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NORKEM LIMITED

#01091369 · Active · Incorporated 1973-01-18 (53y 7m) · Last filing 2026-07-29 (1mo ago)
Consumer Discretionary · SIC 46750 · G Wholesale & Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles · Full accounts
Accounts due 2027-09-30 (in 1y) · Confirmation due 2027-08-11 (in 12 months) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£4.5m

-38.5% lowest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£34m

+11.6% highest in 3 filed years

Employees

72

+5.9% highest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

£4.8m

-19.3% lowest in 3 filed years

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £111,323,000£96,285,000£111,628,000 +15.9%
Operating profit £7,805,000£5,275,000£5,007,000 -5.1%
Profit before tax £7,718,000£5,940,000£4,796,000 -19.3%
Net profit £5,988,000£4,535,000£3,568,000 -21.3%
Cash £8,587,000£7,268,000£4,467,000 -38.5%
Total assets less current liabilities £26,142,000£30,661,000£34,229,000 +11.6%
Net assets £26,126,000£30,661,000£34,229,000 +11.6%
Equity £26,126,000£30,661,000£34,229,000 +11.6%
Average employees 656872 +5.9%
Wages £5,824,000£6,089,000£7,771,000 +27.6%
Directors' remuneration £2,700,000£2,500,000£4,188,000 +67.5%

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating margin 7.0%5.5%4.5%
Net margin 5.4%4.7%3.2%
Return on capital employed 29.9%17.2%14.6%
Current ratio 2.60x2.64x3.06x
Interest cover 21.80x47.95x91.04x

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Name history

Renamed 2 times since incorporation

  1. NORKEM LIMITED 1984-04-18 → present
  2. R.N. COLLING (NORCHEM) LIMITED 1976-12-31 → 1984-04-18
  3. R.N. COLLING LIMITED 1973-01-18 → 1976-12-31

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Menzies LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“Taking into account the above uncertainties and circumstances, the directors have formed a judgment that there is a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

6 active · 5 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
ROBINSON, David John Secretary 2019-04-09 — —
BALMFORTH, Michael Director 2025-07-01 Nov 1989 British
GREGORY, Mark Director 2014-01-01 Apr 1967 British
MILLER, David John Director 2014-01-01 Nov 1968 British
NICHOLSON, Alan Director — Jun 1949 British
ROBINSON, David John Director 2008-01-01 Mar 1978 British
Show 5 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
COLLING, Lynne Patricia Secretary — 2019-04-09
COLLING, Lynne Patricia Director — 2019-04-09
CONNOLLY, Paul Ian Director 2014-01-01 2019-06-30
LEWIS, Graham Director 2002-07-01 2024-01-26
SMITH, Michael John Director — 2015-06-05

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mrs Lynne Patricia Smith Individual Significant influence 2016-04-06 Ceased 2019-04-09
Mr Alan Nicholson Individual Significant influence 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 132 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-07-29 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2026-07-29 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2026-07-29 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2026-07-29 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2026-07-02 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-07-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-07-07 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-05-28 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-08-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-05-18 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-02-06 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-11-17 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2023-07-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-05-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-07-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-06-09 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-09-01 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-07-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-07-31 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-07-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
5

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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