SHIRE PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-12 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-28
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£5M
0% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£0
Period ending 2025-03-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The Company is considered dormant. The Company is identified for elimination at a later date and accordingly these financial statements have been prepared on a non-going concern basis.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SHIRE PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED 1987-01-30 → present
- AIMCANE LIMITED 1986-06-26 → 1987-01-30
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £0 | £0 | |
| Operating profit | £0 | £0 | |
| Profit before tax | £0 | £0 | |
| Net profit | £0 | £0 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £5,029,000 | £5,029,000 | |
| Equity | £5,029,000 | £5,029,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | £0 | £0 |
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
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The Company is considered dormant. The Company is identified for elimination at a later date and accordingly these financial statements have been prepared on a non-going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 42 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEMIS, Seyda Atadan | Director | 2022-08-01 | Mar 1979 | Turkish |
| PAGE, Marc Stuart | Director | 2025-08-19 | Feb 1985 | British |
Show 42 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GUTHRIE, Anthony James | Secretary | 2008-06-18 | 2015-09-30 |
| HARRIS, Neil Charles | Secretary | 1995-12-01 | 2001-04-04 |
| MAY, Tatjana Anni Hilde | Secretary | 2001-05-01 | 2008-06-18 |
| MCLEAN, Andrew Firth | Secretary | 1993-10-27 | 1995-11-30 |
| RUSSELL, Angus Charles | Secretary | 2001-04-05 | 2001-04-30 |
| STEPHENS, Dennis John | Secretary | — | 1993-10-27 |
| STRAWBRIDGE, Oliver | Secretary | 2015-11-18 | 2018-03-01 |
| TAKEDA CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2018-03-01 | 2023-05-31 |
| BAILLY, Damien Rodolphe Edmond | Director | 2018-01-15 | 2019-05-06 |
| BOWLING, James Nicholas | Director | 2008-06-18 | 2015-01-14 |
| CARRUTHERS, Fearghas Macgilp Kerr | Director | 2017-12-31 | 2018-06-30 |
| CLARKE, Janet | Director | — | 1996-06-19 |
| CLAYTON, Janis Elizabeth | Director | 2012-04-19 | 2013-11-29 |
| DAVIS, Trevor | Director | — | 2000-05-11 |
| EMMENS, Matthew William | Director | 2003-03-12 | 2008-06-18 |
| FITCH, Kenneth William | Director | — | 1996-01-31 |
| FLETCHER, John Allan | Director | — | 1997-06-13 |
| FREEMAN, John | Director | — | 2011-07-31 |
| GIBBONS, Mark | Director | 2018-06-30 | 2022-11-08 |
| GRUBIN, Peter Michael | Director | 2022-03-01 | 2025-09-02 |
| HARTLEY, Daniel William David | Director | 2008-06-18 | 2014-05-09 |
| INSALL, Nicholas Hugh Meryon | Director | 2018-06-30 | 2020-11-30 |
| JANAWAY, Helen Rosemary | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2017-06-29 |
| LILLISTONE, Helen Alice | Director | 2016-09-23 | 2017-03-01 |
| MARTEL, Timothy John | Director | 2015-01-14 | 2016-03-22 |
| MASSEY, Nicola | Director | 2011-08-03 | 2015-07-31 |
| MCPARTLAND, Peter | Director | — | 1996-02-15 |
| MILLER, Amanda | Director | 2014-05-09 | 2015-09-01 |
| MOUNTAIN, John Christopher | Director | — | 1992-05-21 |
| NEAL, Jonathan Clark | Director | 2019-03-12 | 2023-01-18 |
| RUS, Joseph | Director | 2004-02-16 | 2008-06-18 |
| RUSSELL, Angus Charles | Director | 1999-12-13 | 2008-06-18 |
| SEDANI, Ketan Jaysukhlal | Director | 2017-03-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| SHIRAHATA, Kentaro | Director | 2020-11-30 | 2022-03-01 |
| STACHOWIAK, Sebastian | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2017-11-30 |
| STAHEL, Rolf | Director | 1994-03-07 | 2003-03-12 |
| STAMP, Stephen Antony | Director | 1994-04-11 | 1999-12-13 |
| STEPHENS, Dennis John | Director | — | 2000-01-08 |
| STRATFORD, Harry Thomas | Director | — | 1994-03-07 |
| TOTTEN, Joseph Wilson, Doctor | Director | 1999-05-10 | 2004-06-30 |
| TRINDADE MENEZES ESOUZA, Richard Anthony Joseph | Director | 2000-10-30 | 2004-02-16 |
| WEBB, Jonathan Ivan William | Director | 2017-11-30 | 2018-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Takeda Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-02-17 | Active |
| Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-02-10 | Ceased 2020-02-17 |
| Baxalta Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-03-28 | Ceased 2020-02-10 |
| Shire Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-03-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 269 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-02 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2024-11-29 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-10 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2023-06-06 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2023-06-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
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Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
0%
£5,029,000 £5,029,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
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