HAMMOND CHEMICALS LIMITED
Company number 00964829 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Hammond Chemicals Limited presents a paradoxical risk profile: a substantial net asset base of £14.7M with minimal leverage coexists with a 93% decline in cash reserves over two years and an unusually high debtors concentration representing 79% of total assets. The dividend distribution of £3.645M exceeding annual profits of £2.47M suggests potential capital extraction by the controlling shareholder that warrants investigation. While the long-established business and clean audit opinion provide comfort on going concern, the quality of the balance sheet—specifically the collectability and composition of the debtors book—represents the critical variable in determining whether this investment represents genuine value or a value trap.
Shareholders' funds
£14,781,625
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
What it does
The principal activit
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1969-10-27
- Employees
- 27 (2025 accounts · was 25 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Canal Street,, Brierley Hill,, Staffs, DY5 1JR
- Postcode
- DY5 1JR
- Capital
- 10,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-05-02
- Next due by
- 2027-05-16
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46750 Wholesale of chemical products
Officers 6 current · 3 resigned
Group structure 5 subsidiaries
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Contact details
- Website
- hammondchemicals.uk
- Phone
- 01384480680, 01384480600
An independent supplier of industrial solvents. Based in Brierley Hill West Midlands. Hammond chemicals supply in pack sizes ranging from 1litres to 1000Litres. Formulated blends are available from our tank farm which can be tailored to your own packaging requirements.
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 15 similar companies in DY
2nd largest employer among its local peers (27 staff).
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1969.
Competitors Dudley
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2. KILO LIMITED
This company ranks 1 among wholesale of chemical products in Dudley.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Freehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2026-02-16
- Price paid, where recorded
- £580,000
- Where
- West Midlands (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF58317 | West Midlands | Freehold | 2026-02-16 | £300,000 |
| WM587088 | West Midlands | Freehold | 2026-02-16 | £280,000 |
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Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Dataset as at 2026-08.