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PRIOR SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 00404087
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1946-02-04
- Last accounts made up
- 2025-03-31
- Account category
- GROUP
- Primary SIC
- 32500
- Hubs
- UK Healthcare
Accounts
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated (group)
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on these assessments and having regards to the resources available to the entity and group, the Directors have concluded that there is no material uncertainty and that they can continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Subsidiaries
- James Swift & Son Limited · 100% held · UK
- Prior Scientific Inc · 96.1% held · USA
- Prior Scientific Instruments GmbH · 100% held · Germany
- Prior Scientific KK · 100% held · Japan
- Suzhou Prior Precision Instruments Ltd · 100% held · China
Significant events
- “Our strategy of continuing the purchasing of components in response to current and expected customer future needs has not been enough to maintain sales growth in the year, as we have come under inflationary, competitive and exchange pressures which have adversely affected profits.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
10 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUSDEN, Ashley James | Secretary | 2026-04-06 | — | — |
| DUFF, James Andrew | Director | 2026-04-06 | Jun 1990 | British |
| EUSDEN, Ashley James | Director | 2026-04-06 | Jun 1986 | British |
| FIELDING, Fintan Fitzgerald | Director | 2001-12-18 | Jan 1972 | Irish |
| FIELDING, James Finbar Lockyer | Director | 2001-12-18 | Jul 1970 | British |
| FIELDING, Myles John O'Leary | Director | 1996-01-16 | Mar 1969 | Irish |
| FREDA, Thomas | Director | 2007-05-27 | Oct 1960 | American |
| JARVIS, Stuart | Director | 2012-08-01 | Jan 1967 | British |
| LU, Hengzhi | Director | 2023-01-14 | Dec 1985 | Chinese |
| SMITH, Simon John | Director | 2011-04-01 | May 1967 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHANDRASEGARAM, Retnasingham Daniel | Secretary | 2002-12-05 | 2008-12-31 |
| FIELDING, Fintan Fitzgerald | Secretary | 1993-09-27 | 2003-04-25 |
| OSLER, John Murray | Secretary | — | 1993-09-27 |
| SMITH, Simon John | Secretary | 2009-01-01 | 2026-04-21 |
| BOOTH, Peter Keith, Dr | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2011-06-28 |
| BUTTARS, Michael Anthony John | Director | — | 2010-04-09 |
| CHANDRASEGARAM, Retnasingham Daniel | Director | — | 2008-12-31 |
| DREXEL, R Patrick | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2009-07-15 |
| EVANS, Gordon | Director | — | 2010-03-31 |
| FIELDING, Douglas James | Director | — | 1999-12-01 |
| FIELDING, Fintan Fitzgerald | Director | 2001-12-18 | 2002-12-05 |
| HULME, John Robert | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| LANGFORD, Barry Robert | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2007-11-20 |
| MAINTZ, Monika Maria, Dr | Director | 2008-04-07 | 2015-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Myles John O'Leary Fielding | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr James Fielding | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Fintan Fitzgerald Fielding | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 184 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | TM02 | officers | termination secretary company with name termination date |
| 2026-04-17 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2026-04-16 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2026-04-16 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2026-04-16 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2026-04-14 | AP03 | officers | appoint person secretary company with name date |
| 2026-04-14 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-12-09 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2025-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-05-01 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2024-09-16 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2024-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-12-21 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2023-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-04-05 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2023-01-27 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2022-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-04-04 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2021-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2021-04-01 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
Credit score
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