SERVIER LABORATORIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-02 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-15% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£9M
+12.1% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
38
+5.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£10M
+2,341.3% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2018-09-30 | 2019-09-30 | 2020-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £19,337,000 | £18,280,000 | £15,619,000 | £17,501,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | £418,000 | £917,000 | £492,000 | £514,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £366,000 | £864,000 | £402,000 | £9,814,000 | |
| Net profit | — | -£168,000 | £790,000 | £347,000 | £10,204,000 | |
| Cash | — | £9,143,000 | £3,275,000 | £2,154,000 | £1,831,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £9,108,000 | £9,599,000 | £8,561,000 | £9,396,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £6,896,000 | £7,840,000 | £7,611,000 | £8,529,000 | |
| Equity | £8,999,000 | £6,896,000 | £7,840,000 | £7,611,000 | £8,529,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 77 | 72 | 36 | 38 | |
| Wages | — | £5,147,000 | £5,018,000 | £2,930,000 | £3,368,000 |
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 | 2018-09-30 | 2019-09-30 | 2020-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 2.2% | 5.0% | 3.2% | 2.9% | |
| Net margin | — | -0.9% | 4.3% | 2.2% | 58.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 4.6% | 9.6% | 5.7% | 5.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 36.3% | 30.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.64x | 3.19x | |
| Interest cover | — | 11.30x | 39.87x | 4.32x | 9.02x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors, with confirmation of the continued support of SAS, have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- SERVIER LABORATORIES LIMITED · parent
- Servier Laboratories (Aust.) Pty Limited 100%
- Servier Laboratories NZ Limited 100%
- Servier Laboratories (South Africa) (Proprietary) Limited 74.55%
Significant events
- “The Company is facing certain on-going litigation matters, along with other group companies, which are discussed further in note 24.”
- “European Commission initiated a formal investigation into the Group for alleged breaches of the rules set out in the Treaty on Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) proscribing anticompetitive business conduct and abuse of a dominant position.”
- “A generics manufacturer filed a suit with the United Kingdom High Court of Justice to seek redress for damages it alleges to have suffered as a result of a patent protecting one of the Group's medicines in that market.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PENNSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2021-09-30 | — | — |
| PARISOT, Franck Jacques Jean | Director | 2023-06-15 | Nov 1968 | French |
| VALENCIA ESPINOSA, Paula Cristina | Director | 2024-10-01 | Apr 1978 | French |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKS, Charles Michael | Secretary | 2006-07-05 | 2021-09-30 |
| LOVELAND, Roger Arthur | Secretary | — | 2006-07-05 |
| ANDRIOT, Pierre Jean Bernard | Director | 2013-10-15 | 2022-02-09 |
| BAZANTAY, Christian Henri | Director | 1992-08-01 | 2013-10-15 |
| BODINEAU, Emeric Marc | Director | 2013-10-15 | 2020-08-31 |
| COURTOIS, Patrice Lucien Jacques | Director | — | 2013-10-15 |
| GUIBERT, Monique | Director | — | 1992-02-21 |
| LANGOURIEUX, Yves | Director | — | 2010-09-27 |
| LARCHER, Marie Christine Madeleine | Director | 2010-09-27 | 2013-10-15 |
| ODOBEZ, Veronique | Director | 1992-08-01 | 1995-09-01 |
| RENAUT, Hugues Constant Guillaume | Director | 2014-10-14 | 2021-08-30 |
| RUAUX, Michel | Director | — | 1998-12-10 |
| SERVIER, Pascale | Director | — | 1992-08-01 |
| SESINI, Frederic Karl Marcel Alexandre | Director | 2013-10-15 | 2014-10-14 |
| SHANKLAND, Keith Alan | Director | — | 1992-09-01 |
| SMITH, Trevor Ronald | Director | 1999-01-01 | 2001-10-22 |
| TALLEC, Benoit, Dr | Director | 2001-10-22 | 2002-02-04 |
| TALLEC, Benoit, Dr | Director | 1995-09-01 | 1998-12-31 |
| TEXIER, Florent Daniel | Director | 2021-11-30 | 2024-10-01 |
| VAN MUYLDERS, Philip Leopold J | Director | 2020-08-31 | 2023-06-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olivier Jacques Gerard Laureau | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 148 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-16 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-01-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-07 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-10-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
+12%
£15,619,000 £17,501,000
-
Cash
-15%
£2,154,000 £1,831,000
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
+12.1%
£7,611,000 £8,529,000
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
+5.6%
36 38
-
Operating profit
+4.5%
£492,000 £514,000
-
Profit before tax
+2,341.3%
£402,000 £9,814,000
highest in 4 filed years
-
Wages
+14.9%
£2,930,000 £3,368,000
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