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L.ROWLAND & COMPANY (RETAIL) LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 02288928
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1988-08-23
- Last accounts made up
- 2025-01-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 47730
- Hubs
- UK Healthcare
Accounts
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On the basis of their assessment of the Company's financial position the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company will be able to continue in operational existence for the going concern period until 30 September 2026. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Subsidiaries
- LP North One Limited · 100% held · United Kingdom · Non trading
- LP North Seven Limited · 100% held · United Kingdom · Non trading
- LP North Nineteen Limited · 100% held · United Kingdom · Non trading
- Springburn Dispensary Limited · 100% held · United Kingdom · Dormant
Significant events
- “Nine retail pharmacies included in assets held for sale were disposed of post year end.”
- “In March 2025, the funding arrangement for community pharmacies 2024/25 and 2025/26 was finalised. The total uplift of 19.7% to £3.073 billion, alongside an agreement not to recover £193 million of historic over-paid funding from the sector, provides the sector with an uplift to previous years funding and supports in cost price pressures and mitigating losses.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
4 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOMAN, Alexander David Edward | Secretary | 2026-04-01 | — | — |
| ANDERSON, Stephen William | Director | 2017-10-01 | Sep 1966 | British |
| FEARN, Jonathan Lee | Director | 2024-02-01 | Apr 1974 | British |
| SWIFT, Nigel | Director | 2021-08-09 | May 1966 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLAKEMAN, Michael Peter | Secretary | 2008-04-11 | 2019-03-10 |
| BURTON, Annabelle | Secretary | 2019-05-13 | 2020-12-23 |
| COLE, Robert Bromfield | Secretary | 1994-02-18 | 2002-10-01 |
| GOULT, David Alexander | Secretary | 2002-10-01 | 2008-04-11 |
| MARKS, Stephen John William | Secretary | 2020-12-23 | 2026-03-31 |
| PENN, Joseph Jonathan | Secretary | — | 1994-02-18 |
| BATHER, Mark Thomas Edward | Director | 2020-04-01 | 2021-08-12 |
| BLACK, Kenneth John | Director | 2000-03-01 | 2019-05-31 |
| BUTTERWORTH, Andrew Craig | Director | 2004-02-01 | 2004-02-03 |
| BUTTERWORTH, Andrew Craig | Director | 2002-05-31 | 2002-06-01 |
| CHIWARA, Jill | Director | 2016-10-01 | 2018-10-01 |
| COLE, David Rowland | Director | 2002-01-25 | 2012-01-31 |
| COLE, Robert Bromfield | Director | 1995-04-01 | 2002-10-18 |
| COLE, Rowland Basil | Director | — | 1998-12-14 |
| COOPER, Christopher | Director | 2012-01-03 | 2013-12-23 |
| COWAN, Ian Campbell | Director | 2001-09-11 | 2019-01-31 |
| D'ARCY, John Gerard Patrick | Director | 2007-05-01 | 2018-01-31 |
| FERGUSSON, Neil Duncan Taylor | Director | 1993-03-25 | 1999-12-31 |
| HUDSON, Kevin Robert | Director | 2002-10-18 | 2021-07-31 |
| MACRURY, Margaret Elizabeth | Director | 2011-08-22 | 2022-02-01 |
| PENN, Joseph Jonathan | Director | — | 2011-03-01 |
| POLE, Christopher Philip | Director | — | 1997-05-06 |
| SMITH, Paul Jonathan | Director | 1997-03-10 | 2017-10-01 |
| TAYLOR, Adrian Mark | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2001-09-10 |
| WACHTER, Maximilian Martin | Director | 2020-12-01 | 2024-03-31 |
| YOUNG, Alexander Stuart | Director | — | 2008-01-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Medical Supplies Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-01-23 | Active |
| L Rowland & Co Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-01-23 |
| Mr Paul Jonathan Smith | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mr Kevin Robert Hudson | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mr Kenneth John Black | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Ms Margaret Elizabeth Macrury | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mr John Gerard Patrick D'Arcy | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mr Ian Campbell Cowan | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mr Michael Peter Blakeman | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 216 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | CH03 | officers | change person secretary company with change date |
| 2026-04-13 | AP03 | officers | appoint person secretary company with name date |
| 2026-04-13 | TM02 | officers | termination secretary company with name termination date |
| 2025-10-08 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-02-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | resolution |
| 2025-02-05 | SH19 | capital | capital statement capital company with date currency figure |
| 2025-02-05 | SH20 | capital | legacy |
| 2025-02-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | resolution |
| 2025-02-05 | CAP-SS | insolvency | legacy |
| 2025-02-05 | SH01 | capital | capital allotment shares |
| 2024-10-30 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2024-04-02 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-02-07 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-01-31 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | cessation of a person with significant control |
| 2024-01-30 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | notification of a person with significant control |
| 2023-11-03 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-11-23 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | change to a person with significant control |
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