Blackburn Chemicals Limited
Active01112362ManufacturingIncorporated 8 May 1973 · Blackburn
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of the manufacture of speciality chemicals.
Revenue
£67.3m
▲ +25.4% vs prior ~12m period
Profit after tax
£9.4m
Margin 17.0%
Employees
87
▲ +8.8% vs prior ~12m period
Net assets
£19.7m
Total assets £29.7m
Financial history
Revenue by accounting period
7 periods available · ▲ growth ▼ decline
May 2019Not available
May 2020
£50.9m
May 2021
£53.7m▲ +5.5%
May 2022
£67.3m▲ +25.4%
May 2023Not available
May 2024Not available
May 2025Not available
| Period end | Revenue | Growth | Profit before tax | Employees | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 May 2025 | — | — | £10.6m | 87 | £19.7m |
| 31 May 2024 | — | — | £10.3m | 80 | £18.6m |
| 31 May 2023 | — | — | £9.9m | 82 | £18.9m |
| 31 May 2022 | £67.3m | ▲ +25.4% | £11.4m | 87 | £19.9m |
| 31 May 2021 | £53.7m | ▲ +5.5% | £9.8m | 75 | £18.5m |
| 31 May 2020 | £50.9m | — | £9.1m | 72 | £18.0m |
| 31 May 2019 | — | — | — | — | £14.5m |
Latest available figures
Period ending 31 May 2022. “Not available” means the figure is not in the accounts we hold. We do not estimate missing figures.
Profit & loss
- Revenue
- £67.3m
- Gross profit
- £26.4m
- Operating profit
- £11.4m
- Profit before tax
- £11.4m
- Profit after tax
- £9.4m
Balance sheet
- Total assets
- £29.7m
- Cash
- £2.0m
- Total liabilities
- £10.1m
- Net assets
- £19.7m
- Revenue per employee
- Not available
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