VWR LAB SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-17 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£3M
-35.4% vs 2023
Employees
301
-1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+6.2% vs 2023
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 | £12,602,000 | £13,473,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,614,000 | £1,929,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,021,000 | £2,147,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,019,000 | £2,153,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £4,941,000 | £3,194,000 | |
| Equity | £4,941,000 | £3,194,000 | |
| Average employees | 304 | 301 | |
| Wages | £8,802,000 | £9,425,000 |
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 | 12.8% | 14.3% | |
| Net margin | 16.0% | 16.0% |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have reviewed the financial position of the Company, the Company's forecasts and considered the uncertainties arising from the economic environment and the possibilities of a consequential unfavorable impact of this upon trading. The Directors have assessed the Company's cashflow forecasts for the next 12 months and believe that there are sufficient cash resources to meet its daily cash flow requirements over this period. Based on the Company's performance during the year and into the new financial year, solid customer base, cost structure and the projected growth for the future, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLOVER, Martin Lee | Secretary | 2024-09-30 | — | — |
| CURTIS-EMERSON, Martin Peter | Director | 2019-11-01 | May 1973 | British |
| GLOVER, Martin Lee | Director | 2024-10-10 | Aug 1969 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PULFORD, Karen | Secretary | 2012-10-24 | 2024-09-30 |
| GOELL, Bernd | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2022-03-31 |
| HOGAN, William Patrick | Director | 2012-10-24 | 2019-12-01 |
| PULFORD, Karen Jane | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2024-09-30 |
| RUSSMAN, Henrik | Director | 2012-10-24 | 2018-10-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vwr Holdco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 37 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-10 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+6.9%
£12,602,000 £13,473,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-35.4%
£4,941,000 £3,194,000
-
Employees
-1%
304 301
-
Operating profit
+19.5%
£1,614,000 £1,929,000
-
Profit before tax
+6.2%
£2,021,000 £2,147,000
-
Wages
+7.1%
£8,802,000 £9,425,000
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