NORKEM LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-11 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7M
-15.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£31M
+17.4% vs 2023
Employees
68
+4.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£6M
-23% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- NORKEM LIMITED 1984-04-18 → present
- R.N. COLLING (NORCHEM) LIMITED 1976-12-31 → 1984-04-18
- R.N. COLLING LIMITED 1973-01-18 → 1976-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £111,323,000 | £96,285,000 | |
| Operating profit | £7,805,000 | £5,275,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £7,718,000 | £5,940,000 | |
| Net profit | £5,988,000 | £4,535,000 | |
| Cash | £8,587,000 | £7,268,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £26,142,000 | £30,661,000 | |
| Net assets | £26,126,000 | £30,661,000 | |
| Equity | £26,126,000 | £30,661,000 | |
| Average employees | 65 | 68 | |
| Wages | £5,824,000 | £6,089,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.0% | 5.5% | |
| Net margin | 5.4% | 4.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 29.9% | 17.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.60x | 2.64x | |
| Interest cover | 21.80x | 47.95x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Taking into account the above uncertainties and circumstances, the directors have formed a judgment that there is a reasonable expectation that the company has 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.”
Significant events
- “The significant increase in the year-end stocks balance to £19.0m (2023: £13.8m) is driven by an increase in stocks purchased during Q4 2024 to cover sales contracts in 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROBINSON, David John | Secretary | 2019-04-09 | — | — |
| BALMFORTH, Michael | Director | 2025-07-01 | Nov 1989 | British |
| GREGORY, Mark | Director | 2014-01-01 | Apr 1967 | British |
| MILLER, David John | Director | 2014-01-01 | Nov 1968 | British |
| NICHOLSON, Alan | Director | — | Jun 1949 | British |
| ROBINSON, David John | Director | 2008-01-01 | Mar 1978 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLLING, Lynne Patricia | Secretary | — | 2019-04-09 |
| COLLING, Lynne Patricia | Director | — | 2019-04-09 |
| CONNOLLY, Paul Ian | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2019-06-30 |
| LEWIS, Graham | Director | 2002-07-01 | 2024-01-26 |
| SMITH, Michael John | Director | — | 2015-06-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Lynne Patricia Smith | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-04-09 |
| Mr Alan Nicholson | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 127 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-04-09 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2019-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
-
Turnover
-13.5%
£111,323,000 £96,285,000
-
Cash
-15.4%
£8,587,000 £7,268,000
-
Net assets
+17.4%
£26,126,000 £30,661,000
-
Employees
+4.6%
65 68
-
Operating profit
-32.4%
£7,805,000 £5,275,000
-
Profit before tax
-23%
£7,718,000 £5,940,000
-
Wages
+4.6%
£5,824,000 £6,089,000
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