PFIZER DEVELOPMENT SERVICES (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-08-31 (in 3mo)
Last filed for 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-19 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-05
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£167M
-37% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£15M
-71.9% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
As a result, the directors have prepared the financial statements on a basis other than going concern. No adjustments were necessary to the amounts at which the assets and liabilities are included in these financial statements.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £44,786,000 | £459,000 | |
| Operating profit | £39,249,000 | £153,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £52,341,000 | £14,722,000 | |
| Net profit | £40,287,000 | £11,042,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £265,052,000 | £167,094,000 | |
| Net assets | £265,052,000 | £167,094,000 | |
| Equity | £265,052,000 | £167,094,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 87.6% | 33.3% | |
| Net margin | 90.0% | 2405.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.8% | 0.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 12.7% | 19.5% | |
| Current ratio | 7.89x | 5.12x | |
| Interest cover | 15.87x | 153.00x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“As a result, the directors have prepared the financial statements on a basis other than going concern. No adjustments were necessary to the amounts at which the assets and liabilities are included in these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The decrease in revenue was as a result of generic competition entering the market following the High Court judgement on the Eliquis patent.”
- “Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS), the company's co-promotion partner for Eliquis, was subject to litigation related to the validity of the Eliquis compound patent and its supplementary protection certificate (SPC). In 2022, the U.K. High Court issued a judgement finding invalid the patent and its SPC due to expire in 2026. In October 2023, the Supreme Court refused permission to appeal, and the invalidity judgement was final.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIGHTON, David Ian | Director | 2021-02-08 | Jul 1968 | British |
| MCGINLEY, John, Dr | Director | 2024-10-11 | Dec 1976 | Irish |
| PEARSON, Edwin James | Director | 2017-01-09 | Jan 1974 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLES, Ruth Amy | Director | 2011-10-07 | 2015-07-24 |
| EVERS, Robin Paul | Director | 2011-10-07 | 2013-10-31 |
| FRANKLIN, Ian Eric | Director | 2011-10-07 | 2021-02-09 |
| JONES, Louis Philip, Mr. | Director | 2011-10-07 | 2012-02-29 |
| MAC GILLIVRAY, Marjorie | Director | 2021-07-19 | 2024-01-23 |
| MASHITER, Sally Ann | Director | 2018-07-30 | 2022-02-22 |
| MOUNT, Jacqueline Ann | Director | 2012-02-24 | 2022-05-31 |
| NOSEWORTHY, Darren | Director | 2015-07-24 | 2017-01-09 |
| NOUGIER, Esther Isabelle | Director | 2014-01-27 | 2021-07-01 |
| OSBORN, Ben John | Director | 2019-04-29 | 2022-02-28 |
| RIENOW, Susan | Director | 2022-02-28 | 2024-10-08 |
| SHAFNER, Lori | Director | 2011-11-30 | 2013-10-11 |
| SMITH, Lisa Marie | Director | 2014-01-27 | 2018-07-30 |
| VERRINDER, Anne Lucille | Director | 2011-10-07 | 2017-07-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pfizer Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 63 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-02-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-07-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-02-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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 2024-11-30 vs 2023-11-30
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Turnover
-99%
£44,786,000 £459,000
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Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-37%
£265,052,000 £167,094,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-99.6%
£39,249,000 £153,000
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Profit before tax
-71.9%
£52,341,000 £14,722,000
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