INVACARE UK OPERATIONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-08-31 (in 3mo)
Last filed for 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-12 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-29
Watchouts
Cash
£161K
+103.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£9M
+3.2% vs 2023
Employees
108
-3.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£351K
-8.6% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2022-11-30 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,776,000 | £6,660,000 | £6,334,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | £386,000 | £353,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £384,000 | £351,000 | |
| Net profit | — | £304,000 | £274,000 | |
| Cash | — | £79,000 | £161,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £8,630,000 | £8,880,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £8,563,000 | £8,837,000 | |
| Equity | — | £8,563,000 | £8,837,000 | |
| Average employees | 129 | 112 | 108 | |
| Wages | — | £3,676,000 | £3,640,000 |
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 | 2022-11-30 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 5.8% | 5.6% | |
| Net margin | — | 4.6% | 4.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 4.5% | 4.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | 4.17x | 5.40x | |
| Interest cover | — | 193.00x | 176.50x |
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
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis, as the parent undertaking has committed to provide financial support for 12 months from balance sheet approval. Directors have assessed the parent's willingness and ability to provide further funding and expect adequate resources for the company to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- INVACARE UK OPERATIONS LIMITED · parent
- Invacare Limited 100%
- Medical Support Systems Holdings Limited 100%
- MSS (Europe) Limited 100%
- Medical Support Systems Limited 100%
- MSS Care Direct Limited 100%
- Poirier (UK) Limited 100%
- Invacare Ireland Limited 100%
Significant events
- “No donations to any political parties have been made during 2024 (2023: £nil).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EVANS, James Phillip | Secretary | 2021-12-16 | — | — |
| EWART, Graham | Director | 2026-01-31 | Jan 1977 | British |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARR, Rachel Mary | Secretary | 2012-08-13 | 2013-12-20 |
| COX, Simon John | Secretary | 2011-10-01 | 2012-08-12 |
| MCCARTHY, Kevin Carl | Secretary | 2013-12-20 | 2019-05-14 |
| MORGAN, Stephen John | Secretary | 2000-02-29 | 2010-06-30 |
| MYRTHUE, Kenneth | Secretary | 1996-12-11 | 2000-02-29 |
| NEWELL, Kelly Louise | Secretary | 2019-05-14 | 2021-12-16 |
| PEARCE, David Thomas | Secretary | 2010-07-15 | 2011-09-30 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-11-20 | 1996-12-11 |
| BAKER, Clare Teresa Margaret | Director | 2000-02-29 | 2000-08-01 |
| BARLIN, Frank Everett | Director | 2000-02-29 | 2001-09-30 |
| BEVAN, Christopher Stephen | Director | 2019-01-03 | 2022-06-01 |
| DAVIES, Robert Steven | Director | 2003-11-18 | 2007-01-31 |
| FOGHSGAARD, Lars | Director | 1996-12-11 | 2000-02-29 |
| GRETZ, Philippe Jordi | Director | 2017-11-30 | 2021-06-08 |
| GUDBRANSON, Robert Kenneth | Director | 2010-10-14 | 2017-11-26 |
| GUDBRANSON, Robert Kenneth | Director | 2000-11-01 | 2002-11-04 |
| HAWKES, Roy Sidney | Director | 2003-10-10 | 2007-01-31 |
| KRAMMER, Franz Xaver | Director | 2004-11-01 | 2011-04-28 |
| LAWSON, James Arthur | Director | 2002-10-01 | 2005-05-31 |
| LENEGHAN, Kathleen Patricia | Director | 2017-11-26 | 2023-07-01 |
| LEWIS, Jan Anthony | Director | 2006-01-23 | 2006-12-04 |
| MIKLICH, Thomas R | Director | 2000-02-29 | 2003-04-14 |
| MORGAN, Stephen John | Director | 2007-01-31 | 2010-06-30 |
| MYRTHUE, Kenneth | Director | 1996-12-11 | 2000-02-29 |
| PROSSER, Mark | Director | 2006-12-04 | 2019-01-03 |
| PROSSER, Mark | Director | 2004-12-01 | 2006-02-06 |
| PROSSER, Mark | Director | 2001-10-31 | 2003-10-17 |
| PURTILL, Geoffrey Porter | Director | 2022-06-01 | 2026-01-31 |
| SPARROW, Kenneth Allan | Director | 2001-10-31 | 2004-10-20 |
| TABICKMAN, Maurice Louis | Director | 2000-11-01 | 2001-10-31 |
| VASSILOUDIS, Theodoros | Director | 2011-04-28 | 2017-11-30 |
| ZHU, Kai | Director | 2023-07-01 | 2026-01-31 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-11-20 | 1996-12-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 169 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-05-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-05-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-02-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-06-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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 2024-11-30 vs 2023-11-30
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Turnover
-4.9%
£6,660,000 £6,334,000
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
+103.8%
£79,000 £161,000
-
Net assets
+3.2%
£8,563,000 £8,837,000
-
Employees
-3.6%
112 108
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
-8.5%
£386,000 £353,000
-
Profit before tax
-8.6%
£384,000 £351,000
-
Wages
-1%
£3,676,000 £3,640,000
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