PORVAIR PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£16M
-5.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£153M
+9.1% vs 2023
Employees
1,097
+8.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£21M
+4.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- PORVAIR PLC 1982-11-30 → present
- ALNERY NO. 152 LIMITED 1982-09-03 → 1982-11-30
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £176,013,000 | £192,639,000 | |
| Operating profit | £21,240,000 | £22,797,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £20,090,000 | £20,912,000 | |
| Net profit | £15,970,000 | £16,602,000 | |
| Cash | £16,839,000 | £15,838,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £163,562,000 | £179,055,000 | |
| Net assets | £140,438,000 | £153,254,000 | |
| Equity | £140,438,000 | £153,254,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,009 | 1,097 | |
| Wages | £47,290,000 | £48,778,000 |
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 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 12.1% | 11.8% | |
| Net margin | 9.1% | 8.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.0% | 12.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 28.4% | 28.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.22x | 2.20x | |
| Interest cover | 16.65x | 11.78x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these accounts.”
Group structure
- PORVAIR PLC · parent
- Porvair Corporation 1%
- Porvair Filtration India Private Limited 0.6%
- Kbiosystems Limited 1%
- Dahlman Industrial Group B.V. 1%
- Porvair Sciences Limited 1%
- Selee Corporation 1%
Significant events
- “During the year, the Board approved a £5.5 million capital investment programme for the upgrade and expansion of the Group's aluminium cast house based in Hendersonville. The project began in the second half of the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOUGLASS, Andrew Stephen | Secretary | 2025-06-26 | — | — |
| ANSON, Lisa Mary Whewell | Director | 2025-10-01 | Apr 1968 | British |
| CAMAN JAVVI, Hooman | Director | 2025-01-06 | Aug 1987 | Swedish,Iranian |
| MACKAY, Sheena Mary | Director | 2024-10-28 | May 1961 | Scottish |
| MILLS, James Alan | Director | 2021-04-12 | Jun 1973 | British |
| NICHOLAS, John Edward | Director | 2017-10-01 | Aug 1956 | British |
| SHARMA, Amitabh | Director | 2023-01-01 | Jan 1967 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIS, Stephen Michael | Secretary | 2004-01-31 | 2004-09-06 |
| MORAN, Mark | Secretary | 2000-12-29 | 2004-01-31 |
| SYMONDS, Kenneth John | Secretary | — | 2000-12-29 |
| TYLER, Christopher Patric | Secretary | 2004-09-06 | 2025-06-26 |
| BINGHAM, Lewis Gordon | Director | 1996-05-01 | 2000-09-20 |
| BOSTWICK, Ernest | Director | — | 2000-11-30 |
| CLARKE, John Neil | Director | 1994-09-01 | 1995-11-30 |
| COLLINSON, Anthony Ralph | Director | — | 1996-04-12 |
| DEAN, Paul David | Director | 2012-08-02 | 2020-02-03 |
| GATENBY, Michael Richard Brock | Director | 2002-06-25 | 2013-04-16 |
| GREENWOOD, Peter William | Director | — | 1999-07-05 |
| HALAI, Jasi Hari | Director | 2019-06-18 | 2023-01-31 |
| HALLIWELL, Allen, Dr | Director | — | 1994-11-30 |
| KOPF, Ralph Eugene | Director | 1995-12-18 | 1997-07-31 |
| MARTIN, Sarah Jean | Director | 2016-10-01 | 2025-11-04 |
| MATTHEWS, Charles Lewis | Director | 2005-01-24 | 2018-04-17 |
| MORAN, Mark | Director | 1997-10-01 | 2004-01-31 |
| MORGAN, John Mansel | Director | — | 2006-04-12 |
| OST, Michael Stuart | Director | 1999-07-05 | 2005-01-24 |
| RAJAGOPAL, Krishnamurthy, Dr | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2016-11-10 |
| SEXTON, John Stirling, Dr | Director | 2007-01-29 | 2007-10-02 |
| STOCKS, Benjamin Denys William | Director | 1998-02-16 | 2025-04-15 |
| SYMONDS, Kenneth John | Director | — | 1998-12-01 |
| TYLER, Christopher Patric | Director | 2004-09-06 | 2021-04-20 |
| VAWDA, Sarah Bibi | Director | 2023-06-26 | 2024-04-02 |
| WALKER, Andrew John | Director | 2005-01-24 | 2014-04-08 |
| WALLIS, William Oscar Francis | Director | — | 2002-06-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 309 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-05-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-05-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-04-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-03-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-01-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-28 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-10-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-26 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-06-26 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-23 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-11-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 5
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2024-11-30 vs 2023-11-30
-
Turnover
+9.4%
£176,013,000 £192,639,000
-
Cash
-5.9%
£16,839,000 £15,838,000
-
Net assets
+9.1%
£140,438,000 £153,254,000
-
Employees
+8.7%
1,009 1,097
-
Operating profit
+7.3%
£21,240,000 £22,797,000
-
Profit before tax
+4.1%
£20,090,000 £20,912,000
-
Wages
+3.1%
£47,290,000 £48,778,000
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