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RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS LIMITED
Cash
£1M
+4% vs 2020
Net assets
£115M
+0.1% vs 2020
Employees
67
+15.5% vs 2020
Profit before tax
£32M
+1,953.3% vs 2020
Profile
- Company number
- 03419143
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1997-08-13
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-10-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 32500
- Hubs
- UK Healthcare
Net assets
4-year trend · vs UK Healthcare median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest 2021-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-10-31 | 2019-10-31 | 2020-10-31 | 2021-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £18,715,507 | £19,021,049 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £2,675,827 | £976,181 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£1,739,745 | £32,242,586 | |
| Net profit | — | — | -£2,421,996 | £29,540,397 | |
| Cash | — | — | £1,413,692 | £1,469,907 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £115,933,249 | £116,046,755 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £114,888,155 | £115,001,661 | |
| Equity | £121,209,906 | £118,060,151 | £114,888,155 | £115,001,661 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 58 | 67 | |
| Wages | — | — | £2,563,712 | £2,367,562 |
Values shown as filed in iXBRL accounts. — indicates the figure was not present in the extracted filing (either not filed under that concept or absent from the period). About these numbers
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons. The company is a subsidiary of The Cooper Companies... the company has the continued financial support from its ultimate parent company, The Cooper Companies Inc. ... the directors are confident that the company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of the approval of these financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Subsidiaries
- Origio A/S · 100% held · Denmark · developing, manufacturing and distribution of equipment for IVF clinics.
Significant events
- “On 22 November 2024, a dividend of A38,000,000 to CooperSurgical Holdings Limited was approved.”
- “On 18 March 2025, a dividend of A34,500,000 to CooperSurgical Holdings Limited was approved.”
- “On 26 June 2025, a dividend of A35,000,000 to CooperSurgical Holdings Limited was approved.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
3 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANDREWS, Brian George | Director | 2019-04-04 | May 1978 | American |
| PENFOLD, Nigel Anton | Director | 2025-02-04 | Sep 1972 | British |
| RICUPATI, Agostino | Director | 2017-10-02 | Jan 1967 | American |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JACOBSON, Adam David Barnard | Secretary | 1997-08-13 | 2000-03-09 |
| LANSDOWNE, David Charles | Secretary | 2000-03-09 | 2017-02-20 |
| AUERBACH, Robert Dave | Director | 2015-12-17 | 2019-04-04 |
| BLAIR, Kerry Lee | Director | 2017-04-26 | 2019-04-04 |
| BROWN, William Richard | Director | 2000-03-09 | 2015-12-17 |
| CALCAGNO, John Joseph | Director | 2019-04-18 | 2025-02-04 |
| GOLDEN, Randal Louis | Director | 2019-04-04 | 2020-04-30 |
| HANSEN, David Truels | Director | 2015-12-17 | 2021-03-30 |
| HVIDKJAER, Jeannett | Director | 2015-12-17 | 2018-05-16 |
| III, Albert George White | Director | 2017-01-31 | 2017-10-02 |
| KAUFMAN, Carol Rose | Director | 2015-12-17 | 2018-06-30 |
| LAMOND, Ian Douglas | Director | 1997-08-13 | 2000-03-09 |
| LANSDOWNE, David Charles | Director | 2000-03-09 | 2017-02-20 |
| MATZ, Gregory Wayne | Director | 2015-12-17 | 2017-01-31 |
| RETALLACK, Justin Charles | Director | 2000-03-09 | 2015-12-17 |
| TUCKER, Alan Thompson | Director | 2015-12-17 | 2019-04-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coopersurgical Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 141 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2025-08-13 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2025-08-01 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-07-01 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2025-03-18 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2025-02-05 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-02-05 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-08-05 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-02-07 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-01-12 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | legacy |
| 2023-01-05 | AD03 | address | move registers to sail company with new address |
| 2023-01-05 | AD02 | address | change sail address company with new address |
| 2022-10-31 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2022-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2021-10-27 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2021-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2021-04-06 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2020-11-05 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
Credit score
Altman Z″ (private-firm) · reference 2021-10-31
2.47
GREY ZONE
Altman Z″
- Working capital / Total assets 0.510 × 6.56 = +3.34
- Retained earnings / Total assets 0.000 × 3.26 = +0.00
- EBIT / Total assets 0.055 × 6.72 = +0.37
- Book equity / Total liabilities -1.183 × 1.05 = -1.24
Bands: > 2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · < 1.1 distress. Z″ is a public-formula baseline, not a substitute for adverse-data signals (CCJs, charges, gazette notices) — those land in a later pass.
Activity Score
Filings velocity, capital events, officer churn, accounts trajectory