FISHER SCIENTIFIC U.K., LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-07 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£267K
+61.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£72M
-2% vs 2023
Employees
664
-6.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£25M
+23.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- FISHER SCIENTIFIC U.K., LIMITED 1994-03-03 → present
- PARLOW LIMITED 1993-12-24 → 1994-03-03
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £293,167,000 | £291,701,000 | |
| Operating profit | £18,832,000 | £24,094,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £19,878,000 | £24,629,000 | |
| Net profit | £19,203,000 | £21,473,000 | |
| Cash | £165,000 | £267,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £73,378,000 | £71,907,000 | |
| Net assets | £73,378,000 | £71,907,000 | |
| Equity | £73,378,000 | £71,907,000 | |
| Average employees | 707 | 664 | |
| Wages | £29,854,000 | £28,663,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.4% | 8.3% | |
| Net margin | 6.6% | 7.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.7% | 33.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.72x | 1.49x | |
| Interest cover | 55.39x | 77.22x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company meets its day-to-day working capital requirements through its bank facilities. The current economic conditions continue to create uncertainty over (a) the level of demand for the company's products; and (b) the availability of bank finance for the foreseeable future. The company's forecasts and predictions, taking account of reasonably possible changes in trading performance, show that the company should be able to operate within the level of its current liabilities. After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has access to adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The directors are satisfied with the performance for the year despite challenging market conditions that resulted in decline in revenue but an improvement in profitability.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-11-01 | — | — |
| AHMED, Syed Waqas | Director | 2020-03-23 | Nov 1979 | British |
| CAMERON, Euan Daney Ross | Director | 2018-10-31 | Mar 1976 | British |
| GREEN, Georgina Adams | Director | 2024-04-18 | Mar 1970 | British |
| SABO, John Brian | Director | 2024-11-04 | Sep 1970 | American |
| SMITH, Anthony Hugh | Director | 2018-11-12 | May 1962 | American |
| STARR, Alison Jane | Director | 2024-04-18 | Jan 1977 | British |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREGG, Rhona | Secretary | 2015-09-10 | 2026-03-31 |
| REYNOLDS, Sally | Secretary | 1997-01-30 | 2006-04-26 |
| WARD, Nicola Jane | Secretary | 2007-02-08 | 2014-12-18 |
| A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-02-01 | 2009-10-31 |
| COMAT REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1994-02-03 | 1996-12-13 |
| COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-12-24 | 1994-02-03 |
| DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON SERVICES LTD | Corporate Secretary | 2006-04-26 | 2007-02-08 |
| BLOCK, Pierre-Francois | Director | 2014-03-04 | 2017-05-04 |
| CLARK, Kevin Patrick | Director | 2006-01-25 | 2006-08-18 |
| COLEY, James Robert Ewen | Director | 2006-11-09 | 2012-04-18 |
| DELLAPA, John Anthony | Director | 2000-04-19 | 2006-08-18 |
| DUCHENE, Todd Michael | Director | 1998-01-20 | 2005-04-18 |
| FRISINA, Louis Rocco | Director | 1994-02-03 | 1996-12-05 |
| GRANT, Lucie Mary Katja | Director | 2013-02-07 | 2019-12-03 |
| HARPER, Michael John | Director | 1995-10-31 | 2006-01-25 |
| HODGES, James William | Director | 1994-05-10 | 1996-12-05 |
| INCE, Nicholas | Director | 2015-09-10 | 2018-10-31 |
| LUKIANUK, Richard Allan | Director | 1996-12-05 | 1999-10-23 |
| MAIORANI, Denis | Director | 1996-12-05 | 2000-03-08 |
| MANOTAS URUETA, Monica Del Carmen | Director | 2017-04-28 | 2020-09-01 |
| MCCONNELL, Sarah Hlavinka | Director | 2006-01-25 | 2006-11-09 |
| MEHTA, Chetan Praful | Director | 2006-08-18 | 2006-11-09 |
| MEISTER, Paul | Director | 1994-02-03 | 1996-12-05 |
| MOODIE, Iain Alasdair Keith | Director | 2012-04-18 | 2013-02-07 |
| NICHOLSON, Thomas Arthur | Director | 2014-03-04 | 2024-03-15 |
| NORMAN, David John | Director | 2015-11-16 | 2024-04-18 |
| READ, Dean Andrew | Director | 2014-03-04 | 2015-03-31 |
| SAGGERS, Michael Terry | Director | 1993-12-24 | 1994-02-03 |
| SPOOR, Richard Lawrence | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2024-08-21 |
| THARANI, Vijay | Director | 1996-12-05 | 1999-10-23 |
| UNDERBERG, Mark Alan | Director | 1994-02-03 | 1996-12-05 |
| VAN DEN EYNDE, Jan Jozef Elisa | Director | 1994-05-10 | 1996-12-05 |
| WHEELER, Kevin Neil | Director | 2007-07-30 | 2015-11-16 |
| WHITE, Sylvia | Director | 2006-11-09 | 2007-10-01 |
| WRIGHT, Katie Rose | Director | 2010-12-01 | 2015-09-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-12-18 |
| Fisher Scientific Holding U.K., Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 195 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-0.5%
£293,167,000 £291,701,000
-
Cash
+61.8%
£165,000 £267,000
-
Net assets
-2%
£73,378,000 £71,907,000
-
Employees
-6.1%
707 664
-
Operating profit
+27.9%
£18,832,000 £24,094,000
-
Profit before tax
+23.9%
£19,878,000 £24,629,000
-
Wages
-4%
£29,854,000 £28,663,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers