KEMIRA CHEMICALS (UK) LIMITED

1. KEMIRA CHEMICALS (UK) LIMITED 1996-04-09 → present
2. KEMIRA KEMI (UK) LIMITED 1989-07-03 → 1996-04-09
3. BOLIDEN (UK) LIMITED 1986-12-18 → 1989-07-03
4. BOLIDEN INTERMARKET (UK) LIMITED 1983-05-16 → 1986-12-18
5. BOLIDEN INTERTRADE (UK) LIMITED 1976-12-31 → 1983-05-16
6. BOLIDEN (GT. BRITAIN) LIMITED 1967-06-07 → 1976-12-31

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 101

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Ernst & Young LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“As a consequence, the directors have formed a judgement, at the time of approving the financial statements, that there is a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and have therefore, prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”

Significant events

• “Kemira Oyj's decision to divest its Oil & Gas portfolio. This is discussed in further detail in the strategic report on page 5 and note 15 on page 32.”
• “The overall debt of the Company decreased during 2024 with the repayment of a £3.45m Group loan. Short-term borrowings at the end of the period are £nil (2023: £3,450,000).”
• “In 2024, overall CO2 intensity increased from 2023 levels, as was expected. The main driver in this increased intensity was a switch of electricity supplies to non-renewable sources in the latter part of the year, which increased Scope 2 emissions from zero to 3,110 Te.”
• “The company holds an Energy Intensive Industries (EII) Exemption certificate which discounts certain elements of regulatory charging on direct electricity supplies to Kemira sites. Approximately 75% of the electricity supplied directly to Kemira sites in 2024 was sourced from renewable generation.”
• “A £10m Acrylonitrile Purification project at the Bradford plant was agreed by the Group Investment Committee in 2020, work commenced in 2021 and was completed in December 2022.”
• “A second £7.7m Magnetite expansion project at the Goole plant was agreed in late 2023 with completion expected in late 2025.”
• “In the fourth quarter of 2024 Kemira Oyj undertook a comprehensive organisational redesign aimed at enhancing customer centricity and driving growth, the restructuring provision represents the Company's estimate in respect of redundancy.”
• “Annuities: the Scheme entered into a buy-in contract with Aviva in May 2024 and as such all Scheme benefits are secured with Aviva.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

3

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -0.6%

  £41,333,000 → £41,090,000

• Cash

  -20.8%

  £178,000 → £141,000

• Net assets

  +9.8%

  £12,121,000 → £13,309,000

• Employees

  +1.7%

  176 → 179

• Operating profit

  -4.1%

  £3,321,000 → £3,186,000

• Profit before tax

  +47.3%

  £264,000 → £389,000

• Wages

  +1%

  £9,987,000 → £10,090,000

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