COLE-PARMER INSTRUMENT COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-05 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+68.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£12M
-50.2% vs 2023
Employees
60
-22.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£12M
-743.7% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £23,246,000 | £27,206,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,251,000 | -£666,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,443,000 | -£12,174,000 | |
| Net profit | -£706,000 | -£11,886,000 | |
| Cash | £2,000,000 | £3,365,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £23,998,000 | £12,112,000 | |
| Net assets | £23,667,000 | £11,781,000 | |
| Equity | £23,667,000 | £11,781,000 | |
| Average employees | 77 | 60 | |
| Wages | £4,543,000 | £3,386,000 |
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 | -5.4% | -2.4% | |
| Net margin | -3.0% | -43.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -5.2% | -5.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 30.5% | 52.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.38x | 1.28x | |
| Interest cover | -4.81x | -3.66x |
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 Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and have received written assurances from CPI Buyer LLC, an intermediate parent company, that they will continue to provide support for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- COLE-PARMER INSTRUMENT COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- Cole-Parmer UK Bibby Acquisition Limited 100%
- Kinesis Limited 100%
- CPI Germany HoldCo GmbH 100%
- Cole-Parmer Limited 100%
- UK Boxer Midco 2 Limited 100%
- PCR Max Limited 100%
- Cole-Parmer GmbH 100%
- Cole-Parmer Switzerland GmbH 100%
- Bibby Scientific (Hong Kong) Company Limited 100%
- Cole Parmer Laboratory Equipment (Shanghai) Co., Ltd 100%
- Cole-Parmer Australia Pty Limited (Formerly Kinesis Australia Pty Ltd) 100%
- Cole-Parmer SRL 100%
- Chiron AS 100%
- Chiron Pharmasynth AS 100%
- Oil Well Technologies AS 100%
- Chiron (UK) Limited 100%
- CPI Chiron Acquisition AS 100%
- SPEX CertiPrep Ltd. 100%
Significant events
- “On 28 May 2025, Brookfield Asset Management Inc., through its private equity arm, and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), completed the acquisition of Antylia Scientific, the ultimate parent company of Cole-Parmer Instrument Company Limited, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.34 billion.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-11-01 | — | — |
| RINALDI, Philip | Director | 2019-05-08 | Aug 1963 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCCONNELL, Sarah Hlavinka | Secretary | 2005-12-14 | 2006-11-09 |
| RING, Peter | Secretary | 1997-06-30 | 2001-11-20 |
| STRACZEK, Joseph | Secretary | 2014-08-15 | 2018-02-28 |
| WARD, Nicola Jane | Secretary | 2006-11-09 | 2014-08-15 |
| A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-06-26 | 2009-10-31 |
| COLE-PARMER HOLDINGS LLC | Corporate Secretary | 1996-06-14 | 1997-06-30 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-06-14 | 1996-06-14 |
| BRUST, Bernd | Director | 2014-08-15 | 2025-05-27 |
| COLEY, James Robert Ewen | Director | 2006-11-09 | 2012-04-18 |
| GALLIFANT, Jamie Ronald | Director | 2018-03-10 | 2019-05-08 |
| GRANT, Lucie Mary Katja | Director | 2013-02-07 | 2014-08-15 |
| MANOTAS, Monica | Director | 2014-08-15 | 2014-10-01 |
| MCCONNELL, Sarah Hlavinka | Director | 2005-12-14 | 2006-11-09 |
| MEISTER, Paul Matthew | Director | 2005-12-14 | 2006-11-09 |
| MOODIE, Iain Alasdair Keith | Director | 2012-04-18 | 2013-02-07 |
| RING, Peter | Director | 1997-06-30 | 2001-11-20 |
| SALKIN, Jon | Director | 2016-09-29 | 2026-01-12 |
| WHEELER, Kevin Neil | Director | 2007-07-19 | 2014-08-15 |
| WHITE, Sylvia | Director | 2006-11-09 | 2007-10-01 |
| WRIGHT, Katie Rose | Director | 2010-12-01 | 2014-08-15 |
| COLE-PARMER HOLDINGS LLC | Corporate Director | 1996-06-14 | 1997-06-30 |
| COLE-PARMER INSTRUMENT COMPANY | Corporate Director | 1997-06-30 | 2010-02-22 |
| PARMCOLE INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LLC | Corporate Director | 1996-06-14 | 1997-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 147 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-09-26 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-26 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-08-31 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-03-02 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2022-03-01 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2021-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-04-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
+17%
£23,246,000 £27,206,000
-
Cash
+68.3%
£2,000,000 £3,365,000
-
Net assets
-50.2%
£23,667,000 £11,781,000
-
Employees
-22.1%
77 60
-
Operating profit
+46.8%
-£1,251,000 -£666,000
-
Profit before tax
-743.7%
-£1,443,000 -£12,174,000
-
Wages
-25.5%
£4,543,000 £3,386,000
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