NOVO NORDISK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-07 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£56M
+58.2% vs 2023
Employees
506
+4.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£26M
+5.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- NOVO NORDISK LIMITED 2000-11-14 → present
- NOVO NORDISK PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED 1990-01-02 → 2000-11-14
- NORDISK-UK LIMITED 1980-12-31 → 1990-01-02
- NORDISK DIAGNOSTICS LIMITED 1973-06-18 → 1980-12-31
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 | £549,670,000 | £558,475,000 | |
| Operating profit | £20,334,000 | £23,231,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £24,635,000 | £26,042,000 | |
| Net profit | £18,169,000 | £19,193,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £37,989,000 | £58,868,000 | |
| Net assets | £35,131,000 | £55,587,000 | |
| Equity | £35,131,000 | £55,587,000 | |
| Average employees | 483 | 506 | |
| Wages | £45,278,000 | £49,509,000 |
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 | 3.7% | 4.2% | |
| Net margin | 3.3% | 3.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 53.5% | 39.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 78.0% | 75.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.28x | 1.33x | |
| Interest cover | 155.22x | 113.88x |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company has prepared a cash flow forecast for a minimum of 12 months from the date of signing of the Directors' report. Having examined the current status of the company's principal contracts and likely developments in the foreseeable future, the directors consider that the company will be able to settle its liabilities as they fall due and accordingly the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCDERMID, Jocelyn | Secretary | 2024-11-27 | — | — |
| BAILEY, Nicholas James | Director | 2008-09-29 | Apr 1973 | British |
| LARSEN, Jonas Emil Kongshoj | Director | 2022-11-22 | Sep 1975 | Danish |
| NIELSEN, Thomas Rask | Director | 2024-04-30 | Jul 1970 | Danish |
| TUNA, Sebnem Avsar | Director | 2025-02-06 | Sep 1971 | Turkish |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAILEY, Nicholas James | Secretary | 2011-02-16 | 2012-05-01 |
| BROWN, Stephen Lawrence | Secretary | 1992-09-07 | 1999-10-14 |
| EDWARDS, David | Secretary | — | 1992-09-07 |
| LLOYD-GOODWIN, Wendy Helen | Secretary | 2009-05-18 | 2011-02-16 |
| O'FLYNN, Matthew | Secretary | 2012-05-01 | 2024-10-15 |
| ROBERTS, Sandra | Secretary | 1999-10-15 | 2009-05-18 |
| AYLWARD, Gordon Charles | Director | — | 1995-02-13 |
| BARRY, Nicholas | Director | 2008-03-18 | 2012-09-28 |
| BIRCH, Viggo Ludvig | Director | 2001-09-01 | 2012-04-30 |
| EHRLICH, Klaus | Director | 2002-03-12 | 2005-07-14 |
| EVANS, Hywel | Director | 1995-02-13 | 1997-12-01 |
| GRUHN, Jerzy Roman | Director | 2013-08-01 | 2016-11-17 |
| HAAGEN, Tomas | Director | 2018-11-20 | 2024-04-29 |
| HELMICH, Pal | Director | — | 2002-02-20 |
| JELERT, Soren | Director | 2005-09-08 | 2008-06-30 |
| JORDAN, Doxie Alphonza | Director | 2014-11-10 | 2018-04-06 |
| JORGENSEN, Lars Almblom | Director | — | 1993-06-23 |
| KIER, Frederik | Director | 2020-07-28 | 2022-11-18 |
| MEEUS, Peter Paul Armand | Director | 2012-05-01 | 2014-08-21 |
| NEILSEN, Henrik Juuel | Director | 2003-01-23 | 2005-08-05 |
| RAMSBY, Ole Falvig | Director | 1997-07-25 | 2018-11-20 |
| REGAN, Matt Joseph | Director | 2017-11-16 | 2020-07-03 |
| SAHOTA, Pinder | Director | 2018-11-20 | 2024-12-31 |
| SAUNDERS, Ingelise | Director | 1997-12-01 | 2001-08-31 |
| SCHULTZ, Kare | Director | 2005-04-22 | 2008-03-17 |
| SOETERS, Martinus Hermanus | Director | 2008-03-18 | 2013-08-01 |
| SORENSEN, Jakob | Director | 1996-04-24 | 1997-04-30 |
| SORENSEN, Mads Ravn | Director | — | 1996-04-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk Holding Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 188 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-27 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-02 | 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
+1.6%
£549,670,000 £558,475,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+58.2%
£35,131,000 £55,587,000
-
Employees
+4.8%
483 506
-
Operating profit
+14.2%
£20,334,000 £23,231,000
-
Profit before tax
+5.7%
£24,635,000 £26,042,000
-
Wages
+9.3%
£45,278,000 £49,509,000
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