SINGLETON BIRCH LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-15 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£9M
+31.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£56M
+6.6% vs 2023
Employees
175
+0.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£8M
-10.7% vs 2023
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £79,674,000 | £76,871,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | £8,859,000 | £7,998,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £8,779,000 | £7,836,000 | |
| Net profit | — | £6,425,000 | £5,799,000 | |
| Cash | — | £7,148,000 | £9,395,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £64,885,000 | £68,090,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £52,131,000 | £55,552,000 | |
| Equity | £46,219,000 | £52,131,000 | £55,552,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 174 | 175 | |
| Wages | — | £8,649,000 | £9,673,000 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 11.1% | 10.4% | |
| Net margin | — | 8.1% | 7.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 13.7% | 11.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 35.0% | 31.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | 2.50x | 2.89x | |
| Interest cover | — | 16.08x | 14.54x |
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
- Smailes Goldie
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The Directors have taken note of the guidance issued by the Financial Reporting Council on Going Concern Assessments in determining that this is the appropriate basis of preparation of the financial statements and have considered a number of factors. The Directors believe that the Parent Company and Group are well placed to manage business risks successfully and have a reasonable expectation that the Parent Company and the Group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- SINGLETON BIRCH LIMITED · parent
- Birch Chemicals Limited 100%
- Birch Solutions UK Limited 100%
- Minsterport Limited 100%
- Birch Energy Limited 100%
- Birch Haulage Limited 100%
- Birch Biolime Limited 100%
- Birch Chemicals (India) Limited 100%
- Birch Minerals Limited 100%
- Birch Solutions (Technical Services) Limited 100%
- Dedicated VMI Systems Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In April 2025, the UK Government launched a consultation on reform to the landfill tax regime. The consultation ran from 8 April 2025 to 21 July 2025; however, the outcome of the consultation and full extent of any impact on the Company are not yet known. If implemented as proposed, the reforms could materially impact on the Company's landfill operations.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DELL, Blake Pieper | Director | 2024-06-01 | Jun 1985 | American |
| EMBLETON, Alexa Jayne | Director | 2023-09-01 | Jan 1983 | British |
| FINCHER, Clenon | Director | 2022-09-07 | Dec 1970 | American |
| FITZGERALD, Patrick Tallman | Director | 2023-05-01 | Oct 1974 | American |
| FORMAN, Alistair William | Director | 2020-06-01 | Apr 1975 | British |
| HOGAN, Paul | Director | 2022-09-07 | Jun 1969 | American |
| KIEFER, Mike | Director | 2024-05-01 | Oct 1975 | American |
| MONTGOMERY, Kyle | Director | 2026-02-01 | Sep 1971 | British |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORMAN, Patrick William | Secretary | — | 2006-10-18 |
| ROBERTS, Donald | Secretary | 2022-09-07 | 2023-05-01 |
| TATTERTON, Ellen Patricia | Secretary | 2006-10-18 | 2022-09-07 |
| ALLDRIDGE, Kenneth Oliver | Director | — | 1992-09-01 |
| ARNOTT, Edward George Robert | Director | 2023-06-19 | 2025-11-14 |
| BENTHAM, Alan Alfred | Director | 2001-07-18 | 2005-01-14 |
| BIRD, Michael | Director | 1991-12-11 | 1999-04-16 |
| BIRDEN, Daryl Weston | Director | 2004-04-01 | 2013-04-26 |
| BOAST, Nevison George | Director | 1996-04-01 | 2002-07-17 |
| COUNSELL, Stuart Robin | Director | 2011-07-20 | 2022-09-07 |
| CROFT, Christel Marie-Claude, Dr | Director | 2022-04-01 | 2023-03-10 |
| DEAS, Colin | Director | 2007-02-27 | 2009-12-01 |
| FORMAN, Patrick William | Director | — | 2007-02-10 |
| FOSTER, Stephen William | Director | 2016-03-23 | 2019-10-31 |
| GARDINER, Martyn John, Air Vice-Marshal | Director | 2012-06-07 | 2021-07-14 |
| HAWORTH, Martin David | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2022-03-31 |
| HENKEN, Arthur | Director | 2022-09-07 | 2024-01-26 |
| HIBBARD, Peter | Director | — | 2006-11-14 |
| HOLMES, Oliver Morel | Director | 1999-07-28 | 2011-07-20 |
| MARTIN, Alan Gould | Director | — | 2000-07-20 |
| MORRIS, David James | Director | — | 2013-07-17 |
| OWEN, Ronald James | Director | — | 1996-07-17 |
| PALMER, Ian Hedley | Director | — | 2012-07-18 |
| RICHARDS, John Paul | Director | 2021-07-14 | 2022-09-07 |
| ROBERTS, Donald | Director | 2022-09-07 | 2023-05-01 |
| SEDGWICK, Ian Peter | Director | 1995-12-14 | 1998-07-31 |
| STANSFIELD, Richard Mark | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2024-06-01 |
| SUGDEN-BROOK, Wesley David | Director | 2023-02-13 | 2025-05-20 |
| TATTERTON, Ellen Patricia | Director | 2008-07-23 | 2023-08-31 |
| VENHAUS, David | Director | 2022-09-07 | 2024-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi Lime Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2022-09-07 | Active |
| Kmct Trustee Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2021-06-02 | Ceased 2022-09-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 239 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-01-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-25 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2023-09-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-3.5%
£79,674,000 £76,871,000
-
Cash
+31.4%
£7,148,000 £9,395,000
-
Net assets
+6.6%
£52,131,000 £55,552,000
-
Employees
+0.6%
174 175
-
Operating profit
-9.7%
£8,859,000 £7,998,000
-
Profit before tax
-10.7%
£8,779,000 £7,836,000
-
Wages
+11.8%
£8,649,000 £9,673,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers