PALL-EX GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-28 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-18 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£223K
+11,050% vs 2024
Net assets
£3M
-3.5% vs 2024
Employees
78
-3.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£75K
+78.6% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- PALL-EX GROUP LIMITED 2015-07-20 → present
- PALL-EX EUROPE LIMITED 1997-06-20 → 2015-07-20
- GWECO 92 LIMITED 1997-06-04 → 1997-06-20
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £57,000 | £95,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£290,000 | -£1,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£350,000 | -£75,000 | |
| Net profit | -£289,000 | -£111,000 | |
| Cash | £2,000 | £223,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,182,000 | £3,071,000 | |
| Net assets | £3,182,000 | £3,071,000 | |
| Equity | £3,182,000 | £3,071,000 | |
| Average employees | 81 | 78 | |
| Wages | £3,884,000 | £3,614,000 |
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 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -508.8% | -1.1% | |
| Net margin | -507.0% | -116.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -9.1% | -0.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.88x | 0.90x | |
| Interest cover | -4.83x | -0.01x |
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
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 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
- PALL-EX GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Pall-Ex (U.K.) Limited 100%
- Pall-Ex International Limited 100%
- Intercounty Distribution Limited 100%
- Pall-Ex London 100%
- Shears Brothers (Transport) Limited 100%
- Pall-Ex Property Limited 100%
- For-Ex Distribution Network Limited 100%
- Pall-Ex Extra Limited 100%
- Cranleigh Distribution Services Limited 100%
- Pall-Ex Asia Limited 100%
- Pall-Ex Europe Limited 94%
- Pall-Ex North America Limited 100%
- Pall-Ex Logistics Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 1st August 2024, the Pall-Ex Group restructured and created the Pall-Ex Logistics brand. The Fortec depot within For-Ex Distribution along with the 'owned operations' subsidiaries of Pall-Ex (U.K.) Limited were transferred to Pall-Ex Logistics Limited, a 100% owned, new subsidiary of Pall-Ex UK Limited.”
- “Pall-Ex Europe Limited EBITDA and Net Profits reduced in the year due to following the board decision to sign 3 Franchisee partners on new 20 year Master Licence Agreements.”
- “The Company has made qualifying third-party indemnity provisions for the benefit of its Directors during the year. These provisions remain in force at the reporting date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUCHANAN, Kevin | Director | 2015-06-22 | Jan 1965 | British |
| BYERS, Barry Terence | Director | 2021-04-29 | Mar 1975 | British |
| DUNHILL, David | Director | 2020-01-24 | Feb 1979 | British |
| ROBINS, Paul | Director | 2022-04-12 | Jan 1972 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BILLOO, Rekha | Secretary | 1997-06-04 | 1997-09-29 |
| CRAWFORD, William | Secretary | 1997-09-29 | 2001-07-19 |
| FIELD, Martin Patrick | Secretary | 2001-08-01 | 2016-05-26 |
| DEVEY, Hilary Lorraine | Director | 1997-09-29 | 2019-11-12 |
| FIELD, Martin Patrick | Director | 2003-05-29 | 2016-05-26 |
| GILLO, Geoffrey Michael | Director | 2015-07-22 | 2017-04-18 |
| MOOR, Ruth Elizabeth | Director | 2017-05-02 | 2019-06-16 |
| PAXTON, Peter Robert | Director | 2017-05-02 | 2022-04-12 |
| RANTLE, Martin | Director | 2021-04-29 | 2026-04-01 |
| RATCLIFFE, Timothy Harvey | Director | 1997-06-04 | 1997-09-29 |
| RUSSELL, Adrian Stephen | Director | 2015-07-22 | 2018-06-28 |
| STEEL, Mark | Director | 2021-04-29 | 2023-06-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Kevin Buchanan | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-11-12 | Active |
| Pall-Ex Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-11-12 | Active |
| Ms Hilary Lorraine Devey | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-08-01 | Ceased 2019-11-12 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 119 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-23 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-08-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-31 | 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
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
+66.7%
£57,000 £95,000
-
Cash
+11,050%
£2,000 £223,000
-
Net assets
-3.5%
£3,182,000 £3,071,000
-
Employees
-3.7%
81 78
-
Operating profit
+99.7%
-£290,000 -£1,000
-
Profit before tax
+78.6%
-£350,000 -£75,000
-
Wages
-7%
£3,884,000 £3,614,000
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