FINSBURY (INSTRUMENTS) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-29
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-18 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£15M
+5.5% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£1M
+217.1% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-29
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£7,000 | -£9,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £327,000 | £1,037,000 | |
| Net profit | £247,000 | £776,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £14,010,000 | £14,786,000 | |
| Equity | £14,010,000 | £14,786,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 2024-12-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | 25.24x | 21.09x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company has prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis. The Director believes that it is reasonable to assume that the Company will have adequate resources, for a period of 12 months (the "Assessment Period"), from the date of approval of these financial statements, to discharge their obligations as they fall due.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCHOLES, Alistair John | Director | 2018-08-31 | May 1965 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIMMONS, Roger Brian | Secretary | — | 2009-12-11 |
| ARMSTRONG, Bruce Graham | Director | 2011-09-28 | 2018-08-31 |
| CROSSLEY, Andrew Graham | Director | 2009-12-11 | 2011-09-29 |
| FABER, Abraham Andries | Director | 2011-09-28 | 2015-03-23 |
| GIBSON, Peter Jeremy | Director | — | 1994-10-20 |
| LLOYD, Clive Richard | Director | 2007-04-10 | 2009-12-11 |
| PANDISCIO, Paul Michael | Director | 2011-02-15 | 2011-08-12 |
| SHAND, Dave Paul | Director | 2007-04-10 | 2009-12-11 |
| SIMMONS, Roger Brian | Director | 1992-05-01 | 2009-12-11 |
| SMITH, Colin David | Director | 2007-04-16 | 2009-12-11 |
| TUKE, Michael Antony | Director | — | 2009-12-11 |
| VANGERVEN, Luc Fernand | Director | 2009-12-11 | 2011-02-15 |
| WOODALL, Andrew Stephen | Director | 2007-04-10 | 2009-12-11 |
| WRIGHT, Eric James | Director | — | 2009-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finsbury Orthopaedics Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 149 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-11-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-09-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2018-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2018-02-05 | 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 2024-12-29 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+5.5%
£14,010,000 £14,786,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-28.6%
-£7,000 -£9,000
-
Profit before tax
+217.1%
£327,000 £1,037,000
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