KERAX LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-02 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£426K
-56.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£11M
-7.4% vs 2023
Employees
75
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
+5.4% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Energy median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £36,314,466 | £35,850,025 | |
| Operating profit | £3,402,968 | £3,443,094 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,285,379 | £3,461,549 | |
| Net profit | £2,567,246 | £2,678,632 | |
| Cash | £983,557 | £426,435 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,211,978 | £11,606,332 | |
| Net assets | £11,584,124 | £10,732,372 | |
| Equity | £11,584,124 | £10,732,372 | |
| Average employees | 75 | 75 | |
| Wages | £3,586,259 | £4,133,201 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,418,397 | £1,682,098 |
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
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-1.3%
£36,314,466 £35,850,025
-
Cash
-56.6%
£983,557 £426,435
-
Net assets
-7.4%
£11,584,124 £10,732,372
-
Employees
0%
75 75
-
Operating profit
+1.2%
£3,402,968 £3,443,094
-
Profit before tax
+5.4%
£3,285,379 £3,461,549
-
Wages
+15.3%
£3,586,259 £4,133,201
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.4% | 9.6% | |
| Net margin | 7.1% | 7.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 27.9% | 29.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 32.0% | 29.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.94x | 3.09x | |
| Interest cover | 21.24x | 46.68x |
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
- KERAX LIMITED 2006-08-02 → present
- H & R ESP LIMITED 2003-11-28 → 2006-08-02
- H & R EUROPEAN SPECIAL PROJECTS TIPTON LIMITED 2003-11-21 → 2003-11-28
- H & R EUROPEAN SPECIAL PRODUCTS HOLDINGS LIMITED 2003-11-18 → 2003-11-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have considered detailed projections to September 2026, together with a longer-term assessment, to stress test the financial resilience of the Company which take into account both a potential decline in income and increase in costs over this period. Results in 2025 to date demonstrate to the Directors that the company is in a favourable and stable position to the date of approval of the financial statements and they therefore consider that it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- KERAX LIMITED · parent
- Appleton Group Limited 0.25%
- Kerax Limited 1%
- Woodcycle Limited 0.25%
- Clariter S.A. 0.005%
Significant events
- “On 16 July 2024, the company was informed the convertible loan note previously held within other debtors had been converted into equity.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEBBLETHWAITE, Paul Christopher | Secretary | 2013-12-06 | — | — |
| APPLETON, Ian David | Director | 2006-07-07 | Dec 1959 | British |
| APPLETON, John Paul | Director | 2020-06-02 | Sep 1973 | British |
| APPLETON, Lynne Carol | Director | 2011-12-01 | Mar 1966 | British |
| APPLETON, Toby Nicholas | Director | 2023-03-06 | Mar 1995 | British |
| HEBBLETHWAITE, Paul Christopher | Director | 2017-01-09 | Mar 1989 | British |
| PARKER, Graham | Director | 2009-01-01 | Mar 1965 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| APPLETON, Lynne | Secretary | 2006-07-07 | 2008-08-01 |
| CRAWFORD, Andrew Edward | Secretary | 2003-12-15 | 2004-10-29 |
| CARGIL MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-12-21 | 2006-07-07 |
| CARGIL MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2003-11-18 | 2003-11-18 |
| APPLETON, Ian David | Director | 2003-11-18 | 2003-12-19 |
| BRADLEY, Christopher | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2021-05-12 |
| BURGESS, Lee | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2018-09-30 |
| BURGESS, Lee | Director | 2009-04-14 | 2012-11-30 |
| HANSEN, Niels Heinz | Director | 2003-12-19 | 2006-07-07 |
| STRETTLE, Geoffrey William | Director | 2009-01-01 | 2013-09-30 |
| LEA YEAT LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2003-11-18 | 2003-11-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerax Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-09-28 | Active |
| Mr Ian David Appleton | Individual | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-09-28 |
| Kerax (Chorley) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-09-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 128 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-03-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-17 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2023-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-05-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-03-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-03-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.