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Registered number: 04103968










Biachem Specialities Limited










Financial statements

For the year ended 30 November 2025

 
Biachem Specialities Limited
Registered number: 04103968

Balance sheet
As at 30 November 2025

2025
2024
Note
£
£

  

Current assets
  

Stocks
 4 
141,784
156,686

Debtors: amounts falling due within one year
 5 
112,412
77,984

Cash at bank and in hand
  
2,693,618
2,748,638

  
2,947,814
2,983,308

Current liabilities
  

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
 6 
(918,957)
(1,097,552)

Net current assets
  
 
 
2,028,857
 
 
1,885,756

Total assets less current liabilities
  
2,028,857
1,885,756

  

Net assets
  
2,028,857
1,885,756


Capital and reserves
  

Called up share capital 
 7 
1
1

Profit and loss account
 8 
2,028,856
1,885,755

  
2,028,857
1,885,756


The Company's financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

The financial statements have been delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

The Company has opted not to file the statement of income and retained earnings in accordance with provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime.

The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf on 19 August 2026.




R W H Beaumont
Director

The notes on pages 4 to 8 form part of these financial statements.

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Biachem Specialities Limited
 

Statement of changes in equity
For the year ended 30 November 2025


Called up share capital
Profit and loss account
Total equity

£
£
£

At 1 December 2024
1
1,885,755
1,885,756


Comprehensive income for the year

Profit for the year

-
143,101
143,101


Other comprehensive income for the year
-
-
-


Total comprehensive income for the year
-
143,101
143,101


Total transactions with owners
-
-
-


At 30 November 2025
1
2,028,856
2,028,857


The notes on pages 4 to 8 form part of these financial statements.

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Biachem Specialities Limited
 

Statement of changes in equity
For the year ended 30 November 2024


Called up share capital
Profit and loss account
Total equity

£
£
£

At 1 December 2023
1
1,616,631
1,616,632


Comprehensive income for the year

Profit for the year

-
269,124
269,124


Other comprehensive income for the year
-
-
-


Total comprehensive income for the year
-
269,124
269,124


Total transactions with owners
-
-
-


At 30 November 2024
1
1,885,755
1,885,756


The notes on pages 4 to 8 form part of these financial statements.

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Biachem Specialities Limited
 

 
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 30 November 2025

1.


General information

Biachem Specialities Limited is a limited liability company incorporated in England and Wales. The company's registered number 04103968. The address of the registered office is Cheyne House, 62-63 Cheapside, London, England, EC2V 6AX.

The company's principal activity during the year was the importation and distribution of chemicals. 

2.Accounting policies

 
2.1

Basis of preparation of financial statements

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention unless otherwise specified within these accounting policies and in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006.

The Company's functional and presentational currency is GBP. 

The financial statements are presented to the nearest Pound. 

The following principal accounting policies have been applied:

 
2.2

Going concern

In the opinion of the directors, there are no factors in existence that would result in the company not being considered as a going concern.

 
2.3

Revenue

Revenue is recognised to the extent that it is probable that the economic benefits will flow to the Company and the revenue can be reliably measured. Revenue is measured as the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates, value added tax and other sales taxes. The following criteria must also be met before revenue is recognised:

Sale of goods

Revenue from the sale of goods is recognised when all of the following conditions are satisfied:
the Company has transferred the significant risks and rewards of ownership to the buyer;
the Company retains neither continuing managerial involvement to the degree usually associated with ownership nor effective control over the goods sold;
the amount of revenue can be measured reliably;
it is probable that the Company will receive the consideration due under the transaction; and
the costs incurred or to be incurred in respect of the transaction can be measured reliably.

 
2.4

Interest income

Interest income is recognised in profit or loss using the effective interest method.

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Biachem Specialities Limited
 

 
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 30 November 2025

2.Accounting policies (continued)

 
2.5

Taxation

Tax is recognised in profit or loss except that a charge attributable to an item of income and expense recognised as other comprehensive income or to an item recognised directly in equity is also recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity respectively.

The current income tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date in the countries where the Company operates and generates income.


 
2.6

Stocks

Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and net realisable value, being the estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost is based on the cost of purchase on a first in, first out basis. Work in progress and finished goods include labour and attributable overheads.

At each balance sheet date, stocks are assessed for impairment. If stock is impaired, the carrying amount is reduced to its selling price less costs to complete and sell. The impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss.

