PHOENIX MEDICAL SUPPLIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-06 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£197M
+75.6% vs 2024
Employees
338
-0.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£75M
+66.6% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- PHOENIX MEDICAL SUPPLIES LIMITED 1998-11-26 → present
- INGLEBY (1130) LIMITED 1998-07-23 → 1998-11-26
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,390,000 | £2,277,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£15,614,000 | -£17,615,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £45,173,000 | £75,241,000 | |
| Net profit | £50,849,000 | £84,993,000 | |
| Cash | — | £1,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £126,486,000 | £211,481,000 | |
| Net assets | £112,292,000 | £197,231,000 | |
| Equity | £112,292,000 | £197,231,000 | |
| Average employees | 341 | 338 | |
| Wages | £23,112,000 | £24,295,000 |
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 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -653.3% | -773.6% | |
| Net margin | 2127.6% | 3732.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -12.3% | -8.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.94x | 0.53x | |
| Interest cover | -0.59x | -0.81x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company meets its day to day working capital requirements through cash generated from operations. The Company is part of a group wide cash pooling arrangement and all cash transactions are managed using this cash pooling facility. The Directors have received written confirmation from the ultimate parent company, Phoenix Pharma SE, that it will continue to provide financial support to the company, if required, until 30 September 2026. On the basis of their assessment of the Company's financial position the Company's directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company will be able to continue in operational existence for the going concern period until 30 September 2026.”
Group structure
- PHOENIX MEDICAL SUPPLIES LIMITED · parent
- Phoenix Healthcare Distribution Limited 100%
- L Rowland & Company Limited 100%
- L Rowland & Company (Retail) Limited 100%
- Numark Limited 86%
- Numark Trading Limited 50%
- PXG Pharma UK Limited 100%
- PharmAssist (Solutions) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year the Company acquired an additional £1 share in L.Rowland & Company (Retail) Ltd for £370,000,000, satisfied by a reduction of the debt owed by L.Rowland & Company (Retail) Ltd. As a result, the Company has impaired its investment in L.Rowland & Company (Retail) Ltd by £115,700,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOMAN, Alexander David Edward | Secretary | 2026-04-01 | — | — |
| ANDERSON, Stephen William | Director | 2016-10-01 | Sep 1966 | British |
| FEARN, Jonathan Lee | Director | 2024-02-01 | Apr 1974 | British |
| FREITAG, Marcus | Director | 2019-11-01 | Jan 1969 | German |
| LUCAS, Stuart James | Director | 2020-04-01 | Dec 1970 | British |
| SAUERLAND, Carsten, Dr | Director | 2022-05-01 | Oct 1978 | German |
| SCHUTZ, Roland Richard Robert, Dr | Director | 2021-01-01 | Aug 1968 | German |
| SEIDEL, Sven | Director | 2019-11-01 | Dec 1973 | German |
| SWIFT, Nigel | Director | 2021-08-09 | May 1966 | British |
| TUNNICLIFFE, Richard John | Director | 2024-03-07 | Aug 1975 | British |
| WALLISCH, Wolfgang Hans | Director | 2026-02-01 | Sep 1971 | German |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLAKEMAN, Michael Peter | Secretary | 2008-04-11 | 2019-03-10 |
| BURTON, Annabelle | Secretary | 2019-05-13 | 2020-12-23 |
| EHMANN, Thomas | Secretary | 1998-11-10 | 1999-10-28 |
| GOULT, David Alexander | Secretary | 1999-10-28 | 2008-04-11 |
| MARKS, Stephen John William | Secretary | 2020-12-23 | 2026-03-31 |
| INGLEBY NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-07-23 | 1998-11-10 |
| BATHER, Mark Thomas Edward | Director | 2020-04-01 | 2021-08-12 |
| BLACK, Kenneth John | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2019-05-31 |
| BROWN, Roger Graham | Director | 1999-07-21 | 2001-01-31 |
| COLE, David Rowland | Director | 2000-05-01 | 2012-01-31 |
| EHMANN, Thomas | Director | 1998-11-10 | 1999-01-26 |
| FISCHER, Helmut Karl | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2022-04-30 |
| GROBE-NATROP, Frank | Director | 2014-02-01 | 2020-08-31 |
| HERFELD, Stefan | Director | 2010-09-20 | 2026-02-01 |
| HUDSON, Kevin Robert | Director | 2000-03-01 | 2021-07-31 |
| IBERL, Henry | Director | 2002-11-25 | 2011-07-31 |
| KUMMER, Hans-Ulrich, Dr | Director | 2008-05-01 | 2014-01-31 |
| LICHTENHELDT, Stephan Franz Walter | Director | 1999-07-21 | 2002-07-01 |
| LINNEY, David | Director | 1999-01-26 | 1999-07-21 |
| MAJERUS, Peter Michael Wilhelm, Dr | Director | 2010-02-01 | 2013-08-30 |
| MEADER, Jeremy David | Director | 2020-04-01 | 2023-01-31 |
| NAEGER, Lorenz, Dr | Director | 1998-11-10 | 2005-05-31 |
| PANKE, Thomas Ralph | Director | 2012-04-06 | 2015-02-26 |
| PFLUG, Stefan | Director | 2009-02-01 | 2012-04-06 |
| POHL, Reimund | Director | 1999-01-26 | 2014-01-31 |
| RICHTER, Bernd Kurt | Director | 2002-07-01 | 2009-01-31 |
| RUPP, Reinhard, Dr | Director | 2005-05-31 | 2009-02-28 |
| SCHEIFELE, Bernd, Dr | Director | 1999-01-26 | 2005-05-31 |
| SMITH, Paul Jonathan | Director | 1999-07-21 | 2017-10-01 |
| SOREL, Roger Hubert Antoine | Director | 1999-01-26 | 2002-10-17 |
| TOPPING, Neil Robert | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2014-07-04 |
| WACHTER, Maximilian Martin | Director | 2020-12-01 | 2024-03-31 |
| WINDHOLZ, Oliver Thomas | Director | 2011-06-06 | 2019-09-30 |
| WINTHER, Oyvind | Director | 2008-05-01 | 2010-01-31 |
| YOUNG, Alexander Stuart | Director | 1999-01-26 | 2008-01-29 |
| INGLEBY HOLDINGS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-07-23 | 1998-11-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Stefan Herfeld | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mr Michael Peter Blakeman | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mr Paul Jonathan Smith | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mr Helmut Karl Fisher | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Phoenix Pib Dutch Holding B.V | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mr Kevin Robert Hudson | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mr Frank Grosse-Natrop | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mr Kenneth John Black | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mr Oliver Thomas Windholz | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mr Ludwig Merckle | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Ms Jutta Breu | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 249 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2026-04-13 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-04-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-27 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-09-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
-
Turnover
-4.7%
£2,390,000 £2,277,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+75.6%
£112,292,000 £197,231,000
-
Employees
-0.9%
341 338
-
Operating profit
-12.8%
-£15,614,000 -£17,615,000
-
Profit before tax
+66.6%
£45,173,000 £75,241,000
-
Wages
+5.1%
£23,112,000 £24,295,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers