SYSMEX UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-03 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-17
Watchouts
Cash
£5M
+21.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£39M
+7.5% vs 2024
Employees
212
+6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4M
+32.1% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- SYSMEX UK LIMITED 1995-05-25 → present
- TOA MEDICAL ELECTRONICS (U.K.) LIMITED 1991-05-22 → 1995-05-25
- KEEPMERGE LIMITED 1991-04-05 → 1991-05-22
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 | £81,628,130 | £85,293,938 | |
| Operating profit | £2,705,688 | £3,643,119 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,683,634 | £3,544,210 | |
| Net profit | £1,864,343 | £2,782,868 | |
| Cash | £4,110,158 | £4,987,101 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £39,997,349 | £42,575,729 | |
| Net assets | £36,186,902 | £38,895,963 | |
| Equity | £36,186,902 | £38,895,963 | |
| Average employees | 200 | 212 | |
| Wages | £14,927,388 | £16,710,302 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.3% | 4.3% | |
| Net margin | 2.3% | 3.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.8% | 8.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.35x | 2.31x | |
| Interest cover | 25.77x | 21.68x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial position of Sysmex UK Limited remains strong, with its high liquidity position and no external borrowings. The directors believe that Sysmex UK Limited, with existing long-term contracts and strong market position, will well placed to manage its business risks successfully despite the current uncertain economic outlook. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Significant events
- “Sysmex UK reported a significant increase in turnover for fiscal year 2024/25, with a 4.5% growth in external sales, driven by contract refreshes in the UK.”
- “The UK operation's turnover grew by 8.1% to £75 million in external sales, an increase of £5.6 million, primarily due to demand for Haematology instrumentation and contract extensions.”
- “3rd party products under managed service contract increased by 13.9%.”
- “Irish business turnover decreased by 13.4% to €12.2 million due to a large installation reported in 2024 and a reduction in 3rd party business of €1.3 million as Sysmex is no longer the primary managed service provider.”
- “Urine diagnostics business in the UK showed good growth of 39.3%.”
- “Company was awarded the prestigious Longitude Prize for AMR in 2024.”
- “Company continues to offer the new XR series of Haematology analysers, successor to the XN series, with enhancements for workload efficiency, throughput, and automation.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SKIMMELAND, Ulf Sigurd | Director | 2024-10-02 | Mar 1970 | Norwegian |
| VOELKEL, Matthias | Director | 2018-09-17 | Apr 1967 | German |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HASEGAWA, Taku | Secretary | 1993-10-01 | 1996-03-28 |
| HAY, Andrew Robert | Secretary | 1997-04-11 | 2001-04-09 |
| HOWES, Keith Lawrence, Managing Director | Secretary | 2001-07-01 | 2003-05-27 |
| HOWES, Keith Lawrence, Managing Director | Secretary | 1996-03-28 | 1997-04-11 |
| KAUKIS, Robert Victor | Secretary | 2003-05-27 | 2020-04-15 |
| MATSUI, Iwane | Secretary | 1992-04-01 | 1993-09-30 |
| MIYOSHI, Toshio | Secretary | 1991-04-26 | 1992-04-01 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1991-04-05 | 1991-04-26 |
| ALLEN, Jeffrey N/A | Director | 1995-06-01 | 2008-12-31 |
| AZUMA, Masahide | Director | 2008-05-01 | 2011-05-02 |
| BIWA, Seido, Managing Director | Director | 2017-08-18 | 2024-10-02 |
| HASHIMOTO, Reizo | Director | 1991-04-26 | 1994-04-17 |
| HOWES, Keith Lawrence, Managing Director | Director | 2003-05-27 | 2024-11-01 |
| ISHIDA, Michiaki | Director | 1998-07-09 | 2000-04-01 |
| KAMAO, Yukitoshi | Director | 2000-04-01 | 2005-07-18 |
| KUBOTA, Takeshi | Director | 2014-05-01 | 2017-04-04 |
| MATSUI, Iwane | Director | 2005-05-15 | 2008-05-01 |
| MIYOSHI, Toshio | Director | — | 1993-09-30 |
| OBE, Kazuya | Director | 1996-03-28 | 2001-04-09 |
| PATTINSON, Nigel | Director | 2011-11-10 | 2019-06-27 |
| SCHAEFER, Michael, Dr | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2014-01-31 |
| SCHULZE, Jeurgen, Dr | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2018-09-17 |
| SUMITANI, Kohei, Md & Memeber Of Emea Management Team | Director | 2011-05-03 | 2014-04-30 |
| TAMURA, Koji | Director | 1995-06-01 | 1998-07-09 |
| YUKIMOTO, Kenichi | Director | 1993-10-01 | 1996-03-28 |
| YUKIMOTO, Kenichi | Director | 1991-04-26 | 1992-05-01 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1991-04-05 | 1991-04-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Ulf Sigurd Skimmeland | Individual | Significant influence | 2024-10-02 | Active |
| Managing Director Keith Lawrence Howes | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-11-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 146 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-15 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-04-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2020-02-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
+4.5%
£81,628,130 £85,293,938
-
Cash
+21.3%
£4,110,158 £4,987,101
-
Net assets
+7.5%
£36,186,902 £38,895,963
-
Employees
+6%
200 212
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Operating profit
+34.6%
£2,705,688 £3,643,119
-
Profit before tax
+32.1%
£2,683,634 £3,544,210
-
Wages
+11.9%
£14,927,388 £16,710,302
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