AOC RESINS UK LTD
Operating as the UK arm of the global AOC group and formerly known as Deltech Europe, the company manufactures specialty resins, primary plastics, and other chemical products.
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Cash
£762K
-67.3% lowest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£13M
+1.8% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
44
+22.2% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£344K
-28.6% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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6 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £23,300,697 | £32,682,995 | £32,600,382 | £17,719,582 | £6,591,079 | £7,253,289 | +10% | |
| Operating profit | £2,653,334 | £3,249,453 | £2,209,285 | £228,413 | £380,310 | £417,603 | +9.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,654,463 | £3,243,041 | £2,219,331 | £274,779 | £482,080 | £344,197 | -28.6% | |
| Net profit | £2,103,257 | £2,522,290 | £2,056,512 | £196,375 | £354,613 | £242,222 | -31.7% | |
| Cash | £1,941,549 | £1,138,666 | £4,145,981 | £6,795,296 | £2,330,552 | £762,328 | -67.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,671,618 | £11,089,114 | £13,063,970 | £13,338,749 | £13,820,829 | £19,394,513 | +40.3% | |
| Net assets | £10,271,172 | £10,641,307 | £12,697,819 | £12,894,194 | £13,248,807 | £13,491,029 | +1.8% | |
| Equity | £10,271,172 | £10,641,307 | £12,697,819 | £12,894,194 | £13,248,807 | £13,491,029 | +1.8% | |
| Average employees | 34 | 32 | 36 | 32 | 36 | 44 | +22.2% | |
| Wages | £1,448,198 | £1,633,532 | £1,642,304 | £1,478,168 | £1,592,996 | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £0 | £31,277 | £118,207 | £122,795 | — | — |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.4% | 9.9% | 6.8% | 1.3% | 5.8% | 5.8% | |
| Net margin | 9.0% | 7.7% | 6.3% | 1.1% | 5.4% | 3.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 24.9% | 29.3% | 16.9% | 1.7% | 2.8% | 2.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 20.3% | 24.2% | 36.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 3.30x | 1.17x | 1.09x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 4.78x |
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
- AOC RESINS UK LTD 2022-10-18 → present
- DELTECH EUROPE LIMITED 2000-06-19 → 2022-10-18
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Ensors
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “Initially, a €6 million loan agreement was entered into on 10 February 2025 between the company and its immediate parent company. From January 2026, the agreement was amended to increase the total loan to €12 million, of which €6 million had already been advanced during 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BASSIS, Luca | Director | 2024-05-01 | Apr 1971 | Italian |
| FREIHERR VON FRANZ, Johannes Jacobus Dirck | Director | 2025-12-01 | Sep 1981 | Dutch,German |
| PANTANOWITZ, Jonathan | Director | 2025-12-01 | Dec 1969 | Israeli |
| THEEUWES, Franciscus Johannes Petrus Maria | Director | 2022-10-11 | Feb 1977 | Dutch |
| VAN OOSTERHOUT, Hugo Niels | Director | 2025-06-01 | Oct 1988 | Dutch |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCOUNTANTS LLP, Ensors | Secretary | 2026-01-01 | 2026-01-01 |
| COSEC SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2000-06-19 | 2002-11-11 |
| ENSORS ACCOUNTANTS LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2026-01-01 | 2026-01-01 |
| HS SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2002-01-11 | 2021-08-20 |
| VISTRA COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2021-11-29 | 2025-12-31 |
| ALLAN, Christopher George | Director | 2022-10-11 | 2026-03-05 |
| ELEFANTE, Robert | Director | 2000-06-23 | 2021-09-07 |
| HENRY, Rebecca Shuffield | Director | 2021-08-20 | 2022-10-11 |
| MILLS, Deborah Louise | Director | 2000-06-19 | 2000-06-23 |
| OSTERWIND, Stefan Peter | Director | 2022-10-11 | 2026-02-25 |
| PERAIRE, Fernando Miquel | Director | 2022-10-11 | 2025-10-31 |
| SOULIE, Jean-Christophe Guillaume | Director | 2022-10-11 | 2024-05-01 |
| ZERINGUE, Jesse John | Director | 2021-09-07 | 2022-10-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nippon Paint Holdings Co., Ltd. | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2025-03-03 | Active |
| John Patrick Grayken | Individual | Voting 75–100% | 2022-09-30 | Ceased 2025-03-03 |
| Aoc (China) Holding B.V. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-09-30 | Ceased 2022-09-30 |
| Deltech Europe Holdings, Ltd. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-08-20 | Ceased 2022-09-30 |
| Mr Robert Elefante | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2021-08-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 137 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-07 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-01-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-01-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-08 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 6
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.