Resource Chemicals Limited
Registered name: RESOURCE CHEMICALS LIMITED
Part of CSG Longboat Ltd groupResource Chemicals Limited made £24.3m revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Resource Chemicals Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £24.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £1.6m profit and 14 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of chemical products” and is based in Brackley; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Brackley, East Midlands
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £25.5m | £24.3m |
| Cost of sales | £21.7m | £20.8m |
| Gross profit | £3.8m | £3.5m |
| Operating profit | £2.4m | £2.1m |
| Profit before tax | £2.5m | £2.1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.9m | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.9m | £1.6m |
| Staff costs | £964k | £961k |
| Employees (average) | 14 | 14 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 7.4% | 6.6% |
| Gross margin | 14.8% | 14.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.8m | £1.7m |
| Profit per employee | £135k | £114k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼15.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £3.1m | £3.6m |
| Net assets | £7m | £8.6m |
| Fixed assets | £708k | £794k |
| Current assets | £9.9m | £9.9m |
| Debtors | £4.5m | £4.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.7m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £114k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.7%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲23%
- Now £8.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲18%
- Now £3.6m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 14
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲12%
- Now £794k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- CSG Longboat Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Resource Chemicals Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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