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Libra Speciality Chemicals Limited

Manufacture of other inorganic basic chemicals

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 22

  1. Thomas Lees 2025-2026 Director View profile
  2. Rachael Sarah Bywater 2020-2020 Director View profile
  3. Richard Antony David Lock 2017-2019 Director View profile
  4. Dr Graham Cox 2016-2024 Director View profile
  5. Elaine O'Neill 2016-2016 Director View profile
  6. Lorraine Forshaw 2012-2022 Director View profile
  7. Paul James Atkinson 2011-2015 Director View profile
  8. Sarah Jane Hodgkiss 2008-2018 Director View profile
  9. Francis John O'Neill 2008-2018 Director View profile
  10. James Edward Benjamin Tyler 1999-2011 Director View profile
  11. John Fairclough 1998-2008 Director View profile
  12. Francis John O`Neill 1998-2006 Director View profile
  13. Neil Robert Plested 1997-2010 Director View profile
  14. John Pearson Birkinshaw 1994-1998 Director View profile
  15. John Thomas Philip Butcher 1994-2006 Director View profile
  16. Graham Jeffrey Stamford 1994-2010 Director View profile
  17. Leslie Reveley 1994-2004 Director View profile
  18. John Dennis Stocks 1994-2006 Director View profile
  19. John Twist 1996 Director View profile
  20. Brian John Thompson 1994 Director View profile
  21. Mary Elizabeth Twist 1994 Director View profile
  22. Joan Clare Thompson 1994 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Manufacture of other inorganic basic chemicals; Manufacture of other organic basic chemicals; Manufacture of soap and detergents; Manufacture of other chemical products n.e.c.
Incorporated
27/04/1971
Registered office
Sheffield
Previous names
Libra Chemicals Limited (until 03/05/2011)

Ownership

Owned by (2) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

Group

  1. Libra Speciality Chemicals Limited is controlled by Graham Royle
    Evidence
    active significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Graham Royle.

16 other companies in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Financials

Net assets
£20,000,905
Total assets
£25,389,905
Cash
£6,245,173
Employees
0.73
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Profit/loss
£2,025,955

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2024-12-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

3 grants · £191,667 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £116,635 (2 grants)
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £75,032

Most recent

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £82,5512022-04-01
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £75,0322021-12-10
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £34,0842021-04-01
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

7 directors on the board

8.1y median 5.8y
average tenure
15.7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (3)

0
also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

  • Thomas Lees Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2026

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Professional services 10Finance 7Manufacturing 4Business services 2Retail and trade 2Property 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
01009166
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/09/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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