STERIS IMS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-23 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£8M
-239.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
73
+2.8% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£6M
-397.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £8,492,754 | £9,127,859 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£704,819 | -£5,167,388 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,058,081 | -£1,185,013 | -£5,894,696 | |
| Net profit | -£787,435 | -£948,413 | -£5,492,451 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,096,197 | £3,651,542 | -£7,435,761 | |
| Net assets | -£1,363,990 | -£2,212,884 | -£7,511,761 | |
| Equity | -£1,363,990 | -£2,212,884 | -£7,511,761 | |
| Average employees | 68 | 71 | 73 | |
| Wages | £2,827,657 | £2,918,291 | £3,424,162 |
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 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -8.3% | -56.6% | |
| Net margin | — | -11.2% | -60.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -19.3% | 69.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.69x | 0.26x | |
| Interest cover | — | -1.46x | -7.10x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have assessed the ability of STERIS Limited to provide support and therefore have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “During the year, a new, larger site was set up in Northampton, replacing the old site. The decision was also made to consolidate the old Hoddesdon site into the new site. In July 2025, the Company consolidated the trade from the old site in Hoddesdon to the new site in Northampton. The Company plans to sell the Hoddesdon site imminently.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURTON, Karen Louise | Director | 2025-11-14 | May 1967 | American |
| UBBING, John Patrick | Director | 2023-05-31 | Feb 1987 | American |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| THROWER, George | Secretary | — | 2000-12-31 |
| TWIGGER, John William | Secretary | 2003-04-04 | 2016-08-31 |
| WOODNICK, Louis | Secretary | 2000-12-31 | 2003-04-04 |
| GANNAWAY, Paul David | Director | 2003-04-04 | 2015-04-01 |
| LINCOLN, Paul Lawrence | Director | 2020-06-11 | 2023-05-31 |
| MITCHINSON, Neil | Director | 2008-12-12 | 2016-08-31 |
| O'RIORDAN, William Anthony | Director | 2019-09-17 | 2022-06-30 |
| RENDLE, Peter John | Director | 2017-09-08 | 2020-05-07 |
| THROWER, George | Director | — | 2000-12-31 |
| TOKICH, Michael Joseph | Director | 2017-06-30 | 2025-11-14 |
| TURNER, Jonathan Paul | Director | 2016-08-31 | 2017-09-08 |
| TWIGGER, John William | Director | 2001-07-01 | 2016-08-31 |
| WOODNICK, Louis | Director | — | 2003-04-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Synergy Health (Uk) Limited | Legal person | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-08-23 | Active |
| Phoenix Surgical Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-08-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 164 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-08-31 | PSC06 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-08-31 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-07-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-04-17 | 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
- 1
- 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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+7.5%
£8,492,754 £9,127,859
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-239.5%
-£2,212,884 -£7,511,761
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+2.8%
71 73
highest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
-633.2%
-£704,819 -£5,167,388
-
Profit before tax
-397.4%
-£1,185,013 -£5,894,696
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
+17.3%
£2,918,291 £3,424,162
highest in 3 filed years
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