ABBOTT DIABETES CARE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-26 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
-0.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£831M
+63.4% vs 2023
Employees
847
+3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£692M
+28.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- ABBOTT DIABETES CARE LIMITED 2005-08-02 → present
- MEDISENSE UK LIMITED 1997-04-21 → 2005-08-02
- MEDISENSE (U.K.) HOLDING LTD. 1990-10-12 → 1997-04-21
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £181,273,000 | £164,666,000 | |
| Operating profit | £541,800,000 | £689,376,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £536,723,000 | £691,709,000 | |
| Net profit | £401,701,000 | £512,570,000 | |
| Cash | £3,819,000 | £3,797,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £508,432,000 | £832,659,000 | |
| Net assets | £508,391,000 | £830,961,000 | |
| Equity | £508,391,000 | £830,961,000 | |
| Average employees | 822 | 847 | |
| Wages | £42,460,000 | £42,397,000 |
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 | 298.9% | 418.7% | |
| Net margin | 221.6% | 311.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 106.6% | 82.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 35.2% | 36.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.47x | 2.46x | |
| Interest cover | 53.61x | 100.21x |
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
- Ernst & Young
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company generated a net profit of £512,570,000 (2023: £401,701,000), has a net asset position of £830,961,000 (2023: £508,391,000) and current assets of the Company exceed its current liabilities by £694,327,000 (2023: £405,170,000). Trading profits are expected to continue in the foreseeable future. Therefore, after making enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company will continue in operational existence for a period of twelve months from the approval of the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KENNY, Paul John | Secretary | 2019-03-07 | — | — |
| BASS, Christopher Graham | Director | 2016-11-10 | Jul 1982 | British |
| KENNY, Paul John | Director | 2019-03-07 | Oct 1967 | British |
| SMITH, Shaun Julian | Director | 2018-10-24 | Jul 1965 | British |
| WENNER, James Russell | Director | 2025-12-10 | Sep 1967 | American |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BASS, Christopher Graham | Secretary | 2016-11-10 | 2019-03-07 |
| BOJAS, Gerald J | Secretary | 1993-06-14 | 1993-08-03 |
| CROCKETT, Adrian Graham | Secretary | 2015-07-23 | 2016-11-01 |
| EVANS, Brian Nigel | Secretary | 1996-11-15 | 2015-07-24 |
| MCDONALD, James Angus | Secretary | 1993-08-03 | 2009-02-02 |
| WOLF, Rhoda Louvain | Secretary | — | 1993-05-07 |
| BOJAS, Gerald J | Director | 1993-06-14 | 1993-08-03 |
| BOJAS, Gerald J | Director | — | 1996-11-15 |
| BRANIGHAN, Kenneth Robert | Director | 2001-01-16 | 2002-06-21 |
| CARTER, Nigel | Director | 2000-07-24 | 2003-02-07 |
| COLE, Pat | Director | 2011-05-27 | 2018-10-25 |
| CROCKETT, Adrian Graham | Director | 2011-10-31 | 2016-11-01 |
| DAVIES, Alison Elizabeth | Director | 2023-10-15 | 2025-12-10 |
| FREYMAN, Thomas Craig | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2016-11-01 |
| GIBSON, Nathan Lee | Director | 1998-03-25 | 2000-07-24 |
| IGLESIAS FERNANDEZ, Luis | Director | 2002-06-26 | 2005-12-13 |
| KENNY, Paul John | Director | 2009-07-13 | 2011-10-31 |
| KRAMMER, Karen Ann | Director | 2020-03-27 | 2022-10-03 |
| LOGUE, Fraser, Dr | Director | 2007-03-20 | 2011-05-27 |
| MCCOY JR, John Arthur | Director | 2022-10-03 | 2023-10-15 |
| MCDONALD, James Angus | Director | 2003-02-07 | 2009-02-02 |
| MCDONALD, James Angus | Director | 1993-08-03 | 1997-05-30 |
| MUIR, Andrew Redvers, Dr | Director | 1992-08-11 | 1993-05-18 |
| PETERSON, Karen Marie | Director | 2020-03-01 | 2020-03-27 |
| QUINN JR., George P | Director | 1993-06-14 | 1993-08-03 |
| SCHUELER, John Otto | Director | 1997-12-22 | 2001-01-16 |
| SCOTT, David, Dr | Director | — | 1992-11-09 |
| WHELAN, Anthony John | Director | 2003-10-31 | 2007-03-20 |
| WOLF, Rhoda Louvain | Director | — | 1993-05-07 |
| YOOR, Brian | Director | 2016-11-10 | 2020-02-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbott Laboratories | Corporate entity | Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Abbott Laboratories Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 173 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-01-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-01-11 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-01-11 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-12-14 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-9.2%
£181,273,000 £164,666,000
-
Cash
-0.6%
£3,819,000 £3,797,000
-
Net assets
+63.4%
£508,391,000 £830,961,000
-
Employees
+3%
822 847
-
Operating profit
+27.2%
£541,800,000 £689,376,000
-
Profit before tax
+28.9%
£536,723,000 £691,709,000
-
Wages
-0.1%
£42,460,000 £42,397,000
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