REAGENT CHEMICAL SERVICES LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-05-24 (this month)

Last made up 2025-05-10

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£41K

-92.6% lowest in 4 filed years

Net assets

£2M

+8.1% highest in 4 filed years

Employees

+17.5% highest in 4 filed years

Profit before tax

£1M

-30.4% vs 2024

Net assets

4-year trend · vs Basic Materials median

REAGENT CHEMICAL SERVICES LIMITED·Basic Materials median · n=259

Accounts

4-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric	2020-03-31	2021-03-31	2024-03-31	2025-03-31
Turnover	—	—	£18,726,267	£16,534,334
Operating profit	—	—	£1,773,166	£1,226,938
Profit before tax	—	—	£1,774,156	£1,235,420
Net profit	—	—	£1,351,005	£949,523
Cash	£161,545	£520,209	£550,422	£40,860
Total assets less current liabilities	£817,770	£1,316,748	£2,377,333	£2,636,545
Net assets	£694,947	£1,188,249	£2,167,740	£2,343,996
Equity	£694,947	£1,188,249	£2,167,740	£2,343,996
Average employees	46	49	57	67
Wages	—	—	£1,795,829	£2,162,181

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	2020-03-31	2021-03-31	2024-03-31	2025-03-31
Operating margin	—	—	9.5%	7.4%
Net margin	—	—	7.2%	5.7%
Return on capital employed	—	—	74.6%	46.5%
Current ratio	—	—	1.51x	1.35x
Interest cover	—	—	175.49x	4117.24x

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: Bennett Brooks & Co Limited
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The Company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”

Significant events

“The business is expected to continue performing well, with increased capital expenditure forecast for 2025/26. Planned reinvestment in capabilities and capacity demonstrates the company's ongoing commitment to continual improvement and sustainable growth.”

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

People

4 active · 6 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
HUDSON, Barbara Ann	Secretary	—	—	British
HUDSON, Richard Alexander	Director	2006-04-01	Jul 1982	British
TASKER, Simon James	Director	2015-10-21	Oct 1982	British
WILSON, Darren Paul	Director	2008-04-01	Jun 1972	British

Show 6 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
HANCOCK, Stanley	Director	1993-09-01	2006-03-31
HUDSON, Barbara Ann	Director	—	2020-08-20
HUDSON, Stephen	Director	—	2022-12-12
MILLARD, Derek	Director	—	1992-03-31
MILLARD, Norma Margaret	Director	—	1992-03-31
MINNS, Ronald Ernest	Director	—	1992-12-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Reagent Investments Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 131 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-01-30	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2026-01-07	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-05-17	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2024-12-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-05-10	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-11-24	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-05-18	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-03-07	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-01-26	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2023-01-10	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2022-08-26	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2022-05-13	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-12-08	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type total exemption full	PDF
2021-05-24	PSC05	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF
2021-05-24	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-02-03	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type total exemption full	PDF
2020-08-20	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2020-05-19	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2019-12-11	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type total exemption full	PDF
2019-06-27	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 3
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

Year-on-year

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31

Turnover

-11.7%

£18,726,267 £16,534,334
Cash

-92.6%

£550,422 £40,860

lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets

+8.1%

£2,167,740 £2,343,996

highest in 4 filed years
Employees

+17.5%

57 67

highest in 4 filed years
Operating profit

-30.8%

£1,773,166 £1,226,938
Profit before tax

-30.4%

£1,774,156 £1,235,420
Wages

+20.4%

£1,795,829 £2,162,181

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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