WOLTERS KLUWER HEALTH (MEDICAL RESEARCH) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-13 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£9M
+25.1% vs 2023
Employees
177
-1.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+601.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- WOLTERS KLUWER HEALTH (MEDICAL RESEARCH) LIMITED 2005-12-05 → present
- SILVERPLATTER INFORMATION LIMITED 1987-02-25 → 2005-12-05
- SILVERPLATTER DEVELOPMENT LIMITED 1985-12-17 → 1987-02-25
- INC-UBATOR LTD 1983-12-07 → 1985-12-17
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 | £24,124,000 | £25,040,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£200,000 | £2,444,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£407,000 | £2,040,000 | |
| Net profit | -£782,000 | £1,758,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,804,000 | £9,525,000 | |
| Net assets | £7,007,000 | £8,765,000 | |
| Equity | £7,007,000 | £8,765,000 | |
| Average employees | 180 | 177 | |
| Wages | £16,189,000 | £15,354,000 |
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 | -0.8% | 9.8% | |
| Net margin | -3.2% | 7.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -2.6% | 25.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 77.4% | 70.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.48x | 0.50x | |
| Interest cover | -0.51x | 4.84x |
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
- Bennett Brooks & Co Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors therefore have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- WOLTERS KLUWER HEALTH (MEDICAL RESEARCH) LIMITED · parent
- Ovid Technologies S.L. 100%
- Wolters Kluwer Health Professional and Education Mexico, S A 5%
- IJS Publishing Group (IJSPG) 100%
- Wolters Kluwer Arabia Limited (Saudi) 100%
Significant events
- “The company renamed the Saudi branch to Wolters Kluwer Arabia Limited and formed a new Saudi Limited company in December 2023.”
- “The performance of the Company during 2024 has seen turnover increase by 4% and operating profit decrease by 3%, before the recognition of an impairment of £2,711,000 in 2023, mainly due to exclusion of Saudi results.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOUDIE, John | Secretary | 2010-09-30 | — | — |
| BOELE, Peter | Director | 2023-12-15 | Apr 1968 | Dutch |
| BURGESS, Ian | Director | 2023-12-15 | Jan 1971 | British |
| LUSSE, Peter Matthijs | Director | 2023-09-12 | Oct 1965 | Dutch |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOSEY, Suzanne | Secretary | 1998-05-13 | 2002-03-31 |
| LAWS, Arthur Andrew | Secretary | 1996-06-20 | 1997-01-10 |
| MASON, Austin | Secretary | — | 1996-06-20 |
| NEGANDHI, Pankaj Nanalal | Secretary | 1997-01-10 | 1997-12-31 |
| REID HOLDEN, Gillian | Secretary | 1997-12-31 | 1998-05-13 |
| WALKER, Jennifer | Secretary | 1999-07-13 | 2000-02-29 |
| ZIMAN, Norman Julian | Secretary | 2002-03-01 | 2010-09-30 |
| HATVANY, Bela Rupert | Director | — | 1996-03-25 |
| LUKEY, Francis Joseph | Director | 1998-02-28 | 2002-03-28 |
| MASON, Austin | Director | 1996-06-20 | 1998-02-28 |
| MULDER, Roy | Director | 2017-12-15 | 2023-09-12 |
| REILLY, Peter Andrew | Director | 2006-07-01 | 2018-04-05 |
| RICHARDSON, Andrew Philip | Director | 2001-11-01 | 2017-12-15 |
| WARREN, Philip | Director | 2017-12-15 | 2024-03-28 |
| WILLIAMS, Gareth Robert | Director | 2018-05-18 | 2023-12-29 |
| WINSHALL, Walter Arthur | Director | 1999-08-05 | 2001-06-13 |
| WINSHALL, Walter Arthur | Director | 1995-08-28 | 1998-07-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolters Kluwer Health (Europe) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 145 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
-
Turnover
+3.8%
£24,124,000 £25,040,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+25.1%
£7,007,000 £8,765,000
-
Employees
-1.7%
180 177
-
Operating profit
+1,322%
-£200,000 £2,444,000
-
Profit before tax
+601.2%
-£407,000 £2,040,000
-
Wages
-5.2%
£16,189,000 £15,354,000
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