ROXANE UK LIMITED — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-06-07 (in 1mo)

Last made up 2025-05-24

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£14M

-24% vs 2023

Net assets

£122M

+39% highest in 5 filed years

Employees

316

+6.4% highest in 5 filed years

Profit before tax

£53M

+58.5% highest in 5 filed years

Net assets

8-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

ROXANE UK LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=5592

Accounts

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

Metric	2019-01-01	2019-12-31	2020-01-01	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	—	£65,814,672	—	£87,034,779	£126,374,546	—	£203,978,101	£218,500,350
Operating profit	—	£2,752,668	—	£2,314,510	£2,432,959	—	£34,745,781	£56,758,929
Profit before tax	—	£1,618,088	—	£2,924,299	£738,132	—	£33,482,722	£53,074,129
Net profit	—	£453,486	—	£1,921,396	-£870,383	—	£31,339,885	£38,798,155
Cash	£4,083,155	£8,373,478	£8,373,478	£8,483,446	£8,896,242	—	£18,293,621	£13,911,888
Total assets less current liabilities	—	£106,532,347	—	£105,021,485	£150,814,727	—	£148,160,075	£165,807,306
Net assets	—	£43,932,945	—	£45,854,341	£64,224,676	—	£87,842,811	£122,140,376
Equity	£43,479,459	£43,932,945	£43,932,945	£45,854,341	£64,224,676	£55,303,989	£87,842,811	£122,140,376
Average employees	—	119	—	139	255	—	297	316
Wages	—	£3,939,207	—	£6,392,924	£9,758,621	—	£13,639,593	£14,611,628

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	2019-01-01	2019-12-31	2020-01-01	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	—	4.2%	—	2.7%	1.9%	—	17.0%	26.0%
Net margin	—	0.7%	—	2.2%	-0.7%	—	15.4%	17.8%
Return on capital employed	—	2.6%	—	2.2%	1.6%	—	23.5%	34.2%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	—	—	—	—	—	—	59.1%	41.9%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.32x	2.05x
Interest cover	—	2.10x	—	1.71x	1.44x	—	27.51x	15.40x

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: Sumer AuditCo Ltd
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“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.”

Group structure

ROXANE UK LIMITED · parent
1. Bradbury Transport Services Limited 100% · England and Wales · transport services

Significant events

“The Company invested in a spring water site in Lichfield in 2012 and in land and another site at Eden Valley in 2020. The Company has continued to develop its activity in Lichfield and Eden Valley through additional investments on these sites.”
“The Company intends to continue expanding and improving its manufacturing process. The Company wants to protect its water resources and therefore intends to move forward with plans to purchase further land on the Eden Valley site.”

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

People

3 active · 13 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
REED SMITH CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED	Corporate Secretary	1993-08-23	—	—
BRUNEL, Davy Marc Noel Georges	Director	2020-10-01	Dec 1976	French
JANKOWSKI, Pascal	Director	2008-11-27	Mar 1960	French

Show 13 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
LANE, Robert Blair Horsburgh	Secretary	1993-06-14	1993-08-23
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED	Corporate Nominee Secretary	1993-05-24	1993-06-14
BOUCHART, Alain	Director	1993-08-23	1996-04-03
COUDURIER, Christian	Director	1993-08-23	2005-09-08
DESMOUILLIERES, Alain	Director	1999-05-10	2012-12-28
DUBERT, Alain	Director	1999-05-10	2008-11-27
HOUSSAYE, Didier	Director	1993-08-23	1997-11-15
LANE, Robert Blair Horsburgh	Director	1993-06-14	1993-08-23
LE BESNERAIS, Gilles	Director	1997-11-15	1999-05-10
PHELIPEAU, Jerome Marie Alain	Director	1995-11-01	1999-05-07
TATHAM, Nicholas Archie	Director	1993-06-14	1993-08-23
WIGHTMAN, Donald Michael	Director	2012-01-01	2019-04-12
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED	Corporate Nominee Director	1993-05-24	1993-06-14

Ownership

Persons with significant control

No persons with significant control on record.

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 136 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-10-01	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-05-28	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-12-10	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-08-14	CH04	officers	Change corporate secretary company with change date	PDF
2024-07-06	AD02	address	Change sail address company with old address new address	PDF
2024-06-07	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-01-06	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-05-31	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-02-07	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-07-21	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2022-06-07	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-01-14	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2021-05-26	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2021-05-26	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2021-02-09	SH01	capital	Capital allotment shares	PDF
2021-01-05	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2020-10-01	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2020-06-05	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2019-10-11	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2019-06-03	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

+7.1%

£203,978,101 £218,500,350

highest in 5 filed years
Cash

-24%

£18,293,621 £13,911,888
Net assets

+39%

£87,842,811 £122,140,376

highest in 5 filed years
Employees

+6.4%

297 316

highest in 5 filed years
Operating profit

+63.4%

£34,745,781 £56,758,929

highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax

+58.5%

£33,482,722 £53,074,129

highest in 5 filed years
Wages

+7.1%

£13,639,593 £14,611,628

highest in 5 filed years

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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