INNOSPEC LIMITED
Operating as a subsidiary of Innospec Holdings Limited, the company manufactures specialty chemicals, additives, and formulations for a wide range of industrial and consumer markets.
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Cash
£7.6M
EUR 8,857,000
-2.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£249M
EUR 290,740,000
+26.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
658
+3.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£94M
EUR 110,025,000
+67.5% highest in 3 filed years
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 | £387,092,156 | £381,050,150 | £541,725,675 | +42.2% | |
| Operating profit | £28,318,045 | £36,228,033 | £48,709,816 | +34.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £29,240,463 | £56,315,474 | £94,320,617 | +67.5% | |
| Net profit | £23,591,942 | £48,304,329 | £88,167,167 | +82.5% | |
| Cash | £10,560,652 | £7,765,109 | £7,592,799 | -2.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £224,738,963 | £425,115,302 | £488,673,811 | +15% | |
| Net assets | £191,603,943 | £197,070,724 | £249,241,320 | +26.5% | |
| Equity | £191,603,943 | £197,070,724 | £249,241,320 | +26.5% | |
| Average employees | 625 | 636 | 658 | +3.5% | |
| Wages | £41,739,391 | £43,831,119 | £42,816,117 | -2.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £4,713,245 | £3,787,398 | £4,131,162 | +9.1% |
Figures converted to GBP from EUR at 0.857 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.3% | 9.5% | 9.0% | |
| Net margin | 6.1% | 12.7% | 16.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.6% | 8.5% | 10.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 40.8% | 64.6% | 65.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.73x | 2.21x | 1.90x | |
| Interest cover | 0.20x | 8.44x | 1.52x |
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
- INNOSPEC LIMITED 2006-06-01 → present
- ASSOCIATED OCTEL COMPANY LIMITED(THE) 1938-09-16 → 2006-06-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors of the Company have prepared cash flow forecasts for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements which indicate that, taking account of reasonably possible downsides, the Company will have sufficient funds, through funding from its existing facilities, to meet its liabilities as they fall due for that period. The Company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Group structure
- INNOSPEC LIMITED · parent
- Innospec Rus OOO 100%
- AK Chemie GmbH 100%
- Innospec Leuna GmbH 100%
- Societa Italiana Additivi Per Carburanti S.r.I. 100%
- Innospec Chemicals Beijing Limited 100%
- Innospec Chemicals Shanghai Limited 100%
- Innospec Saudi Arabia Industry Company Limited 70%
- Innospec Saint Mihiel SAS 100%
- Innospec Specialty Chemicals India Private Limited (India) 100%
- Innospec Performance Chemicals Italia Srl 100%
- Innospec Performance Chemicals Spain SL 100%
- Innospec Performance Chemicals France SAS 100%
- Innospec (Plant) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 30 March 2025 the Company acquired trade and net assets of Innospec Performance Chemicals Europe Limited ("IPCEL") as part of a reorganisation of Innospec's EMEA Performance Chemicals business. Consequently, all trade previously reported by IPCEL is reported in the Company's results with effect from that date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLAIR, Graeme Thomas | Secretary | 2021-01-15 | — | — |
| BAILEY, Gary David | Director | 2025-01-29 | Apr 1974 | British |
| BLAIR, Graeme Thomas | Director | 2021-01-15 | Sep 1982 | British |
| CLEMINSON, Ian Philip | Director | 2006-06-24 | Nov 1965 | British |
| KAY, Graeme | Director | 2014-02-01 | Jan 1976 | British |
| MOUNSEY, William Armstrong | Director | 2025-01-29 | Jan 1969 | British |
| NORMAN, Keri Louise | Director | 2017-11-14 | Jun 1981 | British |
| PARSONS, Christopher John | Director | 2016-06-17 | Jul 1976 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIES, John Graeme | Secretary | 2004-04-06 | 2004-11-03 |
| HARTLEY, Andrew | Secretary | 2004-11-03 | 2011-12-31 |
| LEATHES, Graham De Mussenden | Secretary | 1991-10-31 | 1999-12-23 |
| SMITH, Jeffrey Frank Gilbert | Secretary | — | 1991-10-31 |
| TAYLER, John Phillip | Secretary | 1999-12-24 | 2004-04-06 |
| WATT, Brian Robert | Secretary | 2012-01-01 | 2021-01-15 |
| BOON, Philip John | Director | 2010-03-29 | 2025-01-29 |
| BRACEWELL, Mark Andrew | Director | 2009-05-11 | 2014-01-31 |
| BROWN, Howard Ray | Director | — | 1992-10-31 |
| BROWN (ALTERNATE TO MR JR DIXON), Howard Ray | Director | — | 1992-10-31 |
| BURNSIDE, Michael Holden | Director | 1993-01-01 | 1994-09-01 |
| CORNWELL, Alton Donald | Director | 1992-03-31 | 1997-11-20 |
| CURRAN, Philip Andrew | Director | 2010-03-29 | 2019-08-02 |
| DAVISON, Kathryn Fay | Director | 2010-03-29 | 2011-09-14 |
| DIXON, James Rulon | Director | — | 1992-03-31 |
| HARTLEY, Andrew | Director | 2005-04-15 | 2011-12-31 |
| HENKES, Evert | Director | — | 1992-03-16 |
| JARVIS, Alan Geoffrey | Director | 1998-03-31 | 2002-12-02 |
| JEFFARES, Robert Travis | Director | 1994-06-13 | 1998-03-31 |
| JENNINGS, Paul Willis | Director | 2002-12-02 | 2009-03-20 |
| KAMPEN, Emerson | Director | — | 1994-12-31 |
| KERRISON, Dennis Graham John | Director | 1996-05-13 | 2005-04-15 |
| LAWSON, Duncan | Director | 2010-03-29 | 2016-06-17 |
| LITTLE, John Stanley | Director | — | 1995-06-30 |
| MCDONALD, Robert Bond | Director | 1995-01-01 | 1998-03-31 |
| NEWMAN, David Francis | Director | — | 1993-08-01 |
| SCHUE, Gerd Karl | Director | — | 1998-03-31 |
| SIMPSON, Lowell Donald | Director | 1995-05-01 | 1998-03-31 |
| TSUCHIYA, Gordon | Director | 1994-09-01 | 1997-11-20 |
| WATT, Brian Robert | Director | 2012-01-18 | 2021-01-15 |
| WILLIAMS, David Earl | Director | 2011-02-14 | 2018-03-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Innospec Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-10-10 | Active |
| Innopsec Trading Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-10-10 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 244 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-06-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-18 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-18 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-06-20 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2022-06-20 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2022-06-20 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2022-06-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.