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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

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
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 7575
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

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 2023-12-312024-12-31
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 2.94x3.09x
Interest cover 21.24x46.68x

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

  1. KERAX LIMITED 2006-08-02 → present
  2. H & R ESP LIMITED 2003-11-28 → 2006-08-02
  3. H & R EUROPEAN SPECIAL PROJECTS TIPTON LIMITED 2003-11-21 → 2003-11-28
  4. 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

  1. KERAX LIMITED · parent
    1. Appleton Group Limited 0.25% · England and Wales
    2. Kerax Limited 1% · Ireland
    3. Woodcycle Limited 0.25% · England and Wales
    4. Clariter S.A. 0.005% · Luxembourg

Significant events

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 PDF
2025-09-22 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-11-21 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
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 PDF
2024-03-06 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-11-21 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-10-17 MR05 mortgage Mortgage charge part both with charge number PDF
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 PDF
2023-05-15 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-03-16 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2023-03-06 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2022-11-18 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
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 PDF
2021-11-30 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-10-03 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

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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