WILLIAM BLYTHE LIMITED
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Executive summary
William Blythe occupies a defensible niche position within UK specialty inorganic chemicals, leveraging deep technical expertise in copper and tin chemistry alongside pharmaceutical-grade manufacturing credentials. As a Synthomer subsidiary, it benefits from group-level scale and distribution while facing strategic dependency and UK cost-base disadvantages relative to international competitors. The company's full-filing status confirms material scale beyond SME thresholds, and its market positioning in life sciences and advanced materials aligns with favourable structural demand trends, though UK energy costs and regulatory burden remain persistent headwinds constraining margin expansion.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1991-07-10
- Registered office
- Bridge Street Bridge Street, Church, Oswaldtwistle, Accrington, England, BB5 4PD
- Postcode
- BB5 4PD
- Capital
- 102 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-08-22
- Next due by
- 2026-09-05
Nature of business (SIC)
- 20130 Manufacture of other inorganic basic chemicals
Officers 4 current · 42 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by WILLIAM BLYTHE BIDCO LIMITED — since 2025-05-30
Controlled by SYNTHOMER HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2021 (period to 2020-12-31) as part of the SYNTHOMER PLC group statement.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contact details
- Website
- williamblythe.com
William Blythe delivers speciality chemical solutions to help its customers meet the technological challenges of the 21st century in markets as diverse as life sciences, performance coatings, polymers, electronics, catalysts and renewable energy.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| SIMCO 417 LIMITED | 1991-08-20 |
Previous registered addresses 6
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| YULE CATTO BUILDING, TEMPLE FIELDS, HARLOW, ESSEX, CM20 2BH | 2015-08-03 |
| TEMPLE FIELDS, HARLOW, ESSEX CM20 2BH | 2003-07-01 |
| CHURCH, ACCRINGTON, LANCASHIRE, BB5 4PD | 1998-08-18 |
| P O BOX B22, DEIGHTON WORKS, LEEDS ROAD, HUDDERSFIELD HD2 1UH | 1991-09-18 |
| P O BOX B22, DEIGHTON WORKS, LEEDS ROAD, HUDDERSFIELD HD2 1UH | 1991-09-18 |
| 41 PARK SQUARE, LEEDS, LS1 2NS | 1991-08-28 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 53 similar companies in BB — measured against the wider sector, trading since 1991
The class of 1991
50%
of the 20,888 companies incorporated in 1991 are still active today; 45% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 5 titles
- Freehold
- 3
- Leasehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 1996-12-12
- Where
- Lancashire (5)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA790041 | Lancashire | Freehold | 1996-12-12 | — |
| LA717262 | Lancashire | Freehold | 1993-07-12 | — |
| LA625028 | Lancashire | Freehold | 1991-10-08 | — |
| LA688692 | Lancashire | Leasehold | 1991-10-08 | — |
| LA694052 | Lancashire | Leasehold | 1991-10-08 | — |
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