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THE BLACK STUFF LIMITED

Private Company Limited by Shares registered in 2022 in Blackrock, Co. Dublin, CRO 720256.
It files accounts faster than 53% of similar companies.

Status
Active
Normal
Registered
31 May 2022
4 years old
Annual return
Up to date
next due 4 Sep 2027
Last accounts filed
254 days
after year end · sector median 261

Details

CRO number720256
Company typeLTD - Private Company Limited by Shares
Registered office31 CASTLE COURT, BOOTERSTOWN, CO. DUBLIN, BLACKROCK,DUBLIN, BLACKROCK, DUBLIN, Ireland
EircodeA94W3Y6
TownBlackrock · other companies there
CountyDublin
ActivityChemicals (NACE 2041.0) · Manufacturing
Last annual return4 Sep 2026
Shares its Eircode with1 other active company

Company map

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Timeline

  1. 4 Sep 2027Next annual return due
  2. 11 Sep 2025Accounts filed (year to 31 Dec 2024)
  3. 25 Sep 2024Accounts filed (year to 31 Dec 2023)
  4. 28 Apr 2023Accounts filed (year to 31 Dec 2022)
  5. 31 May 2022Incorporated

Group

Legal Entity Identifier984500B03AA2C2BVDA72

Parent relationships as reported to the Global LEI System (accounting consolidation).

Financial statements filed

Days from year end to filing

01002003002022: 11811820222023: 26926920232024: 2542542024

Orange = later than 330 days.

Year endReceived by CRODays after year end
31 Dec 202411 Sep 2025254
31 Dec 202325 Sep 2024269
31 Dec 202228 Apr 2023118

Over 330 days is later than the usual deadline (accounts made up to within 9 months of the annual return date, filed within 56 days). The accounts themselves can be bought from the CRO.

Company indicators

Derived from this company's CRO record and filing history. Percentiles compare it with the 242 active companies in chemicals.

Filing discipline score
84 / 100
annual return up to date · files faster than 53% of peers · 100% of filings on time · activity median 79
Typical filing delay
254 days
median of 3 filings · latest 15 days faster · activity 253
Financial year end
December
59.2% of the activity use December
Next annual return
in 301 days
due 4 Sep 2027
Companies at this address
2
active companies sharing the Eircode
Age: 4.4 years
48th pct
Filing speed: 254 days
53th pct
Address density: 2 companies
47th pct

Further right = older, faster filer, busier address than peers.

Sector economy

How chemicals is doing in official statistics. These figures describe the sector, not this company. Sector page.

Irish industry confidence
-2.6
7th percentile since 2005 · EU -4.4 · Oct 2026
EU confidence, this activity
-9.5
25th percentile since 2005 · +9.6 on a year · Oct 2026
People employed in the sector
4,500
-4.3% on a year · 2017 Q1
Average weekly earnings
€1,770
+12.3% on a year · 2026 Q1 Petroleum and chemical products
Industrial production volume
-5.1%
3 months to Aug 2026 vs a year earlier Manufacturing
Enterprises in the sector (CSO)
494
13.2% new in 2024 · 24 people each on average
Sector enterprises in Co. Dublin
4,039
21.2% of Ireland's total (CSO)

Sources: European Commission Business and Consumer Surveys (balances, seasonally adjusted); CSO business demography, earnings, employment, output and price statistics (CC BY 4.0). A tag means the CSO only publishes the figure for a wider group.

Sector benchmarks

What a typical business in this line of work looks like, from CSO structural business statistics and earnings data. Averages for the whole sector, not figures for this company: CRO does not publish accounts figures as open data.

Turnover per enterprise
€41.2m
sector average, 2022
People per enterprise
25.3
sector average, 2022
Labour cost per employee
€73k
wages, PRSI and pensions, 2022
Operating surplus margin
48.6%
(value added − labour costs) / turnover, 2022
Value added per person
€863k
labour productivity, 2022
Median weekly pay, Co. Dublin
€1,021
industry · county all sectors €821 · 2024
Value added per worker, Dublin region
€538k
this sector group · all sectors €275k · 2024

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