METROHM UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-01 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
-46.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£11M
-9.5% vs 2024
Employees
63
+1.6% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£4M
-11% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- METROHM UK LIMITED 1994-09-27 → present
- PRECIS (1283) LIMITED 1994-07-18 → 1994-09-27
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £18,816,225 | £17,843,530 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £4,173,175 | £3,372,502 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £3,957,113 | £3,522,645 | |
| Net profit | £2,172,395 | — | — | — | £2,972,069 | £2,689,090 | |
| Cash | £4,057,992 | £5,875,502 | — | — | £7,694,611 | £4,142,995 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | £12,234,685 | £11,113,732 | |
| Net assets | £6,324,065 | £8,901,869 | — | — | £12,005,932 | £10,861,759 | |
| Equity | — | — | £10,620,112 | £11,040,252 | £12,005,932 | £10,861,759 | |
| Average employees | 48 | 48 | — | — | 62 | 63 | |
| Wages | £2,612,761 | — | — | — | £3,834,487 | £3,895,128 |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 22.2% | 18.9% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 15.8% | 15.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 34.1% | 30.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 3.68x | 3.22x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited
- 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 group's and parent 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
- METROHM UK LIMITED · parent
- Metrohm Ireland Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOUGH, Nicola | Secretary | 2014-01-31 | — | — |
| FROST, Volker Jorg, Dr | Director | 2015-03-17 | Mar 1966 | German |
| GRUNINGER, Patrick Edgar | Director | 2018-04-04 | Sep 1974 | Swiss |
| WAGER, Daniel August | Director | 2018-04-04 | Jun 1964 | Swiss |
| WEST, James William | Director | 2019-03-05 | Jan 1974 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEIL, Jan Volker | Secretary | 1994-09-16 | 2005-12-01 |
| KINROSS, John | Secretary | 2005-12-01 | 2014-01-31 |
| OFFICE ORGANIZATION & SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1994-08-30 | 1994-09-16 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-07-18 | 1994-08-30 |
| CROSSLEY, Stephen Shore | Director | 1998-07-03 | 2004-07-09 |
| DETEINDRE, Adrian | Director | 1994-09-16 | 2006-12-31 |
| DILLON, John Edward Michael | Director | 1994-07-18 | 1994-09-16 |
| FASSLER, Christoph Carl | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2016-04-14 |
| GEIL, Jan Volker | Director | 1994-09-16 | 2009-12-31 |
| GRANTHAM, Clive Allan | Director | 1994-10-03 | 2010-03-31 |
| HUGHES, Raymond | Director | 1994-10-03 | 2011-03-31 |
| MATTHEWS, Andrew | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2019-03-05 |
| NEAL, Leon | Director | 1994-07-18 | 1994-09-16 |
| OWEN, David Geoffrey | Director | 1994-10-03 | 2008-11-30 |
| REINHARDT, Jodok Lukas, Dr | Director | 2016-04-14 | 2017-11-07 |
| VIEHWEGER, Kai Henning, Dr | Director | 2008-03-07 | 2015-03-17 |
| WINTERHALTER, Bruno | Director | 1994-10-03 | 2017-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metrohm Ag | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 124 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-28 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-10-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-04-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-03-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-03-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2018-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
-5.2%
£18,816,225 £17,843,530
-
Cash
-46.2%
£7,694,611 £4,142,995
-
Net assets
-9.5%
£12,005,932 £10,861,759
-
Employees
+1.6%
62 63
highest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
-19.2%
£4,173,175 £3,372,502
-
Profit before tax
-11%
£3,957,113 £3,522,645
-
Wages
+1.6%
£3,834,487 £3,895,128
highest in 3 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