ASCEND PERFORMANCE MATERIALS EUROPEAN LIMITED
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Cash
£1.1M
EUR 1,280,504
-48.5% vs 2022
Net assets
£13M
EUR 14,599,738
+36.6% vs 2022
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£4.5M
EUR 5,259,762
+168.6% vs 2022
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2025-09-30.
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2023-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £444,917,975 | £346,725,858 | -22.1% | |
| Operating profit | £1,692,059 | £4,543,662 | +168.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,691,287 | £4,542,109 | +168.6% | |
| Net profit | £1,691,287 | £4,542,109 | +168.6% | |
| Cash | £2,148,072 | £1,105,789 | -48.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | £9,231,413 | £12,607,718 | +36.6% | |
| Equity | £9,231,413 | £12,607,718 | +36.6% | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
Figures converted to GBP from EUR at 0.864 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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.4% | 1.3% | |
| Net margin | 0.4% | 1.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.07x | 1.16x | |
| Interest cover | 2191.79x | 2923.85x |
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. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which the directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons. The Company manages its day-to-day working capital requirements from available cash balances. The directors have prepared cash flow forecasts for a period of 15 months from the date of approval of these financial statements which indicate that the company will have sufficient funds to meet its liabilities as they fall due for that period. Consequently, the directors are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 15 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore has prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The 2023 period has been a difficult period with a decrease in net sales of 22.1% vs 2022. The majority of this decrease (16%) was driven by the distribution of US produced products, less significant (-6.1%) from the sales of EU-produced products.”
- “A dividend of €1,350,000 has been paid in the year 2023 (2022 €Nil) and an interim dividend of €2.000.000 has been paid in the year 2024.”
- “We continue to see pressure on the demand levels in 2024 with a slight recovery expected by Q4.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RALSTON, Scott Andrew | Director | 2025-01-08 | Feb 1966 | American |
| STALLER, Christelle | Director | 2025-01-08 | Sep 1969 | French |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCDIVITT, Phil | Director | 2018-10-14 | 2026-04-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President Ceo Phillip Martin Mcdivitt | Individual | Significant influence | 2025-01-01 | Active |
| Barry Siadat | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2018-10-14 | Ceased 2025-03-19 |
| Jamshid Keynejad | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2018-10-14 | Ceased 2025-03-19 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 46 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-21 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 16
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.