DON WHITLEY SCIENTIFIC LIMITED

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  3 PSCs ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Kirk Newsholme

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 group's and the parent 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.”

Group structure

1. DON WHITLEY SCIENTIFIC LIMITED · parent
   1. Meintrup DWS Laborgerate GmbH 90% · Herzlake, Herzlake, Germany · Distributor
   2. Don Whitley Scientific Pty Limited 90% · Niagara Park, NSW 2250, Australia · Distributor

Significant events

• “The directors have undertaken a strategic review resulting in the planned closure of the group's Australian subsidiary in the year to 31 December 2025. Due the distribution network already established, the directors are confident that this will not have a negative impact on the performance of the group and may in fact aid future growth in Australia and surrounding markets.”
• “Subsequent to the year end the decision has been taken to close the group's Australian operation by the end of the next financial period with all remaining assets repatriated to the UK.”

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

Filings

12

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -1.6%

  £14,044,862 → £13,817,525

• Cash

  +20.2%

  £1,398,561 → £1,681,307

• Net assets

  +10.7%

  £9,642,498 → £10,669,601

• Employees

  -2.7%

  110 → 107

• Operating profit

  -5.9%

  £1,904,758 → £1,792,310

• Profit before tax

  +2.1%

  £1,914,338 → £1,953,927

• Wages

  +2.5%

  £3,774,664 → £3,868,481

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