Chemical Corporation (U.K.) Limited
Registered name: CHEMICAL CORPORATION (U.K.) LIMITED
Part of CC Holdings Limited groupChemical Corporation (U.K.) Limited made £15.1m revenue and £541k profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025.
Chemical Corporation (U.K.) Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £15.1m in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with £541k profit and 33 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Llantarnam Industrial Park; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Llantarnam Industrial Park, Wales
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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 | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £16.2m | £16.5m | £15.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | £13.8m | £13.9m | £12.6m |
| Gross profit | — | £2.4m | £2.6m | £2.5m |
| Operating profit | — | £823k | £851k | £574k |
| Profit before tax | — | £822k | £851k | £620k |
| Profit after tax | — | £665k | £661k | £541k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £665k | £661k | £541k |
| Staff costs | — | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 32 | 31 | 32 | 33 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 4.1% | 4% | 3.6% |
| Gross margin | — | 15% | 15.8% | 16.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £522k | £515k | £459k |
| Profit per employee | — | £21.5k | £20.6k | £16.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲1.8% | ▼8.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼0.7% | ▼18.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.1% | ▲3.2% | ▲3.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.9m | £4m | £4.3m | £3.2m |
| Net assets | £2.5m | £2.6m | £2.9m | £3m |
| Fixed assets | £28.4k | £11.7k | £83.1k | £385k |
| Current assets | £6.9m | £8.1m | £7.9m | £7.3m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £2.4m | £2m | £2.2m |
| Deferred income | — | £698k | £247k | £62.4k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £459k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.2%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼25%
- Now £3.2m
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 33
- Deferred income
- ▼75%
- Now £62.4k
- Fixed assets
- ▲364%
- Now £385k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- CC Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Chemical Corporation (U.K.) 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 28 Feb 2025 (profit £541k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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