758 | -167.3% | |
| Net profit | -£5,332,628 | -£16,359,679 | -206.8% | |
| Cash | £3,361,624 | £3,758,391 | +11.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £38,694,833 | £42,031,269 | +8.6% | |
| Net assets | £21,552,218 | £33,013,935 | +53.2% | |
| Equity | £21,552,218 | £33,013,935 | +53.2% | |
| Average employees | 141 | 148 | +5% | |
| Wages | £9,497,366 | £10,551,008 | +11.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £220,203 | £440,149 | +99.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £29,525 | £46,535 | +57.6% | |
| Highest paid director | £182,650 | £383,873 | +110.2% |
Figures converted to GBP from EUR at 0.872 per EUR (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -4.0% | -14.1% | |
| Net margin | -6.9% | -23.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -8.0% | -23.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 61.3% | 33.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.60x | 2.52x | |
| Interest cover | -1.02x | -3.18x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Overall, the Directors have concluded that the Company will have adequate resources and facilities to continue in the foreseeable future and for this reason continue to adopt the going-concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 22 December 2025, the Company was acquired by Project Hercules Bidco Limited”
- “On 6 May 2026 the Company announced that it would be entering into consultation with its employees concerning a proposed reorganisation of the business to stabilise its financial performance and position it for future growth by exiting lower margin commoditised product lines”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAYTHORNTHWAITE, Simon | Director | 2022-07-01 | Oct 1964 | British |
| WARD, Russell | Director | 2026-07-29 | Jul 1961 | British |
| WILLSON, Andrew David | Director | 2026-05-19 | Jun 1964 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| QUAYSECO LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2011-05-27 | 2025-12-22 |
| ECKMAN, William Phillip | Director | 2011-05-27 | 2018-01-02 |
| EINOLF, Steven Richard | Director | 2011-05-27 | 2018-08-24 |
| GHAZEY, Kenneth | Director | 2011-05-27 | 2019-08-30 |
| LAY, Randall Robert | Director | 2018-01-02 | 2019-08-30 |
| LIPTROT, Nicholas | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2022-07-01 |
| NOBILE, Robert | Director | 2019-08-30 | 2025-12-22 |
| STEINFINK, Jeremy | Director | 2019-08-30 | 2025-12-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Project Hercules Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-12-22 | Active |
| Endless Llp | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2025-12-22 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 97 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-01-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-01-03 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-06-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-06-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-06-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-06-05 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-01-03 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-27 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-12-24 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-24 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-24 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-12-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-12-24 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-12-23 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 3
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.