MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

15.11.2014

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

CHEMPLUS LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

Old Railway Road, Auberge San Anton, Block B No. 2
BZN 1610 Balzan

 

 

Country :

Malta

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.12.2012

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

02.07.2001

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

C 28402

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Wholesale of chemical products.

 

 

No. of Employees :

4

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

B

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

26-40

B

Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average.

Small

 

Status :

Moderate

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

No Complaints

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

NOTES:

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ECGC Country Risk Classification List – June 1, 2014

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(31.03.2014)

Current Rating

(01.06.2014)

Malta

B1

B2

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 


 

MALTA - ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

 

Malta - the smallest economy in the euro zone - produces only about 20% of its food needs, has limited fresh water supplies, and has few domestic energy sources. Malta's geographic position between Europe and North Africa makes it a target for irregular migration, which has strained Malta's political and economic resources. Malta's fertility rate is below the EU average, and population growth in recent years has largely been from immigration, putting increasing pressure on the pension system. Malta adopted the euro on 1 January 2008. Malta's economy is dependent on foreign trade, manufacturing, and tourism, and was hurt by the global economic downturn, but fared better than most other EU member states. Malta has low unemployment relative to other European countries, and growth has recovered since the 2009 recession. Malta's financial services industry has grown in recent years and it has avoided contagion from the European financial crisis, largely because its debt is mostly held domestically and its banks have low exposure to the sovereign debt of peripheral European countries. The EU reopened an excessive deficit procedure against Malta in June 2013, having found that its forecasted deficit for the year was likely to exceed 3% of GDP.

 

 

Source : CIA

 

 

 

Company Name and Address

 

NAME INQUIRED UNDER:

Chemplus Limited

 

Correct Registered Name:

CHEMPLUS LIMITED

 

Address:

Old Railway Road, Auberge San Anton, Block B No. 2
BZN 1610 Balzan MALTA

 

Telephone:

+356-00356-21490555
+356-21490505

 

Fax:

+356-00356-21442375

 

Email:

info@chemplus.com.mt

 

Web:

Non Retrievable

 

 

Business address:

Old Railway Road, Auberge San Anton, Block B No. 2
BZN 1610 Balzan MALTA

 

 

Payment

 

PAYMENT HABITS:

 

No Complaints

Comment:

A check against all available information sources revealed that no late payment incidents against Subject Company exist.

Financial Strength:

Unable to comment
Given the fact that no recent detailed financial statements were released to us, we feel unable to express a safe and reliable opinion on their creditability, payment and Financial Strength.

 

 

 

Legal Status

 

Legal Form:

Private Limited Liability Company

Private Limited Liability A private limited liability company is one that, in its constitutive document, restricts the rights to transfer shares, limits the number of its members to fifty and prohibits any invitation to the public to subscribe for any shares or debentures of the company.

 

Registration number and city:

C 28402 Birkirkara

 

Registration date:

02.07.2001

 

Present Style Adopted on:

02.07.2001

 

 

Company Status

 

Registration status: 02.07.2001 - registered company


Activity status: 2001 - Company is active

 

 

Principals

 

Shareholders

 

Full Name

Personal ID

Function

Nationality

Equity

Address

Mr. Kenneth Bartolo

737358M

Shareholder

MALTA

90.00%
9,000 Ordinary

129, Mandalay, Triq San Frangisk
Balzan MALTA

Mrs. Frances Bartolo

339754M

Shareholder

MALTA

10.00%
1,000 Ordinary

129, Mandalay, Triq San Frangisk
Balzan MALTA

 

Management

 

Full Name

Personal ID

Age

Function

Nationality

Qualification

Experience

Address

Mr. Kenneth Bartolo

737358M

56

Director

MALTA

BSc, & MSc Degrees

about 15yrs as Technical Manager at Dowty O Rings
1 Industrial co-ordinator at Malta Council for Science and Technology
6yrs Sales and Marketing within import/export company

129, Mandalay, Triq San Frangisk
Balzan MALTA

Mr. Kenneth Bartolo

737358M

56

Legal representative

MALTA

BSc, & MSc Degrees

about 15yrs as Technical Manager at Dowty O Rings
1 Industrial co-ordinator at Malta Council for Science and Technology
6yrs Sales and Marketing within import/export company

129, Mandalay, Triq San Frangisk
Balzan MALTA

Mr. Kenneth Bartolo

737358M

56

Judicial Representative

MALTA

BSc, & MSc Degrees

about 15yrs as Technical Manager at Dowty O Rings
1 Industrial co-ordinator at Malta Council for Science and Technology
6yrs Sales and Marketing within import/export company

