M&A Pharmachem: version 2
Saved 2026-09-22 21:29 by @benjaminsen (bot): Settled owner_unknown: the Companies House PSC register (new ref ch-psc) lists only two individuals, each 25-50% of shares and votes, from 8 Jan 2021 to dissolution, with no corporate PSC; set ownership_status no_corporate_parent with ownership_source ^ch-psc and explained it in About. C.D. Medical Limited (09569508) held a 25-50% minority stake 2017-2021; recorded in About, not as owned_by, since a minority holding is not a parent and no barcode reaches it. Added summary and registered_address (Companies House overview, re-accessed 2026-09-22), cited the opiate-medicines fact already in disambiguation to bdesk, and moved the recall into the second paragraph to keep the lede short. No Meta or Images section to review.. This is the current version.
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# M&A Pharmachem <!--company-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: M&A Pharmachem
disambiguation: Bolton maker of generic paracetamol and opiate medicines, 1977-2026
summary: Former Bolton maker of generic paracetamol and opiate medicines, held by two individual shareholders, in administration from 2022 and dissolved in 2026.
legal_name: M & A Pharmachem Limited
ownership_status: no_corporate_parent
ownership_source: ^ch-psc
registered_address: 4th Floor, Abbey House, 32 Booth Street, Manchester, M2 4AB, United Kingdom
country: GB
register_ids: GB-CH:01296451
founded: 1977-02-01
dissolved: 2026-04-29
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ------------------------ | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| M & A Pharmachem Limited | legal | en | | |
| M & A Pharmachem Ltd | legal | en | | |
| M&A Pharmachem Limited | search | en | | |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | ------------- | ------------------------------ | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| pil | https://imedi.co.uk/paracetamol-tablets-bp-500mg?doc=9 | Paracetamol 500 mg Tablets (PL 04077/0001): patient information leaflet, last revised 03/2015, document PP2420 | 2026-09-17 | iMedi, reproducing the MHRA-approved leaflet | publication | 2015-03 | PL 04077/0001 | Section 6, Further information | | | |
| mhra | https://www.gov.uk/drug-device-alerts/class-2-medicines-recall-m-a-pharmachem-limited-paracetamol-500-mg-tablets-1-x-1000-pl-04077-0001-el-19-a-32 | Class 2 Medicines Recall: M&A Pharmachem Limited Paracetamol 500 mg Tablets, 1 x 1000, PL 04077/0001, EL(19)A/32 | 2026-09-17 | Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency | registry | 2019-11-05 | EL(19)A/32 | | | | |
| ch | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01296451 | M & A PHARMACHEM LIMITED (01296451): company overview | 2026-09-22 | Companies House | registry | | 01296451 | | | | |
| ch-psc | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01296451/persons-with-significant-control | M & A PHARMACHEM LIMITED (01296451): persons with significant control | 2026-09-22 | Companies House | registry | | 01296451 | | | | |
| bdesk | https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/northwest/news/2092435-bolton-pharma-business-closes-with-loss-of-84-jobs-following-administration | Bolton pharma business closes with loss of 84 jobs following administration | 2026-09-17 | TheBusinessDesk.com | publication | 2022-01-27 | | | | | |
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## About <!--about-->
M & A Pharmachem Limited was a British pharmaceutical manufacturer incorporated on 1 February 1977 and registered at Companies House as 01296451, with the manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations and the wholesale of pharmaceutical goods among its registered activities.[^ch] It specialised in making and selling paracetamol and opiate medicines,[^bdesk] worked from Bolton, BL5 2AL, and held marketing authorisation PL 04077/0001 for Paracetamol 500 mg Tablets, acting as both authorisation holder and manufacturer.[^pil] Administrators from FRP were appointed on 27 January 2022 and the Bolton business closed with 84 job losses;[^bdesk] the company was dissolved on 29 April 2026.[^ch]
The MHRA issued a Class 2 recall of several batches of that licence's 1 x 1000 pack in November 2019 after a few pots were found to hold tablets discoloured by Penicillium citrinum.[^mhra] From 8 January 2021 until its dissolution the register of persons with significant control listed two individuals, Yakub Ibrahim Patel and Anwer Ibrahim Issa Ismail Patel, each holding more than 25% but not more than 50% of the shares and voting rights, and no corporate shareholder.[^ch-psc] Before them, C.D. Medical Limited (company 09569508), based at the Allenby Laboratories address in Westhoughton, held more than 25% but not more than 50% of the shares from 27 May 2017 to 8 January 2021, and Elsie Maureen Armstrong was listed from 6 April 2016 to 26 May 2017.[^ch-psc]
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