SYNTHITE LIMITED
Operating as part of the Charles Tennant group, the company manufactures organic basic chemicals.
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Cash
£11m
+15.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£40m
-0.4% vs 2024
Employees
90
-2.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£4.7m
-58.5% vs 2024
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 | £55,304,108 | £50,627,021 | £52,021,596 | +2.8% | |
| Operating profit | £784,593 | £8,074,683 | £3,186,356 | -60.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,924,916 | £11,236,365 | £4,662,422 | -58.5% | |
| Net profit | £1,690,052 | £9,035,151 | £3,464,665 | -61.7% | |
| Cash | £7,426,313 | £9,238,574 | £10,685,657 | +15.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £33,891,875 | £41,204,463 | £41,253,758 | +0.1% | |
| Net assets | £32,836,935 | £39,831,990 | £39,686,659 | -0.4% | |
| Equity | £32,836,935 | £39,831,990 | £39,686,659 | -0.4% | |
| Average employees | 94 | 92 | 90 | -2.2% | |
| Wages | £2,962,678 | £3,067,748 | £3,226,449 | +5.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £766,138 | £656,754 | £566,399 | -13.8% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £50,136 | £42,024 | £36,167 | -13.9% | |
| Highest paid director | £214,660 | £224,957 | £234,724 | +4.3% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.4% | 15.9% | 6.1% | |
| Net margin | 3.1% | 17.8% | 6.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.3% | 19.6% | 7.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 18.2% | 17.8% | 22.6% | |
| Current ratio | 3.89x | 4.29x | 3.84x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”
Group structure
- SYNTHITE LIMITED · parent
- BIP (Oldbury) Limited 100%
- TS Resins Limited 100%
- Synthite (Mold) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 11 February 2026, the directors approved a cash dividend of £13,917,000 payable to the company's shareholders.”
- “On 11 February 2026, the company entered into a new loan agreement from its ultimate parent company, Tennants Consolidated Limited, for a total amount of £10,000,000.”
- “Subsequent to the reporting date, the Company entered into a debenture in connection with a £150m revolving credit facility entered into by its ultimate parent undertaking.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POYNTON, Andrew Philip | Secretary | 2023-08-01 | — | — |
| BARDSLEY, Kevin Dale | Director | 2021-03-04 | Sep 1968 | British |
| HUGHES, Michael Gary | Director | 2021-02-05 | Aug 1968 | British |
| WILD, Susan Gaynor | Director | 2022-08-03 | Jun 1959 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KELSO, David John | Secretary | 2005-05-03 | 2023-08-01 |
| WILLIAMS, Graham David | Secretary | — | 2005-04-29 |
| ALEXANDER, Kenneth Alston | Director | — | 2008-04-22 |
| ALEXANDER, Stuart Edward Ritchie | Director | — | 2017-10-17 |
| ALEXANDER, William Paul | Director | 1996-09-12 | 2025-12-04 |
| JONES, Kevin Garth | Director | — | 2020-10-17 |
| KELSO, David John | Director | 2017-10-11 | 2023-12-31 |
| NIAZI, Sana Ullah | Director | 2017-10-11 | 2024-11-15 |
| PERRIE, John Norman | Director | 2021-06-23 | 2022-03-03 |
| POLDEN, Keith James | Director | 2017-10-11 | 2026-08-21 |
| SHARP, Harold Frederick | Director | — | 1993-04-19 |
| THURGUR, Edward Thomas | Director | — | 2003-04-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chemical Petroleum Investments | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 130 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-03-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-03-14 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-03-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-02-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2024-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-08-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.