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PAYDENS LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 00574716
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1956-11-26
- Last accounts made up
- 2025-03-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 47730
- Hubs
- UK Healthcare
Accounts
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have carefully considered the appropriateness of the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements. Whilst we note that our auditors have highlighted a material uncertainty related to the uncertainty in future government funding for the community pharmacy industry, we are confident that our proactive management, ongoing turnaround strategy and strong banking relationships will enable us to continue operating for the foreseeable future and see a return to profitability in 2025/26.”
Subsidiaries
- Sangers (Maidstone) Limited · 100% held · UK
- Paydens (Steyning) Limited · 100% held · UK
- RH Ferris (Romney Marsh) Limited · 100% held · UK
- Alphacrest Limited · 100% held · UK
- Boldasset Limited · 100% held · UK
- Guidebrook Limited · 100% held · UK
- SG Court Limited · 100% held · UK
- Spensley Services Limited · 100% held · UK
- Canterbury Pharmacies Limited · 100% held · UK
- Clementine Associates Limited · 100% held · UK
- A&S Shillam Limited · 100% held · UK
- Worthing Pharmacies Limited · 100% held · UK
- Longprofit Limited · 100% held · UK
- Sprint 1159 Limited · 100% held · UK
- Thompson's Chemists Limited · 100% held · UK
- Ginova UK Limited · 100% held · UK
- Boughton Parade Management Limited · 56% held · UK
Significant events
- “strategic disposals of certain pharmacy assets”
- “renegotiated our group banking facilities with HSBC”
- “divested of a number of pharmacies”
- “The Company entered into an invoice financing arrangement with Rx Bridge Limited. The total facility is for £21m and attracts interest at 6.3%pa.”
- “On 1 April 2024, the entire trade and assets of A&S Shillam Limited were hived up into Paydens Limited.”
- “On 28 March 2024 Paydens Limited acquired 100% of the share capital of Clementine Associates Limited for total consideration of £7,500,000. The trade and assets of the Clementine Associates and its subsidiaries were hived-up into Paydens Limited on 1 April 2024. As part of this process the £7.5m investment was fully impaired and an equivalent dividend was paid from Clementine Associates to Paydens Limited.”
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
2 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCCONVILLE, John Patrick | Director | 2006-11-08 | Mar 1959 | British |
| PAY, Alexander George | Director | 2017-10-16 | Mar 1984 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEAL, John | Secretary | — | 2017-10-16 |
| PAY, Dennis Charles | Director | — | 2021-09-06 |
| PAY, Rosemary Elizabeth Ann | Director | — | 2017-10-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paydens Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-03-03 | Active |
| Paydens Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-03-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 808 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | MR05 | mortgage | mortgage charge part both with charge number |
| 2026-05-01 | MR05 | mortgage | mortgage charge part both with charge number |
| 2026-05-01 | MR05 | mortgage | mortgage charge part both with charge number |
| 2026-05-01 | MR05 | mortgage | mortgage charge part both with charge number |
| 2026-04-04 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2026-04-01 | MR05 | mortgage | mortgage charge part both with charge number |
| 2026-03-27 | MR05 | mortgage | mortgage charge part both with charge number |
| 2026-03-11 | MR05 | mortgage | mortgage charge part both with charge number |
| 2026-03-11 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2026-03-10 | MR05 | mortgage | mortgage charge part both with charge number |
| 2026-02-19 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2026-01-12 | MR05 | mortgage | mortgage charge part both with charge number |
| 2026-01-09 | MR05 | mortgage | mortgage charge part both with charge number |
| 2026-01-09 | MR05 | mortgage | mortgage charge part both with charge number |
| 2026-01-08 | MR05 | mortgage | mortgage charge part both with charge number |
| 2026-01-08 | MR05 | mortgage | mortgage charge part both with charge number |
| 2026-01-08 | MR05 | mortgage | mortgage charge part both with charge number |
| 2025-12-22 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2025-12-17 | MR05 | mortgage | mortgage charge part both with charge number |
| 2025-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
Credit score
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