BAYER PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£201M
-16.6% vs 2023
Employees
623
-17.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£8M
-112.2% vs 2023
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 | £604,401,000 | £584,031,000 | |
| Operating profit | £42,899,000 | £40,000,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £65,842,000 | -£8,047,000 | |
| Net profit | £56,676,000 | -£15,618,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £362,482,000 | £288,897,000 | |
| Net assets | £241,394,000 | £201,246,000 | |
| Equity | £241,394,000 | £201,246,000 | |
| Average employees | 754 | 623 | |
| Wages | £69,684,000 | £78,905,000 |
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 | 7.1% | 6.8% | |
| Net margin | 9.4% | -2.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.8% | 13.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.50x | 1.21x | |
| Interest cover | 7.13x | 7.11x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are satisfied that it is appropriate to present the financial statements on the going concern assumption based on a detailed assessment of future forecasts and assurances of the continued support from the Bayer group.”
Group structure
- BAYER PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY · parent
- Bayer Agriculture Limited 100%
- Bayer CropScience Limited 100%
- Silver Birch Trustees Limited 100%
- Schering Health Care Limited 100%
- Schering Agrochemicals Holdings 100%
- Blackford Analysis Limited 100%
- Bayer AEH Limited 100%
- Monsanto UK Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During 2024 Bayer AG announced the divestment of: Androccur, which was divested in May 2024, the divestment only reflects the sale of the stock held which was £3k; and Nimotop which will be divested during 2025.”
- “Following the announcement in May 2024 by the United Kingdom supreme court rejecting the patent rights for Bayer PLC for the Xarelto one a day brand, the directors decided to focus on the growth of the Company and start implementing the DSO model with restructuring of the Company still going on.”
- “An adjusting event occurred related to the contingent loan held for the ex-Blackford shareholders after the closing date of the balance sheet. The milestone payment which was due in December 2024 did not materialise, resulting in an adjustment of £18.4m in the statement of financial position reducing the contingent loan held.”
- “Bayer AG has announced the divestment of its nebuliser portfolio, with the sale expected towards the end of 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARKER, Colin Andrew | Secretary | 2014-07-21 | — | — |
| CARTER, Emma Jayne | Director | 2025-02-12 | Jan 1980 | British |
| FEFFER, Tomer Tovia | Director | 2025-02-18 | Oct 1970 | Israeli |
| GERDAU, Thorsten | Director | 2019-09-30 | Jan 1967 | Swedish |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BYRNE, Peter Kevin | Secretary | 1996-04-18 | 1999-04-30 |
| DICKSON, Trevor James | Secretary | 2004-04-26 | 2005-11-07 |
| NEWSON, Martin David | Secretary | — | 2004-04-26 |
| WILKINSON, Mark Alistair | Secretary | 2005-11-07 | 2018-04-16 |
| ABERG, Lennart Thorsten | Director | — | 2002-12-31 |
| AHRENS, Gustav | Director | 1994-04-21 | 1995-12-31 |
| BAMELIS, Pol, Dr | Director | — | 1996-03-07 |
| BERNERS, Franz-Josef, Dr | Director | 2006-05-02 | 2009-02-20 |
| BERNERS, Franz-Josef, Dr | Director | 2000-05-12 | 2003-10-01 |
| BOCKSTEGERS, Ute | Director | 2014-12-17 | 2018-07-19 |
| BRUENING, Lars Friedrich | Director | 2017-08-22 | 2021-09-22 |
| COURTH, Lambert | Director | 2002-12-05 | 2006-07-03 |
| DAWKINS, Martin Scott | Director | 2006-07-03 | 2014-01-28 |
| HAHN, Vera | Director | 2015-09-21 | 2019-08-12 |
| HUEBENER, Manfred Paul | Director | 1999-12-20 | 2000-07-03 |
| JINDAL, Vinit Rajesh | Director | 2021-08-17 | 2024-12-31 |
| KOSKIMIES, Heikki Tapani | Director | 1996-01-01 | 1999-10-11 |
| KURDIKAR, Sreeparna Arun | Director | 2018-07-19 | 2021-08-17 |
| MOHR, Hans - Juergen | Director | 1996-03-07 | 2000-04-11 |
| MOHR, Hans-Jurgen | Director | — | 1994-04-21 |
| MOSCHO, Alexander, Dr | Director | 2014-01-17 | 2017-08-31 |
| PATERSON, Ian | Director | 2009-02-20 | 2015-06-01 |
| PAYANO BAEZ, Ramon Antonio, Dr | Director | 2021-09-22 | 2025-03-14 |
| PLISCHKE, Wolfgang, Dr | Director | 2004-01-19 | 2006-05-02 |
| WEBB, John Victor | Director | — | 1995-04-25 |
| WULFF, Jochen | Director | 2003-03-18 | 2004-01-19 |
| ZABY, Gottfried, Dr | Director | 2000-04-26 | 2002-03-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayer Ag | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Bayer Global Investments B.V. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 187 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-08-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-08-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-16 | 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-3.4%
£604,401,000 £584,031,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-16.6%
£241,394,000 £201,246,000
-
Employees
-17.4%
754 623
-
Operating profit
-6.8%
£42,899,000 £40,000,000
-
Profit before tax
-112.2%
£65,842,000 -£8,047,000
-
Wages
+13.2%
£69,684,000 £78,905,000
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