QUALICHEM BIRKENHEAD LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-10 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£23K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£44K
Equity attributable
Employees
6
Average over period
Profit before tax
£170K
Period ending 2024-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £290,916 | £1,370,535 | |
| Operating profit | £82,986 | £248,323 | |
| Profit before tax | £56,369 | £169,532 | |
| Net profit | -£3,311 | £47,049 | |
| Cash | £947 | £22,816 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,068,089 | £1,214,723 | |
| Net assets | -£3,211 | £43,838 | |
| Equity | -£3,211 | £43,838 | |
| Average employees | 7 | 6 | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 28.5% | 18.1% | |
| Net margin | -1.1% | 3.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.8% | 20.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.36x | 0.45x | |
| Interest cover | 3.12x | 3.15x |
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
- QUALICHEM BIRKENHEAD LIMITED 2023-03-21 → present
- QES 1 LIMITED 2023-03-16 → 2023-03-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 24 February 2025, 100% of the issued share capital of CorpAcq Holdings Limited, which in turn owns 100% of CorpAcq Limited, was acquired by Caledon Bidco Limited. Caledon Bidco Limited is 55.32% owned by Caledon Bidco Sarl, 25.23% by Orange UK Holdings, 19.45% by other minority shareholders. Caledon Bidco Sarl, the majority shareholder in the new group structure. is ultimately 100% owned by TDR Capital Nominees 2021 Limited on behalf of TDR Capital V LP managed by TDR Capital LLP.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CASEY, Daniel | Director | 2023-11-15 | Jun 1974 | British |
| COLLIER, Andrew James Harvey | Director | 2023-03-16 | Jul 1970 | British |
| MARSH, Christopher John | Director | 2023-11-15 | Mar 1978 | British |
| MILWARD, Phillip Robert | Director | 2023-11-15 | Jun 1962 | British |
| SKELHORN, Daniel Alfred | Director | 2025-01-27 | Jun 1981 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRUNT, Roy | Director | 2023-11-15 | 2025-01-27 |
| DODD, Matthew James | Director | 2023-11-15 | 2026-03-27 |
| POWER, Mark | Director | 2023-10-10 | 2025-01-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualichem Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2024-01-15 | Active |
| Qes Holdings | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2023-03-16 | Ceased 2024-01-15 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 21 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-03-21 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-15 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-07 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2023-10-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-21 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.