Synthomer PLC
Registered name: SYNTHOMER PLC
Synthomer PLC made £1.9bn revenue and a £69.3m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Synthomer PLC’s revenue was £1.9bn in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £69.3m and 4,127 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Essex.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Essex, East of England
- Age
- 118 yrs · since 1908
- Type
- Public Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.9bn |
| Operating profit | −£26.2m |
| Profit before tax | −£87.6m |
| Profit after tax | −£69.3m |
| Profit (best available) | −£69.3m |
| Employees (average) | 4,127 |
| Ratios | |
| Profit margin | −3.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £468k |
| Profit per employee | −£16.8k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |
| Net assets | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £468k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£16.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now 4,127
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (8)
- Temple Fields 523 LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £82k
- Ecatto LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Revertex LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Synthomer Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Synthomer Overseas LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Temple Fields 522 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Temple Fields 527 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Temple Fields 530 LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£69.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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