HOLCHEM LABORATORIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-03 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-47% vs 2023
Net assets
£28M
-5.8% vs 2023
Employees
229
+0.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£12M
+18.7% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £68,980,000 | £66,379,000 | |
| Operating profit | £10,274,000 | £12,315,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £10,287,000 | £12,208,000 | |
| Net profit | £8,207,000 | £9,263,000 | |
| Cash | £6,511,000 | £3,452,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £31,148,000 | £29,382,000 | |
| Net assets | £29,942,000 | £28,205,000 | |
| Equity | £29,942,000 | £28,205,000 | |
| Average employees | 227 | 229 | |
| Wages | £10,170,000 | £10,215,000 |
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 | 14.9% | 18.6% | |
| Net margin | 11.9% | 14.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 33.0% | 41.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 28.9% | 27.6% | |
| Current ratio | 3.04x | 3.25x | |
| Interest cover | 148.90x | 68.80x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers (Northern Ireland) LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “The company has paid cash dividend of 2.0 million on 24 April 2025 to its parent company, Kilco Holdings Limited through its immediate parent company, The Holchem Group Limited. There was no other post balance events noted.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2020-05-28 | — | — |
| CHISHOLM, Kathleen Anne | Director | 2023-06-28 | May 1980 | British |
| DOWNIE, Andrew | Director | 2025-11-12 | Nov 1968 | British |
| FINE, Richard James | Director | 2023-06-28 | Mar 1970 | British |
| LE CLERC, Tanguy Serge | Director | 2021-01-01 | Aug 1974 | French |
| ROBERTSON, John Mccutcheon | Director | 2020-01-24 | Sep 1960 | British |
| TAYLOR, Sarah Louise | Director | 2023-06-28 | Jun 1973 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELL, Elizabeth Anne | Secretary | — | 2006-06-19 |
| CASSIDY, Shaun | Secretary | 2006-06-19 | 2006-11-03 |
| HARDMAN, Samantha Jayne | Secretary | 2006-11-03 | 2020-05-28 |
| BAGSHAW, Stephen Charles | Director | 1994-01-04 | 2022-12-31 |
| BELL, Elizabeth Anne | Director | — | 2006-06-19 |
| BELL, Simon Lee | Director | 2002-04-04 | 2020-01-20 |
| BELL, Stephen John | Director | — | 2006-06-19 |
| CASSIDY, Shaun | Director | 2001-01-10 | 2006-11-03 |
| EDWARDS, Nicholas Quentin | Director | 2000-09-28 | 2021-12-31 |
| ELLIS, Matthew Lee | Director | 2021-01-01 | 2022-02-11 |
| HARDMAN, Samantha Jayne | Director | 2002-04-04 | 2020-05-28 |
| HOLAH, John Trevor, Dr | Director | 2015-02-20 | 2021-01-01 |
| MIDDLETON, Stuart | Director | 2009-07-16 | 2025-10-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Holchem Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 159 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-25 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2022-01-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
-3.8%
£68,980,000 £66,379,000
-
Cash
-47%
£6,511,000 £3,452,000
-
Net assets
-5.8%
£29,942,000 £28,205,000
-
Employees
+0.9%
227 229
-
Operating profit
+19.9%
£10,274,000 £12,315,000
-
Profit before tax
+18.7%
£10,287,000 £12,208,000
-
Wages
+0.4%
£10,170,000 £10,215,000
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