OQEMA LIMITED

WINSTONS HOUSE, CARTERTON, OXFORD, OX18 3EZ

Previous name: OQEMA PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY (changed on 10-Jan-2018)
Previous name: LANSDOWNE CHEMICALS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY (changed on 10-Jan-2018)

Company Number: 01229506
Incorporation date: 13-Oct-1975
Status: Active
Entity type: Private Limited Company

SIC codes:
20130 Manufacture of other inorganic basic chemicals
46750 Wholesale of chemical products




SUMMARY

This company is 48.5 years old and is currently active. It is controlled by Herr Peter Overlack. The company has positive equity (net assets) of GBP 15.7 million which has increased from GBP 13.4 million in the previous year. The latest reported revenue figure is GBP 42.8 million which is similar to the previous year's figure of GBP 44 million. The company has 6 active officers (directors or partners) who are or were officers of 10 other companies, 3 (30.0%) of which have since been dissolved or are proposed for strike off. The company has no public disputes filed on the Business Disputes Register. There are no court cases involving the company that we are aware of.


FINANCIALS (BETA)

Next accounts due: 30-Sep-2024
Accounts Filed: FULL (31-Dec-2022)


P&L Financials:
Year end Currency Revenue Operating profit Interest Received Interest Paid Tax Net Profit GBP
31-Dec-2019 GBP 42,764,079 2,809,942 211,642 296,290 439,573 4,922,324
31-Dec-2018 GBP 44,041,967 5,139,741 72,451 790,545 4,340,931
31-Dec-2017 GBP 485,909 4,180,410 9,804 850,377 3,763,045


Balance Sheet Financials:
Year end Currency Cash Current Assets Current Liabilities Debt Share Capital Premium Reserve Retained Earnings Net Assets
31-Dec-2019 GBP 1,028,625 25,584,223 14,256,418 266,000 540,440 14,710,941 15,726,458
31-Dec-2018 GBP 409,429 24,594,203 14,062,440 650,000 266,000 540,440 12,425,221 13,440,738
31-Dec-2017 GBP 84,067 16,286,035 9,120,301 750,000 266,000 540,440 8,734,290 9,749,807

VALUATION EVENTS (BETA)

Year end Currency % Equity Sum raised Pre-Money Valuation* Post-Money Valuation* Enterprise Value**
Insufficient available data for calculating valuations.

DISPUTES

No disputes filed on www.disputesregister.org

COMPANY SECRETARY


Status Name Appointed on Resigned on Occupation Nationality All apointments
(active/resigned)
Resigned Andrew Ian CHEESMAN 20 Dec 2017 30 Nov 2021 0 - 1
Resigned Peter Reginald TAYLOR 12 Feb 2013 20 Dec 2017 0 - 1
Resigned Richard John CLARKE 12 Feb 2008 12 Feb 2013 0 - 1
Resigned Jessie YULL 12 Feb 2008 0 - 2

DIRECTORS


Status Name Appointed on Resigned on Occupation Nationality All appointments
(active/resigned)
Dissolved companies
(rate)
Active Patrick Thomas BARTHELS 06 Sep 2022 Director German 1 - 00 (0.0%)
Active Jonathan MORROW 01 Aug 2022 Commercial Director British 2 - 55 (71.4%)
Active Emma Jane WALKER 01 Aug 2022 Commercial Director British 1 - 21 (33.3%)
Active Stuart FULLERTON 11 Apr 2022 Finance Director British 2 - 00 (0.0%)
Resigned Andrew Ian CHEESMAN 01 Nov 2018 30 Nov 2021 Accountant British 1 - 84 (44.4%)
Resigned Peter, Herr OVERLACK 19 Oct 2015 06 Sep 2022 Company Director German 0 - 10 (0.0%)
Active Stuart ALEXANDER 12 Feb 2008 Director British 1 - 00 (0.0%)
Active Robert Andrew MOSS 04 Feb 2004 Director British 5 - 34 (50.0%)
Resigned Douglas John CHAPLIN 31 Dec 2003 15 Sep 2008 Managing Director British 0 - 50 (0.0%)
Resigned Masahisa NAGANO 19 Nov 1997 22 May 2001 Company Director Japanese 0 - 60 (0.0%)
Resigned Kazuya KISHIMOTO 01 Jul 1996 23 Oct 1997 Director Japanese 0 - 21 (50.0%)
Resigned Jessie YULL 12 Feb 2008 Secretary British 0 - 20 (0.0%)
Number of active directors: 6
Average tenure of active directors: 7.2 years
Average tenure of resigned directors: 3.3 years
Average active director Dissolution Rate: 25.8%

DIRECTOR APPOINTMENTS IN OTHER COMPANIES

Name
 
OQEMA LIMITED (01229506) - Active
WHYTE CHEMICALS LIMITED (03406335) - Active
LANSDOWNE CHEMICALS LIMITED (10696527) - Active
BELYARS CROFT MANAGEMENT LIMITED (11101459) - Active
OQEMA LONDON LIMITED (11429307) - Active - Proposal to Strike off
WHITE SPACE MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY LIMITED (11442402) - Active
ERDMAENNCHEN LIMITED (11969519) - Active
ROCARA LIMITED (NI060414) - Active - Proposal to Strike off
FUSION BESPOKE MANUFACTURING LTD. (NI612439) - Active - Proposal to Strike off
50 CAL DETAILING LIMITED (NI621955) - Active
ROCARA HOLDINGS LIMITED (NI646053) - Active - Proposal to Strike off

SHAREHOLDERS (BETA)

Shareholder name Share class Shares at confirmation date
2018-02-212016-02-212015-02-212014-02-212013-02-21
OQEMA AGORDINARY266,000
100%
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
OVERLACK AGORDINARY0
0%
266,000
100.0%
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
GEORGE WATKINSON-YULL (DOB 1987)ORDINARY0
0%
6
0.002%
50,000
18.8%
50,000
18.8%
0
0%
GEORGE WATKINSON-YULL (DOB 1943)ORDINARY0
0%
0
0%
216,000
81.2%
216,000
81.2%
0
0%
CYGNET FOUNDATIONORDINARY0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
252,470
94.9%
ROBERT MOSSORDINARY0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
8,350
3.14%
STUART ALEXANDERORDINARY0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
5,180
1.95%

SHAREHOLDINGS (BETA)

no shareholding data

CONTROLLED COMPANIES / CONTROLLING ENTITIES



Controlling entities above

OQEMA LIMITED

Controlled companies below

LATE PAYMENTS REPORT


This company has not filed any late payment reports possibly because it is not considered \'Large\'.

COURT CASES


No Court Cases found

PATENTS


No Patents found

COMPETITORS

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LIQUIDATION RISK (BETA)



This company is Active. Statistically, Active companies have a low probability of being liquidated within a year.
Here are our probability predictions:
Basis Liquidation within 3 months Liquidation within 6 months Liquidation within 12 months Prediction confidence
OQEMA LIMITED 0.7% 3.6% 7.1% Medium
Other companies Active in the same sector Too few competitors
Age 0.4% 1.4% 2.7% Medium
Company Type 0.7% 3.7% 7.4% Medium
Accounts category 0.7% 2.2% 3.8% Medium
Accounting Month 0.6% 2.4% 5.5% Medium
Sic code count 0.8% 3.8% 7.5% Medium
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