BUSE GASES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-20 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-06
Watchouts
Cash
£10M
+1,320.3% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£7M
+18.3% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
73
+17.7% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£2M
+3,321.2% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £11,658,936 | £11,991,812 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £1,139,996 | £3,460,767 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £49,138 | £1,681,086 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £2,609,324 | £1,155,951 | |
| Cash | £359,709 | £395,622 | £439,682 | — | £672,578 | £9,552,312 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,725,086 | £1,109,352 | £6,465,811 | — | £6,543,530 | £15,521,375 | |
| Net assets | £2,045,072 | £141,684 | £4,696,878 | — | £6,307,155 | £7,463,106 | |
| Equity | £2,045,072 | £141,684 | £4,696,878 | — | £6,307,155 | £7,463,106 | |
| Average employees | 45 | 48 | 46 | — | 62 | 73 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £2,083,766 | £2,533,360 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £112,000 | £96,000 |
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
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Turnover
+2.9%
£11,658,936 £11,991,812
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Cash
+1,320.3%
£672,578 £9,552,312
highest in 5 filed years
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Net assets
+18.3%
£6,307,155 £7,463,106
highest in 5 filed years
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Employees
+17.7%
62 73
highest in 5 filed years
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Operating profit
+203.6%
£1,139,996 £3,460,767
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Profit before tax
+3,321.2%
£49,138 £1,681,086
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Wages
+21.6%
£2,083,766 £2,533,360
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 9.8% | 28.9% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 22.4% | 9.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 17.4% | 22.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.24x | 0.42x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 1.04x | 1.94x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- BUSE GASES LIMITED 2015-10-29 → present
- BUSE (UK) LIMITED 2011-07-13 → 2015-10-29
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Kendall Wadley LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- BUSE GASES LIMITED · parent
- Buse Scientific Ltd 100%
- S.I.P. Analytical Limited 100%
- Speciality Gases Limited 100%
- Buse Hydrogen Technologies Limited 50%
- Instec Solutions Limited 100%
- Goss Scientific Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Buse Gases Limited has experienced a transformative year characterised by strategic growth, innovation, and resilience in the face of market challenges.”
- “The company achieved a revenue increase of 2.86% year-on-year, driven by higher demand for industrial gases, particularly in the food gases and manufacturing sectors.”
- “Successfully expanded operations into new geographical areas of the UK growing our Agents network, contributing to a diversified customer base.”
- “Launched several new products, including eco-friendly gas solutions that align with sustainability goals, reflecting our commitment to reducing carbon footprints.”
- “Invested in state-of-the-art Air Separation Plant that is expected to start producing in 2027.”
- “Also invested in CO2 project in the Rhodesia Power Plant, where the CO2 emissions from the production of electricity will be captured, cleaned and liquified to be reused as Food and Beverage Grade CO2 to Buse Gases Limited customers.”
- “Launched an employee retention program, resulting in a 25% increase in employee retention.”
- “Formed strategic alliances with Landmark Power Holdings to partner in all the electricity production plants in the UK and capture the CO2 emitted.”
- “Also, formed Agent Partnerships with 8 more Agents across the UK increasing the number to 37.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFIKAS, Dimitrios | Director | 2022-07-01 | Nov 1979 | Greek |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRAEKLING, Roland Franz | Director | 2011-07-13 | 2011-07-13 |
| BRAKLING, Roland Franz | Director | 2011-07-13 | 2017-12-18 |
| HENDRIKS, Mr Ronald | Director | 2019-02-01 | 2022-07-01 |
| STODDART, Keith Charles | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2019-02-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Horst Buse | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2025-01-01 | Active |
| Mr Horst Buse | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-01-01 |
| Mrs Patricia Buse-Ruppert | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-01-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 54 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-19 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-19 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-09-16 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-09-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-08-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-08-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-08-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.