BECKMAN COULTER UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£58m
+6.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
234
-1.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£6.7m
+1.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £91,450,000 | £90,046,000 | £94,444,000 | +4.9% | |
| Operating profit | £5,837,000 | £7,718,000 | £6,753,000 | -12.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £6,376,000 | £6,635,000 | £6,744,000 | +1.6% | |
| Net profit | £5,770,000 | £6,341,000 | £6,130,000 | -3.3% | |
| Cash | -£6,090,000 | -£4,529,000 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £47,020,000 | £52,434,000 | £59,985,000 | +14.4% | |
| Net assets | £40,341,000 | £54,742,000 | £58,322,000 | +6.5% | |
| Equity | £40,341,000 | — | £58,322,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 236 | 238 | 234 | -1.7% | |
| Wages | £19,789,000 | £18,272,000 | £19,408,000 | +6.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £280,000 | £707,000 | £844,000 | +19.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £18,000 | £44,000 | £49,000 | +11.4% | |
| Highest paid director | £280,000 | £420,000 | £512,000 | +21.9% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.4% | 8.6% | 7.2% | |
| Net margin | 6.3% | 7.0% | 6.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.4% | 14.7% | 11.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 52.0% | — | 43.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.11x | 1.25x | 1.12x | |
| Interest cover | 8.86x | 9.33x | 7.82x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- BECKMAN COULTER UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED 1998-08-28 → present
- COULTER ELECTRONICS LIMITED 1959-11-02 → 1998-08-28
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- other
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company, as a limited risk distributor with pricing arrangements in place, is trading profitably as expected and also has a strong balance sheet... Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- BECKMAN COULTER UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED · parent
- Beckman Coulter Biyomedikal Urunler Sanayi ve Ticaret Limited 24.08%
Significant events
- “During 2024, the Company signed a new building lease contract and on 1 January 2025, the Company moved into a new shared office in the UK (sharing with one other Danaher OpCo) resulting in costs optimization and well-being improvement for associates.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COOK, Leanne Margaret | Director | 2026-08-24 | Feb 1968 | British |
| KHAN, Aminur Rahman | Director | 2025-06-30 | Nov 1977 | British |
| KONVALINKOVA, Lenka | Director | 2025-06-30 | Oct 1975 | British |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMS, Charles George | Secretary | 2001-02-01 | 2005-05-20 |
| LLOYD, Nigel | Secretary | 2005-09-15 | 2011-11-29 |
| TUNLEY, David William | Secretary | 2011-12-08 | 2012-07-05 |
| WEST, William George | Secretary | — | 2001-02-02 |
| AKHTAR, Simon | Director | 2007-06-22 | 2013-11-07 |
| ATKINSON, James | Director | 1998-08-11 | 2003-06-30 |
| COULTER, Joseph Richard | Director | — | 1995-11-27 |
| DELLA PUCA, Pasquale | Director | 2020-11-01 | 2022-08-25 |
| DI DIO, Salvatore | Director | 2013-11-08 | 2015-10-15 |
| DONALDSON, Fraser, Mr. | Director | 2015-10-15 | 2018-07-31 |
| DOYLE, Anthony, Mr. | Director | 2015-10-15 | 2017-02-10 |
| EHRMAN, Edward | Director | 2004-12-16 | 2007-06-22 |
| FISHWICK, Brian | Director | 2002-02-15 | 2003-03-31 |
| GOUDZWAARD, Bryan | Director | 2008-09-03 | 2011-07-18 |
| GRAY, James Bernard | Director | 2003-06-30 | 2005-05-15 |
| HALL, Brian Peter | Director | 1994-04-01 | 1998-08-11 |
| HILGART, Artur | Director | 2022-08-25 | 2023-09-30 |
| LINES, Roy William | Director | — | 1998-08-11 |
| MATYCZYNSKI, Andrzej | Director | 1998-08-11 | 1999-11-12 |
| MAY, William | Director | 1998-08-11 | 2005-12-31 |
| O SHEA, John | Director | 2005-09-15 | 2008-08-31 |
| PINN, Ian Edward | Director | 2003-06-30 | 2004-12-16 |
| POSPÍŠIL, Jan | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2023-09-30 |
| TRACE, Rachel Vivien | Director | 2023-09-30 | 2025-06-30 |
| WARD, Keith Graham | Director | 2011-07-18 | 2020-10-31 |
| WEISS, John Andrew | Director | 2005-12-31 | 2015-10-15 |
| WILLEY, Ian | Director | 1998-08-11 | 2002-02-15 |
| WILSON, Laurence Stephen | Director | — | 1994-03-31 |
| YONG, Shiung-Jin | Director | 2024-04-01 | 2025-06-30 |
| YOUNG, Robert Todd | Director | 2017-10-24 | 2026-01-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vj Holdco Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-08-28 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 184 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-08-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
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.