CHEMVIRON CARBON LIMITED
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Cash
£2.2M
-34% vs 2023
Net assets
£30M
+9.5% vs 2023
Employees
104
+1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5.2M
-19.1% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £57,417,000 | £52,853,000 | -7.9% | |
| Operating profit | £6,351,000 | £4,950,000 | -22.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £6,462,000 | £5,225,000 | -19.1% | |
| Net profit | £4,864,000 | £3,849,000 | -20.9% | |
| Cash | £3,312,000 | £2,185,000 | -34% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £27,322,000 | £31,158,000 | +14% | |
| Net assets | £27,381,000 | £29,969,000 | +9.5% | |
| Equity | £27,381,000 | £29,969,000 | +9.5% | |
| Average employees | 103 | 104 | +1% | |
| Wages | £4,214,000 | £4,406,000 | +4.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £55,000 | £70,000 | +27.3% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.1% | 9.4% | |
| Net margin | 8.5% | 7.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 23.2% | 15.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.75x | 1.90x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- CHEMVIRON CARBON LIMITED 1988-03-01 → present
- INTERCEDE 517 LIMITED 1987-12-24 → 1988-03-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared using the going concern basis of accounting. The directors have reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements. They continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- CHEMVIRON CARBON LIMITED · parent
- Waterlink (UK) Holdings Limited 100%
- Sutcliffe Speakman Limited 100%
- Lakeland Processing Limited 100%
- Sutcliffe Croftshaw Limited 100%
- Sutcliffe Speakman Carbons Limited 100%
- Sutcliffe Speakmanco5 Limited 100%
- Charcoal Cloth Limited 100%
- Charcoal Cloth (International) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There are no post balance sheet events material for disclosure in the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEIJZER, Reinier Pieter | Director | 2007-10-01 | Nov 1967 | Dutch |
| WHALEN, Chad | Director | 2016-03-16 | Jul 1974 | American |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FISCHETTE, Joseph Anthony | Secretary | — | 2002-11-20 |
| MOCNIAK, Michael Joseph | Secretary | 2005-03-01 | 2006-04-05 |
| MITRE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | — | 2017-10-09 |
| BAILEY, Colin | Director | — | 1998-12-03 |
| BALL, Leroy Mangus | Director | 2006-09-07 | 2010-08-31 |
| BRINKMANN-HORNBOGEN, Axel Dieter | Director | 2013-04-16 | 2018-02-22 |
| BUTCHER, David Albert | Director | — | 1998-09-30 |
| CAMBRE, Nicole | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2013-12-31 |
| CANN, William Edgar | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2002-11-19 |
| CEDERNA, James Anthony | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2003-02-21 |
| DAVIES, Robert Aled | Director | 1995-01-01 | 1999-11-30 |
| DUBOCQUET, Herve | Director | 2007-01-08 | 2008-02-20 |
| FISCHETTE, Joseph Anthony | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2002-11-20 |
| KEIJZER, Reinier Pieter | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2007-02-04 |
| MAJOOR, Cornelius Hubertus Stephanus Maria | Director | 2002-11-19 | 2011-12-31 |
| MCCONOMY, Thomas Arthur | Director | 1998-12-04 | 2000-02-02 |
| MCCONOMY, Thomas Arthur | Director | — | 1994-06-30 |
| MOCNIAK, Michael Joseph | Director | 2005-03-01 | 2006-04-05 |
| O'NEILL, Andrew | Director | 2000-01-12 | 2004-09-09 |
| REES, David Lynn | Director | 1996-02-29 | 1999-03-25 |
| ROSE, Richard D. | Director | 2010-08-31 | 2015-09-30 |
| VAN HAUTE, Robert Theophile Louis | Director | 1999-03-29 | 2000-02-02 |
| VAN HAUTE, Robert Theophile Louis | Director | — | 1996-02-29 |
| ZANITSCH, Roger Harvey | Director | 1993-01-01 | 1995-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kuraray Co., Ltd. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-03-09 | Active |
| Calgon Carbon Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-03-09 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 172 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-18 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-18 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-19 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-04-18 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2022-11-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-10 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2021-04-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-10-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.