BLACKBURN CHEMICALS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-28 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£10M
-39.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£80M
-0.9% vs 2024
Employees
100
+7.5% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£12M
-1.4% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-05-31 | 2021-05-31 | 2022-05-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £68,585,639 | £66,902,539 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £10,444,918 | £10,689,408 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £12,157,769 | £11,988,102 | |
| Net profit | £2,727,223 | £10,393,375 | — | — | £9,334,330 | £9,061,353 | |
| Cash | £4,479,843 | £8,354,539 | — | — | £16,600,207 | £9,984,343 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £38,442,181 | — | — | — | £81,274,790 | £81,936,280 | |
| Net assets | £38,078,988 | £46,439,799 | — | — | £81,000,815 | £80,266,004 | |
| Equity | — | — | £70,545,892 | £74,099,151 | £81,000,815 | £80,266,004 | |
| Average employees | 83 | 86 | — | — | 93 | 100 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £4,168,771 | £4,849,848 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £145,540 | £177,287 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
-
Turnover
-2.5%
£68,585,639 £66,902,539
-
Cash
-39.9%
£16,600,207 £9,984,343
-
Net assets
-0.9%
£81,000,815 £80,266,004
-
Employees
+7.5%
93 100
highest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
+2.3%
£10,444,918 £10,689,408
-
Profit before tax
-1.4%
£12,157,769 £11,988,102
-
Wages
+16.3%
£4,168,771 £4,849,848
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 | 2020-05-31 | 2021-05-31 | 2022-05-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 15.2% | 16.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 13.6% | 13.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 12.9% | 13.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 7.9% | 9.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 6.60x | 6.00x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 236.16x | 23649.13x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Pierce C A Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are not aware of any material uncertainties affecting the company and consider that the company will have sufficient resources to continue trading for the foreseeable future. As a result the directors have continued to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- BLACKBURN CHEMICALS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED · parent
- BCHL Developments Limited 100%
- Blackburn Chemicals Limited 100%
- Key Chemicals Limited 100%
- Silect Chemicals Limited 100%
- Blackburn Chemicals (Ireland) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The company has recently completed a project to expand the groups trading premises which has significantly increased production and trading capacity to facilitate further growth, and yet further expansion of the site is under consideration.”
- “The investment in the expansion of the site, now fully operational, is an exciting development for the group and has substantially increased production, efficiencies, and growth opportunities.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOLT, James George | Secretary | 2019-07-05 | — | — |
| CONNELL, Katie Rebecca | Director | 2018-07-04 | Apr 1982 | British |
| HOLT, James George | Director | 2024-03-15 | Jul 1994 | British |
| LAMB, George | Director | 2004-10-14 | Jan 1935 | British |
| NAESSENS, Maire Ciara | Director | 2018-07-04 | Apr 1963 | Irish |
| STEWART, Martin Trevor | Director | 2021-04-01 | Apr 1965 | British |
| WHALLEY, Allan | Director | 2013-12-06 | Jan 1949 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRUNDY, Nicola | Secretary | 2019-02-26 | 2019-07-05 |
| HOLT, Amanda Susan | Secretary | 2018-07-04 | 2019-02-26 |
| LAMB, Philip Richard | Secretary | 2004-10-14 | 2018-07-04 |
| TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-10-14 | 2004-10-14 |
| HOLT, Amanda Susan | Director | 2013-12-06 | 2018-07-04 |
| LAMB, Brian Charles | Director | 2013-12-06 | 2018-07-04 |
| LAMB, Philip Richard | Director | 2013-12-06 | 2018-07-04 |
| LAMB, Steven George | Director | 2004-10-14 | 2018-07-04 |
| MOLS, Rebecca Jane | Director | 2013-12-06 | 2018-07-04 |
| RILEY, John Joseph | Director | 2013-12-06 | 2018-02-14 |
| RILEY, Karen Barbara | Director | 2013-12-06 | 2018-07-04 |
| COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2004-10-14 | 2004-10-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr George Lamb | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 81 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-02-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-04-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-07-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
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.