INNOSPEC PERFORMANCE CHEMICALS EUROPE LIMITED
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Cash
£724K
EUR 845,000
-30.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£81M
EUR 94,119,000
+7.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£7M
EUR 8,204,000
-63.8% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £222,532,362 | £237,363,909 | £65,570,510 | -72.4% | |
| Operating profit | £5,315,045 | £20,250,321 | £3,446,207 | -83% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,507,501 | £19,409,344 | £7,033,005 | -63.8% | |
| Net profit | £3,411,059 | £17,874,839 | £5,354,479 | -70% | |
| Cash | £531,505 | £1,040,720 | £724,389 | -30.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £117,353,622 | £75,330,476 | £80,684,955 | +7.1% | |
| Net assets | £57,455,637 | £75,330,476 | £80,684,955 | +7.1% | |
| Equity | £57,455,637 | £75,330,476 | £80,684,955 | +7.1% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | £0 | — |
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 | 2.4% | 8.5% | 5.3% | |
| Net margin | 1.5% | 7.5% | 8.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.5% | 26.9% | 4.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 43.1% | 0.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.29x | 2.21x | — | |
| Interest cover | 1.44x | 4.71x | 0.80x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of these financial statements. The Company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 30 March 2025 Innospec Limited, another subsidiary of Innospec Inc., purchased the trade and net assets of the Company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLAIR, Graeme Thomas | Secretary | 2021-01-15 | — | — |
| BLAIR, Graeme Thomas | Director | 2021-01-15 | Sep 1982 | British |
| CLEMINSON, Ian Philip | Director | 2016-08-12 | Nov 1965 | British |
| KAY, Graeme | Director | 2016-08-12 | Jan 1976 | British |
| NORMAN, Keri Louise | Director | 2017-11-14 | Jun 1981 | British |
| PARSONS, Christopher John | Director | 2016-08-12 | Jul 1976 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WATT, Brian Robert | Secretary | 2016-08-12 | 2021-01-15 |
| CURRAN, Philip Andrew | Director | 2016-08-12 | 2019-08-02 |
| WATT, Brian Robert | Director | 2016-08-12 | 2021-01-15 |
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 | 2016-12-12 | Active |
| Innospec International Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-08-12 | Ceased 2016-12-12 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 30 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-18 | 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 | |
| 2024-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-21 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-01-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-01-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-01-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2020-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-10-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2019-08-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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.