WS AUDIOLOGY LIMITED
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Cash
£37k
-88.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£21m
-19.6% vs 2024
Employees
92
+26% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.5m
-86.7% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £19,103,000 | £31,500,000 | £36,331,000 | £41,335,000 | £47,077,000 | £51,699,000 | +9.8% | |
| Operating profit | £1,959,000 | £1,133,000 | — | £868,000 | £1,989,000 | £1,806,000 | -9.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,081,000 | £703,000 | £1,250,000 | £708,000 | £18,920,000 | £2,524,000 | -86.7% | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £387,000 | £18,370,000 | £2,072,000 | -88.7% | |
| Cash | £42,000 | £6,000 | £7,000 | £47,000 | £311,000 | £37,000 | -88.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,405,000 | £8,688,000 | — | £9,881,000 | £27,855,000 | £23,009,000 | -17.4% | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £8,228,000 | £26,652,000 | £21,434,000 | -19.6% | |
| Equity | £11,290,000 | £6,872,000 | £7,841,000 | £8,228,000 | £26,652,000 | £21,434,000 | -19.6% | |
| Average employees | 45 | 39 | 44 | 51 | 73 | 92 | +26% | |
| Wages | £1,922,000 | £1,745,000 | £2,092,000 | £2,281,000 | £3,462,000 | £4,817,000 | +39.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £210,000 | £214,000 | £306,000 | £228,000 | £264,000 | £260,000 | -1.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £16,000 | £17,000 | £17,000 | 0% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £228,000 | £280,000 | £277,000 | -1.1% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.3% | 3.6% | — | 2.1% | 4.2% | 3.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 0.9% | 39.0% | 4.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.7% | 13.0% | — | 8.8% | 7.1% | 7.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 36.5% | 34.0% | 22.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 3.71x | 3.05x | 5.28x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 4.85x | 2.43x | 3.62x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 5 times since incorporation
- WS AUDIOLOGY LIMITED 2022-09-29 → present
- SIVANTOS LIMITED 2015-03-20 → 2022-09-29
- SIEMENS HEARING INSTRUMENTS LTD 2003-12-17 → 2015-03-20
- A & M HEARING LIMITED 1988-04-11 → 2003-12-17
- A. & M. HEARING AIDS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 1981-12-31 → 1988-04-11
- A.&M.HEARING AIDS LIMITED 1925-01-12 → 1981-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the company's forecasts, the director considers that the company will trade profitably and generate positive cash flow from operations over the next 12 months.”
Group structure
- WS AUDIOLOGY LIMITED · parent
- Sivantos (Suzhou) Co. Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During 2025 the company closed the Crawley office as a result of the organisational restructure in the year.”
- “On 30 September 2024, the trade and assets of Widex UK Limited were transferred to WS Audiology Limited.”
- “On 15 November 2024, the company issued 1 ordinary share for consideration of £8,248,089.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STORES, Philip | Director | 2019-04-04 | Jul 1978 | British |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CROOKS, Michael John | Secretary | 1996-05-31 | 1999-07-26 |
| DENMAN, Jonathan Paul | Secretary | 2001-07-13 | 2003-12-19 |
| GANDY, Graham | Secretary | 2017-06-26 | 2018-04-05 |
| HAYNES, Brian John | Secretary | — | 1996-05-31 |
| NECCHI, Peter | Secretary | 1999-07-26 | 2001-03-01 |
| SMITH, David James | Secretary | 2004-02-01 | 2017-06-26 |
| ANDREWS, Trevor | Director | 2007-07-01 | 2017-06-26 |
| BOOTH, Julie Tina | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2005-03-14 |
| CHAPERO RUEDA, Valentin | Director | 1996-07-11 | 2000-01-01 |
| DOMBROWE, Heinz Otto Guenter | Director | 2004-06-02 | 2012-03-31 |
| ENZ, Martin | Director | 1997-11-28 | 1999-11-26 |
| FRIEDRICH, Reimar | Director | 2000-08-01 | 2006-05-01 |
| FRIEDRICH, Reimar Roland Tassilo | Director | 1993-10-21 | 1998-07-10 |
| GREENER, Desmond Walter Kingsley | Director | — | 1998-07-15 |
| KAUL, Karlheinz | Director | 2004-09-13 | 2007-12-01 |
| KELLER, Hans | Director | — | 1995-06-30 |
| KNAPP, Franz | Director | — | 1993-11-04 |
| LOESLEIN, Klaus Harry | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2011-04-01 |
| MARTIN, Raimund Georg | Director | 2005-03-14 | 2007-07-01 |
| MEHL, Hans | Director | 1997-11-28 | 2000-08-01 |
| PRIGGE, Ditmar, Dr | Director | 1993-10-21 | 1996-07-11 |
| RADKE, Roger, Dr | Director | 2010-05-05 | 2013-09-01 |
| RADKE, Roger, Dr | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2004-09-13 |
| RUMMEL, Christian Bodo | Director | 2006-11-01 | 2009-04-27 |
| SCHALLER, Stefan, Dr | Director | 2007-12-01 | 2010-04-22 |
| SMITH, David James | Director | 2004-02-01 | 2019-04-04 |
| STADELMANN, Hans Peter | Director | 1995-06-30 | 1998-07-10 |
| WEISS, Heinz Ludwig | Director | 1993-09-01 | 1997-03-31 |
| WRIGHT, Delain | Director | 1997-03-31 | 2003-07-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 197 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-09-29 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-18 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-10 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2024-07-10 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2024-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-09-29 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2022-07-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-07-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.