MURGATROYD'S SALT & CHEMICAL COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-13 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-30
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£1
-100% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-12-31
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 going concern due to the Company ceasing trading and settling intercompany balances in the year. Whilst the Company will not be trading following the settlement, Brenntag UK Holding Limited has committed to provide support for at least the next 12 months.
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 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£15,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £53,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £53,000 | — | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,429,000 | £1 | |
| Net assets | £1,429,000 | £1 | |
| Equity | £1,429,000 | £1 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | -1.0% | — |
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
- 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 going concern due to the Company ceasing trading and settling intercompany balances in the year. Whilst the Company will not be trading following the settlement, Brenntag UK Holding Limited has committed to provide support for at least the next 12 months.”
Significant events
- “The Company ceased trading during the reporting period.”
- “On 29 January 2024, the Company reduced its share capital to £1 by way of a capital reduction. Such a reduction was effected by cancelling paid up share capital of 1,196,999 ordinary shares of £1 each.”
- “On 6 December 2024, the directors of the Company approved a dividend of £1,429,000 to its sole shareholder Brenntag Inorganic Chemicals Limited.”
- “The Company's receivable was settled by way of set off against its interim dividend, save for £1 which remains outstanding as a non-interest bearing receivable, repayable on demand.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRATTON, Martin | Secretary | 2007-07-27 | — | British |
| ARGO, Russel | Director | 2014-01-01 | Dec 1973 | British |
| GRATTON, Martin | Director | 2007-07-27 | Jun 1969 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CASSELLS, Leslie James Davidson | Secretary | 1999-02-19 | 1999-06-03 |
| DAY, Mark | Secretary | 2001-05-01 | 2007-07-27 |
| HARRISON, Michael John | Secretary | 1999-06-03 | 2001-05-01 |
| SHELDON, Raymond | Secretary | — | 1999-02-19 |
| BATCHELOR, Nigel Maurice | Director | 2003-03-31 | 2006-06-23 |
| BLOMME, Carl Marcel | Director | 2006-06-23 | 2008-12-17 |
| CASSELLS, Leslie James Davidson | Director | 2000-01-31 | 2001-07-28 |
| CORTAZZI, William Julian | Director | 2004-12-08 | 2006-06-23 |
| DAY, Mark | Director | 2001-07-28 | 2007-07-27 |
| HARRISON, Michael John | Director | 1999-06-03 | 2001-05-01 |
| HOLLAND, Steven Edward | Director | 1999-02-19 | 2017-03-28 |
| HOUGH, Kenneth | Director | 1999-02-19 | 2000-01-31 |
| MATHERS, Harold | Director | — | 1993-11-30 |
| MATTHEWMAN, Dennis | Director | — | 1998-07-31 |
| O'CONNELL, David Michael | Director | 2007-09-01 | 2013-06-07 |
| PATTYN, Marc Achiel Valeer | Director | 2006-06-23 | 2009-09-30 |
| SHELDON, Raymond | Director | — | 1999-02-19 |
| VAN BAARLEN, Arie Harry | Director | 2006-06-23 | 2011-08-01 |
| WARD, Richard | Director | 2017-08-01 | 2022-05-06 |
| WATERS, Clare Marie | Director | 2007-09-01 | 2015-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brenntag Inorganic Chemicals Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 188 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-02-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-01-31 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-06 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-02-06 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-02-06 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-02-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-01-31 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-01-31 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
—
Not reported
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Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-100%
£1,429,000 £1
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Employees
—
Not reported
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