SAVARIA LIFTS (UK) LTD.
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-30 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-16
Watchouts
Cash
£5M
+107% vs 2023
Net assets
£9M
-19.8% vs 2023
Employees
364
-0.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£3M
+13% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2026-01-19
- SAVARIA LIFTS (UK) LTD. 2026-01-19 → present
- HANDICARE ACCESSIBILITY LIMITED 2010-07-02 → 2026-01-19
- MINIVATOR LIMITED 2000-12-22 → 2010-07-02
- X-RAY GREEN LIMITED 2000-11-16 → 2000-12-22
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £75,844,000 | £74,539,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£2,860,000 | -£2,387,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,209,000 | -£2,792,000 | |
| Net profit | -£2,538,000 | -£2,188,000 | |
| Cash | £2,346,000 | £4,857,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,594,000 | £12,121,000 | |
| Net assets | £11,026,000 | £8,838,000 | |
| Equity | £11,026,000 | £8,838,000 | |
| Average employees | 367 | 364 | |
| Wages | £13,644,000 | £13,145,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -3.8% | -3.2% | |
| Net margin | -3.3% | -2.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | -22.7% | -19.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.29x | 1.14x | |
| Interest cover | -8.19x | -5.89x |
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 101 Reduced Disclosure Framework
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company is expected to remain profitable and cash generative in the foreseeable future, however due to financing being provided to the UK Group from Savaria Corporation, a letter of support has been obtained from Savaria Corporation. Savaria Corporation, has confirmed that, for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements, it will continue to make available such funds as required by the Company... Based on the level of cash and un-utilised facilities that are expected for 2024 and 2025, in addition to the expected cash generation from operating activities, the Directors believe the Group has sufficient liquidity to meet the UK Group and the Company's financing needs.”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOCHERTY, Ian Joseph | Secretary | 2017-05-08 | — | — |
| DOCHERTY, Ian Joseph | Director | 2017-05-04 | Nov 1962 | British |
| HARRISON, David James | Director | 2024-11-21 | Jul 1979 | British |
| TEMPLE, David John | Director | 2023-07-14 | Nov 1962 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLAY, Robert Peter | Secretary | 2002-02-01 | 2005-12-22 |
| FEENEY, Thomas William | Secretary | 2010-06-09 | 2011-09-14 |
| HARDMAN, Simon Archibald John | Secretary | 2005-12-22 | 2010-06-09 |
| JENNINGS, Jane Emma | Secretary | 2000-11-16 | 2000-12-01 |
| PAYNE, Susan Margaret | Secretary | 2000-12-01 | 2002-02-01 |
| TEMPLE, David John | Secretary | 2011-09-14 | 2017-05-08 |
| BENNETT, Michael John | Director | 2016-05-01 | 2017-05-19 |
| BENNETT, Paul Richard | Director | 2000-11-16 | 2000-12-01 |
| BROPHY, Clare | Director | 2017-05-04 | 2025-09-09 |
| BURROWS, Ian David | Director | 2003-11-25 | 2011-09-14 |
| CLAY, Robert Peter | Director | 2001-10-01 | 2006-03-10 |
| CUSHION, Sean | Director | 2017-05-19 | 2018-01-31 |
| DIGNAN, Patrick Joseph Anthony | Director | 2019-10-22 | 2020-11-30 |
| FARRUGGIO, Gino Andrew | Director | 2015-06-30 | 2016-05-01 |
| FARRUGGIO, Gino Andrew | Director | 2011-09-14 | 2015-01-31 |
| FEENEY, Thomas William | Director | 2010-06-09 | 2011-09-14 |
| HARDMAN, Simon Archibald John | Director | 2005-12-22 | 2010-06-09 |
| HORNE, Jonathan Edward | Director | 2011-09-14 | 2013-04-30 |
| LORD, Michael Richard | Director | 2000-12-01 | 2011-09-14 |
| MEIER, Jeroen Winfried Floris | Director | 2011-09-14 | 2017-05-08 |
| MERCER, Anthony | Director | 2013-04-30 | 2015-06-30 |
| MERCER, Anthony | Director | 2003-11-25 | 2011-09-14 |
| PAYNE, Barrie | Director | 2000-12-01 | 2004-08-14 |
| SLACK, Peter Nansen | Director | 2015-03-11 | 2023-07-14 |
| STOCKDILL, Paul James | Director | 2019-10-22 | 2024-11-21 |
| TEMPLE, David John | Director | 2011-09-14 | 2017-05-10 |
| WHITEHOUSE, Richard Edward | Director | 2018-01-31 | 2022-08-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Handicare Holding Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2024-05-17 | Active |
| Savaria Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2021-05-28 | Ceased 2024-05-17 |
| Minivator Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-08-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 176 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-01-19 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-19 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2026-01-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge part | |
| 2025-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-20 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-07-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-08-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-08-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-1.7%
£75,844,000 £74,539,000
-
Cash
+107%
£2,346,000 £4,857,000
-
Net assets
-19.8%
£11,026,000 £8,838,000
-
Employees
-0.8%
367 364
-
Operating profit
+16.5%
-£2,860,000 -£2,387,000
-
Profit before tax
+13%
-£3,209,000 -£2,792,000
-
Wages
-3.7%
£13,644,000 £13,145,000
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