129, Mandalay, Triq San Frangisk
Balzan MALTA

Mr. Kenneth Bartolo

737358M

56

Secretary

MALTA

BSc, & MSc Degrees

about 15yrs as Technical Manager at Dowty O Rings
1 Industrial co-ordinator at Malta Council for Science and Technology
6yrs Sales and Marketing within import/export company

129, Mandalay, Triq San Frangisk
Balzan MALTA


PLEASE NOTE OTHER DIRECTOR'S INVOLVEMENTS


Kenneth Bartolo, ID 737358, is also involved in the following Company



Vega Holdings Ltd - C 42494
Director/Shareholder
Legal Representative
Judicial Representative
Secretary

Frances Bartolo, ID 339754M, is also involved in the following Company

Vega Holding Ltd - C 42494
Shareholder

 

 

Activities

 

Activities:

 

 

Importers & Wholesalers & Distributors

 

 

 

Operations:

 

 

NACE

 


main activity:

 


5155 Wholesale of chemical products

 

 


4675 Wholesale of chemical products

 

 


SIC

 


5169 Chemicals and Allied Products, NEC

 

 


Analysis:

 


Merchant wholesale distribution of ch

 

emicals and allied products.

 

 


Business Activities:

 


Chemicals Detergents & Bleach

 

 


Industry Classifications - NAICS:

 


Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers - NAICS: #42469

 

 

 

 

Motor Vehicles

 

 

2013

 

 

 

Number of cars

 

 

owned: 3

 

 

 

Total number of vehicles3

 

 

Imports

 

Payment terms:

Credit Facilities 30 - 60 days

 

EUROPE, GERMANY, BELGIUM, ITALY, FRANCE, UNITED KINGDOM


The Company imports worldwide, predomenantly Germany.

 

 

Exports

 

Payment terms:

 

Credit Facilities 90 days
Confirmed Letter of Credit

 

LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA


The subject does not engage in any export activities.

 

 

Agencies

 

Name

Country

Product

J Rettenmaier & Soehne

GERMANY

Pharmaceutical raw materials

Lanxess Deutschland

GERMANY

Engineering plastics

Bayer Material Science GmbH

GERMANY

Industrial Chemicals

Ecolab Export GmbH

GERMANY

Industrial Hygiene

 

 

Trade Suppliers

 

Name

Country

Product

Bayer Ag - PU Marketing

GERMANY

Heubach Gmbh

GERMANY

Henkel Ecolab Gmbh

GERMANY

JRS Pharma

GERMANY

 

 

 

 

Workforce

 

Number Of Employees:

4

 


 

Description Of Premises

 

Address:

Gallion's Street, Albertown
Marsa MALTA

Type of premises:

Warehouses , Warehouses

Address:

Handaq Industrial Estate
Qormi MALTA

Type of premises:

Warehouses , Warehouses

Type of ownership:

rented

Address:

Old Railway Road, Auberge San Anton, Block B No. 2
BZN 1610 Balzan MALTA

Type of premises:

Premises

Size:

900 Sq. Metres

Type of ownership:

rented

 

Branches:

3 warehouses at 29,30,31 Gallions Street, Albert Town, Marsa which is an Industrialized Area in Malta.

 

 

Related Companies

 

Associated Company
Vega Holdings Ltd , MALTA , National ID: C 42494

Brief information on Associtated Company

Company Name (Registration No.) C 42494
Company Name Vega Holdings LTD
Registration Date Oct 03, 2007
Registered Office 129, ST. FRANCIS STREET,
City/Locality BALZAN BZN 1429
Country MALTA

Director: Mr Kenneth Bartolo
Shareholders: Mr Kenneth Bartolo and Mrs Frances Bartolo

 

 

 

Bankers

 

Bank of Valletta plc
Finance Division, Santa Venera, Malta

HSBC BANK MALTA plc
Balzan, Malta


Account numbers are not disclosed.

 

 

Press

 

12.11.2014, No press/media is available at present.

