Huntsman Surface Sciences UK Limited
Registered name: HUNTSMAN SURFACE SCIENCES UK LIMITED
Part of Huntsman Corporation groupHuntsman Surface Sciences UK Limited made £1.6m revenue and a £1.9m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Huntsman Surface Sciences UK Limited’s revenue fell 23% to £1.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £1.9m. The company is classified under “manufacture of other chemical products” and is based in Duxford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Duxford
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3m | £2.1m | £1.6m |
| Cost of sales | −£3.1m | −£2.1m | −£1.4m |
| Gross profit | −£116k | £8k | £280k |
| Operating profit | −£400k | −£227k | −£98k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.5m | −£2.3m | −£1.9m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.5m | −£2.3m | −£1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.5m | −£2.3m | −£1.9m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −51.6% | −110.2% | −114.4% |
| Gross margin | −3.9% | 0.4% | 17% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼27.8% | ▼22.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −114.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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 —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Huntsman Corporation (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Huntsman (Holdings) UK75–100%
- Huntsman Surface Sciences UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (6)
- Huntsman Ifs Polyurethanes LimitedRev. £14.8m · Profit −£344k
- Huntsman Europe LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Huntsman Offshore Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Huntsman Petrochemicals (UK) HoldingsFigures not disclosed
- Huntsman Polyurethanes (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tioxide Overseas Holdings 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 −£1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 20 Oct 2026
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