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Next accounts due

2027-03-31 (in 10mo)

Last filed for 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement due

2026-08-11 (in 3mo)

Last made up 2025-07-28

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£273K

Latest balance sheet

Net assets

-£4M

Equity attributable

Employees

Average over period

Profit before tax

£9M

Period ending 2025-06-30

Name history

Renamed 4 times since incorporation

  1. BESTWAY PHARMACY NDC LIMITED 2014-09-24 → present
  2. THE CO-OPERATIVE PHARMACY NATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTRE LIMITED 2012-11-22 → 2014-09-24
  3. SANTS PHARMACEUTICAL DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED 2012-07-27 → 2012-11-22
  4. THE CO-OPERATIVE PHARMACY NATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTRE LIMITED 2009-07-20 → 2012-07-27
  5. SANTS PHARMACEUTICAL DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED 1972-04-17 → 2009-07-20

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30

Metric Trend 2024-06-302025-06-30
Turnover £438,478,000£475,645,000
Operating profit £8,917,000
Profit before tax £8,651,000
Net profit £8,683,000
Cash £273,000
Total assets less current liabilities £3,681,000
Net assets -£3,783,000
Equity -£3,783,000
Average employees
Wages £15,547,000

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 2024-06-302025-06-30
Operating margin 1.9%
Net margin 1.8%
Return on capital employed 242.2%
Current ratio 0.92x
Interest cover 33.52x

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
Forvis Mazars LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“Furthermore, the Directors' have considered the net current liabilities of the Company at the year end of £7,361,000 (2024: £16,839,000). In considering this position, which does not impact the Company or the Group's conclusions around going concern, the parent Company, Bestway Healthcare Holdings Limited, has confirmed its intention to provide financial support in the unlikely event it is necessary to support the Company to meet its debts as they all due for a minimum of 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements. Accordingly, the Directors, having made suitable enquiries, and based on financial performance to date and forecast, along with available financing facilities, have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”

Group structure

  1. BESTWAY PHARMACY NDC LIMITED · parent
    1. Opus Pharmaceuticals Limited 100% · England and Wales · Pharmacy Wholesale
    2. Donald Wardle and Son Limited 100% · England and Wales · Pharmacy Distribution

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 34 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
FERGUSON, Thomas Richard John Secretary 2019-04-26
MITCHELL, Ben Richard Director 2025-07-01 May 1972 British
PATERAS, Gregory Vincent Director 2024-09-09 Apr 1976 British
Show 34 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BROCKLEHURST, Jonathan David Secretary 1996-06-17 2007-12-14
ELDRIDGE, Katherine Elizabeth Secretary 2007-12-14 2010-03-26
HILTON, Caroline Secretary 2014-12-17 2018-08-10
SELLERS, Caroline Jane Secretary 2010-03-26 2014-09-30
WILLIAMS, George Edwin Secretary 1996-06-14
BARTON, Chris Director 2001-05-21 2003-06-26
BATTY, Peter David Director 2009-07-24 2010-03-31
BEAUMONT, Martin Dudley Director 1997-07-11 2002-09-07
BEER, Thorsten Director 2024-10-23 2025-07-01
BROCKLEHURST, Jonathan David Director 1998-09-16 2009-03-10
BROOKS, Gerald Director 1998-03-27
BROWN, Roger Graham Director 2001-08-16 2003-04-11
FAIRBROTHER, Lindsey Director 2005-01-17 2007-12-07
FARQUHAR, Gordon Hillocks Director 2007-10-25 2009-07-24
GOLDSTRAW, Jennifer Marsha Director 1998-09-16 2000-05-12
GOLDSTRAW, Jennifer Marsha Director 1997-07-11
HAMILTON, David Allen Director 2017-08-22 2018-10-25
HINE, John Herbert Director 1998-09-16 2001-07-27
HINE, John Herbert Director 1997-07-11
HOBBS, Sebastian Director 2019-09-27 2024-09-09
JACOB, Katherine Rebecca Director 2021-01-29 2024-10-14
JONES, Philip Robert Director 1997-07-11 2007-10-25
KEW, Philip Anthony Director 1997-07-11 2002-09-06
KRIGE, Lynette Gillian Director 2017-12-12 2021-01-29
MARKS, Peter Vincent Director 2002-09-08 2007-11-19
NUTTALL, John Branson Director 2005-01-17 2019-09-27
PICKING, David James Director 2001-08-16 2004-10-28
SMITH, Anthony John Director 2009-03-10 2017-07-19
SMITH, Stephen David Director 1998-02-20 2003-02-14
THOMPSON, Christopher Howard Gould Director 2001-08-16 2004-07-30
WALKER, Ian Director 1999-09-20 2001-05-29
WARDLE, Andrew Ralph Director 2002-02-07 2003-03-31
WILLIAMS, George Edwin Director 1992-01-09 1996-06-14
CWS (NO.1) LIMITED Corporate Director 2012-06-28 2014-09-30

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Bestway Panacea Holdings Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100% 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 217 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-03-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-08-01 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-07-01 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-07-01 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-03-26 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-11-06 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-10-16 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-09-11 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-09-11 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-08-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-04-25 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-08-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-03-15 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-02-16 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2022-08-04 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-06-08 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full
2022-04-01 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-08-05 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-06-28 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-02-09 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
4

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
1

last 12 months

Officers resigned
1

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 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30

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

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