MOEVE CHEMICALS UK LIMITED
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Cash
£857K
-59.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£12M
-2.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
9
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4.3M
+7% 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
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £96,632,000 | £84,451,000 | £68,524,000 | -18.9% | |
| Operating profit | £5,530,000 | £3,726,000 | £4,119,000 | +10.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £6,725,000 | £4,052,000 | £4,335,000 | +7% | |
| Net profit | £5,140,000 | £3,033,000 | £3,251,000 | +7.2% | |
| Cash | £883,000 | £2,119,000 | £857,000 | -59.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,553,000 | £12,020,000 | £11,764,000 | -2.1% | |
| Net assets | £13,531,000 | £11,998,000 | £11,743,000 | -2.1% | |
| Equity | £13,531,000 | £11,998,000 | £11,743,000 | -2.1% | |
| Average employees | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0% | |
| Wages | £448,000 | £363,000 | £496,000 | +36.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | — | — |
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 | 5.7% | 4.4% | 6.0% | |
| Net margin | 5.3% | 3.6% | 4.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 40.8% | 31.0% | 35.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 54.1% | 46.7% | 43.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.85x | 2.15x | 2.29x | |
| Interest cover | 34.56x | 32.12x | — |
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 3 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-09-30
- MOEVE CHEMICALS UK LIMITED 2025-09-30 → present
- CEPSA UK LIMITED 1987-12-29 → 2025-09-30
- CORSA LIMITED 1978-12-31 → 1987-12-29
- CORY BROTHERS AND COMPANY,LIMITED 1888-04-09 → 1978-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the director has a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, therefore they continue to adopt the going concern basis for accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 16 September 2025, the Company changed its name from Cepsa UK Limited to Maeve Chemicals UK Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITURRALDE HERNANDEZ, Juan Luis | Secretary | 2021-06-16 | — | — |
| GARCIA-ARANDA, Miguel Blasco | Director | 2024-12-20 | Jun 1980 | Spanish |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PINILLA RODRIGUEZ, Ignacio | Secretary | 2001-07-30 | 2021-06-16 |
| SANCHO MARTINEZ-PARDO, Luis | Secretary | — | 2001-07-30 |
| ALONSO CASILLAS, Paloma | Director | 2020-07-15 | 2023-04-20 |
| ANDRADE MARQUEZ, Fernando | Director | 2006-11-07 | 2008-06-30 |
| BERMEJO BECERRA, Victor German | Director | 2013-05-28 | 2022-05-31 |
| BONACASA, Salvador | Director | 2008-09-25 | 2013-05-28 |
| DEVESA DEL BARRIO, Miguel Angel | Director | 2023-04-20 | 2024-12-20 |
| DIAZ SOARES, Francisco Jose | Director | — | 2004-07-15 |
| FLETT, Magnus Martin | Director | — | 1994-08-31 |
| GRANADOS, Juan | Director | 2008-09-25 | 2008-12-31 |
| IRISARRI, Fernando | Director | 2013-05-28 | 2014-05-14 |
| ITURRIETA, Fernando | Director | 2004-07-15 | 2015-01-12 |
| LLANOS GARCIA, Alvaro | Director | 2016-06-09 | 2022-05-31 |
| MARIN GARCIA MANSILLA, Eugenio | Director | — | 1997-07-18 |
| MARTINEZ SANCHEZ, Jose Manuel | Director | 2015-01-12 | 2020-07-15 |
| MUNIZ GARCIA, Miguel-Carlos | Director | — | 2008-09-25 |
| PRECKLER ARIAS, Jose Luis | Director | 1995-09-26 | 2006-06-30 |
| ROMERO GARCES, Jose Luis | Director | 1994-07-18 | 2012-12-05 |
| SANCHEZ LAMBAS, Jose Ignacio | Director | 2009-01-01 | 2016-06-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Miguel Blasco Garcia-Aranda | Individual | Significant influence | 2024-12-20 | Active |
| Mr Miguel Angel Devesa Del Barrio | Individual | Significant influence | 2023-06-01 | Ceased 2024-12-20 |
| Cepsa Quimica, S. A. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-07-25 | Ceased 2023-05-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 161 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-09-30 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-30 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-15 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-03-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-03-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-14 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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.