BRITANNIA PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-07 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-23
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
-8.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£55M
+4.1% vs 2023
Employees
95
+9.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£11M
-4.2% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
Since the year end, the ultimate shareholders of the Company's intermediate parent, Stada Arzneimittel AG (Stada) have agreed the sale of a majority stake in Stada to CapVest Partners LLP (CapVest). The transaction is expected to complete in early 2026. The director understands the intentions of CapVest are to continue to support Stada and its subsidiaries with its strategy and growth ambitions and the transaction would not change current plans for the Company. Therefore, the director has a reasonable expectation that the Company will have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements. The director believes it is therefore appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these financial statements. However the director does not have full knowledge of CapVest's future intentions and funding plans in relation to the Company. These conditions indicate the existence of a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include the adjustments that would result if the Company were unable to continue as a going concern.
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 | £76,537,000 | £86,500,000 | |
| Operating profit | £11,480,000 | £10,881,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £11,622,000 | £11,130,000 | |
| Net profit | £13,269,000 | £14,164,000 | |
| Cash | £3,627,000 | £3,330,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £53,979,000 | £55,907,000 | |
| Net assets | £53,323,000 | £55,487,000 | |
| Equity | £53,323,000 | £55,487,000 | |
| Average employees | 87 | 95 | |
| Wages | £5,727,000 | £5,530,000 |
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 | 15.0% | 12.6% | |
| Net margin | 17.3% | 16.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 21.3% | 19.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 26.3% | 26.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.22x | 2.30x | |
| Interest cover | 225.10x | 473.09x |
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
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“Since the year end, the ultimate shareholders of the Company's intermediate parent, Stada Arzneimittel AG (Stada) have agreed the sale of a majority stake in Stada to CapVest Partners LLP (CapVest). The transaction is expected to complete in early 2026. The director understands the intentions of CapVest are to continue to support Stada and its subsidiaries with its strategy and growth ambitions and the transaction would not change current plans for the Company. Therefore, the director has a reasonable expectation that the Company will have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements. The director believes it is therefore appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these financial statements. However the director does not have full knowledge of CapVest's future intentions and funding plans in relation to the Company. These conditions indicate the existence of a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include the adjustments that would result if the Company were unable to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- BRITANNIA PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED · parent
- CNRD 2002 Limited 0.33%
Significant events
- “An increase in turnover of 13% to £86.5m in 2024 (£76.5m in 2023) has been primarily driven by an increase in APO-GO brand sales in France and Austria and LECIGON brand sales as new markets have launched and established markets have grown. This has been offset by a reduction in US APOKYN royalty income as a result of increased market competition in the US.”
- “The Company is intending to continue to successfully launch the group's newly acquired product Lecigon throughout Europe in 2025. The Company received approval for its subcutaneous apomorphine infusion device, ONAPGO, from the Food and Drug Administration on 4 February 2025. ONAPGO, will be launched in the US during the second quarter of 2025.”
- “Since the year end, the ultimate shareholders of the Company's intermediate parent, Stada Arzneimittel AG have agreed the sale of a majority stake in Stada Arzneimittel AG to CapVest Partners LLP. The transaction is expected to complete in early 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WOOD, Robert Kenneth | Director | 2016-04-05 | Dec 1976 | British |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORSHAW, John Robert | Secretary | 2006-03-22 | 2007-09-20 |
| GALLEHAWK, Andrew Ralph | Secretary | 2019-10-01 | 2020-06-29 |
| GORE-STRACHAN, Evelyn | Secretary | 2013-07-11 | 2015-06-29 |
| HANLON, James Anthony | Secretary | 2007-09-20 | 2010-05-17 |
| PEFFERS, Douglas Watson | Secretary | 2004-04-29 | 2006-03-22 |
| PEFFERS, Douglas Watson | Secretary | — | 1992-10-21 |
| ROBINSON, Elizabeth | Secretary | 2016-04-05 | 2019-10-01 |
| SHEPARD, John Anthony | Secretary | 1992-10-21 | 2004-04-29 |
| WRIGHT, Philip John | Secretary | 2010-05-17 | 2013-07-11 |
| BALLARD, Peter Gavin | Director | 2008-08-13 | 2012-05-03 |
| DAVIES, David Keith | Director | — | 2007-09-20 |
| DENGLER, Christoph | Director | 2015-06-09 | 2021-02-22 |
| DUCKWORTH, Alexander James | Director | 2001-10-10 | 2007-09-20 |
| DUCKWORTH, Peter Edgar | Director | — | 2007-09-20 |
| GERARD, William Wilson | Director | — | 2007-09-20 |
| GRANT, Victoria | Director | 2022-09-07 | 2022-10-03 |
| HANLON, James Anthony | Director | 2007-09-20 | 2010-05-17 |
| HASLAM, David | Director | 2009-02-12 | 2010-05-17 |
| HASLAM, David Nicholas | Director | 2000-10-19 | 2007-09-20 |
| HUTCHINSON, David John Mckenzie | Director | 2006-09-14 | 2007-09-20 |
| JACKSON-DOOLEY, Brian Maxwell | Director | 1994-12-21 | 2005-12-31 |
| JARVIS, Helen Ann | Director | 2006-09-14 | 2007-09-20 |
| JEBING, Dieter | Director | 2012-05-03 | 2016-04-05 |
| NOBLE, Maxwell Edward Paul | Director | — | 2007-09-20 |
| O'RIORDAN, Rory Walter | Director | 2007-09-20 | 2010-05-17 |
| PEFFERS, Douglas Watson | Director | — | 2007-09-20 |
| PRICE, Ian Roger | Director | 2004-04-29 | 2007-09-20 |
| SCARLETT-SMITH, Roger Lidderdale | Director | 2021-02-22 | 2022-09-07 |
| SLEGERS, Luc Maurice Godelieva | Director | 2007-09-20 | 2015-06-29 |
| TIERNEY, Daniel Peter Nicholas | Director | — | 2007-09-20 |
| WOODCOCK, Derek Alan | Director | 1994-12-21 | 2007-09-20 |
| WRIGHT, Philip John | Director | 2008-08-13 | 2010-05-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus Pharmaceuticals Holdings 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-05-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-01-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-24 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
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Turnover
+13%
£76,537,000 £86,500,000
-
Cash
-8.2%
£3,627,000 £3,330,000
-
Net assets
+4.1%
£53,323,000 £55,487,000
-
Employees
+9.2%
87 95
-
Operating profit
-5.2%
£11,480,000 £10,881,000
-
Profit before tax
-4.2%
£11,622,000 £11,130,000
-
Wages
-3.4%
£5,727,000 £5,530,000
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