ZOTEFOAMS PLC
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Cash
£14m
+32.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£130m
+18.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
572
+0.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£20m
+12,947.7% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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 | £126,975,000 | £147,791,000 | £158,490,000 | +7.2% | |
| Operating profit | £15,135,000 | £2,952,000 | £21,625,000 | +632.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £12,860,000 | £153,000 | £19,963,000 | +12,947.7% | |
| Net profit | £9,242,000 | -£2,755,000 | £22,639,000 | +921.7% | |
| Cash | £6,294,000 | £10,534,000 | £13,982,000 | +32.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £121,093,000 | — | £148,149,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £115,763,000 | £109,357,000 | £130,079,000 | +18.9% | |
| Equity | £115,763,000 | £109,357,000 | £130,079,000 | +18.9% | |
| Average employees | 536 | 569 | 572 | +0.5% | |
| Wages | £26,882,000 | £29,529,000 | £32,453,000 | +9.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £649,339 | £596,638 | £808,383 | +35.5% |
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 | 11.9% | 2.0% | 13.6% | |
| Net margin | 7.3% | -1.9% | 14.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.5% | — | 14.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 33.1% | 39.4% | 42.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.40x | 3.82x | 2.90x | |
| Interest cover | 5.96x | 0.94x | 10.51x |
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
- ZOTEFOAMS PLC 1992-08-27 → present
- LUDGATE FORTY SIX LIMITED 1992-05-14 → 1992-08-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PKF Littlejohn LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors believe that the Group's five-year plan is reasonable and it will be able to continue to meet all its obligations and continue trading for the foreseeable future. The Group's five-year plan is prepared on the going-concern basis.”
Group structure
- ZOTEFOAMS PLC · parent
- Zotefoams International Limited 100%
- Zotefoams Pension Trustees Limited 100%
- Zotefoams Inc 100%
- Zotefoams Midwest LLC 100%
- MuCell Extrusion LLC 100%
- Zotefoams U.K. Limited (formerly Zotefoams Operations Limited) 100%
- Zotefoams Technology Limited 100%
- KZ Trading and Investment Limited 100%
- T-FIT Material Technology (Kunshan) Limited 100%
- Zotefoams France SAS 100%
- Zotefoams Poland Sp. z o.o. 100%
- T-FIT Insulation Solutions India Private Limited 100%
- Zotefoams Denmark ApS 100%
- Zotefoams Spain Holdings S.L. 100%
- Overseas Konstellation Company S.A. 100%
- Inversiones G2GF, S.L.U. 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WOOLLARD, Emma Marie | Secretary | 2025-12-09 | — | — |
| CARLING, Jonathan Douglas | Director | 2018-01-02 | Apr 1965 | British |
| CLARKE, John James | Director | 2025-10-28 | Dec 1965 | British |
| COX, Ronan Michael | Director | 2024-05-22 | Dec 1973 | Irish |
| DRUMMOND, Lynn, Dr | Director | 2023-01-17 | Aug 1959 | British |
| SWIFT, Malcolm Stuart | Director | 2023-09-29 | Mar 1960 | British |
| WALL, Catherine Alison | Director | 2020-05-14 | Oct 1960 | British |
| WRIGHT, Nicholas James | Director | 2025-09-22 | Mar 1976 | British |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMS, James David Seton | Secretary | 2019-04-01 | 2019-06-06 |
| BILLSON, Geoffrey Robert | Secretary | 1992-08-04 | 1997-11-01 |
| HARRATT, Lydia Florinette Gabrielle | Secretary | 2019-06-06 | 2025-05-23 |
| HURST, Clifford Graham | Secretary | 2000-10-02 | 2012-02-10 |
| KINDELL, James William | Secretary | 2012-02-10 | 2018-05-16 |
| MONEY, Andrew | Secretary | 2025-05-23 | 2025-12-09 |
| SMALL, Alex Charles | Secretary | 2018-05-16 | 2019-04-01 |
| STIRLING, David Burns | Secretary | 1997-11-01 | 2000-10-02 |
| BECHI, Gianfranco | Director | 1992-08-04 | 1994-11-23 |
| BILLSON, Geoffrey Robert | Director | 1992-08-04 | 1997-11-01 |
| BROMFIELD, Angela Claire | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2020-05-13 |
| BUCKLEY, Ian Michael | Director | 1995-01-23 | 2002-04-25 |
| CAMPBELL, David Arthur | Director | 2007-02-22 | 2010-11-30 |
| CLAYTON, Marie-Louise Louise | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2017-09-30 |
| CLOWES, Richard John | Director | 2007-07-23 | 2018-05-16 |
| EAVES, David Edward, Dr | Director | 1992-08-04 | 1998-02-28 |
| ELDRETT, Anthony | Director | 1992-08-04 | 2006-03-31 |
| ELMHIRST, Roger Thomas | Director | 1993-02-24 | 1999-04-13 |
| FAIRSERVICE, William Hastie, Dr | Director | 1992-08-04 | 2006-12-31 |
| FIELDING, Alison Margaret, Dr | Director | 2020-05-14 | 2023-09-29 |
| GINGELL, Andrew Clive | Director | 1998-10-01 | 2000-05-03 |
| GOOD, Stephen Paul | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2023-05-24 |
| HOWARD, Nigel Grant | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2016-03-31 |
| HURST, Clifford Graham | Director | 2000-10-02 | 2016-05-16 |
| LAWSON, Roger Hardman | Director | 2002-12-03 | 2012-03-31 |
| LAWSON, Roger Hardman | Director | 1992-10-15 | 1995-08-07 |
| LEWSEY, Michael Peter | Director | 1992-08-04 | 2001-06-15 |
| MARLEY, John Campbell | Director | 1995-08-07 | 2005-12-31 |
| MCGRATH, Gary Christopher | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2025-10-31 |
| REDD, Randall Vann | Director | 1999-08-02 | 2000-07-14 |
| ROBERTSON, Douglas Grant | Director | 2017-08-08 | 2025-12-10 |
| RYAN, Christopher John | Director | 1999-12-01 | 2007-12-31 |
| STIRLING, David Burns | Director | 1997-09-01 | 2024-05-22 |
| WALKER, Alex | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2014-05-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 312 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-07-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-06-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-16 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-07-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-18 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-02-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-01-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-12-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-12 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-27 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-05-27 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-04-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.