CHEM TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-24 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-10
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
+9.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£1M
+9.7% vs 2023
Employees
13
+18.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£96K
-25.6% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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 | £1,247,480 | £1,308,633 | |
| Operating profit | £123,203 | £88,391 | |
| Profit before tax | £129,036 | £95,950 | |
| Net profit | £129,036 | £95,950 | |
| Cash | £1,040,574 | £1,139,003 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £986,022 | £1,081,972 | |
| Net assets | £986,022 | £1,081,972 | |
| Equity | £986,022 | £1,081,972 | |
| Average employees | 11 | 13 | |
| Wages | £452,065 | £507,018 |
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 | 9.9% | 6.8% | |
| Net margin | 10.3% | 7.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.5% | 8.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 6.9% | 7.7% | |
| Current ratio | 14.42x | 12.90x |
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
- Knox Cropper LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the Charity's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “2024 was a successful and busy year for CHEM Trust in fighting this ongoing crisis.”
- “EU took a major step towards banning some of the most harmful chemicals in children's toys and adopted a regulation banning bisphenols from certain food contact materials.”
- “The world moved closer to banning harmful PFAS "forever chemicals"; a new EU regulation requires companies to state if products contain harmful chemicals that interfere with the endocrine system or are persistent and mobile.”
- “Rachel Reeves, then-future Chancellor, indicated Labour's interest in aligning with the EU on chemicals.”
- “In 2024, CHEM Trust finalised its new organisational strategy to guide policy work and internal growth and governance until 2030.”
- “On 27th September 2024, six new trustees were appointed to the board, bringing fresh perspectives and expertise to the charity.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DARCY, Sharon Helen | Director | 2023-12-22 | May 1967 | British |
| DAVIS, Catherine Lucy | Director | 2024-09-27 | Apr 1981 | British |
| LANE, Geoffrey | Director | 2024-09-27 | Jun 1963 | British |
| RODRIGO JANARIZ, Ariadna | Director | 2022-09-15 | Jul 1981 | Spanish |
| SHARPLES, Lisa Marie | Director | 2024-09-27 | Jun 1975 | British |
| SIMKINS, Gareth | Director | 2023-11-30 | Mar 1980 | British |
| WALTON, Joanna Claire | Director | 2024-09-27 | Oct 1964 | British |
| WRIGHT, Andrew Phillip | Director | 2024-09-27 | Jan 1985 | British |
| YOXEN, Rachel Louise | Director | 2024-09-27 | Mar 1975 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SALTER GREEN, Elizabeth Florence | Secretary | 2007-09-28 | 2014-10-30 |
| BWB SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-09-13 | 2007-09-28 |
| CHURCH, Colin Andrew, Dr | Director | 2016-11-03 | 2025-09-30 |
| DAY, Carol Anne | Director | 2013-03-19 | 2014-03-25 |
| DAY, Martyn Jeremy | Director | 2006-09-13 | 2011-12-14 |
| GILLETT, Harriet Jane | Director | 2016-11-03 | 2018-06-27 |
| HAIGH, Christopher Nigel Austin | Director | 2006-09-13 | 2022-09-15 |
| IRVING, Dorothée | Director | 2022-09-15 | 2023-11-30 |
| JONES, Leslie David | Director | 2007-03-31 | 2025-09-30 |
| NAPIER, Robert Stewart | Director | 2006-09-13 | 2007-03-29 |
| OPPENHEIMER, Sarah | Director | 2015-11-26 | 2020-07-03 |
| PATEL, Mamta Ramanbhai | Director | 2021-03-24 | 2023-12-16 |
| SMITH, Oliver Harry Barratt | Director | 2007-07-09 | 2022-07-07 |
| TRIPLEY, Deborah Jann | Director | 2012-03-09 | 2022-09-15 |
| WILKES, Justin | Director | 2022-09-15 | 2025-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 89 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-10-10 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-10-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-10 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-10-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-10-08 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-13 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-01-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
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Turnover
+4.9%
£1,247,480 £1,308,633
-
Cash
+9.5%
£1,040,574 £1,139,003
-
Net assets
+9.7%
£986,022 £1,081,972
-
Employees
+18.2%
11 13
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Operating profit
-28.3%
£123,203 £88,391
-
Profit before tax
-25.6%
£129,036 £95,950
-
Wages
+12.2%
£452,065 £507,018
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