PAXMAN COOLERS LIMITED — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-05-07 (in 1y)

Last made up 2026-04-23

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£505K

+389.6% highest in 4 filed years

Net assets

£12M

+31.4% highest in 4 filed years

Employees

+5.9% highest in 4 filed years

Profit before tax

£3M

+38.1% highest in 4 filed years

Net assets

6-year trend · vs Health Care median

PAXMAN COOLERS LIMITED·Health Care median · n=826

Accounts

6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	—	—	£4,976,907	£6,239,122	£10,592,094	£12,627,483
Operating profit	—	—	-£455,433	£828,668	£2,058,421	£2,799,729
Profit before tax	—	—	-£380,085	£869,112	£2,062,573	£2,847,798
Net profit	—	—	-£299,410	£866,844	£2,099,891	£2,826,806
Cash	—	—	£234,517	£60,645	£103,089	£504,723
Total assets less current liabilities	—	—	£4,305,315	£5,081,258	£9,652,825	£12,414,192
Net assets	—	—	£3,615,887	£4,522,626	£9,011,165	£11,837,971
Equity	£2,678,420	£3,875,037	£3,615,887	£4,522,626	£9,011,165	£11,837,971
Average employees	—	—	44	48	68	72
Wages	—	—	£1,542,980	£1,866,267	£2,819,966	£3,176,947

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	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	—	—	-9.2%	13.3%	19.4%	22.2%
Net margin	—	—	-6.0%	13.9%	19.8%	22.4%
Return on capital employed	—	—	-10.6%	16.3%	21.3%	22.6%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	4.13x	4.23x
Interest cover	—	—	-4.93x	7.24x	21.23x	32.89x

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: Parsons Accountants Ltd
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

PAXMAN COOLERS LIMITED · parent
1. Paxman GmbH 49% · Koln. Germany · Provision of scalp cooling technologies

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

4 active · 10 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
THORNHILL, Emma	Secretary	2018-04-01	—	—
PAXMAN, Glenn Alan	Director	1997-04-23	Jul 1956	British
PAXMAN, Richard Jeremy	Director	2009-10-01	Mar 1983	British
THORNHILL, Emma	Director	2022-02-25	Jan 1985	British

Show 10 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
BELL, Christopher	Secretary	1997-04-23	2003-03-31
BROOKER, Martin Douglas	Secretary	2007-03-21	2018-04-01
KEIGHLEY, Sally Ann	Secretary	2003-03-31	2007-03-21
SCOTT, Stephen John	Nominee Secretary	1997-04-23	1997-04-23
BELL, Christopher	Director	1999-01-01	2010-11-30
BENGTSSON, Bengt Karl Arne	Director	1999-08-06	2005-05-21
HOLMERTZ, Olle	Director	2006-06-01	2012-12-31
JOHANSSON, Per-Anders Karl	Director	1999-08-06	2001-01-01
LITTORIN, Bjorn	Director	2001-01-01	2017-09-04
SCOTT, Jacqueline	Nominee Director	1997-04-23	1997-04-23

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Paxman Group Ltd	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%	2016-04-23	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 106 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-05-06	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-07-15	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2025-07-08	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-05-06	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2025-04-23	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-04-07	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-02-14	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2024-10-01	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-05-03	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-05-23	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type small
2023-05-05	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-01-17	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2022-09-20	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-04-25	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-03-17	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2021-09-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2021-05-05	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-01-12	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2020-05-06	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2019-07-12	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type small

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 4
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

+19.2%

£10,592,094 £12,627,483

highest in 4 filed years
Cash

+389.6%

£103,089 £504,723

highest in 4 filed years
Net assets

+31.4%

£9,011,165 £11,837,971

highest in 4 filed years
Employees

+5.9%

68 72

highest in 4 filed years
Operating profit

+36%

£2,058,421 £2,799,729

highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax

+38.1%

£2,062,573 £2,847,798

highest in 4 filed years
Wages

+12.7%

£2,819,966 £3,176,947

highest in 4 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

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