ESSCHEM EUROPE 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

  -8.8%

  £3,552,703 → £3,238,332

• Cash

  +24.6%

  £110,121 → £137,261

• Net assets

  +4.9%

  £3,684,719 → £3,863,576

• Employees

  +5.9%

  17 → 18

• Operating profit

  -24.2%

  £327,392 → £248,008

• Profit before tax

  -23.3%

  £327,611 → £251,412

• Wages

  +14.7%

  £696,263 → £798,805

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. ESSCHEM EUROPE LIMITED 2000-11-21 → present
2. ESSCHEM (UK) LIMITED 2000-11-14 → 2000-11-21
3. CROSSCO (517) LIMITED 2000-10-25 → 2000-11-14

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Clive Owen LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

1. ESSCHEM EUROPE LIMITED · parent
   1. Esschem Europe Sp Zoo 100% · Poland · Stock storage facility

Significant events

• “Esschem Europe Limited sales for 2025 were £3.24m which was a fall of over 8% from 2024. Profit also fell during this period but this was expected due to redundancy and other costs as we look further ahead to strategic changes in opcrations in 2026.”
• “A focus for 2026 is to continue to manage the operations in the UK whilst strategising for the longer term. The viability of Esschem Europe Limited continuing to operate in a manufacturing capacity from the UK is under review. Since the UK is no longer part of the EU the future growth and opportunities of Esschem Europe Limited are limited and with increasing costs and demands of operating from the UK a move away from UK manufacturing is therefore being considered for the future.”

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

1

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.