SIGMA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-20 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+11.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£27M
-13.6% vs 2024
Employees
423
-1.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£5M
-140.8% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SIGMA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC 1986-11-19 → present
- ROXBURGHE EXPORTS LIMITED 1981-05-15 → 1986-11-19
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £271,457,000 | £218,609,000 | |
| Operating profit | £13,685,000 | -£3,295,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £13,361,000 | -£5,455,000 | |
| Net profit | £10,232,000 | -£4,286,000 | |
| Cash | £1,080,000 | £1,205,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £70,395,000 | £64,430,000 | |
| Net assets | £31,482,000 | £27,195,000 | |
| Equity | £31,482,000 | £27,195,000 | |
| Average employees | 430 | 423 | |
| Wages | £14,128,000 | £14,703,000 |
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.0% | -1.5% | |
| Net margin | 3.8% | -2.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 19.4% | -5.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.68x | 2.64x | |
| Interest cover | 7.50x | -1.27x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Blick Rothenberg Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors believe that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence and meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future, being a period of at least twelve months from the date these financial statements were approved. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- SIGMA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC · parent
- Selective Supplies Limited 100%
- OPD Laboratories Limited 100%
- Special Concept Development (UK) Limited 100%
- RX Farma Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In July 2025, the company completed a refinance and successfully negotiated a new, committed four-year asset based lending facility. The terms of the current facility are considered to be more than adequate for the foreseeable future.”
- “During the year, the company successfully implemented a new ERP system which has brought about significant improvements in business reporting, governance and controls.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHAH, Bhavin Manish | Secretary | 2021-01-05 | — | — |
| HAMPTON, Mark Richard | Director | 2022-07-01 | Jun 1964 | British |
| HARIA, Rajesh Shantilal | Director | 2020-04-21 | Dec 1964 | British |
| MOIR, James Marcus Henry | Director | 2022-04-14 | Jan 1965 | British |
| SHAH, Bhavin Manish | Director | 2011-03-04 | Jun 1983 | British |
| SHAH, Hatul Bharat Kumar | Director | 2011-03-04 | Oct 1978 | British |
| SHAH, Rajiv Bharat Kumar | Director | 2011-03-04 | Jan 1985 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHAH, Bharat Kumar | Secretary | — | 1994-03-02 |
| SHAH, Kamal Hansraj | Secretary | 1994-03-02 | 2004-03-10 |
| SHAH, Manish Hansraj | Secretary | 2004-03-10 | 2021-01-05 |
| PATEL, Pravesh | Director | 2020-04-21 | 2021-07-26 |
| SHAH, Bharat Kumar Hansraj Devraj | Director | — | 2020-12-22 |
| SHAH, Divya Kamal | Director | 1995-03-01 | 2009-03-15 |
| SHAH, Hansraj Devraj | Director | 2001-04-02 | 2015-04-26 |
| SHAH, Jayoti Bharat | Director | 1995-03-01 | 2020-04-21 |
| SHAH, Kalpana Manish | Director | 1995-03-01 | 2020-04-21 |
| SHAH, Kamal Hansraj | Director | — | 2020-12-22 |
| SHAH, Manish Hansraj | Director | — | 2020-12-22 |
| SHAH, Nishal Kumar, Dr | Director | 2016-02-10 | 2020-04-21 |
| SHAH, Paras Kamal | Director | 2014-11-12 | 2025-05-06 |
| SHAH, Sachin Manish | Director | 2016-02-10 | 2020-04-21 |
| SHAH, Vinod Jethalal | Director | — | 1994-03-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orion Holdings (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 200 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-08-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-08-06 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-08-06 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company | |
| 2026-03-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-08-06 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-08-06 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-07-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-18 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-05-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
-19.5%
£271,457,000 £218,609,000
-
Cash
+11.6%
£1,080,000 £1,205,000
-
Net assets
-13.6%
£31,482,000 £27,195,000
-
Employees
-1.6%
430 423
-
Operating profit
-124.1%
£13,685,000 -£3,295,000
-
Profit before tax
-140.8%
£13,361,000 -£5,455,000
-
Wages
+4.1%
£14,128,000 £14,703,000
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