BIRCH CHEMICALS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03880774 · ltd · incorporated 1999-11-22

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£1.91M

book net assets

Opportunity

72/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 20130

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (50/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 16.6y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 16.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 38/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

25 officers (7 active, 25 linked, 19 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

11 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

126 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

72/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,911,181

Net assets shrinking

Down £242,416 YoY

Cash YoY

+78%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1.3m

↑ 78% YoY

Net Worth

£1.9m

↓ 11% YoY

Current Assets

£2.2m

↓ 14% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£1.91M	£2.17M
Current assets	£2.20M	£2.56M
Cash	£1.27M	£712.4k
Debtors	£694.5k	£997.9k
Net assets	£1.91M	£2.15M

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (70 events)Click to expand

2025-11-25
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-25
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-03-14
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mortgage · MR05
2025-02-13
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FORMAN, Alistair William appointed
director
2025-02-13
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-08-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-08-09
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BALDWIN, Mark Andrew resigned
director
2024-07-31
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FOSTER, Stephen William resigned
director
2024-06-05
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-06-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-06-01
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DELL, Blake Pieper appointed
director
2024-06-01
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STANSFIELD, Richard Mark resigned
director
2024-05-10
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-01
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KIEFER, Michael Philip appointed
director
2024-01-29
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-26
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HENKEN, Arthur resigned
director
2023-09-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-09-06
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-06
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-01
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EMBLETON, Alexa Jayne appointed
director
2023-08-31
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TATTERTON, Ellen Patricia resigned
director
2023-05-09
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-05
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-05
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-05-01
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FITZGERALD, Patrick Tallman appointed
director
2023-05-01
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ROBERTS, Donald resigned
secretary
2023-05-01
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ROBERTS, Donald resigned
director
2023-02-16
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-02-13
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BALDWIN, Mark Andrew appointed
director
2022-12-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-09-07
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FINCHER, Clenon Anderson appointed
director
2022-09-07
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HOGAN, Paul Lawrence appointed
director
2022-09-07
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ROBERTS, Donald appointed
secretary
2022-09-07
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TATTERTON, Ellen Patricia resigned
secretary
2022-09-07
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HENKEN, Arthur appointed
director
2022-09-07
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ROBERTS, Donald appointed
director
2022-06-30
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BALDWIN, Mark Andrew resigned
director
2021-08-27
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Charge satisfied #2
2021-08-13
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2020-06-01
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BALDWIN, Mark Andrew appointed
director
2018-09-28
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
2018-07-02
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Charge satisfied #1
2018-02-07
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STANSFIELD, Richard Mark appointed
director
2013-04-26
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BIRDEN, Daryl Weston resigned
director
2013-04-26
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FOSTER, Stephen William appointed
director
2009-11-02
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC

Showing most recent 50 of 70 events

Owner dependency

40/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Singleton Birch Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Singleton Birch Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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BIRCH CHEMICALS LIMITED

This company · 03880774

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Singleton Birch Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1999-11-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC20130 — SIC 20130

Registered office

Melton Ross Quarries

Barnetby

North Lincolnshire

DN38 6AE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-06

Last: 2025-11-22