SINGLETON BIRCH LIMITED
A subsidiary of Mississippi Lime Company, this business quarries chalk and manufactures lime-based chemical additives for the industrial, construction, and environmental sectors.
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Cash
£10m
+7.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£59m
+5.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
172
-1.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£7m
-11% 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 | £79,674,000 | £76,871,000 | £67,833,000 | -11.8% | |
| Operating profit | £8,859,000 | £7,998,000 | £6,929,000 | -13.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £8,779,000 | £7,836,000 | £6,972,000 | -11% | |
| Net profit | £6,425,000 | £5,799,000 | £5,036,000 | -13.2% | |
| Cash | £7,148,000 | £9,395,000 | £10,090,000 | +7.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £64,885,000 | £68,090,000 | £70,459,000 | +3.5% | |
| Net assets | £52,131,000 | £55,552,000 | £58,699,000 | +5.7% | |
| Equity | £52,131,000 | £55,552,000 | £58,699,000 | +5.7% | |
| Average employees | 174 | 175 | 172 | -1.7% | |
| Wages | £8,649,000 | £9,673,000 | £9,879,000 | +2.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,083,988 | £1,223,565 | £485,690 | -60.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £68,395 | £67,135 | £60,604 | -9.7% | |
| Highest paid director | £296,309 | £369,435 | £208,179 | -43.6% |
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 | 11.1% | 10.4% | 10.2% | |
| Net margin | 8.1% | 7.5% | 7.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.7% | 11.7% | 9.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 35.0% | 31.8% | 29.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.50x | 2.89x | 3.04x | |
| Interest cover | 16.08x | — | 14.62x |
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 consolidated 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
- SINGLETON BIRCH LIMITED · parent
- 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 year to 31 December 2025, the trade and assets of Birch Chemicals Limited, Birch Solutions UK Limited, and Minstorport Limited were hived up to Singleton Birch Limited with the respective entities ceasing to trade following the hive up.”
- “Subsequent to the year end, the Trustees of the Scheme entered into a bulk annuity buy-in agreement with Just Retirement Limited as part of a long-term de-risking strategy.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DELL, Blake Pieper | Director | 2024-06-01 | Jun 1985 | American |
| EMBLETON, Alexa Jayne | Director | 2023-09-01 | Jan 1983 | British |
| FINCHER, Clenon Anderson | Director | 2022-09-07 | Dec 1970 | American |
| FITZGERALD, Patrick Tallman | Director | 2023-05-01 | Oct 1974 | American |
| FORMAN, Alistair William | Director | 2020-06-01 | Apr 1975 | British |
| HOGAN, Paul Lawrence | Director | 2022-09-07 | Jun 1969 | American |
| KIEFER, Michael Philip | Director | 2024-05-01 | Oct 1975 | American |
| MONTGOMERY, Kyle | Director | 2026-02-01 | Sep 1971 | British |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORMAN, Patrick William | Secretary | — | 2006-10-18 |
| ROBERTS, Donald | Secretary | 2022-09-07 | 2023-05-01 |
| TATTERTON, Ellen Patricia | Secretary | 2006-10-18 | 2022-09-07 |
| ALLDRIDGE, Kenneth Oliver | Director | — | 1992-09-01 |
| ARNOTT, Edward George Robert | Director | 2023-06-19 | 2025-11-14 |
| BENTHAM, Alan Alfred | Director | 2001-07-18 | 2005-01-14 |
| BIRD, Michael | Director | 1991-12-11 | 1999-04-16 |
| BIRDEN, Daryl Weston | Director | 2004-04-01 | 2013-04-26 |
| BOAST, Nevison George | Director | 1996-04-01 | 2002-07-17 |
| COUNSELL, Stuart Robin | Director | 2011-07-20 | 2022-09-07 |
| CROFT, Christel Marie-Claude, Dr | Director | 2022-04-01 | 2023-03-10 |
| DEAS, Colin | Director | 2007-02-27 | 2009-12-01 |
| FORMAN, Patrick William | Director | — | 2007-02-10 |
| FOSTER, Stephen William | Director | 2016-03-23 | 2019-10-31 |
| GARDINER, Martyn John, Air Vice-Marshal | Director | 2012-06-07 | 2021-07-14 |
| HAWORTH, Martin David | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2022-03-31 |
| HENKEN, Arthur | Director | 2022-09-07 | 2024-01-26 |
| HIBBARD, Peter | Director | — | 2006-11-14 |
| HOLMES, Oliver Morel | Director | 1999-07-28 | 2011-07-20 |
| MARTIN, Alan Gould | Director | — | 2000-07-20 |
| MORRIS, David James | Director | — | 2013-07-17 |
| OWEN, Ronald James | Director | — | 1996-07-17 |
| PALMER, Ian Hedley | Director | — | 2012-07-18 |
| RICHARDS, John Paul | Director | 2021-07-14 | 2022-09-07 |
| ROBERTS, Donald | Director | 2022-09-07 | 2023-05-01 |
| SEDGWICK, Ian Peter | Director | 1995-12-14 | 1998-07-31 |
| STANSFIELD, Richard Mark | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2024-06-01 |
| SUGDEN-BROOK, Wesley David | Director | 2023-02-13 | 2025-05-20 |
| TATTERTON, Ellen Patricia | Director | 2008-07-23 | 2023-08-31 |
| VENHAUS, David | Director | 2022-09-07 | 2024-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi Lime Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2022-09-07 | Active |
| Kmct Trustee Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2021-06-02 | Ceased 2022-09-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 242 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-01-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-25 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2023-09-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.