ASHLAND SPECIALTIES UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-05 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£55M
-15.7% lowest in 4 filed years
Employees
18
-10% lowest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£2M
-14.3% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2019-10-01 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-10-01 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £96,158,000 | £84,228,000 | — | £43,612,000 | £44,839,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | £8,147,000 | £8,371,000 | — | -£484,000 | -£692,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £8,517,000 | £8,367,000 | — | £2,444,000 | £2,095,000 | |
| Net profit | — | £5,942,000 | £6,267,000 | — | £1,642,000 | £1,667,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | £0 | £5,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £48,701,000 | £56,161,000 | — | £55,576,000 | £55,019,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £71,107,000 | £70,408,000 | — | £65,355,000 | £55,063,000 | |
| Equity | £83,088,000 | £71,107,000 | £70,408,000 | £162,698,000 | £65,355,000 | £55,063,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 70 | 75 | — | 20 | 18 | |
| Wages | — | £3,853,000 | £3,929,000 | — | £2,079,000 | £2,009,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
+2.8%
£43,612,000 £44,839,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-15.7%
£65,355,000 £55,063,000
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
-10%
20 18
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
-43%
-£484,000 -£692,000
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-14.3%
£2,444,000 £2,095,000
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Wages
-3.4%
£2,079,000 £2,009,000
lowest in 4 filed years
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2019-10-01 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-10-01 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 8.5% | 9.9% | — | -1.1% | -1.5% | |
| Net margin | — | 6.2% | 7.4% | — | 3.8% | 3.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 16.7% | 14.9% | — | -0.9% | -1.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 2.14x | 2.18x | |
| Interest cover | — | 19.73x | 14.69x | — | -1.18x | -53.23x |
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
- ASHLAND SPECIALTIES UK LIMITED 2012-03-28 → present
- ASHLAND SPECIALTY CHEMICALS (UK) LIMITED 2011-12-13 → 2012-03-28
- BRABCO 1125 LIMITED 2011-10-19 → 2011-12-13
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 are confident that Ashland Group has sufficient resources to enable it to provide financial support, for a period to 30 June 2026 and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “On 19 October 2023, Ashland International Receivables Designated Activity Company (DAG), a consolidated special purpose entity (SPE) of Ashland Inc., entered into an agreement to acquire certain trade receivables, without recourse, of eight foreign-based Ashland subsidiaries.”
- “Through 30 September 2024, the Company has sold £60,157,000 in receivables under this agreement and has received proceeds against the buyer at purchase price of 98.80%, which amounted to £59,435,000. Accordingly, this resulted to the Company's recognition of discount expense of £722,000 in the Statement of Comprehensive Income for year ended 30 September 2024.”
- “In November 2023, a buy-in in respect of the defined benefit pension plan's liabilities was transacted. The Company contribution of £2,600,000 as assessed by Mercer was paid by the Company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAN DER HEIDEN, Dingeman | Secretary | 2022-04-04 | — | — |
| HIGGINS, Kevin | Director | 2016-09-20 | Apr 1985 | American |
| VAN DER HEIDEN, Dingeman | Director | 2021-12-02 | Apr 1961 | Dutch |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAWSON, David Ian | Secretary | 2019-03-27 | 2022-03-28 |
| BRABNERS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2011-10-19 | 2011-12-07 |
| BERTOLA, Federica | Director | 2019-03-27 | 2021-12-02 |
| BOSGOED, Arnoldus Hendrikus Hermanus | Director | 2018-07-02 | 2019-03-27 |
| FREEMAN, Lynn Pannell | Director | 2011-12-07 | 2016-09-20 |
| JUMELET, Frank Jacob Adriaan | Director | 2011-12-07 | 2018-07-02 |
| LE LOUARN, Christophe Nicolas Roland | Director | 2011-12-07 | 2019-03-27 |
| RYAN, Adam | Director | 2011-10-19 | 2011-12-07 |
| BRABNERS DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2011-10-19 | 2011-12-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashland Industries Europe Gmbh | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Ashland Inc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 71 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-14 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2025-03-14 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2024-11-26 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-11-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-06 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2022-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-29 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2022-08-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-04-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-04-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-06 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.