 

 

 

Auditors / Accountants

 

Auditor: Emanuel Farrugia
Date: 31.12.2012
Financials have been audited
Company: DFK Malta, 36/2, Manol Mansion, De Paule Avenue, Balzan BZN 9022, Malta


Only abridged accounts were available from the registry since the company is exempt from submitting full accounts on the grounds that the company does not exceed the limits of two of the three following criteria as outlined in the Maltese companies act:-



•Balance sheet total : EUR 2,562,310.74


•Turnover : EUR 5,124,621.48


•Average number of employees during the accounting period: 50

 

 

Share Capital

 

Registered capital:

EUR 23,293.73

Number of Ordinary:

100,000

Value per share of Ordinary:

EUR 2.33

 

Issued capital:

EUR 23,293.73

Number of Ordinary:

10000

Value per share of Ordinary:

EUR 2.33

 

Paid-up capital:

EUR 23,293.73

 


 

Charges

 

None

 

 

Finance

 

Amounts shown in Euro (EUR) 

01.01.2012-31.12.2012

01.01.2011-31.12.2011

01.01.2009-31.12.2009



PROFIT & LOSS

 

Profit for the year

 

138,614.00

 



BALANCE SHEET

 

Property, Plant & Equipment

10,185.00

17,949.00

31,252.00

 

Other Financial Fixed Assets

329,136.00

328,590.00

 

 

Total Fixed Assets

329,136.00

346,539.00

31,252.00

 

Inventory / Stock

750,044.00

783,314.00

429,432.00

 

Trade Debtors (receivables from customer)

684,196.00

374,932.00

714,735.00

 

Cash in Hand & at Bank

125,064.00

439,136.00

377,769.00

 

Total Current Assets

1,559,304.00

1,597,382.00

1,521,936.00

 

Total Assets

1,898,625.00

1,943,921.00

1,553,188.00

 

Called up share capital (issued capital stock)

23,294.00

23,294.00

23,294.00

 

Profit & Loss Account

 

663,245.00

334,411.00

 

Retained Profit / Earnings) for the year

837,428.00

 

 

 

Total Equity

860,722.00

686,539.00

357,705.00

 

Taxation Due

13,528.00

35,029.00

654.00

 

Total Current Liabilities

1,037,903.00

1,257,382.00

1,195,483.00

 

Total Equity & Liabilities

1,898,625.00

1,943,921.00

1,553,188.00

 

Borrowings

419,676.00

976,045.00

887,347.00

 

Creditors

604,699.00

246,308.00

307,482.00

 

Total Liabilities

1,037,903.00

1,257,382.00

1,195,483.00


Please note that the subject has not released any further detailed and latest financial information neither such data was found being officially published.

 

GENERAL COMMENTS

 

CHEMPLUS LIMITED was established in 2001 in Malta under the legal form of a Private Limited Liability Company. The Subject Company is involved in the import and wholesale of various chemical products.
It operates from its rented premses, also making use of its 3 warehouses. The company employees 4 persons.

The legal and judicial representation is vested in the sole director or, in any person or persons nominated by the Board.


Court Information


No records of any Court information and defaulting debts, related to the company in question, were found.

Comments obtianed from Mr Kenneth Bartolo in a past interview:



"Chemplus set up in July 2001, and specializes in supply of chemical raw materials and technical expertise to manufacturing industry in Malta, and North Africa. Chemplus is the sole agent and distributor of industrial chemicals for Bayer Material Science, Lanxess Deutschland Gmbh, Ecolab Export Gmbh, and JRS Pharma GMBH. In addition we purchase from other reputable chemical manufacturers such as Ineos, Arkema, Heubach Gmbh, and others. We are distributors for most of the above companies in Libya.

They a whole range of chemical raw materials to their clients, such as Trelleborg, Toly, Methode, Actavis, ArrowPharm etc. Their purchasing with major suppliers is on 60-90 days credit and Chemplus has current overdraft facilities with local banks amounting to €1.5m."


We have contacted the Company and sent an email. To date no reply has been received.

Information in this report was obtained from the company registry and other local sources.

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.61.65

UK Pound

1

Rs.96.54

Euro

1

Rs.76.70

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Analysis Done by :

KAR

 

 

Report Prepared by :

SNT

 

 

RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

 

>86

Aaa

Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest capability for timely payment of interest and principal sums

 

Unlimited

 

71-85

Aa

Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit transaction. It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Large

 

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Fairly Large

 

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

 

Satisfactory

 

26-40

B

Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average.

 

Small

 

11-25

Ca

Adverse factors are apparent. Repayment of interest and principal sums in default or expected to be in default upon maturity

 

Limited with full security

 

<10

C

Absolute credit risk exists. Caution needed to be exercised

 

Credit not recommended

 

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NB

New Business

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Financial condition (40%)            Ownership background (20%)                  Payment record (10%)

Credit history (10%)                   Market trend (10%)                                Operational size (10%)

 

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