SPRINGER HEALTHCARE LTD.
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-19 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£25M
+23.3% vs 2023
Employees
158
+0.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£6M
+19.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SPRINGER HEALTHCARE LTD. 2009-11-24 → present
- SPRINGER HEALTHCARE COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED 2006-12-19 → 2009-11-24
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £22,564,000 | £23,803,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,990,000 | £4,848,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,416,000 | £6,475,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,834,000 | £4,684,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £20,102,000 | £24,785,000 | |
| Equity | £20,102,000 | £24,785,000 | |
| Average employees | 157 | 158 | |
| Wages | £11,011,000 | £11,330,000 |
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 | 17.7% | 20.4% | |
| Net margin | 17.0% | 19.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.83x | 3.15x | |
| Interest cover | 798.00x | 484.80x |
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 directors consider that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and have therefore continued to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements. Going concern has been assessed, taking into account the Company's current financial position and after modelling the impact of certain scenarios related to general macroeconomic uncertainties. One 'base case scenario' and one 'reverse stress test' scenario has been modelled.”
Group structure
- SPRINGER HEALTHCARE LTD. · parent
- Springer Science + Business Media UK Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There were no material or significant events which occurred subsequent to the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIVEN, Frances Julie | Secretary | 2021-11-30 | — | — |
| HONOUR, Carolyn Jane | Director | 2017-06-29 | Dec 1959 | British |
| INCHCOOMBE, Steven Charles | Director | 2016-05-12 | Nov 1964 | British |
| JACOBS, Rachel Elizabeth | Director | 2016-04-08 | Dec 1975 | British |
| STAEHLER, Cord Friedrich, Dr | Director | 2026-01-01 | Feb 1969 | German |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUNNING, Gabrielle Ann | Secretary | 2006-12-19 | 2009-10-30 |
| RIMINGTON, Stephen Brian | Secretary | 2009-11-01 | 2014-04-30 |
| STOKER, Hendrik-Jan Bastiaan | Secretary | 2006-12-19 | 2016-03-03 |
| WILLIAMS HAMER, Gabrielle Mary | Secretary | 2016-03-03 | 2021-11-30 |
| COEBERGH, Johannes Pieter | Director | 2010-04-27 | 2014-12-31 |
| ENTWISTLE, Stephen John | Director | 2006-12-19 | 2012-05-31 |
| KOESTERS, Andreas | Director | 2008-12-31 | 2010-04-23 |
| KRIEGER, Joachim | Director | 2024-01-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| MOS, Martin Peter | Director | 2006-12-19 | 2022-09-15 |
| RIMINGTON, Stephen Brian | Director | 2009-07-01 | 2015-04-30 |
| VEST, Helmut Ulrich, Dr. | Director | 2006-12-19 | 2023-12-31 |
| WILLIAMS HAMER, Gabrielle Mary | Director | 2018-07-23 | 2021-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Christiane Schoeller | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-03-06 | Ceased 2021-07-15 |
| Dr Stefan Von Holtzbrinck | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-07-15 |
| Stampdew Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 85 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-12-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-12-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-07-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
-
Turnover
+5.5%
£22,564,000 £23,803,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+23.3%
£20,102,000 £24,785,000
-
Employees
+0.6%
157 158
-
Operating profit
+21.5%
£3,990,000 £4,848,000
-
Profit before tax
+19.6%
£5,416,000 £6,475,000
-
Wages
+2.9%
£11,011,000 £11,330,000
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