Qualichem Limited
Registered name: QUALICHEM LIMITED
Part of TDR Capital LLP groupQualichem Limited made £4.6m revenue and a £1.4m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Qualichem Limited’s revenue grew 19% to £4.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £1.4m and 44 employees. The company is classified under “distilling, rectifying and blending of spirits” and is based in ST. Helens; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- ST. Helens, North West
- Age
- 3 yrs · since 2023
- 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. From the filing: “The Company's immediate parent undertaking is”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1m | £3.8m | £4.6m |
| Cost of sales | £1.4m | £3.1m | £3.6m |
| Gross profit | −£423k | £718k | £951k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.2m | −£852k | −£1.4m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.3m | −£864k | −£1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.3m | −£864k | −£1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 29 | 39 | 44 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −125.1% | −22.5% | −30.4% |
| Gross margin | −41.9% | 18.7% | 20.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £34.8k | £98.3k | £104k |
| Profit per employee | −£43.6k | −£22.1k | −£31.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲19.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲12.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £6.4k | £0 | — |
| Net assets | −£1.3m | −£2.1m | −£3.5m |
| Fixed assets | £109k | £199k | £361k |
| Current assets | £374k | £762k | — |
| Debtors | £21.6k | £494k | £659k |
| Deferred income | £313k | £413k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −30.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £104k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£31.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.4%
- 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
- —
- Now −£3.5m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 44
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲81%
- Now £361k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- TDR Capital LLPultimate parent75–100%
- TDR Capital Nominees 2021 Limited50–75%
- Corpacq Group Limited75–100%
- Corpacq Holdings Limited75–100%
- Corpacq Midco Limited75–100%
- Corpacq Limited75–100%
- Corpacq Finance Limited75–100%
- Qes Holdings Limited50–75%
- Qualichem Holdings Ltd75–100%
- Qualichem Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Qualichem Birkenhead LimitedRev. £1.4m · Profit £201k
- Qualichem Transport LtdRev. £796k · Profit −£110k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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