TOCRIS COOKSON LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-27 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+118.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£23M
+15.4% vs 2024
Employees
85
+3.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4M
-36.5% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- TOCRIS COOKSON LIMITED 1994-06-29 → present
- W.W.H. IONE LIMITED 1993-11-05 → 1994-06-29
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,673,000 | £16,467,000 | |
| Operating profit | £6,309,000 | £4,114,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £6,273,000 | £3,982,000 | |
| Net profit | £5,456,000 | £2,737,000 | |
| Cash | £1,175,000 | £2,564,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £21,055,000 | £25,277,000 | |
| Net assets | £20,163,000 | £23,275,000 | |
| Equity | £20,163,000 | £23,275,000 | |
| Average employees | 82 | 85 | |
| Wages | £3,582,000 | £4,086,000 |
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 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 35.7% | 25.0% | |
| Net margin | 30.9% | 16.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 30.0% | 16.3% | |
| Current ratio | 4.20x | 3.97x | |
| Interest cover | 175.25x | 31.17x |
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
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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.”
Significant events
- “The Company has seen changes within the life science industry in recent years as some industrial customers have either consolidated or reduced research expenditure as their turnovers come under pressure as patents expire. Additionally there have been an increasing number of competitors in emerging economies such as China offering similar products and services at lower prices.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WATSON, Gina Sarah | Secretary | 2016-12-22 | — | — |
| BOHNEN, Shane | Director | 2023-03-01 | Dec 1974 | American |
| MAPLE, Hannah | Director | 2024-11-01 | Jul 1985 | British |
| SCHUESSLER, Peter, Dr | Director | 2025-03-07 | Aug 1966 | German |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIRNIE, Andrew James | Secretary | 2002-09-06 | 2011-04-28 |
| BRIGHT, Ruth | Secretary | 2011-04-28 | 2016-12-22 |
| COOKSON, Hugh Richard | Secretary | 1994-07-01 | 2002-09-06 |
| QUAYSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-12-20 | 2007-12-12 |
| W W H COMPANY MANAGEMENT LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-11-05 | 1994-07-01 |
| BACKES, Kathleen | Director | 2011-04-28 | 2016-01-13 |
| BIRNIE, Andrew James | Director | 2002-09-06 | 2013-06-30 |
| COOKSON, Hugh Richard | Director | 1994-07-01 | 2006-12-20 |
| COOKSON, Richard Clive, Prof | Director | 1994-07-01 | 2006-12-20 |
| EDE, Laurence John | Director | 2000-10-30 | 2013-06-30 |
| FURLOW, Brenda Swierenga | Director | 2015-12-30 | 2023-03-01 |
| HIPPEL, James | Director | 2015-12-30 | 2016-07-01 |
| KENNY, Anthony Edward | Director | 2007-03-13 | 2011-04-28 |
| KUMMETH, Charles Robert | Director | 2014-01-31 | 2017-09-01 |
| MELSEN, Greg | Director | 2011-04-28 | 2014-01-31 |
| MORTARI, Frank | Director | 2011-04-28 | 2015-12-30 |
| PARSONS, Philip James, Professor | Director | 1994-07-01 | 2006-12-20 |
| PETERS, David Alan, Dr | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2025-03-07 |
| PETERS, David | Director | 2006-12-20 | 2007-01-05 |
| STAPLETON, Gary Michael | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2023-03-01 |
| SUNTER, David Colin, Dr | Director | 1994-07-01 | 2006-12-20 |
| WATKINS, Jeffrey Clifton, Prof | Director | 1994-07-01 | 2006-05-25 |
| YATES, Christopher Cavill | Director | 1994-07-01 | 1996-11-22 |
| W W H COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1993-11-05 | 1994-07-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bio-Techne Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 197 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-24 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2021-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-07 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30
-
Turnover
-6.8%
£17,673,000 £16,467,000
-
Cash
+118.2%
£1,175,000 £2,564,000
-
Net assets
+15.4%
£20,163,000 £23,275,000
-
Employees
+3.7%
82 85
-
Operating profit
-34.8%
£6,309,000 £4,114,000
-
Profit before tax
-36.5%
£6,273,000 £3,982,000
-
Wages
+14.1%
£3,582,000 £4,086,000
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