CHEMILINES LIMITED — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-06-30 (in 1mo)

Last filed for 2024-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-04-28 (in 11mo)

Last made up 2026-04-14

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£1K

0% vs 2023

Net assets

£678K

-86.4% vs 2023

Employees

+4.2% vs 2023

Profit before tax

-£5M

-678.6% vs 2023

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Material uncertainty over going concern

On 1 July 2024 the directors took the decision to cease trading following a strategic review. As the directors intend to liquidate the company following the settlement of the remaining assets, they have not prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

CHEMILINES LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=5592

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-03-31

Metric	2023-03-31	2024-03-31
Turnover	£36,895,000	£35,247,000
Operating profit	-£383,000	-£4,210,000
Profit before tax	-£584,000	-£4,547,000
Net profit	-£467,000	-£4,297,000
Cash	£1,000	£1,000
Total assets less current liabilities	£5,010,000	£709,000
Net assets	£4,975,000	£678,000
Equity	£4,975,000	£678,000
Average employees	71	74
Wages	£2,146,000	£2,259,000

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	2023-03-31	2024-03-31
Operating margin	-1.0%	-11.9%
Net margin	-1.3%	-12.2%
Return on capital employed	-7.6%	-593.8%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	60.1%	94.3%
Current ratio	1.65x	1.05x
Interest cover	-1.91x	-12.49x

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: KPMG LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Material uncertainty disclosed
“On 1 July 2024 the directors took the decision to cease trading following a strategic review. As the directors intend to liquidate the company following the settlement of the remaining assets, they have not prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”

Significant events

“On 1 July 2024 the directors took the decision to cease trading following a strategic review of the businesses operations. The directors have been undertaking an orderly wind down of the business seeking to maximise the recovery of assets.”

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

People

4 active · 0 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
KARIA, Ravindra Prabhudas	Secretary	—	—	British
KARIA, Sadhana Ravindra	Secretary	2004-08-13	—	British
KARIA, Jagdish Prabhudas	Director	—	Jun 1958	British
KARIA, Ravindra Prabhudas	Director	—	Jul 1953	British

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Chemilines Group Holdings Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 124 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-04-15	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2026-03-27	AA01	accounts	Change account reference date company previous extended	PDF
2025-04-16	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-04-04	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-02-17	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2024-07-25	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-04-30	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-05-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-12-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-04-22	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-12-14	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2021-04-14	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-11-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2020-04-29	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2019-12-17	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2019-04-23	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2019-01-03	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2018-04-27	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2017-10-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2017-04-26	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
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

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-03-31 vs 2023-03-31

Turnover

-4.5%

£36,895,000 £35,247,000
Cash

0%

£1,000 £1,000
Net assets

-86.4%

£4,975,000 £678,000
Employees

+4.2%

71 74
Operating profit

-999.2%

-£383,000 -£4,210,000
Profit before tax

-678.6%

-£584,000 -£4,547,000
Wages

+5.3%

£2,146,000 £2,259,000

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

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