Company · Sheffield
Libra Chemicals Limited
Activities of production holding companies
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 11
- Richard Antony David Lock 2017-2019 View profile
- Dr Graham Cox 2016-2024 View profile
- Elaine O'Neill 2016-2016 View profile
- Lorraine Forshaw 2016-2022 View profile
- Paul James Atkinson 2011-2015 View profile
- Sarah Jane Hodgkiss 2008-2018 View profile
- John Fairclough 2006-2008 View profile
- James Edward Benjamin Tyler 2006-2011 View profile
- Francis John O'Neill 2006-2018 View profile
- Neil Robert Plested 2006-2010 View profile
- Graham Jeffrey Stamford 2006-2010 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Activities of production holding companies
- Incorporated
- 05/04/2006
- Registered office
- Sheffield
- Previous names
- Coolsix 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.
- Graham Royle
significant influence · notified 2017-04-05 - confirmed: also a director of this company - GRI Chemicals Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2024-10-01
Group
- Libra Chemicals Limited
is controlled by Graham Royle
Evidence
active significant influence · notified 2017-04-05 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Graham Royle.
16 other companies in this group
- GRI Chemicals Limited
- Libra Speciality Chemicals Limited
- Proteinology LTD
- Killer Impression LTD
- GRI HRV Limited
- Matrix Chemie Limited
- GRI Brands Limited
- Expac Commercial Limited
- GRI Expac Limited
- Zamya Limited
- Matrix Chemie Holdings Limited
- I Love Cosmetics Limited
- GRI Whirlow Limited
- GRI Group Limited
- Expac (Preston) Limited
- GRI Libra 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
- Total assets
- £3,890,874
- Cash
- £1
- Employees
- 0.04
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
- Profit/loss
- £2,000,000
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.
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
- David Thomas Kearns Director · appointed 2010
- Graham Royle Director · appointed 2010
- Philip Mathew Carson Director · appointed 2017
Directors past 6 years
- David Thomas Kearns Director · appointed 2010
- Graham Royle Director · appointed 2010
- Philip Mathew Carson Director · appointed 2017
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (3)
- David Thomas Kearns Director · appointed 2010
- Graham Royle Director · appointed 2010
- Philip Mathew Carson Director · appointed 2017
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 05770773
- 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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