Synthetic Technologies Ltd
Registered name: SYNTHETIC TECHNOLOGIES LTD
Part of ST Holdings (Newco 1) Limited groupSynthetic Technologies Ltd made £0 revenue and £0 profit in the year to 31 Mar 2024. read from filing text
Synthetic Technologies Ltd’s revenue was £0 in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with £0 profit and 1 employee. The company is classified under “wholesale of chemical products” and is based in Manchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of ST Holdings (Newco 1) Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £0 | £0 |
| Cost of sales | £11.9m | £12.9m | — |
| Profit before tax | — | £0 | £0 |
| Profit after tax | £4.9m | £0 | £0 |
| Profit (best available) | £4.9m | £0 | £0 |
| Staff costs | £4.2m | £5m | — |
| Employees (average) | 50 | 55 | 1 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | — | £0 | £0 |
| Profit per employee | £97.3k | £0 | £0 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Profit growth | — | ▼100% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10% | ▼98.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £335k | £559k | — |
| Net assets | — | £250k | £250k |
| Fixed assets | £1.6m | £1.8m | — |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | — |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 | — |
| Cash from operations | −£846k | −£2.1m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £0
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £0
- 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
- 0%
- Now £250k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼98%
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- ST Holdings (Newco 1) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Synthetic Technologies Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2024 (profit £0), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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