OQEMA LIMITED
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Cash
£11m
+39% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£20m
+32.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
106
+7.1% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£5.8m
-45.2% first positive since 2023
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Our short-form breakdown of OQEMA LIMITED's latest filing
OQEMA's UK arm sees profits halve as revenue slips and costs rise. 📉💸
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 | £108,112,396 | £105,746,717 | £93,046,342 | -12% | |
| Operating profit | -£3,788,121 | £9,382,434 | £4,201,820 | -55.2% | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,992,169 | £10,518,944 | £5,766,252 | -45.2% | |
| Net profit | -£3,034,733 | £8,418,806 | £4,947,337 | -41.2% | |
| Cash | £3,344,988 | £7,803,223 | £10,847,829 | +39% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,179,795 | £16,945,187 | £21,904,774 | +29.3% | |
| Net assets | £9,192,576 | £15,117,989 | £20,065,326 | +32.7% | |
| Equity | £9,192,576 | £15,117,989 | £20,065,326 | +32.7% | |
| Average employees | 98 | 99 | 106 | +7.1% | |
| Wages | £4,933,148 | £5,218,874 | £5,219,846 | 0% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,347,412 | £997,399 | £1,138,708 | +14.2% |
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 | -3.5% | 8.9% | 4.5% | |
| Net margin | -2.8% | 8.0% | 5.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -33.9% | 55.4% | 19.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 73.1% | 51.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.19x | 1.31x | 1.87x | |
| Interest cover | -2.47x | 6.66x | 4.25x |
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
- OQEMA LIMITED 2018-01-10 → present
- OQEMA PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 2018-01-10 → 2018-01-10
- LANSDOWNE CHEMICALS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1988-02-26 → 2018-01-10
- LANSDOWNE CHEMICAL COMPANY LIMITED 1975-10-13 → 1988-02-26
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Rödi & Partner Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- OQEMA LIMITED · parent
- Chelworth (Management) Limited 33%
- Lansdowne Chemicals Limited 100%
- OQEMA Rotterdam BV 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALEXANDER, Stuart | Director | 2008-02-12 | Aug 1977 | British |
| BARTHELS, Patrick Thomas | Director | 2022-09-06 | Jan 1967 | German |
| FULLERTON, Stuart | Director | 2022-04-11 | Feb 1990 | British |
| MORROW, Jonathan | Director | 2022-08-01 | Apr 1975 | British |
| MOSS, Robert Andrew | Director | 2004-02-04 | Sep 1968 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHEESMAN, Andrew Ian | Secretary | 2017-12-20 | 2021-11-30 |
| CLARKE, Richard John | Secretary | 2008-02-12 | 2013-02-12 |
| TAYLOR, Peter Reginald | Secretary | 2013-02-12 | 2017-12-20 |
| YULL, Jessie | Secretary | — | 2008-02-12 |
| CHAPLIN, Douglas John | Director | 2003-12-31 | 2008-09-15 |
| CHEESMAN, Andrew Ian | Director | 2018-11-01 | 2021-11-30 |
| EICKMANN, Heinrich, Herr | Director | 2015-10-19 | 2019-11-15 |
| KISHIMOTO, Kazuya | Director | 1996-07-01 | 1997-10-23 |
| NAGANO, Masahisa | Director | 1997-11-19 | 2001-05-22 |
| NAKAYAMA, Osamu | Director | — | 1992-10-28 |
| OVERLACK, Peter, Herr | Director | 2015-10-19 | 2022-09-06 |
| SAKANO, Katshuiko | Director | 1992-10-28 | 1996-07-01 |
| SAMMONS, David Richard | Director | — | 2003-12-31 |
| WALKER, Emma Jane | Director | 2022-08-01 | 2025-08-13 |
| WATKINSON YULL, George | Director | — | 2015-10-19 |
| WATKINSON-YULL, George | Director | 2013-02-08 | 2015-10-19 |
| YOSHIMOTO, Yo | Director | — | 1997-10-23 |
| YULL, Jessie | Director | — | 2008-02-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Peter Overlack | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 210 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-17 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.