SAFE OBSTETRIC SYSTEMS LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-07-31 (in 2mo)

Last filed for 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-09-18 (in 4mo)

Last made up 2025-09-04

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£228K

+729.8% vs 2021

Net assets

£3M

+2.9% highest in 4 filed years

Employees

-50% lowest in 4 filed years

Profit before tax

£59K

-99.8% lowest in 3 filed years

Net assets

4-year trend · vs Health Care median

SAFE OBSTETRIC SYSTEMS LIMITED·Health Care median · n=508

Accounts

4-year trend · latest reflected 2022-10-31

Latest accounts filed cover 2024-10-31; financial figures currently reflect up to 2022-10-31.

Metric	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-10-31	2022-10-31
Turnover	—	£2,307,556	£1,775,276	£1,969,912
Operating profit	—	£1,843,100	£1,805,711	£23,298
Profit before tax	—	£1,854,935	£36,684,566	£59,277
Net profit	—	£1,656,285	£36,618,415	£76,320
Cash	£945,359	£1,613,597	£27,453	£227,793
Total assets less current liabilities	£642,402	£2,019,962	—	—
Net assets	£642,019	£2,019,457	£2,639,907	£2,716,227
Equity	£642,019	£2,019,457	£2,639,907	£2,716,227
Average employees	6	6	2	1
Wages	—	£265,064	£302,467	£158,333

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	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-10-31	2022-10-31
Operating margin	—	79.9%	101.7%	1.2%
Net margin	—	71.8%	2062.7%	3.9%
Return on capital employed	—	91.2%	—	—
Interest cover	—	—	—	706.00x

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 Cooper Companies has indicated its intention to make available funding to cover intercompany and other external liabilities for the companies, this includes agreeing that intercompany creditor balances will not be called in within 12 months from the date of the approval of the financial statements, unless the company is in a position to be able to repay this balance. This financial support will continue in place for at least a period covering 12 months from the date of the approval of these financial statements, whilst the operations of the company are kept under regular review. ... Consequently, 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 approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

SAFE OBSTETRIC SYSTEMS LIMITED · parent
1. Safe Obstetric Australia Systems Pty Ltd 0% · Australian · Australian Proprietary Company

Significant events

“Revenue increased by 24% (2023: 9%) in the year, outperforming the market, driven by the continued success of Fetal Pillow®, a sterile single-use balloon cephalic elevation device for use in Cesarean sections performed during the second stage of labour.”
“Safe Obstetric Australia Systems Pty Ltd was deregistered on 14 May 2024.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

4 active · 9 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
ANDREWS, Brian George	Director	2021-03-01	May 1978	American
PENFOLD, Nigel Anton	Director	2025-02-06	Sep 1972	British
RICUPATI, Agostino	Director	2021-03-01	Jan 1967	American
SMITH, Charles Stewart	Director	2025-02-06	Oct 1978	American

Show 9 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
VARMA, Balpreet	Secretary	2006-09-04	2021-03-01
BLAIR, Kerry Lee	Director	2021-03-01	2025-02-06
CALCAGNO, John Joseph	Director	2021-03-01	2025-02-06
TAYLOR, Innes	Director	2016-01-01	2021-03-01
VARMA, Anoushka	Director	2018-09-05	2021-03-01
VARMA, Balpreet	Director	2016-01-01	2021-03-01
VARMA, Natasha, Dr	Director	2018-09-05	2021-03-01
VARMA, Nishant	Director	2016-01-01	2021-03-01
VARMA, Rajiv, Dr	Director	2006-09-04	2021-03-01

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	2021-03-01	Active
Dr Rajiv Varma	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%	2016-04-06	Ceased 2021-03-01
Mr Nishant Varma	Individual	Significant influence	2016-04-06	Ceased 2021-03-01
Mr Innes Taylor	Individual	Significant influence	2016-04-06	Ceased 2021-03-01
Mrs Balpreet Varma	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%	2016-04-06	Ceased 2016-04-06

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 80 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-10-01	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2025-08-01	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-07-01	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-03-18	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-02-07	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-02-07	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-02-07	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-02-07	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-09-18	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-08-05	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-10-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-09-06	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-10-31	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-09-15	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-10-01	AA01	accounts	Change account reference date company current shortened	PDF
2021-09-16	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2021-06-03	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type total exemption full	PDF
2021-04-23	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2021-03-09	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2021-03-09	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 3
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2021 → FY2022 · period ending 2022-10-31 vs 2021-10-31

Turnover

+11%

£1,775,276 £1,969,912
Cash

+729.8%

£27,453 £227,793
Net assets

+2.9%

£2,639,907 £2,716,227

highest in 4 filed years
Employees

-50%

2 1

lowest in 4 filed years
Operating profit

-98.7%

£1,805,711 £23,298

lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax

-99.8%

£36,684,566 £59,277

lowest in 3 filed years
Wages

-47.7%

£302,467 £158,333

lowest in 3 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

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