MERCK PERFORMANCE MATERIALS LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£2.3m
+62.4% vs 2024
Employees
22
-8.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£782k
+78,300% vs 2024
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 | £2,128,000 | £2,103,000 | -1.2% | |
| Operating profit | -£12,000 | £764,000 | +6,466.7% | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,000 | £782,000 | +78,300% | |
| Net profit | £43,000 | £896,000 | +1,983.7% | |
| Cash | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,584,000 | £2,415,000 | +52.5% | |
| Net assets | £1,435,000 | £2,331,000 | +62.4% | |
| Equity | £1,435,000 | £2,331,000 | +62.4% | |
| Average employees | 24 | 22 | -8.3% | |
| Wages | £1,799,000 | £1,765,000 | -1.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £152,000 | £172,000 | +13.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £14,000 | £14,000 | 0% | |
| Highest paid director | £146,000 | £168,000 | +15.1% |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.6% | 36.3% | |
| Net margin | 2.0% | 42.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.8% | 31.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 42.3% | 35.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.27x | 2.12x | |
| Interest cover | -0.57x | 47.75x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- MERCK PERFORMANCE MATERIALS LIMITED 2020-01-13 → present
- AGHOCO 1898 LIMITED 2019-10-09 → 2020-01-13
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, as the Company participates in a cash pooling arrangement with Merck Financial Services GmbH and has a letter of support from its parent company, Merck Life Science UK Limited, for at least 12 months from the date of signing.”
Significant events
- “All inventory related to the Surface Solutions business was transferred as part of the divestment of that business as at 31 December 2025.”
- “There have been no significant subsequent events since the balance sheet date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2019-10-09 | — | — |
| HARDING, Richard | Director | 2020-01-13 | Jan 1971 | British |
| MASSEY, Alison Eve | Director | 2023-03-01 | Sep 1964 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIRO, Peter | Director | 2020-01-13 | 2023-03-01 |
| HART, Roger | Director | 2019-10-09 | 2020-01-13 |
| A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2019-10-09 | 2020-01-13 |
| INHOCO FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2019-10-09 | 2020-01-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merck Life Science Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-01-16 | Active |
| Inhoco Formations Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-10-09 | Ceased 2020-01-16 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 28 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-30 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2020-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-09-25 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2020-06-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-02-04 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-02-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-02-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
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.