Company · Manchester
Arch Chemicals UK Finance
Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 12
- Anthony William Kelly 2017-2024 View profile
- Arthur Frederick Merkle 2016-2016 View profile
- Andrew Barry 2014-2017 View profile
- Stephen Martin Baker 2010-2017 View profile
- Rick L Walden 2009-2015 View profile
- Steven C Giuliano 2007-2011 View profile
- Graham Buchan 2007-2010 View profile
- Louis Steven Massimo 2004-2009 View profile
- Paul Craney 2004-2007 View profile
- Stephen Martin Baker 2014-2017 View profile
- Scott Bradley Waldman 2011-2014 View profile
- Sarah Ann O'Connor 2004-2011 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
- Incorporated
- 31/03/2004
- Registered office
- Manchester
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.
- Nicholas Thomas Carter ceased 2019-08-20
significant influence · notified 2017-04-28 - Arch Chemicals UK Holdings Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2019-08-20
Group
- Arch Chemicals UK Finance
is controlled by Nicholas Thomas Carter
Evidence
ceased significant influence · notified 2017-04-28, ceased 2019-08-20 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Nicholas Thomas Carter.
12 other companies in this group
- Hickson Chemical Supplies Limited
- Arch Chemicals Products Limited
- Innovative Water Care Limited
- Arch UK Biocides Limited
- Hickson International Limited
- Arch Biocides Trustee Limited
- Arch Chemicals UK Holdings Limited
- Arch Timber Protection Limited
- Hickson W.A. Chemicals Limited
- Hickson Investments Limited.
- Hickson Timber Products Limited
- Hickson Limited
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
- £15,823,000
- Total assets
- £15,823,000
- Employees
- 0
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-12-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
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.
3 directors on the board
- Nicholas Thomas Carter Director · appointed 2016
- Jacov Ruben Wirtz Director · appointed 2024
- Rabea Oswald Director · appointed 2024
Directors past 6 years
- Nicholas Thomas Carter Director · appointed 2016
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (1)
- Rabea Oswald Director · appointed 2024
Portfolio (2)
- Nicholas Thomas Carter Director · appointed 2016
- Jacov Ruben Wirtz Director · appointed 2024
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.
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
- 05090446
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Unlimited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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