Synthomer

Activities of head offices · Essex

Synthomer

Synthomer PLC

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Losses 3 years runningTurnover down 10%ActiveLatest figures: 2025Group consolidated118 years on the register

Public limited company registered in Essex, classed under “Activities of head offices”.

Headline figures

FY to Dec 2025 · Group consolidated

Turnover

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Profit after tax

−£157m

Net assets

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Cash

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Employees

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Retained reserves

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What the numbers say

3 findings from the figures, in plain English

Written by rules from the figures on this page. Not a forecast or a credit opinion.

History

Pro
£202320242025
Profit after tax−£157m
Turnover
Net assets
Cash
Employees
Retained reserves

Every figure for all 3 years

“—” means we did not find the figure in a source; it is never filled with an estimate.

Balance sheet and ratios

From the filed balance sheets · £

Balance sheet202320242025
Current assets
of which cash
Creditors due within a year
Creditors due after a year
Net assets
Ratios
Profit marginProfit after tax as a share of turnover
Return on equityProfit after tax as a share of net assets
Current ratioCurrent assets for every £1 owed within a year
Cash ratioCash for every £1 owed within a year

5 balance-sheet lines and 4 ratios, every year

A ratio appears only for years where every line it needs was filed. Lines are as tagged in the accounts; nothing is added up or estimated.

Timeline

Checked 2026-10-18

  1. Charges
    Part of the property or undertaking has been released from charge 000983810002
  2. Filing
    Resolutions (and 15 more like it since 14 May 2015)
  3. Accounts
    Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 December 2025
  4. Directors
    Appointment of Mr Iain William Torrens as a director on 15 May 2026
  5. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Lili Liu as a director on 15 May 2026
  6. Charges
    Registration of charge 000983810002, created on 30 April 2026
  7. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Roberto Cesar Gualdoni as a director on 12 December 2025
  8. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Ian Tyler as a director on 12 December 2025
  9. Directors
    Appointment of Ms Janet Elizabeth Ashdown as a director on 1 July 2025
  10. Directors
    Appointment of Mr Jonathan Charles Silver as a director on 1 July 2025
  11. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Alexander Gordon Catto as a director on 1 May 2025
  12. Accounts
    Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 December 2024
  13. 26 earlier
    1. Directors
      Director's details changed for Mr Ian Tyler on 6 May 2025
    2. Directors
      Director's details changed for Ms Lili Liu on 6 May 2025
    3. Directors
      Director's details changed for Mr Michael Willome on 6 May 2025
    4. Directors
      Director's details changed for Mr Roberto Cesar Gualdoni on 6 May 2025
    5. Directors
      Director's details changed for Martina Floel on 6 May 2025
    6. Directors
      Secretary's details changed for Mr Anant Prakash on 6 May 2025
    7. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Caroline Ann Johnstone as a director on 1 January 2025
    8. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Uwe Gottfried Halder as a director on 1 September 2024
    9. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Peter John Hill as a director on 1 September 2024
    10. Accounts
      Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 December 2023
    11. Directors
      Director's details changed for Ms Lily Liu on 21 November 2023
    12. Shares
      Change of share class name or designation
    13. Shares
      Sub-division of shares on 25 September 2023
    14. Shares
      Statement of capital following an allotment of shares on 12 October 2023 · GBP 1,635,676.21 (and 4 more like it since 13 August 2019)
    15. Shares
      Cancellation of shares. Statement of capital on 17 October 2023 · GBP 1,635,676.21 (and 1 more like it since 27 October 2023)
    16. Shares
      Purchase of own shares (and 1 more like it since 27 October 2023)
    17. Shares
      Consolidation of shares on 25 September 2023
    18. Filing
      Memorandum and Articles of Association (and 4 more like it since 19 May 2017)
    19. Directors
      Appointment of Martina Floel as a director on 1 September 2023
    20. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Brendan Wynne Derek Connolly as a director on 16 May 2023
    21. Directors
      Director's details changed for Holly Van Deursen on 5 June 2023
    22. Accounts
      Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 December 2022
    23. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Anant Prakash as a secretary on 1 December 2022
    24. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Richard Atkinson as a secretary on 1 December 2022
    25. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Cynthia Smith Dubin as a director on 29 November 2022
    26. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Stephen Guy Bennett as a director on 1 July 2022

From the Companies House filing history. Routine confirmation statements are left out, and a run of the same filing is shown once.

Questions people ask

›What does Synthomer do?

Public limited company registered in Essex, classed under “Activities of head offices”.

›How much turnover does Synthomer make?

Answered in the full report

›Is Synthomer profitable?

No: it made a loss after tax of £157m in the year to 31 December 2025, its latest filed accounts.

›Who runs and owns Synthomer?

Answered in the full report

›Where is Synthomer based?

Its registered office is Temple Fields, Harlow, Essex, CM20 2BH, in Essex.

›When was Synthomer founded?

Synthomer PLC was incorporated on 16 June 1908.

›Is Synthomer still trading?

The register lists Synthomer PLC as active.