LIBRA SPECIALITY CHEMICALS LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-12-25 (in 7mo)

Last made up 2025-12-11

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£6M

+51.3% highest in 4 filed years

Net assets

£20M

+0.1% vs 2023

Employees

+1.4% highest in 4 filed years

Profit before tax

£3M

+4.5% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

LIBRA SPECIALITY CHEMICALS LIMITED 2011-05-03 → present
LIBRA CHEMICALS LIMITED 1971-04-27 → 2011-05-03

Net assets

7-year trend · vs Basic Materials median

LIBRA SPECIALITY CHEMICALS LIMITED·Basic Materials median · n=623

Accounts

7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	—	—	—	£38,020,866	—	£41,841,554	£39,525,726
Operating profit	—	—	—	£3,697,078	—	£2,582,446	£2,695,943
Profit before tax	—	—	—	£3,642,533	£6,104,874	£2,394,591	£2,502,290
Net profit	—	—	—	£2,780,134	£5,094,120	£1,981,505	£2,025,955
Cash	—	—	—	£2,875,417	£3,625,169	£4,128,849	£6,245,173
Total assets less current liabilities	—	—	—	£17,547,024	£21,786,144	£25,429,950	£25,389,905
Net assets	—	—	—	£13,684,024	£16,638,144	£19,974,950	£20,000,905
Equity	£8,452,290	£10,082,247	£10,903,890	£13,684,024	£16,638,144	£19,974,950	£20,000,905
Average employees	—	—	—	66	69	72	73
Wages	—	—	—	£2,274,484	£2,744,285	£2,833,167	£3,116,585

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	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	—	—	—	9.7%	—	6.2%	6.8%
Net margin	—	—	—	7.3%	—	4.7%	5.1%
Return on capital employed	—	—	—	21.1%	—	10.2%	10.6%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	—	—	—	—	—	37.7%	37.7%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	2.56x	2.58x
Interest cover	—	—	—	67.68x	—	13.75x	13.92x

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: BHP LLP
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. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”

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

People

8 active · 24 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
KEARNS, David Thomas	Secretary	2010-12-02	—	—
CARSON, Philip Mathew	Director	2017-11-21	Sep 1981	British
DUTTON, Jon	Director	2021-09-01	Mar 1990	British
KEARNS, David Thomas	Director	2010-11-02	Mar 1968	British
NDIWENI, Dean	Director	2024-12-04	Jul 1982	British
ROYLE, Graham	Director	2010-11-02	Jul 1959	British
WILES, Robert, Dr	Director	2020-10-01	May 1969	British
WILLIAMS, Christopher Howard	Director	2022-02-01	Jul 1967	British

Show 24 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
STAMFORD, Graham Jeffrey	Secretary	1994-08-30	2010-11-02
THOMPSON, Joan Clare	Secretary	—	1994-08-30
ATKINSON, Paul James	Director	2011-06-01	2015-11-30
BIRKINSHAW, John Pearson	Director	1994-08-30	1998-02-01
BUTCHER, John Thomas Philip	Director	1994-08-30	2006-07-27
BYWATER, Rachael Sarah	Director	2020-02-24	2020-05-26
COX, Graham, Dr	Director	2016-02-08	2024-12-04
FAIRCLOUGH, John	Director	1998-04-01	2008-06-20
FORSHAW, Lorraine	Director	2012-10-12	2022-02-01
HODGKISS, Sarah Jane	Director	2008-10-17	2018-05-23
LEES, Thomas	Director	2025-03-20	2026-02-26
LOCK, Richard Antony David	Director	2017-08-11	2019-12-24
O'NEILL, Elaine	Director	2016-01-01	2016-08-05
O'NEILL, Francis John	Director	2008-04-17	2018-03-31
O`NEILL, Francis John	Director	1998-04-01	2006-07-27
PLESTED, Neil Robert	Director	1997-08-18	2010-11-02
REVELEY, Leslie	Director	1994-08-30	2004-06-30
STAMFORD, Graham Jeffrey	Director	2000-10-24	2010-11-02
STOCKS, John Dennis	Director	1994-08-30	2006-07-27
THOMPSON, Brian John	Director	—	1994-08-30
THOMPSON, Joan Clare	Director	—	1994-08-30
TWIST, John	Director	—	1996-08-16
TWIST, Mary Elizabeth	Director	—	1994-08-30
TYLER, James Edward Benjamin	Director	1999-04-01	2011-05-19

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Libra Chemicals Ltd	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%	2024-10-01	Active
Mr Graham Royle	Individual	Significant influence	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 201 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-03-02	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-12-19	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-12-16	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-12-16	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-12-16	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-09-23	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-03-27	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-12-11	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-12-04	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-12-04	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-10-01	PSC02	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2024-09-20	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-12-11	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-05-25	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-12-11	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-07-26	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-02-07	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2022-02-07	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2021-12-20	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-09-17	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 6
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 1

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

-5.5%

£41,841,554 £39,525,726
Cash

+51.3%

£4,128,849 £6,245,173

highest in 4 filed years
Net assets

+0.1%

£19,974,950 £20,000,905
Employees

+1.4%

72 73

highest in 4 filed years
Operating profit

+4.4%

£2,582,446 £2,695,943
Profit before tax

+4.5%

£2,394,591 £2,502,290
Wages

+10%

£2,833,167 £3,116,585

highest in 4 filed years

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

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