EPC UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

• Turnover

  +9.7%

  £44,443,000 → £48,746,000

• Cash

  +29.4%

  £900,000 → £1,165,000

• Net assets

  -14.8%

  £8,291,000 → £7,068,000

• Employees

  +5%

  200 → 210

• Operating profit

  -184.7%

  £1,434,000 → -£1,215,000

• Profit before tax

  -174.5%

  £1,671,000 → -£1,245,000

• Wages

  +7.1%

  £9,183,000 → £9,839,000

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

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.

1. EPC UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED 2022-06-13 → present
2. EPC UNITED KINGDOM PLC 2009-07-02 → 2022-06-13
3. EXCHEM PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1981-12-31 → 2009-07-02
4. EXCHEM HOLDINGS LIMITED 1905-04-06 → 1981-12-31

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Cooper Parry Group Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In assessing the company's ability to continue to operate as a going concern the directors have considered the cash position of the company and, after making enquiries, have reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these financial statements.”

Group structure

1. EPC UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED · parent
   1. Blasting Services Limited 100% · Dormant
   2. Exchem Explosives Limited 100% · Dormant
   3. Exchem Transport Limited 100% · Dormant
   4. EDSL Limited 100% · Dormant
   5. EPC Metrics Limited 100% · Manufacturing and environmental servicing
   6. Exchem Defence Systems Limited 100% · Dormant
   7. EPC Chemicals Ltd 100% · Fuel additives
   8. Fuel Additives Ltd 100% · Dormant
   9. Mining Explosives Limited 100% · Dormant

Significant events

• “The directors report a loss for the year of £1,537,000 (2024: profit of £540,000), after recognising exceptional administrative costs of £2,140,000, arising from the impairment of investments in subsidiaries.”
• “The pension deficit reduced by £1,314,000 in the year (after deferred tax), which is reflected in the movements on the Balance Sheet. This reduction includes the impact of the company entering into a Flexible Apportionment Agreement (FAA), under which it assumed responsibility for a proportion of the liabilities attributable to other members of the scheme.”
• “At Rough Close Works in Alfreton, a new booster manufacturing plant is under construction which will lead to future growth in the UK and export sales, as well as enhancing business continuity.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.