QUALICHEM BIRKENHEAD LIMITED
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Cash
£8.3k
-63.7% vs 2024
Net assets
—
Equity attributable
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£106k
-37.7% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £290,916 | £1,370,535 | £1,355,638 | -1.1% | |
| Operating profit | £82,986 | £248,323 | £182,708 | -26.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £56,369 | £169,532 | £105,598 | -37.7% | |
| Net profit | -£3,311 | £47,049 | £201,308 | +327.9% | |
| Cash | £947 | £22,816 | £8,282 | -63.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,068,089 | £1,214,723 | £1,290,964 | +6.3% | |
| Net assets | -£3,211 | £43,838 | — | — | |
| Equity | -£3,211 | £43,838 | — | — | |
| Average employees | 7 | 0 | — | — | |
| 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. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 28.5% | 18.1% | 13.5% | |
| Net margin | -1.1% | 3.4% | 14.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.8% | 20.4% | 14.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 100.1% | 98.6% | — | |
| Current ratio | 0.36x | 0.45x | 0.38x | |
| Interest cover | 3.12x | 3.15x | 2.37x |
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)
- Auditor
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, based on the continued financial support by fellow group companies.”
Significant events
- “Until 24 February 2025, the ultimate parent company was Orange UK Holdings Limited. From 24 February 2025, the ultimate parent company is CorpAcq Group Limited.”
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 22 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 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 |
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.