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Cash

£1.2m

+24% highest in 3 filed years

Net assets

-£1.2m

+53.2% highest in 3 filed years

Employees

34

-10.5% lowest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

£115k

+130.2% highest in 3 filed years

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31

Metric Trend 2023-08-312024-08-312025-08-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £12,301,318£10,284,214£8,997,798 -12.5%
Operating profit -£3,936,397-£283,501£182,735 +164.5%
Profit before tax -£4,025,285-£381,405£115,069 +130.2%
Net profit -£4,025,285-£381,405£115,069 +130.2%
Cash £340,080£1,003,956£1,244,433 +24%
Total assets less current liabilities -£3,651,541-£2,600,921-£1,218,400 +53.2%
Net assets -£3,651,541-£2,600,921-£1,218,400 +53.2%
Equity -£3,651,541-£2,600,921-£1,218,400 +53.2%
Average employees 633834 -10.5%
Wages £2,569,349£1,888,852£1,329,651 -29.6%
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 2023-08-312024-08-312025-08-31
Operating margin -32.0%-2.8%2.0%
Net margin -32.7%-3.7%1.3%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 125.3%134.1%117.5%
Current ratio 0.66x0.52x0.62x
Interest cover -44.28x-2.90x2.70x

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 2 times since incorporation

  1. ZEP UK LIMITED 2014-08-29 → present
  2. FORWARD CHEMICALS LIMITED 1982-10-12 → 2014-08-29
  3. FORTHAVENS LIMITED 1979-06-12 → 1982-10-12

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
BDO LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Material uncertainty disclosed

“The Company has sufficient financial resources together with strong long term relationships with its customers and suppliers. The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future (which has been taken as 12 months from the date of the approval of these financial statements) based on current cash flow projections. The Directors therefore believe that it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements of this Company on a going concern basis. The ultimate parent company of the Group has confirmed its support to the Company to ensure it can meet its obligations as they fall due. The Directors have received written confirmation that Zep Inc. will support the Company for at least 12 months after these financial statements are approved, which includes both making funds available if required and not recalling any inter-company balance if the Company does not have sufficient cash to pay the inter-company balance.”

Significant events

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

People

3 active · 21 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
POLEGRI, Paolo, Mr. Director 2018-06-14 Apr 1965 Italian
RIQUELME MCLOUGHLIN, Maria Laura Director 2022-02-21 Jul 1979 American
THONHAUSER, Philip Director 2023-05-10 Nov 1971 Austrian
Show 21 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
MOSELEY, John Edward Secretary 2012-01-31
SALANS SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2012-01-31 2013-02-14
BACHMANN, Mark Roger Director 2012-01-31 2015-03-07
BRIGHENTI, Alessandro Director 2012-01-31 2018-06-06
COLLINS, Robert Paul Director 2014-10-03 2015-03-07
COX, Francis Joseph Anthony Director 2012-01-31
DORAN, Martin Simon Director 2003-02-01 2012-01-31
DUMORTIER, Henry Director 2020-11-02 2023-04-10
DUNCAN, Matthew Lane Director 2020-04-30 2022-02-21
HALE, Graham Director 2012-01-31
HALE, Philip Director 1996-06-01 2012-01-31
HALE, Vera Margaret Director 2012-01-31
KOLDE, Kyle Stewart Director 2020-04-30 2022-02-21
LUNT, Brian Edward Director 2005-10-12
MOSELEY, John Edward Director 2012-01-31
NORTH, Peter Brian Director 2010-07-02 2010-07-02
NORTH, Peter Brian Director 2010-07-02 2012-01-31
NOVO, Rob Director 2015-12-01 2020-04-30
REILLY, Peter Director 2015-12-01 2020-04-30
SHEPHERD, Linda Director 2012-01-31
THEODORE, Philip Allen Director 2012-01-31 2014-10-03

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Zep Europe B.V Corporate entity Shares 75–100% 2016-10-11 Ceased 2016-10-11
Hale Group (Widnes) Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-10-11 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 186 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-08-09 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2026-05-21 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-05-21 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-05-21 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-05-21 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-11-13 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-11-13 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2025-11-13 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2025-11-13 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2025-09-17 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date
2025-08-28 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-12-17 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2024-12-13 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2024-12-13 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2024-12-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-10-22 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2024-07-15 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-02-29 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2024-02-28 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2023-12-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
10

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

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.

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