GALDERMA (U.K.) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-28 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£13M
+44.5% vs 2023
Employees
103
+15.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
+132.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- GALDERMA (U.K.) LIMITED 1989-11-27 → present
- LAURA SECORD LIMITED 1985-09-16 → 1989-11-27
- ROWNTREE MACKINTOSH (MEDITERRANEAN) LIMITED 1979-12-31 → 1985-09-16
- BEAR BRAND CONFECTIONERY LIMITED 1962-02-14 → 1979-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £94,889,000 | £120,003,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,277,000 | £3,761,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,944,000 | £4,519,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,492,000 | £3,464,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,213,000 | £13,309,000 | |
| Net assets | £9,213,000 | £13,309,000 | |
| Equity | £9,213,000 | £13,309,000 | |
| Average employees | 89 | 103 | |
| Wages | £8,772,000 | £10,980,000 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.4% | 3.1% | |
| Net margin | 1.6% | 2.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 24.7% | 28.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.23x | 1.28x | |
| Interest cover | 7.16x | 129.69x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Noting the considerable financial resources available to the company, alongside the company's access to Galderma's global cash pooling arrangement, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, covering a period of at least 12 months from the issue of the financial statements. Therefore, they have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the balance sheet date, the directors have proposed a final ordinary dividend in respect of the current financial year of £1,000k (2023: £Nil).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOODWIN, Ryan David | Director | 2025-11-06 | Jun 1988 | English |
| HURLIMANN, Thomas Marcel | Director | 2025-11-06 | Dec 1975 | Swiss |
| SCHENK, Alexander Bastiaan | Director | 2025-06-14 | Nov 1966 | Dutch |
| WIPPERICH, René | Director | 2021-03-31 | Dec 1974 | Austrian |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARMITAGE, Julian | Secretary | 2016-10-04 | 2018-01-12 |
| BOOTLE, William John | Secretary | 2006-06-01 | 2016-10-04 |
| COWTON, Mervyn Arthur | Secretary | — | 1997-12-31 |
| D'ANIELLO, Angelo | Secretary | 1997-12-31 | 2000-03-31 |
| HULOT, Didier Pierre Guslain Joseph | Secretary | 2005-07-19 | 2006-06-01 |
| MACKENZIE, William | Secretary | 2003-06-02 | 2005-07-19 |
| SCHOFIELD, Brant | Secretary | 2000-04-03 | 2003-06-02 |
| ANTUNES, Humberto | Director | 2004-10-01 | 2006-06-27 |
| BODEVIN, Jacques | Director | 2018-09-06 | 2019-10-04 |
| BOTHA, Yolinda Franciska | Director | 2019-10-04 | 2022-12-31 |
| CHATELAN, Jean-Yves | Director | 2020-12-02 | 2021-02-01 |
| DICKINSON, John | Director | 1995-10-18 | 2005-05-03 |
| DITTRICH, Thomas Johannes Willi | Director | 2019-10-04 | 2025-11-06 |
| DRAAIJER, Albert | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2015-04-01 |
| DRAAIJER, Albert | Director | 2001-09-03 | 2004-10-01 |
| FAIVRE, Yves | Director | 1993-10-01 | 1995-10-18 |
| FOURNIER, Francois | Director | 2005-12-16 | 2009-09-01 |
| KOSTER, Torsten | Director | 2015-04-27 | 2015-12-21 |
| LIBMANN, Pierre | Director | 2005-05-03 | 2011-03-31 |
| MONGES, Viviane Rosine Francoise | Director | 2011-10-28 | 2015-04-01 |
| ONGEN, Can Davut | Director | 2015-04-27 | 2020-07-01 |
| PETTINATO, Alfred James | Director | — | 1993-10-01 |
| POTGIETER, Larry | Director | 2001-09-03 | 2016-10-04 |
| SONNEBORN, Ronald Paul Jack | Director | 1993-10-01 | 1995-09-29 |
| STREIT, Pierre Francois | Director | 2015-12-21 | 2018-09-06 |
| THIBERGE, Olivier | Director | 2004-10-01 | 2005-12-16 |
| TRETYAKOVA, Alexandra | Director | 2016-10-04 | 2021-03-31 |
| VINCENT, Claude Jean | Director | 1995-10-18 | 2000-03-31 |
| VON MOOS, Felix André | Director | 2022-12-31 | 2025-11-06 |
| WILSON, Sandra Lynn | Director | 2000-03-31 | 2000-08-31 |
| YON, Xavier | Director | — | 2004-10-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galderma Group Ag | Legal person | Shares 75–100% | 2024-03-22 | Active |
| Eqt Viii Scsp | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2019-10-02 | Ceased 2024-03-22 |
| Nestle Sa | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-10-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 206 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-08 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-12-08 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-12-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-12-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-11-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-05 | PSC03 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-22 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2023-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-01 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2023-01-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 2
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+26.5%
£94,889,000 £120,003,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+44.5%
£9,213,000 £13,309,000
-
Employees
+15.7%
89 103
-
Operating profit
+65.2%
£2,277,000 £3,761,000
-
Profit before tax
+132.5%
£1,944,000 £4,519,000
-
Wages
+25.2%
£8,772,000 £10,980,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers