ALBERT BROWNE LIMITED

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Ernst & Young LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Although the company is expected to be profitable, the company has also received confirmation from its intermediate parent undertaking, STERIS Limited, of its intention to provide support, where needed, for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of the accounts. The directors have assessed the ability of STERIS Limited to provide support, and therefore have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

1. ALBERT BROWNE LIMITED · parent
   1. STERIS Solutions Pte Limited 100% · Singapore · Distribution of medical equipment

Significant events

• “The introduction of tariffs in the USA has introduced a new risk, and after the year end the company had to reduce prices to intercompany parties in the USA. Sales volumes and costs are not affected by this.”
• “A new loan advanced in the year to a group company has led to greatly increased interest income.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

4

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -1.1%

  £36,403,034 → £35,988,663

• Cash

  +413.8%

  £1,638,855 → £8,419,849

• Net assets

  +36.1%

  £38,862,648 → £52,901,586

  highest in 4 filed years

• Employees

  +1%

  102 → 103

  highest in 4 filed years

• Operating profit

  +1.3%

  £17,050,966 → £17,265,751

• Profit before tax

  +9.5%

  £17,269,579 → £18,917,798

  highest in 4 filed years

• Wages

  +3.5%

  £4,087,866 → £4,231,368

  highest in 4 filed years

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers