KNIGHTS CHEMIST LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-15 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£133K
+53.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£21M
+8.4% vs 2024
Employees
510
+4.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
+108.7% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- KNIGHTS CHEMIST LIMITED 1987-04-29 → present
- KNIGHT CHEMISTS LIMITED 1985-10-08 → 1987-04-29
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £62,968,676 | £69,538,978 | |
| Operating profit | £2,094,657 | £3,395,507 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,302,817 | £2,719,572 | |
| Net profit | £409,511 | £1,645,256 | |
| Cash | £86,382 | £132,961 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £27,633,704 | £27,754,039 | |
| Net assets | £19,523,646 | £21,168,902 | |
| Equity | £19,523,646 | £21,168,902 | |
| Average employees | 487 | 510 | |
| Wages | £8,949,325 | £10,060,049 |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.3% | 4.9% | |
| Net margin | 0.7% | 2.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.6% | 12.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.86x | 0.74x | |
| Interest cover | 2.64x | 5.03x |
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
- Xeinadin Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- KNIGHTS CHEMIST LIMITED · parent
- Pearn's Pharmacies Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Between year end and filing the company acquired 24 sites in South Wales on 1st June 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOWDLE, Michelle | Secretary | 2024-10-07 | — | — |
| SODHA, Anand Rati Nitin | Director | 2018-07-06 | Jun 1991 | British |
| SODHA, Meena | Director | 2000-07-14 | May 1959 | British |
| SODHA, Nitin Trembaklal | Director | — | Nov 1955 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SODHA, Meena | Secretary | — | 2024-10-07 |
| SODHA, Pankaj | Director | 1992-05-19 | 2012-09-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tulsico Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2023-01-30 | Active |
| Mrs Meena Sodha | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-03-03 | Ceased 2023-01-31 |
| Mr Nitin Trembaklal Sodha | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-01-31 |
| The T B Sodha Trust | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-10-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 129 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-08 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-17 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-29 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-10 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2023-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-01-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
+10.4%
£62,968,676 £69,538,978
-
Cash
+53.9%
£86,382 £132,961
-
Net assets
+8.4%
£19,523,646 £21,168,902
-
Employees
+4.7%
487 510
-
Operating profit
+62.1%
£2,094,657 £3,395,507
-
Profit before tax
+108.7%
£1,302,817 £2,719,572
-
Wages
+12.4%
£8,949,325 £10,060,049
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