AMBU LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-13 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£73
0% vs 2024
Net assets
£6M
+22.1% vs 2024
Employees
65
+10.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
-28.7% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- AMBU LIMITED 2002-10-18 → present
- MEDICOTEST UK LIMITED 1992-06-29 → 2002-10-18
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £45,986,013 | £51,326,932 | |
| Operating profit | £1,672,109 | £1,245,732 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,704,754 | £1,215,447 | |
| Net profit | £1,268,907 | £1,081,195 | |
| Cash | £73 | £73 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,886,427 | £5,967,622 | |
| Net assets | £4,886,427 | £5,967,622 | |
| Equity | £4,886,427 | £5,967,622 | |
| Average employees | 59 | 65 | |
| Wages | £4,529,015 | £4,596,960 |
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 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.6% | 2.4% | |
| Net margin | 2.8% | 2.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 34.2% | 20.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.85x | 2.73x | |
| Interest cover | 51.22x | 41.13x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ensors
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company remains dependent on the group funding. Ambu A/S has confirmed that it will provide the necessary support for the period to 31 March 2027, to enable the Company to settle its liabilities as they fall due. The directors have a reasonable expectation that Ambu A/S has adequate resources and liquidity to support the Company for the going concern period. Consequently, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the period to 31 March 2027. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 9th March 2026, Ambu Limited declared £500,000 of dividends to its shareholders (2024: £4,500,000).”
- “On 1 September 2025 our auditors, Ensors Accountants LLP, merged with Azets Audit Services Limited. Accordingly Ensors Accountants LLP formally resigned as the company's auditors with the directors duly appointing Azets Audit Services Limited, trading as Ensors to fill the vacancy arising.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BENDER, Henrik Skak | Director | 2024-01-01 | Apr 1984 | Danish |
| NOLAND, Sjur Teksle | Director | 2023-09-15 | Feb 1972 | Norwegian |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORGAN, Paul Dudley Oliver | Secretary | 1993-10-01 | 2024-02-05 |
| MORGAN, Paul Dudley Oliver | Secretary | 1992-06-29 | 1993-10-01 |
| C & M SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1992-06-29 | 1992-06-29 |
| ABRAHAMSEN, Michael Hojgaard | Director | 2013-02-05 | 2022-05-31 |
| ARVAI, Anders | Director | 2003-12-03 | 2013-01-04 |
| BIRK NIELSEN, Kurt Erling | Director | 2003-12-03 | 2008-10-13 |
| CHRISTENSEN, Chresten Borroee | Director | 2003-12-03 | 2006-07-04 |
| JENNINGS, Leah Jayne | Director | 2021-10-11 | 2023-05-05 |
| MARCHER, Lars | Director | 2008-10-13 | 2019-05-10 |
| MCCALLUM, Ronald Keith | Director | 2002-07-01 | 2021-11-22 |
| RASMUSSEN, Jan | Director | — | 2001-04-01 |
| RONN, Lars | Director | 2006-07-04 | 2011-11-11 |
| SCHMIDT, Thomas Frederik | Director | 2022-06-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| STRANGE, Ole | Director | — | 2002-07-01 |
| C & M REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1992-06-29 | 1992-06-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambu A/S | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 118 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-02-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
-
Turnover
+11.6%
£45,986,013 £51,326,932
-
Cash
0%
£73 £73
-
Net assets
+22.1%
£4,886,427 £5,967,622
-
Employees
+10.2%
59 65
-
Operating profit
-25.5%
£1,672,109 £1,245,732
-
Profit before tax
-28.7%
£1,704,754 £1,215,447
-
Wages
+1.5%
£4,529,015 £4,596,960
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