 
2.7

Debtors

Short-term debtors are measured at transaction price, less any impairment. Loans receivable are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs, and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment.

 
2.8

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash is represented by cash in hand and deposits with financial institutions repayable without penalty on notice of not more than 24 hours. Cash equivalents are highly liquid investments that mature in no more than three months from the date of acquisition and that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash with insignificant risk of change in value.

 
2.9

Creditors

Short-term creditors are measured at the transaction price.

 
2.10

Financial instruments

The Company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 “Basic Financial Instruments” of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.

Financial instruments are recognised in the Company's Balance sheet when the Company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
 
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Biachem Specialities Limited
 

 
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 30 November 2025

2.Accounting policies (continued)


2.10
Financial instruments (continued)


Basic financial assets

Basic financial assets, which include trade and other debtors, cash and bank balances, are initially measured at their transaction price (adjusted for transaction costs except in the initial measurement of financial assets that are subsequently measured at fair value through profit and loss) and are subsequently carried at their amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any provision for impairment, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest.

Discounting is omitted where the effect of discounting is immaterial. The Company's cash and cash equivalents, trade and most other debtors due with the operating cycle fall into this category of financial instruments.

Impairment of financial assets

At the end of each reporting period financial assets measured at amortised cost are assessed for objective evidence of impairment. If an asset is impaired the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset’s original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss. 

Financial assets are impaired when events, subsequent to their initial recognition, indicate the estimated future cash flows derived from the financial asset(s) have been adversely impacted. The impairment loss will be the difference between the current carrying amount and the present value of the future cash flows at the asset(s) original effective interest rate.

If there is a favourable change in relation to the events surrounding the impairment loss then the impairment can be reviewed for possible reversal. The reversal will not cause the current carrying amount to exceed the original carrying amount had the impairment not been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in the profit or loss.

Basic financial liabilities

Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the Company after the deduction of all its liabilities.

Basic financial liabilities, which include trade and other creditors, bank loans and other loans are initially measured at their transaction price (adjusting for transaction costs except in the initial measurement of financial liabilities that are subsequently measured at fair value through profit and loss). When this constitutes a financing transaction, whereby the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest, discounting is omitted where the effect of discounting is immaterial.

Debt instruments are subsequently carried at their amortised cost using the effective interest rate method.

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods and services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Trade creditors are classified as current liabilities if the payment is due within one year. If not, they represent non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are initially recognised at their transaction price and subsequently are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Discounting is omitted where the effect of discounting is immaterial.

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Biachem Specialities Limited
 

 
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 30 November 2025

3.


Employees

The average monthly number of employees, including the directors, during the year was as follows:


        2025
        2024
            No.
            No.







Director
2
1


4.


Stocks

2025
2024
£
£

Finished goods and goods for resale
141,784
156,686



5.


Debtors

2025
2024
£
£


Trade debtors
112,412
77,984

112,412
77,984



6.


Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

2025
2024
£
£

Trade creditors
99,520
32,950

Amounts owed to group undertakings
750,568
927,531

Corporation tax
47,678
89,685

Other taxation and social security
21,191
46,893

Accruals and deferred income
-
493

918,957
1,097,552



7.


Share capital

2025
2024
£
£
Allotted, called up and fully paid



1 (2024 - 1) Ordinary share of £1.00
1
1


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Biachem Specialities Limited
 

 
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 30 November 2025

8.


Reserves

Profit and loss account

This reserve comprises all current and prior period retained profits and losses after deducting any distributions made to the Company's shareholders. 


9.


Related party transactions

There were no related party transactions during the year or the prior year, other than with wholly owned group Companies which have not been disclosed in accordance with Section 33.1A of Financial Reporting Standard 102.


10.


Controlling party

The immediate and ultimate parent undertaking is Biachem Group Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales. The ultimate controlling party is considered to be R W H Beaumont by virtue of his majority shareholding. 

Biachem Group Limited is the smallest and largest group which prepares consolidated financial statements that include the Company. These are publicly available and can be obtained from Companies House, Crown Way, Cardiff, CF14 3UZ, Wales. Biachem Group Limited is registered at Cheyne House, 62-63 Cheapside, London, United Kingdom, EC2V 6AX.


11.


Auditors' information

The auditors' report on the financial statements for the year ended 30 November 2025 was unqualified.

The audit report was signed on 20 August 2026 by Tracey Becker FCCA (Senior statutory auditor) on behalf of Kreston Reeves Audit LLP.


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