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MACDERMID PERFORMANCE SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED

#01290882 · Active · Incorporated 1976-12-16 (49y 7m) · Last filing 2025-09-22 (10mo ago)
Basic Materials · SIC 20130 · C Manufacturing · Full accounts
Accounts due 2026-09-30 (in 3 months) · Confirmation due 2026-08-24 (in 2 months) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£43K

-99.9% vs 2023

Net assets

£465M

-5.6% vs 2023

Employees

91

-3.2% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£96M

+32.2% vs 2023

Accounts

2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £32,943,000£29,006,000 -12%
Operating profit £1,275,000£1,887,000 +48%
Profit before tax £72,486,000£95,837,000 +32.2%
Net profit £72,555,000£95,292,000 +31.3%
Cash £42,416,000£43,000 -99.9%
Total assets less current liabilities £492,304,000£464,982,000 -5.5%
Net assets £492,044,000£464,659,000 -5.6%
Equity £492,044,000£464,659,000 -5.6%
Average employees 9491 -3.2%
Wages £4,494,000£4,654,000 +3.6%
Directors' remuneration £368,000£401,000 +9%

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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 3.9%6.5%
Return on capital employed 0.3%0.4%
Current ratio 10.65x9.22x
Interest cover 91.07x89.86x

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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Name history

Renamed 5 times since incorporation

  1. MACDERMID PERFORMANCE SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED 2017-03-01 → present
  2. MACDERMID LIMITED 2012-06-25 → 2017-03-01
  3. MACDERMID PLC 2000-09-01 → 2012-06-25
  4. MACDERMID CANNING PLC 1999-06-01 → 2000-09-01
  5. WM.CANNING LIMITED 1994-01-06 → 1999-06-01
  6. W. CANNING MATERIALS LIMITED 1976-12-16 → 1994-01-06

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Grant Thornton UK LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“We are responsible for concluding on the appropriateness of the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern.”

Group structure

  1. MACDERMID PERFORMANCE SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED · parent
    1. MacDermid Holdings B. V. 100% · Delaware
    2. MacDermid Hong Kong Ltd 100% · Hong Kong
    3. MacDermid Technology (Suzhou) Co. Ltd 100% · China
    4. MacDermid Ethone Technology (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. 100% · China
    5. Alpha Metals Ltd 100% · United Kingdom

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 37 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
BRAY, Paul Andrew Director 2012-06-15 Jun 1969 British
DAVIES, Roger Keith Director 2021-03-30 Jan 1963 British
SHEFFIELD, Steven Geoffrey Director 2014-12-24 Sep 1962 British
Show 37 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
CAPPS, John Edward Secretary 2017-04-07 2018-01-01
DARBY, Kim Secretary 1998-02-18 2002-05-20
DUDLEY, Alan Secretary — 1998-02-18
RICHARDS, Roger Edward Secretary 2002-05-20 2017-04-07
ALLEN, Howard John Director 2000-05-01 2001-08-31
ALLWOOD, John Director — 1993-12-31
BROWN, David Macdonald Director 1996-01-02 1999-11-29
BROWN, Ronald Geoffrey Director 1994-01-01 1997-02-15
BUCKLEY, Robert Ian, Dr Director 1997-07-07 1999-04-01
CAPPS, John Edward Director 2019-03-31 2019-10-18
CAPPS, John Edward Director 2017-04-07 2018-01-01
CLARKE, Terence Joseph Director 1999-04-01 2021-03-29
CONNOLLY, John Patrick Director 2017-04-07 2019-03-31
CORDANI, John Louis Director 2002-01-17 2016-09-14
DEE, Gerald Philip Director 1994-01-01 1994-08-01
DUDLEY, Alan Director — 1993-12-31
GARDNER, Robert William Director — 1993-01-01
GREEN, Graham John Director — 1998-09-25
HANNAM, Peter Director 1994-09-01 1998-05-21
HANNAM, Peter Director — 1993-12-31
HULME, Jack Director 1999-04-30 2000-07-31
JOHANSEN, Peter John Sverre Director 1998-02-18 2000-09-06
JOHNSON, Brian Frederick Director — 1993-03-31
JOHNSON, Scott Charles Director 1999-04-01 2000-08-30
KENNEDY, Michael Vincent Director 2000-08-23 2001-12-03
MONTEIRO, Frank Joseph Director 2011-12-05 2017-04-07
O'NEILL, David Denis Director 1998-03-30 1999-02-26
PHASEY, Lance John Passant Director 1999-04-01 2014-12-31
PROBERT, David Henry Director 1994-10-24 1998-12-31
RICHARDS, Roger Edward Director 2002-03-01 2017-04-07
ROSE, Michael Leigh Director 2000-09-06 2005-08-08
SHARD, George Edward Director 1994-09-01 1999-12-31
SHARPE, Gillian Thomasina Director — 1992-12-04
SIGSTON, Ronald William George Director — 1992-11-13
WAKE, Simon John Director 1996-01-02 2003-01-31
WAKE, Simon John Director — 1993-12-31
YOULE, Peter James Director 1993-04-05 1998-05-18

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Macdermid Continental Investments Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2018-08-13 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 235 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2021-07-31 CC04 Statement of companys objects
Date Type Category Description
2025-09-22 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-08-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-10-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-09-16 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-09-05 AD02 address Change sail address company with old address new address PDF
2023-08-25 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-08-22 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-06-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-10-03 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-07-22 AD02 address Change sail address company with new address PDF
2022-06-24 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-09-23 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-07-31 CC04 change-of-constitution Statement of companys objects
2021-07-01 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-04-09 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2021-04-09 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2020-07-22 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-06-25 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-11-28 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2019-08-13 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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