HACH LANGE LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-25 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£0
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£17M
+6.8% vs 2023
Employees
87
+8.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£810K
-37.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- HACH LANGE LTD 2003-10-16 → present
- LANGE UK LIMITED 2002-07-01 → 2003-10-16
- BUHLER MONTEC GROUP LIMITED 1997-02-03 → 2002-07-01
- MONTEC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1992-10-05 → 1997-02-03
- DETECTRONIC LIMITED 1971-11-01 → 1992-10-05
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £38,841,000 | £38,181,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,355,000 | £894,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,300,000 | £810,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,294,000 | £809,000 | |
| Cash | £0 | £0 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,517,000 | £17,624,000 | |
| Net assets | £16,237,000 | £17,345,000 | |
| Equity | £16,237,000 | £17,345,000 | |
| Average employees | 80 | 87 | |
| Wages | £5,595,000 | £6,520,000 |
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 | 3.5% | 2.3% | |
| Net margin | 3.3% | 2.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.2% | 5.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 35.5% | 35.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.02x | 1.14x | |
| Interest cover | 15.40x | 9.93x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company is a limited risk distributor in the water quality sector, with group pricing arrangements in place. As a result the company trades profitably and generates cash on an ongoing basis as indicated by the results for the year. The company is also trading profitably in 2025 and has an ongoing positive cash flow and a strong net asset position forecast throughout the directors going concern assessment period to 31 December 2026.”
Group structure
- HACH LANGE LTD · parent
- ATTC Training Centre Sdn. Bhd. 100%
- Hach Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. 100%
Significant events
- “The Directors recognize the ever changing geo-political environment, with the Ukraine War and Middle-East conflict continuing to have a potential impact on global supply chains and prices, which may also affect our company.”
- “Hach Lange LTD received a dividend of £4,432,000 from Hach Malaysia SDN.BHD on May 20, 2025. By shareholder resolution dated May 30, 2025 the shareholders of Hach Lange LTD resolved a dividend distribution in the amount of £4,432,000, which was executed on June 09, 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KING, Geoffrey | Director | 2020-12-22 | May 1969 | British |
| MCDERMOTT, Stephen Russell | Director | 2020-12-31 | Jun 1961 | British |
| PARIS, Olivier Charles Joseph | Director | 2022-05-16 | Aug 1972 | French |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIS, Colin Ernest | Secretary | 1999-11-16 | 1999-11-25 |
| JOHNSTON, Martin James Hardy | Secretary | 1997-01-11 | 1997-04-24 |
| POWNEY, Stephen Graham | Secretary | 1997-04-24 | 1999-09-30 |
| STEPHENS, Roger John | Secretary | 1999-09-30 | 1999-11-16 |
| TUNLEY, David William | Secretary | 2007-05-03 | 2012-06-29 |
| WARD, Keith Graham | Secretary | 1999-11-25 | 2007-05-03 |
| WATSON, David John | Secretary | — | 1997-01-11 |
| BOUGHTON, Paul Victor | Director | 1999-06-25 | 1999-11-16 |
| CULLINAN, Graeme Francis | Director | 2018-09-14 | 2020-12-22 |
| DAVIS, Colin Ernest | Director | 1999-11-16 | 2005-03-01 |
| DI DIO, Salvatore | Director | 2009-08-01 | 2012-07-05 |
| FUENTES, Margaret | Director | 2020-12-22 | 2021-03-12 |
| GEISEL, Martin Erhardt | Director | 2005-03-01 | 2009-04-01 |
| GRAY, Alan Clifford | Director | — | 1996-03-31 |
| GREEN, Richard John | Director | 1998-01-05 | 2002-01-07 |
| GUERIN, John Michael | Director | — | 1993-06-09 |
| HARROP, Roger | Director | 1997-01-11 | 1999-06-25 |
| HELMERS, Andy | Director | 2015-06-23 | 2018-09-14 |
| ILLEK, Elmar Friedrich | Director | 1999-11-16 | 2001-01-22 |
| JOHNSTON, Martin James Hardy | Director | 1997-01-11 | 1999-07-30 |
| KLABUNDE, Thomas Helmut | Director | 2005-03-01 | 2007-07-01 |
| LEVEY, George | Director | — | 1997-01-11 |
| OTHICK, David Michael | Director | — | 1996-07-31 |
| PERRY, Andrew Jonathan | Director | 1997-01-11 | 2000-03-10 |
| PRICE, Alfred Colin | Director | 1993-08-18 | 1996-03-31 |
| REERS, Michael | Director | 2007-07-01 | 2009-07-31 |
| SCHAUMBURG, Gert Eberhard | Director | 2012-07-05 | 2015-06-23 |
| STELL, Darin | Director | 2006-02-15 | 2020-12-22 |
| TAGG, David William | Director | — | 1993-03-17 |
| TAYLOR, John Michael | Director | 1996-10-02 | 1997-01-11 |
| WARD, Keith Graham | Director | 2012-07-05 | 2020-12-31 |
| WOODS, Stephen Paul | Director | — | 1993-12-01 |
| ZACHARIAS, James Graham | Director | 1999-06-25 | 1999-11-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launchchange Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-06-02 | Active |
| Launchchange Operations Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-09-11 | Ceased 2023-06-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 239 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-09-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-05 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-01-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-01-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-01-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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
-1.7%
£38,841,000 £38,181,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+6.8%
£16,237,000 £17,345,000
-
Employees
+8.8%
80 87
-
Operating profit
-34%
£1,355,000 £894,000
-
Profit before tax
-37.7%
£1,300,000 £810,000
-
Wages
+16.5%
£5,595,000 £6,520,000
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