BP CHEMICALS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-14 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-31
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£125M
-0.3% vs 2023
Employees
8
-20% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£358K
+38.4% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than that of a going concern. No material adjustments arose as a result of ceasing to apply the going concern basis. All balance sheet items have been presented at the net realizable value as at the end of the reporting period. The directors believe that the company remains in a net asset position and has the ability to meet all the company's liabilities as they fall due.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BP CHEMICALS LIMITED 1976-12-31 → present
- BP CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1924-01-09 → 1976-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£581,000 | -£358,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£581,000 | -£358,000 | |
| Net profit | -£581,000 | -£358,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £125,816,000 | £125,458,000 | |
| Net assets | £125,816,000 | £125,458,000 | |
| Equity | £125,816,000 | £125,458,000 | |
| Average employees | 10 | 8 | |
| Wages | £2,721,000 | £2,273,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -0.5% | -0.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 0.5% | 0.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1436.53x | 1681.19x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than that of a going concern. No material adjustments arose as a result of ceasing to apply the going concern basis. All balance sheet items have been presented at the net realizable value as at the end of the reporting period. The directors believe that the company remains in a net asset position and has the ability to meet all the company's liabilities as they fall due.”
Significant events
- “In 2020, INEOS group acquired the assets of the company as part of the global petrochemicals transactions. Whilst the company was not sold, all the significant business activities and investments previously held by BP Chemicals Limited were transferred to INEOS group. After the transfer, the company ceased to trade on 1 January 2021.”
- “Loss on liquidation of investments arose from the voluntary winding-up of the company's subsidiary, BXL Plastics Limited, during the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 44 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BP SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2026-02-06 | — | — |
| SUNBURY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2010-07-01 | — | — |
| BERRY, Kathryn Mary | Director | 2023-06-01 | Apr 1967 | British |
| HOWIE, David Kerr | Director | 2023-06-01 | Apr 1970 | British |
Show 44 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALI, Yasin Stanley | Secretary | 2001-12-30 | 2010-06-30 |
| ELVIDGE, Janet | Secretary | 2006-11-03 | 2008-07-21 |
| ENG, Christopher Kuangcheng Gerald | Secretary | 2009-03-23 | 2010-06-30 |
| LEVITTON, Michael Ronald | Secretary | — | 1994-04-30 |
| NOEL, Dawn | Secretary | 2006-02-01 | 2006-11-03 |
| PEEVOR, Brian | Secretary | 1993-06-15 | 1993-12-04 |
| SAUNDERS, Colin Peter | Secretary | 1994-05-01 | 2001-12-30 |
| THOMAS, Andrea Margaret | Secretary | 2008-07-21 | 2009-03-23 |
| BARLOW, Joseph Alan | Director | 1994-02-11 | 1994-12-31 |
| BOWLAS, Christopher John | Director | 2011-10-19 | 2017-05-26 |
| BUCHANAN, John Gordon Sinclair, Sir | Director | — | 1995-08-31 |
| BUZZACOTT, Michael Charles | Director | — | 2004-02-01 |
| CONN, Iain Cameron | Director | 2002-11-21 | 2004-06-30 |
| DUNN, Nigel Clifford | Director | 2019-02-21 | 2025-01-31 |
| DUNN, Nigel Clifford | Director | 2017-05-26 | 2018-09-01 |
| ELMSLIE, Nicholas Reginald | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2012-06-01 |
| ELMSLIE, Nicholas Reginald | Director | 2004-10-01 | 2006-08-01 |
| FEZZANI, Reyad | Director | 2006-08-01 | 2008-04-08 |
| GIBSON SMITH, Christopher Shaw, Dr | Director | 1995-09-01 | 1997-08-31 |
| GREVE, Gary Christian | Director | 1997-07-16 | 1998-12-30 |
| GROTE, Byron Elmer, Dr | Director | 2000-10-01 | 2002-11-21 |
| HARRINGTON, Roger Christopher | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2014-10-07 |
| HOOKWAY, Richard Mark | Director | 2004-02-01 | 2004-10-01 |
| HOOPER, Arthur John Stanbury | Director | — | 1994-09-07 |
| MACKENZIE, Andrew Stewart | Director | 2001-09-01 | 2004-07-31 |
| MCCANN, Catherine Ann | Director | 2018-09-18 | 2023-06-01 |
| MCNEEL, Richard Lee | Director | 1999-03-01 | 2001-12-30 |
| MOEYENS, Guy | Director | 2006-08-01 | 2007-12-01 |
| NOETZEL, Mark Louis | Director | 2001-02-01 | 2001-09-01 |
| PEARSON, Paul Arthur | Director | — | 1998-04-02 |
| PEATTIE, David Keith, Mr. | Director | 2001-02-01 | 2003-05-01 |
| PETTIT, Stephen Raymond | Director | — | 1994-12-04 |
| RATAJ, Sue Hodel | Director | 2008-04-08 | 2011-04-01 |
| ROBINSON, John Keith, Dr | Director | 1993-05-01 | 1999-03-01 |
| RUDGE, Madeleine Emily | Director | 2021-02-01 | 2025-07-10 |
| SANDERSON, Bryan Kaye, Mr. | Director | — | 2000-10-01 |
| SAUNDERS, Colin Peter | Director | 2001-12-30 | 2004-12-01 |
| STARKIE, Francis William Michael | Director | 2007-07-01 | 2009-09-30 |
| STOTT, Ronald Melvyn | Director | 2004-09-01 | 2016-01-01 |
| THORNTON, Terence Michael | Director | 2014-10-07 | 2021-02-01 |
| WELCH, Steven Kyle | Director | 2004-09-01 | 2006-08-01 |
| WELCH, Steven Kyle | Director | 2003-05-01 | 2004-04-01 |
| WILLIAMSON, Alan Charles | Director | 2016-02-10 | 2019-02-21 |
| MELROSE OIL TRADING COMPANY LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2007-02-08 | 2008-10-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bp International Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-11-13 | Active |
| Bp Chemicals Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-11-13 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 222 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-06 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-08 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2021-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-02-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-0.3%
£125,816,000 £125,458,000
-
Employees
-20%
10 8
-
Operating profit
+38.4%
-£581,000 -£358,000
-
Profit before tax
+38.4%
-£581,000 -£358,000
-
Wages
-16.5%
£2,721,000 £2,273,000
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