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OCTAPHARMA LIMITED

#02372699 · Active · Incorporated 1989-04-17 (37y 1m) · Last filing 2026-05-07 (this month)
Health Care · SIC 21100 · C Manufacturing · Full accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-05-01 (in 1y)

Last made up 2026-04-17

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£1M

+52.8% highest in 4 filed years

Net assets

£17M

+14.7% highest in 4 filed years

Employees

15

+15.4% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£3M

+0.1% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

  1. OCTAPHARMA LIMITED 1989-08-31 → present
  2. CHROMATIC SERVICES LIMITED 1989-04-17 → 1989-08-31

Accounts

4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2020-12-312021-12-312023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £62,738,993£94,024,913£84,065,709£82,353,945
Operating profit £2,194,939£3,287,615£2,835,097£2,850,219
Profit before tax £2,194,939£3,287,615£2,877,923£2,880,692
Net profit ——£2,178,000£2,170,190
Cash £653,079£702,777£856,474£1,309,029
Total assets less current liabilities £10,626,492£10,234,596£15,673,130£17,708,336
Net assets £10,238,584£9,996,523£14,735,308£16,905,498
Equity £10,238,584£9,996,523£14,735,308£16,905,498
Average employees 16131315
Wages ——£1,132,521£1,354,181

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 2020-12-312021-12-312023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 3.5%3.5%3.4%3.5%
Net margin ——2.6%2.6%
Return on capital employed 20.7%32.1%18.1%16.1%
Current ratio ——3.08x4.12x

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
other
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Crowe U.K. LLP
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. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 6 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
MARGUERRE, Cornelius Secretary 2013-09-20 — —
MARGUERRE, Cornelius Director 2013-09-20 Mar 1958 German
MARGUERRE, Wolfgang Director — Jan 1941 German
Show 6 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
ANDRES, Ernst Niklaus Secretary 1994-08-01 1999-11-01
BJORNSTRUP, Kim Secretary 1999-11-01 2009-09-23
HUBAULT, Sophie Secretary — 1994-10-01
MARGUERRE, Frederic Secretary 2007-04-18 2013-09-20
MARGUERRE, Frederic Director 2007-04-18 2013-09-20
TAUB, Robert Director — 1995-06-02

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Frederic Marguerre Individual Significant influence 2016-04-06 Ceased 2021-06-01
Mr Wolfgang Marguerre Individual Shares 25–50% 2016-04-06 Active
Mr Tobias Marguerre Individual Significant influence 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 122 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-05-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-07-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-04-22 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-08-22 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-04-30 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-06-13 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2023-05-13 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-04-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-02-09 AAMD accounts Accounts amended with accounts type full
2022-08-31 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type total exemption full PDF
2022-04-29 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-08-11 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2021-07-23 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-04-20 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-09-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-04-21 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-04-29 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-03-15 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2018-10-07 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2018-04-18 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

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

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

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