CHEMIQUE UK LIMITED
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Cash
£2.9M
+17% vs 2024
Net assets
£8.9M
+3.4% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
59
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£426K
+65.4% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £17,779,389 | £16,288,498 | £15,828,454 | -2.8% | |
| Operating profit | — | £594,694 | £211,309 | £384,863 | +82.1% | |
| Profit before tax | — | £615,577 | £257,547 | £426,106 | +65.4% | |
| Net profit | £173,187 | £598,452 | £284,706 | £329,044 | +15.6% | |
| Cash | — | £2,892,954 | £2,443,524 | £2,859,982 | +17% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £8,814,606 | £8,966,863 | £9,374,697 | +4.5% | |
| Net assets | — | £8,380,796 | £8,580,212 | £8,874,804 | +3.4% | |
| Equity | £4,388,000 | £8,380,796 | £8,580,212 | £8,874,804 | +3.4% | |
| Average employees | — | 58 | 59 | 59 | 0% | |
| Wages | — | £3,204,266 | £3,286,874 | £3,188,196 | -3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £1,214,148 | £1,238,571 | £1,021,251 | -17.5% |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 3.3% | 1.3% | 2.4% | |
| Net margin | — | 3.4% | 1.7% | 2.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 6.7% | 2.4% | 4.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 24.2% | 20.4% | 21.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | 3.27x | 3.77x | 3.81x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PKF Smith Cooper Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the Parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- CHEMIQUE UK LIMITED · parent
- Chemique Adhesives and Sealants Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Attention in the short to medium term has been on managing cash flow and working capital in general with the directors of the opinion that the Group can continue to operate within its current and future financial parameters and so continue to meet its debts as they fall due. The Group's longer term strategy for beyond 2025 is to maintain its market share and profitability and ultimately, to achieve some growth. The directors have continued to put measures in place to try and expand the markets in which the Group operates in order to achieve this.”
- “There have been interim dividends of £56,570 paid since the balance sheet date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRANCIS, Stuart Ian | Director | 2014-12-17 | Aug 1968 | British |
| MCMULLEN, Anthony John | Director | 2014-12-17 | Aug 1967 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCMULLEN, Michael John | Director | 2014-12-17 | 2025-11-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Michael John Mcmullen | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2025-11-26 | Active |
| Mr Michael John Mcmullen | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-11-26 |
| Mr Anthony John Mcmullen | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 51 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-19 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-04-29 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.