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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-30

Confirmation statement due

2026-06-16 (in 1mo)

Last made up 2025-06-02

Watchouts

2 items

Cash

£2M

+70.9% highest in 4 filed years

Net assets

£4M

-58.8% lowest in 4 filed years

Employees

189

-20.3% lowest in 4 filed years

Profit before tax

-£6M

+86.2% vs 2023

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Name history

Renamed 4 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-09-22

  1. HVL PHARMA UK LTD 2025-09-22 → present
  2. EUROAPI UK LIMITED 2021-05-04 → 2025-09-22
  3. GENZYME LIMITED 1991-09-30 → 2021-05-04
  4. GENZYME (UK) LIMITED 1981-12-31 → 1991-09-30
  5. HONEYWORTH LIMITED 1981-04-21 → 1981-12-31

Accounts

5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2020-01-012020-12-312021-12-312023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £62,596,000£64,843,000£50,727,000£32,672,000
Operating profit £5,307,000£11,672,000-£45,476,000-£5,865,000
Profit before tax £5,370,000£12,393,000-£45,724,000-£6,308,000
Net profit £3,827,000£8,829,000-£40,039,000-£6,474,000
Cash £13,000£471,000£1,071,000£1,830,000
Total assets less current liabilities £173,052,000£48,035,000£11,171,000£5,106,000
Net assets £167,718,000£41,733,000£10,005,000£4,120,000
Equity £168,736,000£167,718,000£41,733,000£10,005,000£4,120,000
Average employees 218227237189
Wages £11,470,000£11,330,000£14,516,000£13,863,000

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 2020-01-012020-12-312021-12-312023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 8.5%18.0%-89.6%-18.0%
Net margin 6.1%13.6%-78.9%-19.8%
Return on capital employed 3.1%24.3%-407.1%-114.9%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 62.7%83.6%
Current ratio 1.71x1.26x
Interest cover 48.25x128.26x-183.37x-13.24x

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
BDO LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The Directors have reviewed the company's forecast cash flows for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements, which show that the Company is expected to generate cash inflows (with the support of cash injections from the parent company). The Company's cash position is managed locally by the financial team. The Directors have received confirmation from its ultimate holding company, Particle Dynamics Holdings, Inc of its intention to provide such financial support as the Company requires for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements. Based on current forecasts and strategic developments, the Directors consider that the longer-term going concern risk is low, and they expect the Company to return to profitability in due course.”

Significant events

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

People

3 active · 49 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
FORTIN, Nicolas Director 2025-06-30 Nov 1974 Canadian
HODGSON, Nicholas James Director 2025-07-16 Nov 1978 British
KANAN, Michael Forrest Director 2025-07-16 Feb 1963 American
Show 49 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BRYAN, Christopher John Secretary 2005-10-31 2007-02-23
CALDERBANK, Andrew Charles Secretary 1995-04-28 1996-01-12
CHAMBERLAIN, Ian Philip Secretary 1996-01-12 1998-05-06
COLLIVER, Valerie Anne Secretary 2007-02-23 2013-05-29
COX, Sara Secretary 2013-05-29 2024-12-20
HARROW, Terence Alfred, Dr Secretary 1999-03-11 2005-10-31
MODI, Vishal Secretary 2024-12-20 2025-06-30
PARISH, Ian Maxwell Secretary 1995-04-28
SMITH, Christopher Robert Secretary 1998-05-06 1998-05-06
BAKER, Gary Director 2023-09-27 2025-03-01
BAMFORTH, Mark Robert Director 1997-10-09 2010-03-01
BARKER, Richard Charles Director 1995-06-29 1998-01-16
BRYAN, Christopher John Director 2021-12-13 2024-08-01
BRYAN, Christopher John Director 2001-11-27 2017-02-17
BUSH, David Anthony, Dr Director 1995-06-29 2005-04-08
CAROLAN, Dominic Joseph Director 2009-06-23 2014-07-31
CASPANI, Michael Martin Director 2025-06-30 2025-07-16
CORTINOVIS, Matthieu Jean Director 2012-10-16 2014-11-19
CORTVRIEND, Martin John Director 1999-11-02 2000-09-05
COUSINS, Simon John, Dr Director 2000-09-05 2009-11-01
COX, Geoffrey Frank, Dr Director 1997-09-29
COX, Sara Director 2024-08-01 2025-06-30
DROHAN, Paul Victor Director 2005-07-20 2006-05-25
DUHALDE, Francois Xavier Director 2016-06-08 2021-03-31
EDWARDS, Paul Martin Director 1993-04-19 1998-01-12
GAMSTON, John Director 2011-12-19 2014-01-15
GERAGHTY, James A Director 1998-05-06 1999-11-02
HALE, Arthur James, Doctor Director 1993-12-31
HENNECKE, Derek George Director 2025-06-30 2025-07-16
HODGSON, Nicholas James Director 2024-08-01 2025-06-30
HODGSON, Nick Director 2014-09-24 2015-10-13
INCERTI, Carlo, Dr Director 2004-11-30 2006-05-25
JOHNSON, Malcolm David Director 2000-09-05 2006-01-25
KHAN, Usman Director 2021-03-31 2021-12-13
KIRKPATRICK, Shaun Alexander Director 2025-06-30 2025-07-16
LEIGH PEMBERTON, Jeremy Director 1993-12-31
LOGUE, Paul Director 2010-02-23 2011-12-19
MCLACHLAN, David John Director 1991-09-13 1999-11-02
MORETTA, James Director 2015-05-14 2023-09-27
MORRIS, Steven Director 1998-05-06 2000-10-23
O'CONNOR, Paul John Director 2005-04-01 2007-11-26
OLLINGTON, James Frank, Dr Director 1997-10-09 2000-07-07
PARISH, Ian Maxwell Director 1995-04-28
POGORZELSKI, Donald Director 2000-07-07 2010-12-22
POWER, John Anthony, Dr Director 2007-11-26 2010-12-22
PROSSER, Andy Director 2015-05-14 2016-06-08
SMITH, Paul Derek Director 2014-09-24 2015-10-13
TERMEER, Henri Adrianus Director 1999-11-02
VAN HEEK, Gerrit Jan Director 1991-02-01 1997-10-30

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Haverhill Uk Holdco Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2025-06-30 Active
Euroapi Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2022-05-06 Ceased 2025-06-30
Sanofi Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Ceased 2022-05-06

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 264 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2025-09-22 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
  • 2025-08-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2025-08-06 MA Memorandum articles
Date Type Category Description
2026-02-04 RP01SH01 miscellaneous Legacy PDF
2025-12-24 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares
2025-10-28 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2025-10-10 ANNOTATION miscellaneous Legacy
2025-10-07 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-09-22 CERTNM change-of-name Certificate change of name company PDF
2025-08-26 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2025-08-06 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2025-08-06 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2025-07-16 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-07-16 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-07-16 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-07-16 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-07-16 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-07-02 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2025-07-02 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2025-07-02 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-07-02 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-07-02 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2025-07-02 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
20

last 12 months

Capital events
2

last 24 months

Officers appointed
3

last 12 months

Officers resigned
6

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

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

Official Companies House page