POSITIVE SOLUTIONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-23 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+297.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£13M
+6.2% vs 2024
Employees
110
-9.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£985K
+82.8% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £12,016,799 | £10,854,625 | |
| Operating profit | £529,605 | £976,029 | |
| Profit before tax | £539,021 | £985,086 | |
| Net profit | £323,187 | £714,134 | |
| Cash | £429,849 | £1,707,120 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,081,718 | £14,097,244 | |
| Net assets | £12,079,331 | £12,828,861 | |
| Equity | £12,079,331 | £12,828,861 | |
| Average employees | 122 | 110 | |
| Wages | £4,826,356 | £5,355,178 |
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 | 4.4% | 9.0% | |
| Net margin | 2.7% | 6.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.0% | 6.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.82x | 4.21x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The director has concluded that it is appropriate to prepare the accounts on a going concern basis. The company continues to have a significant cash reserve, still does not require any external borrowing and has maintained its strong balance sheet.”
Significant events
- “The UK community pharmacy sector continues to face sustained pressures, driven by years of NHS underfunding, rising operational costs, workforce shortages, and ongoing medicine supply constraints.”
- “The Pharmacy First initiative, launched on 31 January 2024 to improve patient access for seven common conditions and reduce pressure on GPs, continues to create opportunities. The company successfully delivered the enabling platform and is well placed to benefit from further NHS expansion of this model.”
- “The company has continued to strengthen its position, increasing its market share through its flagship dispensing platform, Analyst, helped by successfully rolling out a top 10 pharmacy chain during the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWARBRICK, Claire Louise | Secretary | 2022-03-07 | — | — |
| SANDERS, William John | Director | 2018-10-01 | Feb 1966 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELLISON, Stephanie Joy | Secretary | 2004-03-31 | 2019-12-31 |
| HARVEY, Philip David | Secretary | 1993-08-10 | 2004-03-31 |
| MISTRY, Bhavisha | Secretary | 2020-01-01 | 2021-12-16 |
| CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-08-10 | 1993-08-10 |
| BROWNLEE, Ian Colin | Director | 2000-07-27 | 2020-03-31 |
| DAVIES, Linda Ann | Director | 1995-09-29 | 2010-04-01 |
| ELLISON, Stephanie Joy | Director | 2000-07-27 | 2020-03-31 |
| HARVEY, Philip David | Director | 1995-09-30 | 2010-04-01 |
| RICHARDSON, John | Director | 1993-08-10 | 1995-09-30 |
| CHETTLEBURGH'S LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-08-10 | 1993-08-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mawdsleys Group Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 107 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-15 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-12-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-01-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2020-01-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2019-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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
-
Turnover
-9.7%
£12,016,799 £10,854,625
-
Cash
+297.1%
£429,849 £1,707,120
-
Net assets
+6.2%
£12,079,331 £12,828,861
-
Employees
-9.8%
122 110
-
Operating profit
+84.3%
£529,605 £976,029
-
Profit before tax
+82.8%
£539,021 £985,086
-
Wages
+11%
£4,826,356 £5,355,178
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