RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-16 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£165K
-95.6% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£133M
+12.3% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
86
-2.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£17M
+2,497.2% first positive since 2020
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS LIMITED 2000-03-21 → present
- WESTQUEST (CORNWALL) LIMITED 1997-08-13 → 2000-03-21
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-10-31 | 2019-10-31 | 2020-10-31 | 2021-10-31 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £18,715,507 | £19,021,049 | £23,405,790 | £25,950,318 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £2,675,827 | £976,181 | £998,174 | £1,522,454 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£1,739,745 | £32,242,586 | £666,932 | £17,321,234 | |
| Net profit | — | — | -£2,421,996 | £29,540,397 | £401,644 | £16,616,196 | |
| Cash | — | — | £1,413,692 | £1,469,907 | £3,705,404 | £164,605 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £115,933,249 | £116,046,755 | £119,898,459 | £135,261,721 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £114,888,155 | £115,001,661 | £118,853,365 | £133,469,561 | |
| Equity | £121,209,906 | £118,060,151 | £114,888,155 | £115,001,661 | £118,853,365 | £133,469,561 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 58 | 67 | 88 | 86 | |
| Wages | — | — | £2,563,712 | £2,367,562 | £3,452,231 | £3,716,271 |
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 | 2018-10-31 | 2019-10-31 | 2020-10-31 | 2021-10-31 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 14.3% | 5.1% | 4.3% | 5.9% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -12.9% | 155.3% | 1.7% | 64.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 2.3% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 1.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 1.89x | 9.97x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 13312.57x | 44.72x | 3.00x | 4.52x |
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
- 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.”
Group structure
- RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS LIMITED · parent
- Origio A/S 100%
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 and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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 2024-10-31 vs 2023-10-31
-
Turnover
+10.9%
£23,405,790 £25,950,318
highest in 4 filed years
-
Cash
-95.6%
£3,705,404 £164,605
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
+12.3%
£118,853,365 £133,469,561
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
-2.3%
88 86
-
Operating profit
+52.5%
£998,174 £1,522,454
-
Profit before tax
+2,497.2%
£666,932 £17,321,234
first positive since 2020
-
Wages
+7.6%
£3,452,231 £3,716,271
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