MISSISSIPPI LIME UK LIMITED
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Cash
£10m
+7.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£110m
-2.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
172
-1.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1m
-46.4% lowest 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 | £107,918,624 | £76,874,263 | £67,834,523 | -11.8% | |
| Operating profit | £3,706,656 | £2,111,718 | £1,002,249 | -52.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,359,325 | £1,949,059 | £1,044,020 | -46.4% | |
| Net profit | £611,176 | £154,973 | -£637,513 | -511.4% | |
| Cash | £7,147,823 | £9,394,222 | £10,090,102 | +7.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £133,546,042 | £130,863,892 | £127,305,991 | -2.7% | |
| Net assets | £114,758,044 | £112,535,367 | £110,008,956 | -2.2% | |
| Equity | £114,758,044 | £112,535,367 | £110,008,956 | -2.2% | |
| Average employees | 171 | 175 | 172 | -1.7% | |
| Wages | £11,138,441 | £9,673,194 | £9,878,156 | +2.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,955,822 | £1,583,000 | — | — |
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 | 3.4% | 2.7% | 1.5% | |
| Net margin | 0.6% | 0.2% | -0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.8% | 1.6% | 0.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 22.9% | 22.0% | 21.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.50x | 2.89x | 3.04x | |
| Interest cover | 5.17x | 3.84x | 2.11x |
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
- Smailes Goldie
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company and group financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The Directors believe that the Parent Company and Group are well placed to manage business risks successfully and have a reasonable expectation that the Parent Company and Group have adequate resources.”
Group structure
- MISSISSIPPI LIME UK LIMITED · parent
- Singleton Birch Limited 100%
- Birch Chemicals Limited 100%
- Birch Solutions UK Limited 100%
- Minstorport Limited 100%
- Birch Energy Limited 100%
- Birch Chemicals (India) Limited 100%
- Dedicated VMI Systems Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the period, the Group acquired intangible fixed assets totalling £2,416,324 which were paid for directly by the US parent company, Mississippi Lime Company, via an increase in the intercompany loan account.”
- “Subsequent to the year end, the Trustees of the Scheme entered into a bulk annuity buy-in agreement with Just Retirement Limited... To fund the transaction, the scheme divested its traditional investment portfolio and paid a single premium of £19,650,250 to Just Retirement Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FINCHER, Clenon Anderson | Director | 2022-07-27 | Dec 1970 | American |
| FITZGERALD, Patrick Tallman | Director | 2023-05-01 | Oct 1974 | American |
| HOGAN, Paul | Director | 2022-07-27 | Jun 1969 | American |
| KIEFER, Mike Philip | Director | 2024-08-13 | Oct 1975 | American |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROBERTS, Donald | Secretary | 2022-07-27 | 2023-05-01 |
| HENKEN, Arthur | Director | 2022-07-27 | 2024-01-26 |
| ROBERTS, Donald | Director | 2022-07-27 | 2023-05-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 16 of 16 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-14 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2022-09-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-07-27 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.