FACI ECHEM LTD
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Cash
£85k
-7.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£8.8m
+10.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
21
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.1m
+97.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,381,923 | £9,638,162 | £9,752,980 | +1.2% | |
| Operating profit | £86,470 | £524,052 | £1,053,392 | +101% | |
| Profit before tax | £87,176 | £558,787 | £1,104,244 | +97.6% | |
| Net profit | £61,607 | £406,143 | £816,004 | +100.9% | |
| Cash | £64,549 | £91,947 | £85,328 | -7.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,731,386 | £8,131,159 | £8,939,471 | +9.9% | |
| Net assets | £7,583,302 | £7,989,445 | £8,805,449 | +10.2% | |
| Equity | £7,583,302 | £7,989,445 | £8,805,449 | +10.2% | |
| Average employees | 22 | 21 | 21 | 0% | |
| Wages | £795,422 | £802,258 | £816,456 | +1.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £95,181 | £82,969 | £63,825 | -23.1% |
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 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.9% | 5.4% | 10.8% | |
| Net margin | 0.7% | 4.2% | 8.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.1% | 6.4% | 11.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 36.3% | 43.1% | |
| Current ratio | 3.17x | 2.50x | 2.14x | |
| Interest cover | 1.66x | 3.92x | 5.25x |
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
- FACI ECHEM LTD 2024-04-06 → present
- ECHEM LIMITED 1999-09-23 → 2024-04-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- MHA Audit Services LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have assessed the Company's ability to continue as a going concem taking into consideration its financial performance, forecast cash flows, available financing arrangements and the continued support of the wider FACI Group.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACMILLAN, Ross Daniel | Director | 2021-06-15 | Dec 1982 | British |
| ROSSI, Franco | Director | 2014-05-01 | Sep 1951 | Italian |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENNETT, Janice | Secretary | 2000-04-01 | 2014-05-01 |
| FREESTONE, Mirima Helen | Secretary | 1999-09-23 | 2000-03-30 |
| MACMILLAN, Pauline | Secretary | 2014-05-01 | 2018-01-03 |
| CJB SECRETARIAL LTD | Corporate Secretary | 2017-01-01 | 2019-10-31 |
| CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-09-23 | 1999-09-23 |
| BENNETT, Janice | Director | 1999-09-23 | 2000-01-12 |
| BENNETT, Ronald, Dr | Director | 2000-01-12 | 2014-12-31 |
| CAVALIERE, Modestino | Director | 2014-05-01 | 2020-07-05 |
| FREESTONE, Robin Anthony David | Director | 2000-05-09 | 2014-05-01 |
| HYLANDS, Bernard Ian | Director | 2000-01-12 | 2004-03-01 |
| MACMILLAN, Pauline | Director | 2011-09-13 | 2022-01-31 |
| MCCANN, Milton | Director | 2004-03-01 | 2004-09-24 |
| WARNOCK, William | Director | 2000-01-12 | 2021-06-30 |
| WILKINSON, Graham | Director | 2000-01-12 | 2014-05-01 |
| CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-09-23 | 1999-09-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faci Uk Chemicals Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 186 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-04-06 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-06 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2023-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-02-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-06-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-07-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-02-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.