AXCHEM (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-21 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£0
-100% vs 2023
Net assets
-£407K
+47.4% vs 2023
Employees
10
-16.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£367K
+3,332.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- AXCHEM (UK) LIMITED 2022-03-01 → present
- AXCHEM INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2008-04-14 → 2022-03-01
- AXCHEM UK LIMITED 2005-09-28 → 2008-04-14
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 | £9,796,956 | £10,180,669 | |
| Operating profit | £109,305 | £474,080 | |
| Profit before tax | £10,688 | £366,856 | |
| Net profit | £10,688 | £366,856 | |
| Cash | £97,802 | £0 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,258,653 | £1,632,642 | |
| Net assets | -£773,465 | -£406,609 | |
| Equity | -£773,465 | -£406,609 | |
| Average employees | 12 | 10 | |
| Wages | £580,621 | £512,613 |
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 | 1.1% | 4.7% | |
| Net margin | 0.1% | 3.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.7% | 29.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 134.1% | 115.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.15x | 2.53x | |
| Interest cover | 1.11x | 4.42x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Harrison & Co
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company is reliant upon funding from other group companies to enable it to meet commitments as they fall due. The director has received confirmation that other group companies will not demand repayment in part or in full until such time that the company is in a position to do so. The director has considered a period in excess of twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements in making his decision.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARR, Laura Elizabeth | Secretary | 2022-07-18 | — | — |
| PIATTI, Fiorenzo Alberto | Director | 2017-01-24 | Aug 1951 | Italian |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BATES, Katie Elizabeth | Secretary | 2014-06-10 | 2017-02-01 |
| POPPLEWELL, John Edward | Secretary | 2006-08-17 | 2014-06-10 |
| SPAVEN, Linda | Secretary | 2005-09-28 | 2006-08-17 |
| THOMAS, Stuart Graeme | Secretary | 2017-01-24 | 2017-04-25 |
| MAZARS COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2017-04-25 | 2022-07-18 |
| LOWTHER, Viggo Kenneth | Director | 2005-09-28 | 2017-01-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Rene Pich | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2017-11-02 | Active |
| Mr Fiorenzo Alberto Piatti | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2017-11-01 | Ceased 2017-11-02 |
| Axchem Holding Company | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-10-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 69 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-03-01 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-03 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-07-18 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-07-18 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-05-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-04-26 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2022-03-01 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2021-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-12-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2019-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
+3.9%
£9,796,956 £10,180,669
-
Cash
-100%
£97,802 £0
-
Net assets
+47.4%
-£773,465 -£406,609
-
Employees
-16.7%
12 10
-
Operating profit
+333.7%
£109,305 £474,080
-
Profit before tax
+3,332.4%
£10,688 £366,856
-
Wages
-11.7%
£580,621 £512,613
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