SYNERGY HEALTH (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-23 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£72K
-8.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£155M
+4.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
1,311
+11.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£9M
+195.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £87,226,000 | £105,143,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | -£1,735,000 | £1,886,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£10,953,000 | £3,095,000 | £9,147,000 | |
| Net profit | — | -£10,271,000 | £2,190,000 | £7,030,000 | |
| Cash | — | £59,000 | £79,000 | £72,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £136,850,000 | £137,486,000 | £141,055,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £145,594,000 | £147,455,000 | £154,548,000 | |
| Equity | £158,551,000 | £145,594,000 | £147,455,000 | £154,548,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 1,132 | 1,176 | 1,311 | |
| Wages | — | £38,371,000 | £40,502,000 | £46,490,000 |
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 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | -2.0% | 1.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 2.5% | 6.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | -1.3% | 1.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 11.1% | 14.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 4.01x | 3.08x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | -14.58x | 13.77x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company has also received confirmation from its intermediate parent undertaking, STERIS Limited, of its intention to provide support, where needed, for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of the accounts. The directors have assessed the ability of STERIS Limited to provide support and therefore have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- SYNERGY HEALTH (UK) LIMITED · parent
- Diagmed Healthcare Limited 100%
- Sterile Supplies Limited 50%
- STERIS IMS Limited 100%
- Vernon and Co. Limited
- Vernon-Carus Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The company also won a significant new contract which contributed nearly £8m to revenue in the second half of the year”
- “During the year, the company entered into a significant new contract”
- “The legislation implementing the Pillar Two Model Rules in the UK was substantively enacted on 20 June 2023 and first has effect for the company for the year ended 31 March 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURTON, Karen Louise | Director | 2025-11-14 | May 1967 | American |
| UBBING, John Patrick | Director | 2023-05-31 | Feb 1987 | American |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MASON, Timothy Charles | Secretary | 2013-07-30 | 2014-07-23 |
| STUBBINS, David Riley | Secretary | — | 2013-07-30 |
| TURNER, Jonathan Paul | Secretary | 2014-07-23 | 2017-09-08 |
| BIRCHALL, Ian | Director | 1994-03-28 | 2002-12-04 |
| COLLYER, Graham John | Director | 2002-08-20 | 2005-12-07 |
| COWARD, Adrian Vincent, Dr | Director | 2008-03-19 | 2019-08-22 |
| DOOTSON, Stephen | Director | 1994-03-28 | 2002-08-20 |
| EDWARDS, John | Director | 2000-07-20 | 2005-05-05 |
| FAZAL, Michael David | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2009-04-30 |
| FOWLER, Timothy Stephen | Director | 2011-03-10 | 2018-10-23 |
| FRYER, Luke Richard | Director | 2008-03-19 | 2008-07-31 |
| GARTSIDE, Edmund Travis | Director | — | 2005-08-31 |
| HAY, Gerard James | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2005-10-31 |
| HILL, Gavin | Director | 2010-04-26 | 2016-04-29 |
| HOLLIDAY, Michael Victor | Director | 2001-12-18 | 2002-12-31 |
| JACQUES, Ivan Mark | Director | 2005-10-17 | 2010-04-26 |
| JONES, Lincoln Carey Wilkinson | Director | — | 2003-03-31 |
| LEWIS, Mark Owen Frederick | Director | 2000-07-20 | 2002-07-15 |
| LINCOLN, Paul Lawrence | Director | 2020-06-11 | 2023-05-31 |
| LOMAS, Alastair Mark | Director | 2009-06-22 | 2009-09-08 |
| MACLAREN, Garry | Director | 1994-03-28 | 1998-11-28 |
| MACMILLAN, Anne Elizabeth | Director | 2008-03-19 | 2009-11-09 |
| MASON, Timothy Charles | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2014-07-23 |
| O'RIORDAN, William Anthony | Director | 2019-09-17 | 2022-06-30 |
| RENDLE, Peter John | Director | 2017-09-25 | 2020-05-07 |
| RENDLE, Peter John | Director | 2017-09-08 | 2017-09-25 |
| SHAW, Darrell Howard | Director | — | 2000-07-20 |
| SOMERFIELD, Kathryn Louise | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2015-12-10 |
| SPEAK, Alison Jane | Director | 2009-02-27 | 2011-03-04 |
| STEEVES, Richard Martin, Dr | Director | 2005-10-17 | 2015-11-10 |
| STUBBINS, David Riley | Director | 1994-03-28 | 2006-03-23 |
| SUTCLIFFE, Martyn | Director | 2009-11-10 | 2017-11-20 |
| TIPPINS, Richard Stanley, Dr | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2011-09-30 |
| TOKICH, Michael Joseph | Director | 2016-06-22 | 2025-11-14 |
| TURNER, Jonathan Paul | Director | 2011-09-30 | 2017-09-08 |
| WILSON, Garry | Director | 2008-03-19 | 2010-09-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Synergy Health Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 208 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-08-31 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-07-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-01-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-16 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+20.5%
£87,226,000 £105,143,000
-
Cash
-8.9%
£79,000 £72,000
-
Net assets
+4.8%
£147,455,000 £154,548,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+11.5%
1,176 1,311
highest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
+208.7%
-£1,735,000 £1,886,000
-
Profit before tax
+195.5%
£3,095,000 £9,147,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
+14.8%
£40,502,000 £46,490,000
highest in 3 filed years
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